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Week in Post: Amazon Echo; pills that make you hard; CMC scourge and elderly drivers
This week Post reporter Rosie Quigley and I were given a tour around the Accenture Innovation Lab at Plantation Place in the City.
Blog: Subsidence claims are evolving
The insurance industry must plan for the skills, expertise and resources it will need to manage subsidence claims when an ‘event year' happens once again.
When should older drivers hang up their keys?
Older drivers are a growing market, whose risk is difficult to assess.
Fire claims are getting more costly for insurers
Despite a continuing reduction in the number of fires, the cost of blazes is actually increasing. What can be done to educate the public about the risks involved?
Week in Post: Rio 2016, diving doggies, a racism row and rejoice, the Insurance Act is finally here!
You know you’ve been bitten by the Olympic bug when you find yourself watching the weightlifting at 1:30am in the morning, hours before you have an event and need to be pretty sharp.
Ageas CEO Andy Watson expects motor premium rises to slow in H2
Ageas UK CEO Andy Watson has told Post that he expects motor premium rises to slow significantly in the second half of 2016.
Ageas sees GWP growth despite weather claims hitting profits
Ageas has seen its consolidated UK combined operating ratio rise to 100.1% for the first half of 2016 as a result of flash floods and storms in June.
Ageas launches app-based millennial insurer Back Me Up with monthly fee
A new app-based insurance start-up aimed at millennials has launched this week targeting the millions of 18 to 34-year-olds who do not currently buy contents, travel or device cover.
Biba and Ageas renew calls for telematics tax break after record motor premium hike
Young drivers should be given a tax break on their motor insurance if they take out a telematics policy.
Roundtable: Have insurers got their IT priorities back to front?
Have insurers mistakenly prioritised digitalisation to the detriment of improving back office processes, with potential consequences in terms of regulatory compliance, productivity and customer service?
On Demand Webinar: Ageas, Guidewire and Zurich discuss the path to digital insurance nirvana
So much has been written and spoken about the need to "go digital", but what does that actually mean?
BIA 2016: Major loss; claims initiative – insurer and outsourced; risk consultancy and in-house risk management
Major Loss; Claims Initiative of the Year – Insurer; Claims Initiative of the Year – Outsourced Partner; Risk Management Award – In-House & Insurable Risk Managers; Risk Consultancy
Jonathan Evans, Maurice Tulloch, Aviva, Allianz and Covea among 2016 BIA winners
Former chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Insurance and Financial Services Jonathan Evans, pictured, was last night acclaimed as the achievement winner at the British Insurance Awards.
Top 50 Brokers Listing 2016 - 11 to 20
Post details the firms listed 11 to 20 including headquarters, staff numbers and acquisitions
Safety-driven vehicle technology will help protect older drivers, says task force
Embracing safety-driven technology such as autonomous early breaking systems would help protect older drivers, a report from the Older Drivers Taskforce has said.
How insurers can grow telematics propositions in the UK
Post’s first Motor Insurance World conference hosted a VIP roundtable, debating how insurers can grow telematics propositions in the UK and help motor insurance shed its distress purchase tag
Blog: Cooking calamities - More than 38% of house fires start in the kitchen
Understandably, there is a great deal of focus right now on managing flood risks but looking at household fire claims, the number and cost of these claims have also changed quite significantly in a relatively short period of time.
C-Suite Insurer: Ageas' François-Xavier Boisseau on why the Insurance Act will be a giant leap for insurance
Commercial insurance law is entering a new era of clarity
Sharing Economy: Taking a slice of the action
With the sharing economy growing year-on-year, what are the challenges and opportunities for the insurance industry?
Brexit and results in the news; Tasker interviewed
The insurance news and Post exclusives of the past week, in case you missed it.
Quiz of the week - 20 May 2016
Test your knowledge of the week's insurance news, with the Post insurance quiz of the week.
Motor helps Ageas UK’s COR to stay below 100
Ageas UK has reported a 99% total combined ratio (Q1 2015: 99.7%), driven by improved motor COR of 98.7% (Q1 2015: 106.4%), but other non-life ratios were weaker compared to this time last year.
C-Suite Europe: Ageas' Bart De Smet on mergers and alliances
Recent consolidation moves must not overshadow the business opportunities offered by joint ventures: the acronym M&A could be redefined as mergers and alliances.
Carole Nash acquires Ageas Retail motorcycle books
Manchester-based insurance broker Carole Nash has reached an agreement to purchase the motorcycle insurance books of Ageas Retail, effective from 1 June.