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What is at stake for the insurance industry in the election?
The country has gone to the polls today and the insurance industry will wait with bated breath for the result.
We need to talk about fire claims
With concerns growing about the coordination of the many parties involved in investigating major fire claims, a roundtable recently brought together insurers, adjusters, forensic investigators and fire service chiefs. As they discussed the many…
Insurers ‘will need to assess’ safety of driverless cars handover systems
Driverless car manufacturers should consider installing ‘phased handover’ functions to minimise the disruption when vehicles switch from autonomous to manual driving.
This Week in Post: Manchester in our thoughts
The Manchester attack touched us all this week. Because we might live or work in the city. Because we might have visited recently. Or because we have, you know, a heart.
Blog: From Noddy to Sweep, kids TV has been helping insurers sell products since 1985
Post content director Jonathan Swift reflects on the relationship between children's television and insurance over the last four decades.
Zurich and Axa close Manchester branches for the day following terror attack
Zurich and Axa have closed their Manchester branches following last night’s terrorist attack on Manchester Arena.
Axa tops Brokerbility bi-annual survey
Brokerbility has completed its bi-annual member survey, with Axa retaining the top spot for the eighth year running.
Week in Post: Bonsai trees, jelly beans and the thousand-yard stare
The majority of the Post team started the week as ‘virgins’ of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association annual conference. This morning, I see most of them have the same look in their bloodshot eyes. War veterans call it the thousand-yard stare.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: What brokers and insurers want from the next government
Delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference have asked the next government for some stability.
Axa to use Dragon’s Den labs to grow schemes book to £250m
Axa plans to grow its schemes business to £250m in premium as a result of a Dragon’s Den-style innovation lab.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: Who would the insurance industry invite to the perfect summer BBQ and what would they serve them?
As the embers start to go out at another British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference, the #BibaFever team sought the answer to the biggest BBQ question of them all.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: The UK insurance industry outlines how the UK can remain competitive post-Brexit
As the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference continued in Manchester today the Insurance Post and Insurance Age #BibaFever team went out to grill delegates about the topics that have been getting the tongs (sic) wagging.
Legal & General appoints Carol Hughes as head of regional broker
Legal & General has appointed Carol Hughes as head of regional broker within its GI division.
This month in Post: Awards, acquisitions and a new Act
It's been a challenging month here in Taunton. A new bridge has gone up on the main road, amid the gazes of many excited onlookers, and - equally exciting - a new fence is being erected on one side of my garden.
Regional Review: Glasgow
Glasgow’s insurance roots stretch back centuries to the city’s days as a bustling merchant hub of transatlantic trade. Today, its insurance market has lost none of its vibrancy, and its reputation as the general insurance centre of Scotland remains…
Roundtable: ADAS and the next step to driverless cars
Autonomous vehicles, drones and cyber innovation have been hogging much of the discussions as to how insurers can prepare themselves for the technology of the future. What can easily be overlooked is the complex technology that already exists in the…
Interview: Brendan McCafferty, Axa
Brendan McCafferty joined Axa as CEO, intermediated and direct, in February. He talks to Will Kirkman about his new role
Vienna Insurance Group acquires Axa Life in Romania
Vienna Insurance Group has closed the acquisition of Axa Life in Romania, increasing its presence in the country.
Axa transfers £600m historical liability book to Riverstone
Axa has started transferring its historical disease liability book of business to Riverstone.
Driverless cars law stalled by general election
The government’s driverless cars bill will have to be reintroduced from scratch in the next parliament after the general election.
Identity fraud: Trading faces
With almost 173,000 reported cases last year, identity fraud is an ever-increasing problem. Insurers are taking a proactive approach to fight this pernicious problem
Blog: Injured claimants are not lobby fodder
I spent 15 years working for a number of insurance companies before ‘crossing the floor’ to be the managing director of Minster Law, a claimant firm. Whether moving from insurance to the law is a step up the public approval rankings or a step down is a…
This Month in Post: Rates, start-ups and fraud
Spring is in the air and it's a time well-known for cleaning out the old and starting anew. As I continue to unpack boxes and work out where to put all of the fairly useless things I have collected over the decades, the industry has been taking its own…
Startup Trov secures $45m for expansion efforts
On-demand insurance provider Trov has secured $45m (£36m) of investment for its global expansion efforts.