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Aviva and CyberCube track cyber attackers’ behaviour
Aviva and CyberCube are using artificial intelligence to map the behaviour of cyber threat actors and identify what businesses could soon be attacked.
Insurance figures richer than The King revealed
Admiral’s founder Henry Engelhardt is now the richest man in insurance, according to this year’s The Sunday Times Rich List.
McLarens aims for net zero by 2050
McLarens has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in its inaugural ESG Impact Report.
Ardonagh’s rebrand; Google Cloud’s expansion; Insure Your Paws’ product
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Yutree MD optimistic for the future of independent brokers
Laura Hancock, managing director of Yutree Insurance, claimed brokers can have the “best of both worlds” – being financially successful and independent – as she urged independent brokers to not give up.
FCA hopes firms will gain confidence with fewer rules
The Financial Conduct Authority has said how it hopes firms build confidence in their knowledge of customer service and outcomes, as opposed to a “tickbox” exercise again.
DLG deal ‘on course’ and not a distraction for Aviva
Despite the Competitions and Markets Authority opening up a probe into the acquisition, Aviva’s Owen Morris remains confident the deal will still be done in mid-2025.
Extinction Rebellion returns to Biba for third consecutive protest
Extinction Rebellion has targeted the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference today (14 May) marking its third year of protest at the conference.
FCA strips back insurance rulebook
The Financial Conduct Authority has kicked off the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s 2025 conference by outlining plans to ditch what it deems “outdated and duplicated requirements” from its insurance rulebook.
Biba launches question guidance to reduce disclosure disputes
As the industry flocks to Manchester for the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference, the trade body has launched cross industry guidance aimed at reducing disclosure misunderstandings.
Rising mobile phone attachment drives SquareTrade product expansion
SquareTrade is developing products over the next two years to address the coming shift in the nature of mobile phone protection, and plans to announce developments over the next six to 12 months.
Insurance industry’s most powerful players revealed
Making multi-billion-pound takeover bids for rivals and challenging political posturing is what it took to secure the top spots on Insurance Post’s 2025 Power List.
Broadway appoints ex-Bollington CEO as a director
Paul Moors, former CEO of Bollington Insurance Brokers, has been appointed as a director at Broadway Insurance Partners.
Sedgwick launches L&D service for insurance clients
Sedgwick has this morning (12 May) launched a new unit of the business, offering learning and development solutions to insurance and corporate clients across the UK, Insurance Post can reveal.
NordVPN’s cyber cover; DCL’s truck product; Consilium’s claims chief
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Moped driver found to be fundamentally dishonest
A moped driver has been ordered to pay £25,000 after dashcam footage revealed that a personal injury claim made following a road traffic accident was fundamentally dishonest.
Konsileo could raise more funds as it looks to ramp up recruitment
Konsileo CEO and founder John Warburton has told Insurance Post the broker could look to raise more funds to achieve its recruitment targets over the next two years.
Patrick Tiernan appointed Lloyd’s CEO
Patrick Tiernan has succeeded John Neal as CEO of Lloyd’s, with his tenure kicking off on 1 June 2025.
Quarterly weather damage claims payouts hit record £200m
In the first quarter of this year, claims for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions topped £200m for the first time ever, according to data from the Association of British Insurers.
Insurtech funding bounces back with 90% uptick
Global insurtech funding surged 90.2% quarter-on-quarter to $1.31bn (£979m), according to the Gallagher Re's Global Insurtech report for Q1 2025.
Most complained about general insurers revealed
Admiral, Aviva, Direct Line, Axa and RSA were the most complained about general insurers in the latter half of 2024.
GTA credit hire rates see 'lower than inflation' increases
Maximum daily hire rates that sit within the General Terms of Agreement protocol have increased by just 5.78% on average during the last decade, according to research from the Credit Hire Organisation.
Ageas unifies customer records using LexisNexis tech
Ageas has partnered with LexisNexis to take policyholder data across all platforms and collate it down to a single identity for each customer.
Premium finance costs continue to decrease amid regulator scrutiny
The cost of financing insurance premiums has fallen since October 2024, the latest data from Pearson Ham has revealed.