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Insurance Museum seeks fresh financial backers
Reg Brown, retired Lloyd’s underwriter and chairman of the Insurance Museum, is hosting a drinks reception tonight (1 October) at The Association of British Insurers HQ in a bid to reinvigorate financial support for the history initiative.
How to axe insurance’s Old Boys’ Club
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman examines the insurance industry’s efforts to dismantle its Old Boys’ Club culture, highlighting initiatives to promote diversity in recruitment, while exploring the challenges that remain in creating a truly inclusive…
Women working in insurance earn 20% less than men
Gender pay disparities in the insurance industry continues to stubbornly persist, with virtually no companies reporting on whether an ethnicity pay gap exists.
Q&A: Paul Baxter, The Green Insurer
Paul Baxter, CEO of The Green Insurer, discusses the company's approach to eco-friendly car insurance, mission to make driving greener, and plans for future growth.
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%.
Electric vehicles and the future of motor insurance
How will the rise of electric vehicles and the FCA’s Consumer Duty affect the car hire and replacement vehicle market?
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.
Are insurers racing to be online-only excluding disabled customers?
As the insurance sector increasingly digitises, Damisola Sulaiman examines the barriers disabled customers face in accessing online insurance services, as well as the measures that have been implemented by insurers to address these issues.
Ardonagh buys broker; Compass offers beach hut cover; Minster Law’s hire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ageas’s Clarke on what GenAI means for fraud
View from the Top: Adam Clarke, chief underwriting officer at Ageas UK, says artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword in the fight against fraud.
Tackling the growing issue of fake insurance adverts
As a growing number of road traffic accident victims are falling foul of scammers pretending to be insurers, Fiona Nicolson explores what is being done to stop companies advertising false contact numbers on search engines to trick customers into filing…
Roundtable: Staying ahead of insurance fraud
At a recent roundtable event, sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, an expert panel discussed the trends insurers are seeing around fraud, and the solutions firms are deploying to keep up with the increasingly sophisticated criminal activity being…
Crunch time for insurers’ Consumer Duty reports
One year on from the introduction of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consumer Duty requirements for open products, Emma Ann Hughes investigates whether insurers will get a pat on the back or a clip round the ear from the regulator when they hand in…
Kwik Fit's comeback; London Market’s world record; Ageas’ risk officer
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How can home insurance avoid a motor-like PR disaster?
As motor premium inflation is steadying, Scott McGee examines whether home insurance premiums will be next to rocket plus identifies ways to avoid the wrath of consumers facing paying more to insure their property.
2024 Claims and Fraud Awards shortlist revealed
The shortlist can today be revealed for the 2024 Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards.
Best Insurance Employers to work for in 2024 revealed
First Central and Konsileo are the greatest large and small to medium-sized insurance employers in the UK respectively to work for, according to Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employers survey.
What Labour’s landslide victory means for insurance
Sir Keir Starmer, the nation’s new prime minister after Labour’s landslide general election victory, as well as key insurance industry figures, have the same message: “change begins now”.
British Insurance Awards 2024 winners revealed
Aviva was among the big winners with four outright prizes at last night’s (3 July) British Insurance Awards, on an evening where former British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Steve White was recognised with The Achievement Award.
Green shoots, but claims managers predict inflation to continue into 2025
Senior claims managers are seeing property claims inflation ease, but expect it to remain high for the foreseeable future; with suppliers turning their backs on insurance work being cited as a factor.
Plugable’s charger scheme; FSCS’ claims partnership; Aon’s broking head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ageas reveals AI has saved business more than £4m
Ageas has saved more than £4m due to the use of artificial intelligence, with £2m of the savings coming from AI-enhanced fraud models.
Key takeaways from the Liberal Democrat Manifesto for insurers
Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, was the first to fly out of the traps today (10 June) with his Manifesto packed with promises of what will be delivered by his party if he becomes prime minister.
Mounting dissatisfaction with home insurance as premiums increase
Data analysis: NFU Mutual, Bank of Scotland, Nationwide, Saga, and Co-operative Insurance have the most satisfied home insurance customers, according to research by Fairer Finance.