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Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Drastic turnaround in profitability
Major players pulling out or significantly scaling back their personal lines propositions, while others saw commercial lines profits soar, has significantly shaken up Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers rankings in 2024, according to Ben Diaz-Clegg,…
Kingfisher’s commercial acquisition; RSA’s D&O product; Zurich’s head of SME
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance sector ready to shake off ‘elitist’ tag over fraud data-sharing
The insurance industry could be less elitist around data and intelligence sharing to help combat fraud, according to leading market practitioners.
Big Interview: Mandy Hunt, Clear
Mandy Hunt, managing director of The Clear Group’s MGA business, looks to develop underwriting talent, shares growth plans and talks about the importance of sharing personal stories.
Rising freight claims cause headache for insurers
Insurers are seeing increasing numbers of claims relating to freight theft on Britain’s roads, according to RSA.
RSA’s Jackson on supporting staff facing domestic abuse
View from the Top: Gemma Jackson, head of diversity, equity and inclusion at RSA, says the time for quiet empathy has passed and urges the industry to take more visible and vocal action.
How insurers address evolving supply chain risks
How incidents like the attacks in the Red Sea, drought in the Panama Canal and Baltimore bridge collision have the potential to create cascading exposures for insurers is examined by Tim Evershed.
Diary of an Insurer: RSA’s Katie Balme
Katie Balme, head of partnerships for customer and strategy in RSA’s delegated business, works a flexible week, help partners achieve specific objectives and enjoys Freddie Fridays.
Norgrove aims to ‘dial up the voice of the SME’ in ABI role
RSA UK CEO Ken Norgrove has said he wants to use his new role at the Association of British Insurers to help small and medium-sized businesses “get their voices heard”.
RSA’s Norgrove named ABI deputy president
Ken Norgrove, CEO of UK & International at RSA Insurance, is the new deputy president of the Association of British Insurers.
Fraudster who repeatedly targeted RSA is jailed
A man who repeatedly filed fake home insurance claims to RSA for broken phones, laptops and televisions using a variety of false identities, has been jailed for 20 months.
Admiral showers employees with shares as profits soar
More than 12,500 Admiral employees will each receive free share awards worth up to £1800 under the employee share scheme, based on the interim 2024 results.
Axa Retail pinches former RSA claims director
Axa Retail has confirmed the appointment of former RSA personal lines claims director Suzy Tiffany as its claims director.
Roundtable: Staying ahead of insurance fraud
At a recent roundtable event, sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, an expert panel discussed the trends insurers are seeing around fraud, and the solutions firms are deploying to keep up with the increasingly sophisticated criminal activity being…
Roundtable: Can ESG unlock insurer value?
Insurance Post recently gathered a group of insurance, underwriting and data experts to discuss how firms can better evolve their ESG strategies in line with growing demand and responsibilities.
Former RSA product director Ian Bostock passes away
Tributes have been paid to RSA’s former personal lines underwriting, governance and change director, Ian Bostock, after the insurer announced his death.
British Insurance Awards 2024 winners revealed
Aviva was among the big winners with four outright prizes at last night’s (3 July) British Insurance Awards, on an evening where former British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Steve White was recognised with The Achievement Award.
RSA and NIG to arrive at single product set in mid-2025
RSA and NIG will harmonise their two product sets into one by September next year, regional director Steve Scott has said.
Allianz on top again in latest Brokerbility satisfaction survey
After topping the survey in 2022, Allianz has once again come out on top of Brokerbility’s latest satisfaction survey of key insurer partners.
Insurance Post Power List 2024’s Top 10 Podcast
To find out who made it into the Top 10 of Insurance Post’s Power List for 2024, make sure you listen to the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Colm Holmes, Allianz UK
Colm Holmes joined Allianz as CEO in December 2021 with a mission: to make the business the number one insurer in the UK.
Ken Norgrove, RSA
If you think you’re busy, then you should read what Ken Norgrove, CEO of RSA UK & International, was up to in 2023.
Former colleagues pay tribute to David Sweeney
Former colleagues of ex-Hiscox, Sterling and Brightside manager David Sweeney have paid tribute to him after he sadly passed away at the end of last month.
RSA’s Sonya Bryson on what ought to be insurers’ North Star
View from the Top: Sonya Bryson, commercial lines managing director for RSA Insurance, discusses how the insurance sector can adapt to today’s challenging economic landscape.