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Insurance Post Podcast: Making insurance more diverse and inclusive
Insurers can boost their profit margins by having diverse voices in the decision-making room, according to the Association of British Insurers.
Heatwave sees subsidence insurance payouts surge to £219m
Insurers expect to pay £219m in subsidence claims made in 2022, according to the latest Association of British Insurers data.
Energy crisis fails to derail insurers from hitting ESG targets
Data analysis: Insurers and reinsurers are managing to stick to their shorter-term goals of cutting underwriting emissions even during the energy crisis.
Coalition enters UK excess cyber market; JMG Group acquires New Era; Gallagher Re appoints CEO
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insuring the new working world
Sam Barrett explores how the insurance industry is adapting employers’ liability insurance to reflect the risks associated with new ways of working post-Covid.
Podcast: Lessons the insurance industry learnt from Covid-19
The industry has learnt to communicate more clearly what is and isn’t covered by insurance policies, according to the Association of British Insurers, Allianz and Genasys.
Jensten buys three brokers; CFC launches IP solution; Optio appoints CEO
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance Post Podcast: How the cost-of-living crisis is impacting motor insurance
The cost-of-living crisis is causing some motor insurance policyholders to delay making a claim because they would struggle to pay the excess.
Causes for concern for renewable energy insurers
Analysis: Harry Curtis explores the challenges facing the renewables insurance market and why smaller wind turbines installed over a decade ago are giving providers cause for concern.
Insurers with unsatisfactory websites named and shamed
Insurance companies with websites that fall short of consumer expectations have been named and shamed.
Editor’s Picks: Musk’s move, navigating losses and regulatory improvements
As we approach the end of February, the headlines that caught your attention on Insurance Post this month show the challenges and opportunities facing the industry one year on after Russia invaded the Ukraine.
Hazards are still stalking the high seas for marine insurers
Analysis: David Worsfold examines how the Russia and Ukraine war has presented marine insurers with several tricky challenges, including insuring ships in the safe-grain corridor, and keeping abreast of the constantly changing sanctions regimes.
Claims Apprentice Podcast: Claims Inflation – Motor Repair
In this podcast, Team Connect – from the latest series of Claims Apprentice – looks at the factors behind the rise in motor repair claims costs.
Weather and inflation turn up the heat on Allianz Holdings’ profit
Allianz Holdings saw its 2022 operating profit more than halve as a result of higher-than-expected inflation and continued disruptive weather, CEO Colm Holmes has said.
Liberty and Aon BI wordings to be the subject of October trial
Several business interruption cases, in which Liberty Mutual is a defendant, will be heard together over the course of a five-day trial in October.
Why property insurers are struggling to control claims costs
Analysis: Sam Barrett explores how inflation, increased labour costs plus material shortages are pushing up property insurance claims costs and why working with loss adjusters to remove frictional cost is essential.
Liberty Mutual faces fresh wave of BI court battles
Liberty Mutual is facing a growing number of lawsuits over business interruption insurance, with a group of racecourses and pub chain Fuller’s the latest to join the ranks of organisations suing the insurer.
Marsh under fire for acting as insurance broker for pipeline
Campaigners Insure Our Future have written to the CEOs of Aon, Gallagher, Marsh and Willis Towers Watson asking them to refuse to broker insurance for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Is Tesla's imminent UK insurance entry the 'revolution' that has been threatened?
Analysis: After Insurance Post reported Tesla had submitted Companies House listings to set up an in-house insurer in the UK, we examine is this good or bad news for electric vehicle drivers?
Insurance Post Podcast: How the great resignation made insurance an employee’s market
The activities you post plus the chatter among insurers on Linked In is increasingly playing a role in attracting talent to the insurance industry, according to Verlingue UK, Allianz Commercial and Claims Consortium Group.
How insurers and brokers are tackling commercial underinsurance
Analysis: Pamela Kokoszka examines how commercial insurers are adapting their approaches to address underinsurance that could prove a fatal blow to businesses in the current economic climate.
Meet the 2023 Claims Apprentices
Ahead of the new series of Claims Apprentice, sponsored by Kennedys, we are delighted to introduce you to our six finalists, who have made it through the interview process and onto the fourth run of the popular video show.
Why insurance should be recession proof
Editor's View: Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes kicks the tires of insurance to see if the industry is right to be pessimistic about its prospects at the moment.
Insurer's diversity data collection called into question
Data analysis: Following the Financial Conduct Authority’s report on diversity and inclusion strategies in financial services firms in December, Insurance Post surveys attitudes towards D&I strategy among major insurers.