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Top 100 UK Insurers 2015: Top 20 insurers: Regional office map
See where the top 20 UK insurers have their regional offices in 2015 (headquarters not featured)
AGCS promotes Kirwan to UK CEO
Brian Kirwan has been promoted to UK CEO of Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty effective from 1 October.
Internet of Things: All together now
In the brave new world of the Internet of Things, there are opportunities and threats for insurers. How much is hype and what is the reality?
Insurers wary of increased costs following Enterprise Bill proposal
Question marks have been raised over a proposed measure in the Enterprise Bill that could see insurers pay general damages to policyholders that have suffered additional loss because of an unreasonable delay in payment.
Career Development: Allianz welcomes students
Allianz has welcomed its second intake of students onto the newly created one-year placement scheme.
Market Moves - 24 September 2015
Who has moved where in the world of insurance this week?
Allianz appoints Newman as head of motor claims
Tony Newman has been formally appointed head of motor claims at Allianz, having been seconded to the role since September 2014.
Video: Expertise A-Z: Q&A with Andy Wells
Using current databases and applying rating technology is making systems much more intelligent and expanding the size and types of business risk that electronic trading.
Allianz strikes PPI and GAP deal with Maiden
Affinity and white label specialist Maiden has extended its partnership with Allianz on developing branded insurance solutions to automotive original equipment manufacturers and their customers.
AGCS predicts global cyber premiums will reach $20bn per year by 2025
Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty forecasts cyber insurance premiums will grow globally from the current level of $2bn (£1.3bn) per year to more than $20bn over the next decade, representing a compound annual growth of more than 20%.
Educating drivers on the importance of safety holds key to curbing uninsured driving
Reducing motor premiums by educating young drivers on the importance of road safety has been raised by market commentators as the main way of curbing the number of uninsured drivers, which has risen for the first time in a decade.
Allianz Engineering promotions strengthen management team
Allianz Engineering has strengthened its management team with the promotions of Natalie Holbrook and Anneke Graham, in preparation to move forward with growth plans.
Autonomous Trucks: The road to autonomy
As the first autonomous truck gets a road licence in the US, how will the introduction of driverless fleets affect the industry?
Allianz and BMW launch shortfall product covering up to 100% of invoice price
Allianz and BMW have launched a shortfall insurance product with which UK customers no longer need to select the traditional £10,000 or £20,000 worth of cover.
Asia storm surge risk exposure to grow exponentially by 2070, says OECD
Coastal risks are rising in Asia at a rapid rate according to new research.
Allianz Commercial joins Powerplace SME panel
Allianz Commercial has joined Powerplace's SME panel making its suite of SME products available on Powerplace SME from the fourth quarter of this year.
German insurers have largest foothold in €3.86bn travel and assistance market
The stand-alone travel insurance and assistance market across 20 European countries totalled €3.86bn (£2.45bn) in terms of gross written premiums in 2014 and is forecast to rise to €4.54bn by 2018.
UK insurer CEOs lament IPT hike as H1 results are squeezed
Industry CEOs have criticised the government’s "regressive" decision to increase insurance premium tax, but have dismissed the tax hike represents a disconnect from government, amid widespread profit drops and combined operating ratio deterioration at…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 20 August 2015
Penny is not a fan of numbers – other than in relation to how many names she has on her dance card.
Allianz wins judgment on ‘unreasonable’ issuing of court proceedings
Allianz has successfully defended itself from having to pay seven times more in costs for a personal injury case after a judge ruled the claimant had issued legal proceedings prematurely.
Allianz appoints new broker partnership manager
Allianz Insurance announced today (14 August) that it has appointed Stacey Keen to its Retail division as broker partnership manager.
Insurers pledge support to intermediated motor market after RSA withdrawal
Large insurers have remained staunch in maintaining their presence in the personal lines broker motor market after RSA announced on 12 August it is to fully withdraw from the channel.
Results round-up: H1 2015
Its results season again, and here at Post we have put together a single source of information to make finding the results from this half of 2015 a little easier.
Allianz buoyed by P&C growth in China, Indonesia and Malaysia
Allianz's Asia-Pacific property and casualty division saw gross written premiums increase to €869m (£619m) in the first half up 26% from €688m last year.