Covea Insurance
This week: Time to turn the tide
No woman should ever be made to feel uncomfortable in the insurance workplace because of the advances of a man.
Simon Cooter to leave Covéa next year
Covéa Insurance’s commercial lines and high net worth director, Simon Cooter will step down next year.
Analysis: Subsidence surge
Insurers and loss adjusters are using digital technologies to handle this autumn’s surge in subsidence claims but they are not forgetting the human touch is the best way to get to the root of the problem
Analysis: Little online lies
Consumers might lie online to get cheaper quotes but insurers are using digital technology to detect potential fraud.
Penny Black's social world: October 2018
Ascending the Alps, relaunching rugby and seven marathons in seven days
This week in Post: Swipe right for Swinton
As Swinton meets its match in Ardonagh, the insurance courtship game has continued to hit headlines.
Supply chain focus: Aligning cultures when choosing partners
With an increasing focus on CSR and technology, choosing partners that can align with an insurer's core values has arguably never been more important. Edward Murray looks at the factors supply chain managers now consider important when choosing the…
Analysis: Application interrogation
People who want to insure their home can’t always answer technical questions about their property. Insurers are calling on digital technologies to overhaul the whole application process
Scor investor threatens action over rejection of Covéa takeover bid
Scor’s leadership has been accused of “gross negligence” over its rejection of a takeover bid from Covéa.
Penny Black's social world: September 2018
Community Cup, defeating dementia, mental health plea and afternoon tea
Commercial insurance fraud: Improving detection
There might be disagreement as to how large the gap is between the resources committed to combatting commercial fraud when compared to personal lines – underlined by the recent Post/Crif research. But, there is at least some consensus around a lack of…
Penny Black's Social World: August 2018
Tough mudders, equal measures and Pride matters
Covéa partners with blockchain service provider
Covéa has chosen to partner with blockchain platform Blocksure and will use it alongside its legacy systems.
Roundtable: Future-proofing claims for the digital age
Claims has not received as much attention as many front-end processes when it comes to investment, even though it is the moment of truth on which long-term policyholder loyalty can be built
Roundtable: Tackling ghost broking before it spreads further
Ghost broking is a growing threat and it is spreading to the commercial environment, Post held a roundtable with senior claims and fraud figures to discuss what the insurance industry should be doing about it
Covéa regional restructure leads to redundancies
Covéa is changing its regional structure, leading to 11 redundancies.
British Insurance Awards 2018: Full list of winners, their stories and photos
Former Churchill and LV general insurance boss John O’Roarke took home the Achievement prize last night at the British Insurance Awards, where his new employer Aviva was among the big winners.
Roundtable: The future of insurance in the digital age
Insurers feel they need to adapt to the digital age but they don’t all agree on how to drive technological change. What culture should they nurture? Post invited a number of industry experts to discuss the challenges ahead
Analysis: Cyber bullying
Cyber cover is entering personal lines and offering protection against online bullying. But is it really a place for insurers?
Penny Black's social world: June 2018
Mucky hacks, the Duchenne Dash and starring with stormtroopers
Roundtable: Digital innovation in commercial lines
The terms commercial lines and digital aren't often spoken together - is the problem that the industry doesn't talk about it or is it really not happening in the market?
Analysis: Supply chains: Pruning supply risks
With supply chains entwined through businesses like ivy, disruption risks are climbing. Under-utilised policy wordings and little-known specialist covers haven’t weeded them out
Ogden rate revision spurs GWP growth for Covéa
Covéa Insurance saw a 10.8% increase in gross written premiums in the financial year to 3 May, up to £739m from £666.3m in the previous year.
Covea's Simon Cooter on investing in tech for customers, not for profit
Innovation needs to focus on enhancing customer experience, explains Simon Cooter, commercial lines & HNW director at Covéa Insurance.