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Markel receives green light on German subsidiary
Markel has been granted a license by BaFin, the German federal financial supervisory authority, to establish an insurance company in Germany.
Jonathan Clark elected as CII President
Jonathan Clark has been elected as the Chartered Insurance Institute’s president for 2018 to 2019, in the first year that the Chartered Insurance Institute has allowed electronic voting.
Questgates’ investigation rejects hack allegation
Questgates has interviewed all its staff at its Northampton office, following allegations of a cyber security breach.
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This week in Post: Sore heads and muddy journos
It’s been a week for sore heads, with England crashing out of the World Cup on Wednesday. Fortunately, with the industry keeping us so busy, there hasn’t been much time to ruminate on the pain.
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Blog: Heatwave ignites fire risk for farmers
Hot dry harvest conditions are bringing risk management and insurance to the fore, writes Angus Stevens, client account director, Crawford & Company.
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Guevara founder Anderson: incumbent insurers complicit in stalling true customer led-disruption
Despite the hype around insurtech, the barriers to entry remain high, not least because incumbents have reputational concerns that are hampering true customer-led disruption. Indeed, the likes of Lemonade have had to water down their original vision to curry favour among the establishment.
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Whilpash reform delayed
Breaking: In a move that will surprise few, the Govt has put back full implementation of #whiplash changes, including #smallclaims limit, to April 2020 with "large-scale testing" of new LIP Portal from October 2019 - Govt response to @CommonsJustice report https://t.co/EdWScreXZA
— MASS (@MASSsays) July 16, 2018
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- Price comparison disruptor prepares for several insurers to join its platform
- April UK withdraws from health insurance market
- Government delays whiplash reforms until 2020
- Beazley takes lead on £10m capacity PI consortium
- MPs outline ‘urgent’ reform needed in wake of Grenfell fire
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The Top 100 UK Insurers - Updated for 2017
Find out who ranks highest in the Top 100 UK insurers in Post’s 2017 countdown. The data, produced in association with AM Best, lists firms based on their Solvency II returns.
Cyber Research 2018
Speaking to brokers and insurers in the sector Post asked them about the cyber landscape, coverage available and risk management.
Broker State of the Nation 2018
Michèle Bacchus spoke to brokers to find out their thoughts on regulation, their trade body and their opinion of the UK insurance market
The Top 100 Insurtech firms 2018
Post, in association with Tällt Ventures, indexes those that have the most potential to influence, change or disrupt the global market.