Jonathan Swift
Content director, insurance
Jonathan has written and commented about the insurance industry since 1998 as a reporter, news editor, editor and content director at Incisive Media.
He has appeared on television speaking about topics as diverse as the insurance implications of Michael Jackson's death to the consequences of consolidation on motor premiums; and is a past winner of the British Insurance Brokers' Association journalist of the year and Association of British Insurers general insurance trade journalist prizes.
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Axa unveils Chinese tie-up
Axa, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Minmetals Corporation have reached agreement on the equity transfer of Axa-Minmetals Assurance Co.
Allianz: by 2020 a fifth of our customers will be on "very low income"
By 2020 a fifth of the people insured by Allianz will come from a very low income.
Axa unveils Chinese tie-up
Axa, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Minmetals Corporation have reached agreement on the equity transfer of Axa-Minmetals Assurance Co.
Allianz: by 2020 a fifth of our customers will be on "very low income"
By 2020 a fifth of the people insured by Allianz will come from a very low income.
Ace CEO Greenberg ups full year forecast after "positive" progress in 2010
Ace Insurance Group has reported $14.9bn gross written premium for the nine months ended 30 September 2010 compared with $14.7bn last year.
XL names Hendrick as strategic growth head
XL Group has appointed Gregory Hendrick as executive vice president, strategic growth, effective immediately.
Ace CEO Greenberg ups full year forecast after "positive" progress in 2010
Ace Insurance Group has reported $14.9bn gross written premium for the nine months ended 30 September 2010 compared with $14.7bn last year.
PwC: ECJ ruling throws a spanner in the works for outsourcing plans
Pricewaterhouse Coopers has warned outsourcing costs for insurers could jump by 20% following what it described as "unexpected decision".
ABI backs call to remove single renewal date for solicitors' PI
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed today’s publication of an independent report on the need for changes to the solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance market.
PwC: ECJ ruling throws a spanner in the works for outsourcing plans
Pricewaterhouse Coopers has warned outsourcing costs for insurers could jump by 20% following what it described as "unexpected decision".
Moody's outlook on the German insurance sector remains negative
The outlook for the German insurance market remains negative due to the continued rate pressure in property & casualty lines, particularly in motor insurance, and the low interest-rate environment pressurising the profitability of life products with…
Moody's outlook on the German insurance sector remains negative
The outlook for the German insurance market remains negative due to the continued rate pressure in property & casualty lines, particularly in motor insurance, and the low interest-rate environment pressurising the profitability of life products with…
IAG UK acquires second commercial broker with NBJ swoop
IAG UK-owned broker Barnett & Barnett has almost doubled its size to £50m gross written premium, with a move for a controlling stake in Bromley-based commercial and personal lines specialist NBJ.
RSA extends outsourcing deal with Accenture until 2015
Accenture has signed an extension to its application outsourcing, systems integration and management consulting agreement with RSA for an additional three years through 2015.
Novae teams up with Lloyd's broker to launch new MGA Gladstone
Lloyd's broker Besso Group has launched a managing general agent named Gladstone Underwriting, to provide an online commercial underwriting facility.
Axa third quarter GI result boosted by 35% increase in UK motor reveune
Axa group this morning reported that property & casualty revenues increased by 0.7% to €21.4 bn (£18.7bn) largely as a result of a 3.9% growth in individual lines (largely driven by a 3.4% average price increase).
Aspen hit by reserve strengthening in financial and professional lines
Aspen has announced that its insurance segment recoirded an underwriting loss for the third quarter, which excludes investment income, of $13.4m £8.5m) compared with an underwriting profit of $20.9m in the third quarter of 2009.
Willis Group nine month profit remains static at $357m
Willis Group has reported net income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $357m ($226.4m), compared with $357m, in the same period a year ago.
AIG announces succession plan for CEO role
AIG has announced that chairman, Steve Miller, would step in as interim CEO of AIG for as long as it takes to identify and select a long-term replacement, if the incumbent Bob Benmosche is unable to continue in the role.
MIB to appeal to the Supreme Court over Spanish unisured driving case
The Motor Insurers' Bureau is to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling that Russell Jones & Walker claims now asserts that a person resident in the UK, but wrongfully injured in another EEA state, will recover damages on the same basis as a person resident…
Axa third quarter GI result boosted by 35% increase in UK motor reveune
Axa group this morning reported that property & casualty revenues increased by 0.7% to €21.4 bn (£18.7bn) largely as a result of a 3.9% growth in individual lines (largely driven by a 3.4% average price increase).
Aspen hit by reserve strengthening in financial and professional lines
Aspen has announced that its insurance segment recoirded an underwriting loss for the third quarter, which excludes investment income, of $13.4m £8.5m) compared with an underwriting profit of $20.9m in the third quarter of 2009.
Willis Group nine month profit remains static at $357m
Willis Group has reported net income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $357m ($226.4m), compared with $357m, in the same period a year ago.
MIB to appeal to the Supreme Court over Spanish unisured driving case
The Motor Insurers' Bureau is to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling that Russell Jones & Walker claims now asserts that a person resident in the UK, but wrongfully injured in another EEA state, will recover damages on the same basis as a person resident…