News
Stackhouse Poland will acquire Lucas Fettes
Stackhouse Poland will merge with Lucas Fettes to create a “powerful independent insurance broker”.
Hong Kong hit by flash flooding as city prepares for Typhoon Haima
Hong Kong was hit by flash flooding on Wednesday as the outer band of Typhoon Sarika brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Special Administrative Region.
PIB makes QPI Legal fourth acquisition of 2016
PIB Insurance Brokers has bought QPI Legal for an undisclosed sum.
Telematics data disproves fraudulent claim and saves £50,000 in costs
Insure The Box has used telematics data to disprove a fraudulent claim and saved £50,000 in costs.
Startupbootcamp and Eos sign £1m investment deal
Startupbootcamp has signed an agreement with Eos Venture Partners that will see up to £1m of funding put into its cohort 2017 start-ups.
Cobalt gets Lloyd's go ahead on Shariah compliant syndicate
Cobalt is to launch Lloyd’s first fully Shariah compliant syndicate, having received 'in principle' approval from the Lloyd's Franchise Board.
AIG in £195m sale of assets to Fairfax
AIG will sell its Latin American and Central and Eastern European operations to Fairfax for £195m.
Hard Brexit puts £7.3bn of London premiums at risk
More than £7.3bn of premium in the London market will be potentially affected by a change to passporting arrangements following Brexit.
RSA names Richard Read group pricing director
RSA has appointed Richard Read as group pricing director.
Ex-HMRC chief digital and information officer joins Premium Credit
Premium Credit has appointed Mark Dearnley as its chief information officer.
Gary Lineker among investors in insurtech firm Neos
Football legend Gary Lineker is among the investors contributing to £1m seed funding for smart home insurtech firm Neos.
Disrupter So-Sure launches with 80% money back claim
A new form of 'social insurance' has been launched today aimed at attracting mobile phone insurance buyers.
Digital Insurance World 2016: Connected home offers insurers huge opportunity to tap
There is a huge opportunity for connected home insurance with three-quarters of consumers being interested in monitoring their home via a mobile app, according to a survey by Consumer Intelligence.
ABI sets out plans to reduce motor insurance premiums
Insurers have outlined steps to reduce motor premiums in the wake of a "perfect storm" that has seen prices rise for car owners.
Aon rolls out earthquake risk model for Iceland
Aon Benfield has launched a new catastrophe model to better weigh the risk of earthquakes occurring in Iceland.
Besso in talks over possible sale
Investor BP Marsh is in talks with “various interested parties” over the sale of Lloyd’s broker Besso.
ABI Motor Conference: Live
Live updates from the ABI Motor Conference.
Digital Insurance World: Live
Live updates from Post's Digital Insurance World event.
#Post People 17-21 October
This weeks people moves from inside the insurance industry.
Deloitte appoints insurtech expert Walsh as insurance partner
Deloitte has appointed Nigel Walsh, former head of insurance at Capgemini as a partner in its insurance practice.
Former Thistle MD joins JRW Group
Paul Williams is to join the JRW Group as executive chairman, subject to regulatory approval.
Century launches new underwriting division
Century Underwriting has launched a liability underwriting division and made two senior appointments.
Legal & General and Prestige join forces on home market
Legal and General has teamed up with Prestige Underwriting Services to tackle the ‘non-standard’ home market in the UK.
This week: Let downs, whiplash and administration
Sometimes in life people let you down. Maybe they are not as invested as you, maybe they don't have the same energy levels or maybe they were never going to do it in the first place.