Sabre
Big Interview: Geoff Carter, Sabre
Geoff Carter, CEO of Sabre Insurance, sits down with Tom Luckham to discuss Sabre’s 2023 results, why there’s no such thing as an uninsurable car, and how the insurer plans to do even better in 2024.
Sabre doubles dividend as it posts record premium income
Sabre has posted record premium income of £225.1m for 2023, while total dividend has doubled to 9p per share.
Motor insurance ‘as affordable now as it was in 2018’
Sabre CEO Geoff Carter has said that the burden of paying for motor insurance premiums is no worse now than it was in 2018.
Hackers issue Sabre with ransom demand following cyber attack
The hacking group behind Sabre’s cyber attack last week has issued the insurer with a ransom demand and given a deadline for which to respond.
Sabre suffers cyber attack
Sabre has today revealed it was subject to a cyber attack last week, however it believes no sensitive data was accessed.
Sabre chair Andy Pomfret passes away
Sabre has announced that its chairman and McGill and Partners director, Andy Pomfret, passed away at the weekend following an illness.
Updated – Insurer results directory H1 2023
Insurance Post tracks insurers' half-year 2023 results, including gross written premium and combined operating ratio.
View from the top: How motor insurers are recovering from 'near death experience'
Geoff Carter, chief executive of Sabre Insurance Group, examines how the motor insurance market leapt off a cliff and the ways it is clawing back to profitability.
Hiscox partners with Verisk; RSA launches carers’ policy & QBE restructures trade credit team
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is Direct Line’s profit warning a bellwether of more bad news to come?
Content director's view: Jonathan Swift reflects on what Direct Line Group's trading update, and decision to scrap its 2022 dividend, might mean for both it and the UK insurance market.
Updated: Data Analysis - Insurer results directory H1 2022
Post tracks insurers' H1 2022 results including gross written premium and combined operating ratio.
Data Analysis: Q1 results round-up - Aviva, Beazley, Direct Line, Hastings, Hiscox, Lancashire and Sabre
Insurance Post rounds up the first tranche of quarter one results from a host of major insurers.
Intelligence: Opening the throttle on motorbike insurance
The motorbike insurance market has been a hive of activity in the last few years in what has previously been a quiet and steady sector for the last 20 years. Martin Friel investigates what this means for the biker customer and if more entrants are on the…
Analysis: Unstable firms are falling off the Rock
Post looks at a series of insurer failures in Gibraltar – and asks what the future will look like for existing and new entrants.
Market price increases not matching motor claims inflation, warns Sabre's Carter
Increases in the price of car insurance are not keeping pace with claims inflation, Sabre CEO Geoff Carter has warned.
Direct Line begins green parts trial; Revolut diversifies insurance offering; RSA to recruit more adjusters; and Sabre strikes solus MGA deal
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Zego adds Catherine Barton as chief insurance officer
Insurtech Zego has appointed ex-Bupa executive Catherine Barton as its first chief insurance officer.
Spotlight: Motor trends - the use of data in claims and underwriting
Post and Verisk undertook a survey of the motor market to understand how both underwriting and claims teams are evolving in their use of data and new technology. Padraig Floyd dissects the results and speaks to the market about the findings
Abacai’s Day Insure pursued for £500,000 plus by M&A advisory firm
Financial advisory firm Imas is seeking at least £500,000 from Day Insure in a suit that has revealed Aviva, PIB, Pikl, Sabre and Vantage were all in the frame to buy the broker.
Pukka targets doubling telematics as GWP hits £20m in first year
Pukka has written over £20m of telematics based gross written premium having gone live with its offering in August 2020, CEO of Freedom Services Group Sam White told Post.
Sabre warns of driving test 'backlog' effect
Sabre has said it may be 'disproportionately' affected by a backlog of driving tests and delays in new car registrations.
Intelligence: A question of diversity
Studies have shown diverse management teams achieve higher revenues due to innovation and discrimination claims can be costly. As the Dive In festival kicks off at Lloyd's and around the world, Edmund Tirbutt investigates if the insurance industry is…
Intelligence: Pepping up the primary markets
The Financial Conduct Authority is currently consulting on proposals to encourage young, fast-growing firms to seek a public listing at an earlier stage in their development. Edward Murray investigates if this will give a boost to the insurance sector,…
Analysis: Inside two years of insurance data breach reports
Exclusive: Insurers, brokers and other firms within the industry have made 315 data breach reports over two years, with many of the best known businesses in UK insurance among those to notify and cyber a growing concern.