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Top 30 European Insurers of 2024 revealed
The top 30 European non-life insurers achieved another year of solid top line growth in 2023 with the average growth rate of the companies being 9.8%.
How to be a Lemonade-like insurtech
How to go from being a smart start-up to a large-scale insurtech player is the topic of Insurance Post Top Tips video starring Melissa Collett, CEO of Insurtech UK.
Spotlight: Why insurance can’t afford to ignore RegTech
With growing regulatory demands, Zoë Parsons, marketing manager of REG Technologies, points out that RegTech is increasingly a necessity rather than a luxury for insurers.
CII criticises insurers' profiting from premium finance
The Chartered Insurance Institute has questioned the ethics of making money from customers who pay monthly for insurance after Which? found several motor and home insurers were charging what the consumer watchdog called “excessively high levels of interest”.
Beazley aims at US levels of cyber uptake in hunt for UK growth
Beazley is targeting US levels of cyber insurance adoption in the UK, as it looks to grow its regional business, UK and Ireland country manager Sam Franks has said.
Big Interview: Mark Bailie, Compare the Market
Mark Bailie, CEO of BGL Group, the owner of Compare the Market, sits down with Scott McGee to talk about the 'bad bank' at RBS, achieving ‘perfect’ price and product comparison, and his plans for the business moving forward.
Seven out of 10 underwriters fear AI will take their job
Research from Hyperexponential has revealed that 69% of underwriters are concerned about being replaced by artificial intelligence in the next five years.
Look to the skies to manage climate change risk
By leveraging advanced technologies like satellite data, Forbes McKenzie, founder and CEO of McKenzie Intelligence Services, argues insurers can better predict, manage and mitigate the impact of increasingly common frequency and severe natural disasters.
Spotlight: Tackling insurance’s regulatory tsunami
Waves of regulatory initiatives are driving up costs, reducing profitability and slowing down business. How can insurance firms respond to these challenges?
Is the ombudsman right to target loss adjusters?
Content Director’s View: With property claims on the increase and loss adjusters in the Financial Ombudsman Service’s firing line, Jonathan Swift asks the sector what it is doing to address the flack.
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Travel insurers that satisfy customers revealed
Saga, LV, Tesco Bank, Multitrip.com, and AA have the happiest travel insurance customers, according to the latest Fairer Finance survey.
Make-up of the insurance industry in 2024 revealed
Insurance Post’s 2024 Census shows women have smashed through the industry’s glass ceiling, and most employees are only going into the office on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, post-pandemic.
FCA is banging its head against a wall on fair value
News Editor’s View: Following yet another thematic review where the Financial Conduct Authority says firms are unable to show fair value, and are even breaching rules, Scott McGee considers how the regulator could tackle poor conduct and asks if a commission cap could be on the cards?
Are insurers racing to be online-only excluding disabled customers?
As the insurance sector increasingly digitises, Damisola Sulaiman examines the barriers disabled customers face in accessing online insurance services, as well as the measures that have been implemented by insurers to address these issues.
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Travel insurers that satisfy customers revealed
Saga, LV, Tesco Bank, Multitrip.com, and AA have the happiest travel insurance customers, according to the latest Fairer Finance survey.
Why insurers must become enablers of energy transition
Insurers have a critical opportunity to shift from being viewed as capacity providers to becoming proactive partners and enablers of the energy transition, according to Vince Tizzio, president and CEO of Axis.
Industries with the greatest underinsurance gaps revealed
Data Analysis: The push by insurers and brokers to prompt policyholders to review values appears to be having some effect in certain sectors but is failing to get through to others, data from Charterfields shows.
Best Insurance Employers to work for in 2024 revealed
First Central and Konsileo are the greatest large and small to medium-sized insurance employers in the UK respectively to work for, according to Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employers survey.
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