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Market moves: IFB adds four to team
With the fight against fraud hanging in the balance, the Insurance Fraud Bureau was one of the most active recruiters this week, welcoming four new staff - including a new operations co-ordinator – into its team.
Marine: A stormy start to 2012 and choppy waters ahead
With the Costa Concordia disaster in January, the marine market has had a tough start to the year. What impact has this had on the state of play in an already difficult sector?
Health and Safety: All about the money
Facing a huge cut in its budget, the Health and Safety Executive is preparing to claw back the shortfall. But plans to charge fees for interventions have met with a mixed response.
Benign weather and rate rises result in record reported profits for insurers
Insurers have reaped the rewards of benign weather and rate rises in catastrophe hit regions, but analysts warn the worst could be yet to come.
Friend or Foe: Q&A with Accident Exchange CEO Steve Evans
Steve Evans has spent four years bringing the activities of rate surveyor Autofocus to light, making him an unpopular figure in insurance circles.
Will Aviva's composite model help deliver increased shareholder value?
Aviva's high-profile boardroom bloodbath, which saw much-derided chief executive Andrew Moss ousted by angry shareholders, has laid bare the composite insurer's trading model.
Allianz posts 57.9% increase in net income for Q1
Allianz recorded strong performance in the first three months of 2012, with quarterly revenues, operating profit and net income all exceeding first-quarter 2011 levels.
Allianz posts second highest Q1 revenue in its history
Insurer has reported a record revenue of €30.1bn in Q1 with UK gross written premiums of almost €600m.
Jelf’s Carter move signals stepping up a gear on key insurer relations
Jelf Insurance Brokers has added Duncan Carter, pictured, to its insurance markets team as markets director in what it says signals a move to be more proactive with key insurers.
Post Blog: Does insurance have to be so complicated?
The complexity of the insurance sector is making it difficult to engage with consumers. Philip Davies, EMEA president of Siegel and Gale, explains.
Allianz hunts P&C acquisition targets
German insurer Allianz is considering property and casualty acquisitions, having a better grasp of future capital requirements for the business under Solvency II, according to reports.
Post Broking Supplement: Interview with Reich MD Simon Taylor
Reich Insurance managing director Simon Taylor talks acquisitions, art and his "service, service, service" mantra.
Allianz promotes Daws in risk control
Allianz has promoted Stuart Daws to manager, risk control within its commercial division.
NFU and Ageas pay Accident Exchange undisclosed settlements
NFU Mutual and Ageas have reached settlement agreements with credit hirer Accident Exchange over their use of Autofocus evidence.
Allianz 'on track' for 2012 target after €2.3bn profit in Q1
Allianz Group achieved revenues of over €30bn in the first quarter of 2012, compared to €29.9bn in the first quarter of 2011, according to preliminary figures.
Allianz reports €30bn revenue in Q1
Allianz Group achieved total revenues of over €30bn in the first quarter of 2012, based on preliminary figures, compared to €29.9bn the previous year.
Insurance the micro way
Much of the world's population has now moved out of extreme poverty and into the lower middle class. Francesca Nyman examines whether there is a market for micro-insurance in this demographic.
Allianz Global Assistance posts record turnover for 2011
Allianz Global Assistance, of which Mondial Assistance UK is a member, achieved global turnover in excess of €2bn for the first time (€2.05bn) representing an increase of 8.5% over 2010.
Allianz sticking to targets for P&C profit plans
Allianz's attempt to more than double operating profit at its German property and casualty unit in the next three years is "on plan", according to Markus Riess.
Allianz Global Assistance turnover hits €2bn
Allianz Global Assistance has reported a global turnover of €2.1bn, suggesting that it is on target to reach €3bn by 2015.
Argo recruits space risks specialist from AGCS
Argo International has appointed Antoine Bavandi as space risks underwriter for Argo Assurances, the group's Paris-based underwriting platform for speciality products including aviation and space.
Interview: Andrew Torrance - Playing the long game
With more than a decade at Allianz, and more than 20 years in the industry, chief executive Andrew Torrance reflects on the past and looks to the future.
Post magazine - 3 May 2012
The latest issue of Post is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Questgates names five new recruits
Questgates has announced five new appointments across its motor, property and counter-fraud divisions.