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Market moves: Ageas and Axa name new MDs
With insurance companies gearing up for the festive holidays, it was a surprisingly busy week in recruitment.
News analysis: Application fraud to top the agenda for motor insurers in 2012
The New Year’s resolution for many motor insurers is to tackle application fraud with the same force they have brought to bear on crash-for-cash fraudsters. “Staged motor accidents remain the top priority, but application fraud comes second,” according…
Review of the year - General insurance: Regulatory dramas
2011, a year dominated by regulatory and legislative change, could yet prove to be a landmark 12 months for the insurance industry.
RBS tackles huge rise in storm claims
RBS Insurance saw a 1000% rise in storm claims arising from the severe weather in Scotland last week.
S&P warns of mass insurer downgrade
Allianz, Aviva and Axa are among 15 insurers placed on negative watch by Standard and Poors.
Axa announce five year Avantia deal
Axa Personal Lines has secured five year deal with intermediary Avantia to underwrite non-standard household insurance.
Axa director Mike Keating quits company
Axa’s managing director of personal lines intermediary Mike Keating has left the company.
NI to bring pleural plaques legislation
New legislation is to be introduced in Northern Ireland next week allowing pleural plaques sufferers to claim compensation.
Payment protection insurance thrives in Europe
Payment protection insurance is an expanding market in much of Europe, despite issues in the UK market, according to a report.
Motor insurers set to share application data in suspected frauds
Motor insurers want to share data from suspected application fraud, as criminals try multiple submissions to get cars on the Motor Insurance Database as cheaply as possible.
Review of the year - Health insurance: Seeds of change
Despite a tough 12 months, and gloom forecast for 2012, the health insurance sector has planted important seeds for future growth this year.
Castleacre launches high net worth index
Castleacre has produced an average price index of household insurance for High Net Worth individuals to help clients identify whether their own insurance premiums are in-line with current market trends.
Axa Art raises money for charity with art salvage auction
Axa Art Insurance has raise six times the estimated value of damaged art works in a salvage sale to raise money for charity.
NIG names three in SME push
Broker-only commercial insurer NIG has appointed area business development managers at its regional headquarters in Bristol, Maidstone and Watford.
OFT accepts insurer commitment to limit data exchange
The OFT has accepted formal commitments from six insurance companies and two IT software and service providers to limit the data they exchange between them.
Reid furious over Bluefin sell-off rumours
Bluefin Insurance Group boss Stuart Reid has insisted Axa calling in advisers to look at selling off Bluefin Advisory Services has no impact on the general insurance broker.
My best 11- Ian Wainwright and Paul Lee, Ecclesiastical Insurance
Ian Wainwright, broker sales director at Ecclesiastical, and Paul Lee, northern regional director, select their Best XI for an insurance start-up. The self-styled Clough and Taylor have chosen from the great and good of insurance — including their boss —…
Axa considers Bluefin Advisory sale
Axa has appointed advisors to line up Bluefin Advisory Services for a sell-off, but has made it clear that the general insurance broker business is not for sale.
Axa promises more hubs as Bristol and Newcastle open
Axa Commercial has opened new offices in Bristol and Newcastle and pledged to open more branches in the future.
Groupama aims to improve solvency ratio with asset sale
Speculation is mounting that regulatory pressure in France has led Groupama to attempt to raise close to €1bn through the sale of its GAN Assurances unit.
Axa, MMA and Allianz linked with Groupama swoop
Axa, MMA's parent Covea and Allianz have been tipped to buy Groupama arm GAN, according to reports.
ABI Motor 2011: Insurers sign up to tyre scheme
Major motor insurers Axa, Aviva, Direct Line and RSA are among more than 50 companies that have agreed not to charge an additional premium to policyholders fitting winter tyres.
Garwyn appoints ex-Marsh chief to CEO
Liability loss adjuster Garwyn, has appointed former Marsh boss Artur Niemczewski as CEO.
Bancassurance growth outstrips traditional models in Asia
The growth of the Bancassurance model is outstripping that of agents in many parts of Asia according to Joyce Chan.