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Claims Awards Asia: the winners
Last night the winners of the Claims Awards Asia were announced at the inaugural awards ceremony in Hong Kong.
Underwriting Service Awards 2013: Winners announced
Last night saw the fourth annual Underwriting Service Awards take place at the Royal Garden Hotel.
Comment: My Licence will benefit all parties
Project aims to reduce costs for insurers, speed up underwriting and ultimately bring down motor premiums.
AGCS adopts legal form of European company
Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty has adopted the legal form of a European company and merged with its subsidiary Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (France), retroactive to 1 January 2013.
AGCS makes internal hire for marine role
Paul O’Neill has been named Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty global head of marine Europe and Asia Pacific effective 1 January 2014.
AGCS appoints Asia engineering manager
Chris van Gend has been appointed Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's regional engineering manager for Asia.
Scepticism remains over ‘underwriting discipline’ in Q3
Full-year results expected to take a hit from St Jude storm.
Allianz grows UK GWP by 1.8% in Q3
Allianz’s UK business reported a 1.8% increase in gross written premiums to £1.5bn in the third quarter of 2013.
Allianz grows UK GWP by 1.8% in Q3
Allianz’s UK business reported a 1.8% increase in gross written premiums to £1 459.7m in the third quarter of 2013.
Allianz Group to beat 2013 forecast
Insurance giant Allianz will beat its 2013 profit forecast of €9.7bn despite European storm losses.
Allianz Group to beat 2013 forecast, despite sliding UK profits
Insurance giant Allianz will beat its 2013 profit forecast of €9.7bn in spite of its UK business being hit by volume losses on motor and legal protection.
C-Suite: Act now to ease age concern
With the average age of insurance employees increasing, it’s vital the industry nurtures the next generation.
Market Moves: UK General hires former BMW man and Sue Langley returns to industry
This week saw a surge of appointments among insurers, with fresh faces at AIG, Allianz and UK General. The latter swooped for a former BMW man to serve as schemes director, while others looked to more conventional sources. Former Lloyd’s and Hiscox boss…
Pet Insurance: Paws for thought
The cost of pet insurance claims has skyrocketed in the past five years, prompting some insurers to withdraw from the sector altogether. How can those that remain respond to the difficult market conditions?
High Street Brokers: Word on the street
While many had expected the increase in alternative methods of buying insurance to signal the demise of high-street brokers, they are still going strong. What are they doing right?
Allianz names new head of sales and marketing
Allianz Retail Simon Cook as head of sales and marketing, broker and corporate partner.
Motor Insurance: Jumping the gun
Motor insurers’ over-eagerness to reap the anticipated benefits of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act has resulted in a sharp drop in rates. With unprofitability increasing, where does the sector go from here?
Opportunistic Fraud: Zero tolerance
With opportunistic fraud attracting little public attention compared with large-scale organised fraud, the insurance sector is battling to change attitudes to such crime and develop methods to catch its perpetrators.
Highlights from The Claims Event 2013
With the birth of the new regulator and major regulatory changes, The Claims Event 2013 was a key conference for claims professionals to attend this year to learn about the latest industry developments.
Hanks named Purple Partnership non-exec chair
Former Allianz Commercial boss Chris Hanks has been named non-executive chairman of Jelf-owned broker network Purple Partnership.
Europe: Should we stay or should we go?
Earlier this month, Conservative backbencher Adam Afriyie called on the government to bring forward the referendum on the UK leaving the European Union from 2017 to October 2014.
RSA stock boosted by takeover rumours
Rumours of a buyout at RSA have seen the insurer’s share price climb 3.1p yesterday, reaching a high of £1.27 at the close of business on the London Stock Exchange.
Axa retains lead in Brokerbility satisfaction survey
Axa has been ranked highest of Brokerbility’s seven key insurer partners in a survey of members.
Market Moves: Busy Bluefin makes big hires while Allianz swoops for a rival’s regional director
Broker Bluefin was the most active firm in the insurance sector this week, with two appointments shaking up its business in North Yorkshire and Scotland. Meanwhile, Allianz hired a rival’s regional director, Hiscox brought in a broker to head up its…