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How apprenticeships can help electric vehicle insurers
Ahead of Insurance Post's Motor and Mobility Conference 2023, Michael Golding, LV's general insurance network manager, explores the challenges with electric vehicle repairs.
Two founding members remain as Allianz and Axa leave NZIA
Allianz and Axa have both decided to leave the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, meaning just two founding members remain after three leave in one day.
Steve Treloar to step down as LV CEO
Steve Treloar, chief executive of LV GI and Allianz Personal, is leaving the business at the end of June.
Could technology cause more to self-insure?
Edmund Tirbutt examines how the centuries-old insurance sector is using technology to shift from handling claims to focus on changing customer behaviour to reduce their risks.
Swiss Re joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance exodus
Swiss Re has joined Zurich, Hannover Re and Munich Re in turning its back on the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance.
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List provides a blueprint of what you need to do to achieve and succeed in today’s world.
How insurers are supporting King Charles’ green agenda
To mark HRH King Charles III's coronation, Fiona Nicolson examines the impact of his Sustainable Markets Initiative Insurance Task Force.
How insurance is making Manchester a northern powerhouse
Analysis: Ahead of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s Annual Conference taking over Manchester Central, Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes explores the challenges and opportunities facing general insurers and intermediaries based in the city.
Could the PRA soon be knocking on personal lines insurers’ doors?
Editor’s View: 2022 was tough for personal lines, but if you are an insurer who had a particularly difficult year, the Prudential Regulatory Authority could soon be knocking on your door.
Managing personal lines customer expectations during the cost-of-living crisis
Izabela Chmielewska presents some key takeaways from a recent on-demand webinar discussing insurance challenges around personal lines in 2023.
Gallagher buys Buck; Pen’s latest deal; Spring’s commercial PI binder
Friday Round-Up: Ahead of Good Friday and the Easter Bank Holiday, Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
LV catches out lawyer who exaggerated her symptoms
A non-practicing lawyer from Merthyr Tydfil who attempted to claim more than £250,000 from LV for injuries resulting from a vehicle collision has had her call for compensation thrown out.
Coalition enters UK excess cyber market; JMG Group acquires New Era; Gallagher Re appoints CEO
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Why you would be wrong to write off Amazon’s insurance store
Editor’s View: While Amazon’s initial insurance sales may have failed to set the world alight, Emma Ann Hughes warns the industry should be still be scared because of the e-commerce giant’s track record on delivering the convenience consumers crave.
Breakdown insurers sceptical over £200m investment to fix potholes
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt pledged a further £200m to help tackle the pothole problem in Wednesday's budget, but breakdown insurers are sceptical over its effectiveness.
Aviva and Axa lead the way in achieving equity for women
Aviva and Axa are leading the way when it comes to creating a more diverse, inclusive and equitable insurance industry for women, according to an analysis of press coverage.
How insurers are helping travellers carry on cruising
Emma Ann Hughes examines how three years on from a fatal coronavirus outbreak onboard the Diamond Princess, cruise travel insurance has changed to ensure thousands can set sail with confidence again this year.
Insurers with unsatisfactory websites named and shamed
Insurance companies with websites that fall short of consumer expectations have been named and shamed.
Insurers to appeal against mixed injuries whiplash judgment
The Association of British insurers has confirmed that insurers are looking to appeal against the mixed injuries whiplash judgment handed down at the Court of Appeal in January.
View from the top: LV’s Michael Lawrence on keeping customer confidence in uncertain times
Michael Lawrence, distribution and underwriting director at LV Broker, says the industry can’t rely on good fortune to maintain customer confidence in the face of the challenges that 2023 will bring.
60 Seconds With... LV's Fabio Goriup
Fabio Goriup, project manager at LV, shares with Post his enthusiasm for car maintenance, squash, and simple happiness.
Diary of an Insurer: LV’s Michael Lawrence
Michael Lawrence, distribution and underwriting director of LV Broker, tends to his chickens plus a clash with a deer sees him put the insurer’s windscreen repair service to the test.
How do you solve a problem like cyber?
News Editor's View: With high profile breaches becoming more and more common, is the industry well positioned to help small businesses with the growing threat of cyber attacks?