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Spotlight: Motor insurance: What will changes in mobility mean for replacement cars?
Replacement cars face an uncertain future as individual car ownership recedes and mobility changes
Roundtable: Industrialising insurance innovation: Breaking down silos
The scalability of digital innovation is a problem for the insurance industry. What can be done to prepare insurers to create initiatives with the ability to ‘build fast and fail fast’?
Gibraltar: Between a Rock and a hard Brexit
A minority of Gibraltarian insurers could suffer from the loss of European passporting rights but the territory could also attract companies looking to enter the UK market after Brexit.
Analysis: Fighting for cover
Military personnel struggle to find motor and household insurance adapted to their circumstances. Should general insurers leave that market to specialists?
This Month: Prizes, picnics and personalities
Taxis working the Royal Albert Hall patch this week had their hands and seats full, chauffeuring well-dressed ladies and gentlemen to the prestigious British Insurance Awards
Markerstudy confirms it is not selling, plans strategic acquisitions
Exclusive: Markerstudy has confirmed that it is not for sale and is planning on making further acquisitions.
Markerstudy injects capital to fix £109m solvency deficit
Markerstudy was forced to inject fresh cash into the business after falling short of its solvency requirement by £109m.
Europe: Post-Brexit travel insurance
It is unclear whether UK nationals will be able to use the European Health Insurance Card after Brexit. If they don’t, travel insurers expect higher claims costs and higher premiums.
Roundtable: Digital is an attitude
Being a digital insurer isn’t about the aptitude but the attitude. This was the conclusion of a roundtable I chaired recently for Post, in conjunction with SSP.
Updated: Markerstudy flagged as credit risk on Biba Litmus Test
Markerstudy has been flagged up as a credit risk on a ‘litmus test’ of unrated insurers by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association.
Markerstudy to launch commercial MGA Guild Business Insurance
Markerstudy is set to launch a managing general agent, Guild Business Insurance, for rated commercial products.
11 more insurers join automated subrogation platform
Validus has added 11 insurers to its Verify subrogation portal community following Aviva and Ageas going live on the platform in 2016.
After Brolly v Travelers, here are six more insurance brand and marketing spats that made the headlines
The news last month that insurance giant Travelers had objected to insurtech startup Brolly using an umbrella as its logo got me thinking.
Interview: Ross Barrington, Markerstudy
Ross Barrington was recently appointed managing director of retail at Markerstudy. Will Kirkman sat down with him to discuss what lies ahead for him and the group.
Apprenticeships: A radical overhaul
The radical overhaul by the government of the apprenticeship scheme - with the core aim of creating three million new apprentices by 2020 - is set to have a major impact on recruitment and training in the insurance industry, potentially reaching far…
Roundtable: The personal lines insurer of the future?
Digital transformation has become a hot topic in the insurance industry in recent years, with insurers becoming increasingly aware of the need to adapt to the changing technological landscape.
Week in Post: Moves and booze
For the first time ever, I had to purchase home insurance this week and despite working with the insurance industry, I had no idea how to go about it. So I ended up on an aggregator site.
Post Power List 2017: Kevin Spencer
Group CEO, Markerstudy
Market restructuring results in 1000 jobs lost over last three months
More than 1000 jobs have been placed at risk over the last three months owing to business restructuring across the market.
This Week in Post: Census, success and snow
The snowflakes trickling gently down from the skies across the nation remind me of the vast number of people who trickle through the doors of the insurance sector - people, our Census closes today!
Markerstudy cancelled MGA capacity deals due to ‘conflict of interest’
Markerstudy said the decision to withdraw capacity for managing general agents was due to a potential “conflict of interest”.
Century MGA replaces lost Markerstudy capacity
Century Underwriting has replaced the capacity arrangement it had with Markerstudy with three new insurers.
This Week in Post: claims, cold-calling and commercial vans
As the frost closes in and warns us of winter, my thoughts turn to safety and vehicles, especially as I found myself slipping over due to the black ice on the roads.
Markerstudy IT upgrade sees 45 jobs impacted
Markerstudy will see 45 jobs go in its IT department following greater investment in automation.