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Post's Christmas Q&A
As the festive season gets well and truly underway, Post caught up with some of the insurance industry's key players to talk New Year's resolutions, champagne and history books...
Post's Christmas Q&A
As the festive season gets well and truly underway, Post caught up with some of the insurance industry's key players to talk Santa slippers, mince pies and terrible Christmas presents...
Review of the Year: General Insurance
General insurers including Ageas, Aviva, Direct Line, Axa and LV reflect on a year that started with immense flood claims, saw the Competition and Markets Authority’s final report into motor insurance and ended with a warning by the regulator on the use…
The POST Power List 2014
After much deliberation, Post finally reveals the top 10 shining lights of the insurance industry, along with details of who we think would play them in a movie of their life, to complete the Post Power List.
Direct Line brand awareness dominance not translated in policy sales
Direct Line is failing to transform dominant brand awareness among consumers into policy sales, according to the latest Global Reviews UK motor insurance providers digital marketing effectiveness study.
New look IFB technical board to be chaired by Axa fraud boss Davies
Axa global chief fraud control officer Richard Davies has been appointed as chairman of the Insurance Fraud Bureau’s technical board as part of a shake-up that will result in an influx of new board members.
Insurers unfazed by CMA probe into Crawford's GAB acquisition
Insurer claims specialists are relaxed about the Competition and Markets Authority investigation into Crawford’s £45.8m acquisition of GAB Robins.
C-Suite Insurer: Vive la revolution
Technological advances mean the insurance industry is on the cusp of something new and exciting
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 11 December
It was a case of Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now for Kate Syred, Direct Line’s commercial director of home insurance, when she attended Morrissey’s recent concert at the O2.
Market Moves - 11 December 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Former LAS COO Dunworth resurfaces at Direct Line
The former chief operating officer of LAS found a new role helping Direct Line manage its supply chain after nine months out of the industry.
Personal injury claims on the up in motor as hearing loss claims rise too
Analysts predicting full year squeeze on profitability after Q3 results
Interview: Mike Holliday-Williams: Back from the cold
After more than three years as RSA Scandinavia CEO, Mike Holliday-Williams is back on home soil as DLG managing director of personal lines. He tells Post what he’s learnt from his time abroad and how he is responding to the changes in the UK market
RSA’s Hood handed chief digital officer role
RSA has promoted digital and multi-channel director Ian Hood to the newly created role of chief digital officer.
IWDC14: Mapfre direct business 'on the right path' following DLG deal
Mapfre global direct insurance managing director Jose Luis Bernal has credited the acquisition of Direct Line Group’s German and Italian businesses with helping put his firm’s direct proposition “on the right path”.
Decline in policy numbers sees 5% GWP drop at DLG
Direct Line Group has seen gross written premiums fall across its motor and home books for the first nine months of 2014 largely attributed to reductions in in-force policies.
Webinar: Imagining a market beyond price comparison
Earlier this year the aggregator space has found itself in the crosshairs of the latest Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) thematic review.
RSA sells Italian operations for £19m
RSA has agreed to sell its Italian branches and insurance books to Itas Mutua for a cash payment of £19m.
DLG pricing projects boss Clarke named as Hall's NIG successor
NIG has hired Direct Line Group's head of pricing projects Justin Clarke as Martin Hall’s successor to the role of director of underwriting and pricing.
DLG PL underwriting boss Mercier returns to Axa
Direct Line Group’s head of personal lines underwriting Neil Mercier has returned to Axa after three years at DLG.
IFR retains insurer support despite membership delays
Insurers have reiterated their support for the Insurance Fraud Register despite onerous data standards meaning that half of the UK’s largest motor players are yet to become members.
Roundtable: A step backwards in the fraud fight?
With EU data protection legislation likely to impact insurers’ anti-fraud measures, key figures from the sector discuss whether the reforms represent a critical blow to their efforts or just a bump in the road?
Insurance Fraud Awards 2014: The winners
Ageas was acclaimed as having the fraud investigation team of the year at last night's Insurance Fraud Awards.