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Esure Broker launch will be 'third pillar'
Esure has said it will overcome any scepticism from insurers, after unveiling plans to create a dedicated intermediary.
Esure targets "third revenue stream" with broker launch
Direct insurer Esure is set to launch a new venture - Esure Broker - to target additional risks as it progresses towards an initial public offering.
Hastings' Utley, Go Compare's Parsons and Sabre's Morris all enter Rich List
Former IAG UK CEO and current Hastings chairman Neil Utley has entered the Sunday Times Rich List top 1000 today at 430= with a fortune of £160m.
Comment - gender ruling: the price of equality
The ECJ ruling banning gender-based premiums may have thrown insurers into a spin but, as Mary Honeyball explains, it was the right thing to do.
Peter Wood reveals Go Compare desire
Esure founder and chairman Peter Wood has revealed a desire to up his stake and complete an acquisition of aggregator Go Compare, before launching an initial public offering.
Postbox: industry needs government help on fraud
The landmark civil judgment in the case of Israr Hussain Shah, as reported in Post over the past fortnight, highlights a worrying issue for the industry.
News analysis - Fraud: Northern fraud
Earlier this month, a judge jailed a Bury man for contempt of court for his part in a motor insurance fraud. Mairi MacDonald considers the consequences of this landmark ruling.
RBSI to learn from past experience
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has claimed its new partnership with Sainsbury's Finance will benefit from the lessons it learnt from its failure to retain former partner Tesco Bank.
Post Blog: not so sweet on a supermarket sweep
This week Esure became the latest insurance group to shrug of the loss of a multi-million pound deal with one of the UK's largest supermarket chains, with a response which might as well have come from Little Britain's Vicky Pollard.
Post blog: not so sweet on a supermarket sweep
This week Esure became the latest insurance group to shrug of the loss of a multi-million pound deal with one of the UK's largest supermarket chains, with a response which might as well have come from Little Britain's Vicky Pollard.
Fraudster jailed after landmark ruling
A Bury man has been imprisoned for six months for his part in a complex motor insurance fraud in a landmark civil judgment.
RBSI ousts Esure as Sainsbury’s signs up new motor insurance underwriter
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has won a multi-million pound contract to replace Esure as motor insurance provider to Sainsbury’s Finance.
RBSI ousts Esure to win Sainsbury’s Finance contract – Insurance News Now – 24 March 2011
Post news editor Mairi MacDonald outlines this week’s major general insurance stories including the decision by Sainsbury’s Finance to replace its current motor insurance provider Esure, with Royal bank of Scotland Insurance.
Esure dumped as RBSI lands Sainsbury’s insurance deal
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has won a multi-million pound contract currently held by Esure to provide motor insurance for Sainsbury’s, Post has learnt.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny and her colleagues were out and about on the town last week with the NIG executive, apart from poor managing director Jon Greenwood who has been struck down with glandular fever.
Claims supplement - Customer experiences: The results are in
The members of Which?'s online community recently rated their claims experiences with both car and home insurers. Dan Moore reveals the findings of the survey.
Esure reveals earliest date for an IPO will be 2014
The founder and chairman of direct insurer Esure Peter Wood has revealed that 2014 is the earliest that it will launch an initial public offering.
News analysis - Aggregators: A shift in strategy
Despite the rise in private car insurance rates throughout 2010, Tom Cooper reveals some brands are slipping back to a volume-based approach.
MMA names new underwriting director
Former Esure underwriting and business development director Colin Batabyal has joined MMA, almost 11 months after departing his former employer.
Esure names PI claims manager
Online insurer Esure has appointed John Miles to the newly-created role of UK PI claims manager in a bid to tackle the recent increase in third party personal injury motor claims.
Top 100 UK insurers - 2009
AM Best's top 100 insurer rankings in full, according to Financial Services Authority returns for 2009.
Post powerlist 2010: The influential crowd
Over the past 12 months the UK insurance industry has faced the global recession head on, taken the change of government in its stride and has shown that it is ready to face oncoming regulation in the form of Solvency II. Below we name the major players…
3700 staff on tenterhooks as RBSI unveils closures
Rivals of Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance have outlined plans to recruit staff affected by the banking giant's decision to close more than half of its offices.
Esure IT platform outsourced in £26m Capgemini deal
Esure has migrated the majority of its IT platform to Capgemini in a multi-million pound outsourcing deal.