Commercial
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%.
Government uncertain on Martyn’s Law’s insurance implications
Martyn’s Law, which will require public venues to boost their preparedness for terrorist attacks, has finally been introduced to parliament.
CFC bolsters UK regional distribution and teases European expansion
CFC has bolstered its UK regional distribution team and will soon have teams on the ground in continental Europe, group CEO Louise O’Shea has said.
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.
CFC CEO makes pitch for ditching exclusions
Removing exclusions from insurance policies would be a net benefit for insurers both in terms of profit and customer experience, CFC CEO Andy Holmes has claimed.
How insurers address evolving supply chain risks
How incidents like the attacks in the Red Sea, drought in the Panama Canal and Baltimore bridge collision have the potential to create cascading exposures for insurers is examined by Tim Evershed.
TRIA stabilised the insurance industry after 9/11
Greg Podleśny, co-founder of insurtech Acini, reflects on how the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act addressed the spike in insurance costs due to terrorism after the events of 9/11.
60 Seconds With... Allianz’s Steve Bramall
Steve Bramall, credit director of Allianz Trade UK & Ireland, would like to replace Daniel Craig as 007 and can't live without Facetime.
Marsh and Aon call for lifting of Ukraine exclusions
The world’s two largest insurance brokers have urged for the removal of blanket Ukraine exclusions in order to aid the country’s reconstruction efforts.
Diary of an Insurer: RSA’s Katie Balme
Katie Balme, head of partnerships for customer and strategy in RSA’s delegated business, works a flexible week, help partners achieve specific objectives and enjoys Freddie Fridays.
Court of Appeal upholds key Covid BI judgment
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that hundreds of thousands of businesses with ‘at the premises’ disease cover are entitled to claim for Covid losses, dismissing appeals brought by insurers.
Zurich and Marsh McLennan call for partnership to tackle cyber risk
Zurich and Marsh McLennan are calling for public-private collaboration and recovery mechanisms to be put in place to strengthen society’s cyber resilience.
Allianz’s Côté on the insurer of the future
View from the Top: Nadia Côté, UK managing director of Allianz Commercial, outlines how changing customer needs, new technology and emerging risks will shape insurers over the next decade.
Norgrove aims to ‘dial up the voice of the SME’ in ABI role
RSA UK CEO Ken Norgrove has said he wants to use his new role at the Association of British Insurers to help small and medium-sized businesses “get their voices heard”.
Diary of an Insurer: QBE’s David Round
David Round, head of trading at Birmingham at QBE Europe, gets more active, explores future opportunities and threats to the renewal portfolio and even manages to keep score at his son’s cricket match.
Axa UK GI records £103m underwriting loss in 2023
Axa’s UK general insurance company made a £103m underwriting loss in 2023, accounts filings have revealed.
How to quickly launch an insurance product
How to spot a gap in the insurance market and move swiftly to produce a product to fill it is tackled by Vicky Rowlay, VP, national director for business transformation at Arch Insurance, in the latest Insurance Post Top Tips video.
Dagenham blaze highlights ongoing high-rise fire safety problems
After a fire tore through a multi-storey building in Dagenham, East London, insurers have observed new notifications regarding building fire safety defects continue to trickle in, and cladding problems highlighted by the Grenfell Tower blaze remain.
Ecclesiastical pries Carey away from Allianz
Ecclesiastical has appointed Allianz’s Dave Carey as managing director of its intermediary business.
Hot works – how not to get burned
Risk improvement can boost an insurer’s bottom line and help customers avoid damaging and disruptive incidents. However, RiskSTOP’s Lisa Beaton finds underwriters’ risk requirements are not always valued, and that one intervention presents a particular…
Insurance commission: What’s the big deal?
Following the launch of a campaign by a group of tenants who feel they have been unfairly charged by their landlords for insurance commissions through service charge, David Marsden, property litigation partner at national law firm Freeths, defends…