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Aviva names five start-ups for fintech incubation programme
Aviva and Founders Factory have revealed the first five start-ups selected for its fintech programme.
This week: Planning, predictions and packing
I am most definitely a planner. Being organised usually tops my list of attributes in appraisals and most of my life as a busy working mum is run by lists. In fact the holiday I'm just about to fly off to has been two years in the planning.
On-demand insurance provider receives £1.2m in funding
Pay-as-you-go insurance provider, Zego has raised £1.2 million in a seed funding round following the launch of its first product led by Aviva.
Insurance Fraud Awards 2017 shortlist now available
Aviva, Allianz and Zurich are among the firms leading the way in terms of the shortlist for the Insurance Fraud Awards 2017.
Aviva sells Friends Provident International for £340m
Following a strategic review UK-headquartered insurer Aviva is selling the international arm of Friends Provident to International Financial Group subsidiary RL360 Holding Co.
Week in Post: Brexit, redundancies and consolidation
This week we saw the ‘Great Repeal Bill’ being introduced to Parliament, a key waystone on the long and arduous journey to leaving the European Union.
Unite slams Aviva over potential plans to cut 120 jobs
A union has hit out at “simply unacceptable” plans by Aviva to close its Southend office, putting 120 jobs at risk.
120 jobs at risk as Aviva plans to close Southend office
Aviva has placed 120 jobs up for review as it prepares to close its Southend office.
Registration opens for Dive In 2017
Registration opened today for Dive In, the festival for diversity and inclusion in insurance, which will take place in late September and focus on the ‘Diversity Dividend’.
Aviva launches health insurance to corporate clients
Aviva has launched a low cost ‘Health Essentials’ insurance to its corporate clients which will enable employers to offer top-up cancer and physiotherapy cover to their employees.
L&G to offer leak detector to home clients
Legal & General has partnered with Home Serve to offer Leak Bot to its home insurance customers.
This Month: Prizes, picnics and personalities
Taxis working the Royal Albert Hall patch this week had their hands and seats full, chauffeuring well-dressed ladies and gentlemen to the prestigious British Insurance Awards
Ex-Aviva employee sentenced after selling customer claims data
A rogue Aviva employee has been slapped with a two year suspended sentence after selling customer claims data for a total of £4500.
Revealed: 2017 British Insurance Awards winners
RSA scooped a trio of awards last night at the British Insurance Awards, winning in the claims initiative, major loss and young achiever categories.
Technology: Summer of Insurtech
The insurance industry is currently being disrupted by a swathe of shiny new insurtechs that have found ways to tap into areas where traditional incumbents are falling short. Post invited the leading lights from this wave of start-ups to a picnic to…
More women are at executive level in financial services than ever before
Columbia Treadneedle Investments has issued a report highlighting the increased representation of women across 12 sectors in the financial industry.
Analysis: The truth behind the broken system of dual pricing
The industry has faced sustained attacks in recent months for its ‘shameful’ practice of raising rates for loyal customers, with one newspaper calling for the government to ‘punish the insurance pirates’.
This Week in Post: The Queen's Speech, whiplash and a year on from Brexit
As Her Majesty the Queen delivered her all-important speech to open parliament, insurers had a lot to think about.
Data analytics will impact property underwriting but could lead to 'uninsurable' properties
Increased analytics and data capturing will be integral to the future of underwriting global property but could lead to uninsurable properties, insurers have said.
Maurice Tulloch appointed to executive board position at Aviva
Aviva’s CEO of international insurance, Maurice Tulloch, has been appointed as an executive director of the company.
Aviva's Rob Townend on removing 'easy money' from personal injury claims
Some are sounding the death knell of the personal injury reforms but Rob Townend, claims director at Aviva Insurance, explains why insurers must be alive to an increasingly aggressive claims management company industry.
Wedding insurance: A promising market
The UK wedding market is worth £10bn and growing exponentially, but the wedding insurance market is comparatively less fruitful