Articles by Emma Ann Hughes
Smaller insurers fail to provide written proof of meeting pricing rules
The Financial Conduct Authority has found many smaller insurance firms have few or no records to prove they meet the pricing requirements introduced at the start of 2022.
RSA quickens the pace of race to net-zero
RSA has launched a low-carbon underwriting policy and committed to achieving an underwriting portfolio for energy production that is over 75% low carbon by 2030.
FCA to crackdown on insurers over ethnicity pricing penalty
The FCA will take enforcement action against insurers who fail to strip data biased against ethnic minority groups out of their product pricing and services, law firm Browne Jacobson has warned.
EY: Motor and home insurers set for biggest loss in over a decade
Motor and home insurers are expected to make significant losses this year and next, due to underlying inflationary pressures and premium rate falls, according to analysis by EY.
Insurance account handler turned fraudster caught after climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge
Lois Cartridge, an insurance account handler who exaggerated the severity of her whiplash claim while posting photos on Facebook of her climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, has received a suspended prison sentence.
LV reveals surge in flood claims where drains can’t cope
A report by LV General insurance has revealed there has been a 211% increase in the number of flood claims where drains were unable to cope over the last four years.
Government sides with insurers over PRA
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first Autumn Statement delivered the tax hikes and spending cuts that were widely expected as well as the Solvency II overhaul insurers had long hoped for.