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Highway Code updated for self-driving vehicles as education concerns persist
The government has confirmed changes to the Highway Code to ensure the first self-driving vehicles are introduced safely on roads.
Intelligence: Ireland is cautiously optimistic about its financial future
As Ireland emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic into a post-Brexit world, David Worsfold explains that after addressing past regulatory failures, and now looking to make personal injury reforms, the Irish insurance market is currently looking forward and…
BI ruling and Covid impact drive claims vacancy boom
Job adverts for claims roles are on the up, research has suggested, with the business interruption ruling a likely driver.
Digital Bar Quarterly: What does it take to be ‘The Insurer of the Future?’
Having attended Insurtech Insights Europe 2022 last month, Altus Consulting business executive Mike Daly shares some thoughts including the possibility we are at a ‘tipping point’ in terms of someone creating ‘the Netflix of Insurance’.
Blog: Importance of robust agency arrangements in insurance sales and supply chains
With Axa suing Santander for £624m over its payment protection insurance policies, Caroline Harbord, partner, and Charlie Paddock, trainee solicitor at law firm Forsters, discuss the importance of robust agency arrangements in insurance sales and supply…
LV, Axa and Keoghs smash fraud ring; Flood Re launches Build Back Better; Howden buys SPF; Go Insur backs start-up Insuristic
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Blog: Ocean investment is critical to protect the welfare of ecosystems
As Axa and WTW join a new global finance ecosystem designed to channel funds into coastal and ocean natural capital by 2030, Chip Cunliffe, biodiversity director at Axa XL and co-chair of Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, takes a deep dive into…
Analysis: How dual pricing reforms are shaking up insurance
Post investigates what changes the industry has seen following January’s dual pricing reforms, and if insurers are following the right path on price walking.
Axa will not appeal Corbin & King BI verdict
Axa has decided not to appeal a £4.36m Commercial Court business interruption judgment against it.
Inside Out: A former BI insider looks at what the insurance industry should have learnt in the past two years
Post invites industry insiders affected by key issues they believe insurance is getting ‘inside out’ to share their perspective and state their case for change. Here, a former business interruption insider talks about how the recent Corbin & King v Axa…
Spotlight on dual pricing: The end of dual pricing and what it means
Post and PayPal surveyed the industry to explore the possible implications of the recent price-walking ban. Valerie Hart looks for further insight into how the industry might adapt.
AIG, Axa and RSA lead underwriter recruitment; Allianz partners with Solar Energy UK; North P&I and Standard Club to merge; and first non-London syndicate-in-a-box-launched
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Analysis: Corbin & King £4.4m judgment tugs at BI claims door
The Corbin & King business interruption judgment has the potential to open up insurers to further and more costly claims, but with multiple factors at play there is no guarantee others will win out.
Intelligence: Post's complaints matrix shows the products that let consumers down during the pandemic
Complaints data from the Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service helps to create greater transparency and accountability for insurance firms. As Post brings together the most comprehensive set of complaints data from 2014 onwards,…
Insurance staff come together to support Ukraine refugees
From gearing up to take in refugees to delivering supplies, Post spoke to European insurance staff who are dedicating their time to helping those affected by the Ukraine crisis.
ESG Exchange: Making resilient repairs work
With new measures being introduced to facilitate resilient repairs, Rachel Gordon investigates whether these steps go far enough to help insurers and their customers when faced with building claims.
ESG Exchange Q&A 1: How are insurers helping their staff and partners to be green?
As part of Post's ESG Exchange fortnight we spoke to Allianz, Axa, Bupa and RSA to find out how insurers are thinking beyond their own firms and helping staff, partners and their supply chain to adopt environmental, social and governance practises.
Axa's Jon Walker looks at how insurers can do more to support SMEs
Small and medium enterprises are integral to communities across the UK. If insurers take the time to understand the challenges that these businesses face then they will be better placed to adapt and respond to their needs, says Jon Walker, executive…
Aviva to give staff £1000 each in shares
Aviva has reported its highest gross written premium from continuing operations in "over a decade" and will grant its 22,000 employees £1000 each in shares.
Self-driving vehicle data sharing rules must be right from day one, insurers urge
Insurers have warned that any duty to disclose data in an Automated Vehicles Act must be right from "day one" to avoid lengthy litigation.
Briefing: Walls closing in on insurers’ business interruption furlough savings
The pressure is mounting for insurers to rethink business interruption furlough savings, Post news editor Jen Frost argues in the wake of a landmark Australian judgment.
Corbin & King’s £4.4m victory against Axa opens insurers up to more and larger BI claims
The Commercial Court has ruled that Axa must indemnify restaurant group Corbin & King £4.36m for closures during the first year of the pandemic.
Marsh/Volante launch shareholder activism product; insurance sector launches flood directory; GRP buys Hamilton Fraser; Liberty rolls out real-time flood warning solution
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ageas to announce series of distribution deals as it enters personal lines-only future
Ageas is set to unveil a series of new distribution deals throughout 2022 as it continues to double down on intermediated personal lines business following the sale of its commercial lines business to Axa last week.