Articles by Emma Ann Hughes
CII reveals who scored top marks in insurance exams
Marsh, Axa, Gallagher, Zurich, Allianz, QBE, RSA, NFU Mutual and Hiscox employees were among those who scored the top marks in Chartered Insurance Institute exam and coursework submissions in 2022.
Booze blamed for third of insurance employees facing prejudice
More than a third (37%) of insurance workers have seen sexist, racist, homophobic, ableist and ageist behaviour or heard discriminatory language in the workplace, according to a University of Nottingham study.
Zurich waives return of insurance settlement for bird sculpture
Zurich has waived the insurance settlement for a rare £30,000 Wally Bird sculpture, which was stolen nearly two decades ago and has been now been recovered and returned to the London borough where it was crafted in 1894.
Young adults want Alexa to sort out their insurance
Data analysis: Young adults are markedly more likely to want their Alexa to share information so they can have personalised home (70%), pet (68%) and car insurance (67%) than older adults (50%, 43% and 48% respectively), a survey has shown.
Is remote working right for the insurance industry?
Editor’s View: Following the firing of an insurance employee whose keystrokes showed she wasn’t working enough from home, Emma Ann Hughes considers whether remote working is suitable for fresh entrants to the industry.
Heather Smith’s exit sees further changes at top of Allianz
Allianz has named Henry Topham as the new managing director of its UK retail business, following the news Heather Smith will be leaving to head up Axa Health.
#28 AIG Europe
Luxembourg-domiciled AIG Europe appears on this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers List for the first time after reporting 12.5% average premium growth for the year.
#29 ASR
Netherlands-domiciled ASR is in 29th place in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List after reporting 3.7% average premium growth for the year.
#30 Provinzial
Germany-domiciled Provinzial slips from 28th place in last year’s list to 30th in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List after reporting 4.6% average premium growth for the year.
Top 30 European Insurers revealed
Allianz and Axa have held on to the top two spots on Insurance Post's Top 30 European Insurers 2023 list and accounted for slightly under a quarter of total GWP in the dataset, which was produced by AM Best.
#11 Aviva
Just missing out on making it into the Top 10 of Insurance Post’s Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List was UK-domiciled Aviva, which reported 5.1% average premium growth for the year.
#14 Vienna Insurance Group
Austria-domiciled Vienna Insurance Group is 14th on this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers List after achieving 17% average premium growth for the year.
#17 Sampo
Finland-domiciled Sampo fell from 15th place last year to 17th place on this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers List after reporting only 6.4% average premium growth for the year.
#20 Mutua Madrilena
Spain-domiciled Mutua Madrilena managed to stay in 20th place in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List despite reporting just 5.6% average premium growth for the year.
#23 Beazley
UK-domiciled Beazley in one of the biggest climbers this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List.
#26 Catalana Occidente
Spain-domiciled Catalana Occidente is in 26th place in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List after reporting 10.9% average premium growth for the year.
#3 Lloyd's
Lloyd’s remains steadfastly in third place on Insurance Post’s Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List, reporting low-to-mid-teen average premium growth for the year.
#6 HDI
Germany-domiciled HDI appears in sixth place in this year’s Insurance Post’s Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List by achieving one of the greatest average premium growths for the year of any players.
#9 Mapfre
Spain’s biggest insurer Mapfre achieved ninth place in Insurance Post’s Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List by delivering 12% average premium growth for the year.
#12 R+V
Germany-domiciled R+V managed to stay in 12th place in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List despite reporting just 1.6% average premium growth for the year.
#15 Aéma
France-domiciled Aema Group climbed from 18th on last year’s list to 15th place on this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers List after achieving 24.9% average premium growth for the year.
#18 Groupama
France-domiciled Groupama fell from 16th place last year to 18th place on this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers List after reporting only 6.3% average premium growth for the year.
#21 Crédit Agricole
France-domiciled Credit Agricole managed to stay in 21st place in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List by reporting just 7.4% average premium growth for the year.
#24 RSA
UK-domiciled RSA climbed one place to 24th position in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 despite reporting -7.7% average premium growth for the year.