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Turnover up but profits slip at Arag
Arag has posted a 14.7% rise in turnover to £14.1m for the year to 31 December 2019.
David Coughlan to replace Janet Connor as AA’s insurance MD
Janet Connor will be stepping down as managing director of insurance at the AA this summer with former RSA UK personal lines MD David Coughlan taking up the role, Post can reveal.
CMA opens investigation into Ardonagh buying Bennetts
The Competition and Markets Authority has today launched an investigation into whether Ardonagh buying Bennetts Motorcycling Services will lead to “substantial lessening of competition”.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Insurtech 100 special – Tencent We Sure CEO Alan Lau
For the 31st episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we returned once more to the Insurtech 100 compiled by Sonr Global to spotlight the number two ranked start-up We Sure.
Penny Black's Social World: July 2020
Movement for Good, artistic auctions and Cupcake Day
Brokers call for 'low-level' compulsory cover as e-scooter trials begin
With the UK government ready to introduce e-scooters on the roads from this weekend as part of trials, the British Insurance Brokers’ Association has called for the development of a “low-level minimal insurance requirement."
GRP expands into healthcare with first buy after Searchlight takeover
Global Risk Partners has bought Premier Choice Healthcare to become its healthcare hub as it moves into the sector.
Trade Voice: MGAA’s Ben Busfield on responding in the face of unprecedented adversity
Ben Busfield, operations manager at the Managing General Agents’ Association, discusses how members reacted to the UK going into lockdown and how they are supporting employees and serving clients as the country eases along the pathway to a new normal.
Motor insurers saved £1.3bn during UK-wide lockdown, claims aggregator
UK motor insurers made lockdown savings of £1.28bn as drivers stayed home between 23 March and 31 May 2020, research by price comparison website Hello-Safe has suggested.
Profits nearly quadruple at Ecclesiastical in 2019
Ecclesiastical delivered £58m in post-tax profit last year, more than treble the £15.2m achieved in 2018, according to a filing at Companies House.
Mike Keating appointed MGAA managing director
Former Axa and UK General leader Mike Keating has been appointed managing director of the Managing General Agents’ Association, taking up the role on 8 September 2020.
Future Focus 2030: The future of personal injury podcast - the pathway to reform
It is the year 2030. After a number of false starts the government finally introduced its Whiplash reforms in April 2022 following delays due to the extended impact of Brexit and Covid 19.
Future Focus 2030: The future of personal injury claims
In the second of a new monthly series, Post looks into the future at how the insurance market might change, with each part focusing on a specific issue. Jonathan Swift fast forwards a decade to look at how a new era of collaboration and ethics changed…
Swift v Carpenter: Change needed if costs formula 'no longer fits' purpose, says Personal Injuries Bar Association
If the current formula for calculating serious injury accommodation costs is no longer fit for purpose then it should be improved, the Personal Injuries Bar Association's representative said on the third and final day of the Swift v Carpenter appeal.
Briefing: Could Black Lives Matter's landmark purge trigger a brand rethink for some well-known insurers?
As Black Lives Matter activists target statues and landmarks baring the names of historical figures they argue held questionable views, Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift asks whether this could have ramifications for some of the UK's most…
Motor Mouth Podcast 14: Motor Mouth Talks Micro Mobility
Join Jonathan Swift, content director at Insurance Post, for this special episode of Motor Mouth as he is joined by an panel of experts including; Chris Moore of Apollo Underwriting, Rob MacKethan of Lime and Jillian Slyfield of Aon to talk all things…
Insurance Covid-Cast: Combatting Coronavirus-related insurance fraud
In the 29th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together an expert panel to discuss the prevention, detection and prosecution of insurance fraud at a time of pandemic.
Swift v Carpenter: Appeal Court hears arguments on whether market value of property is a fair measure
On the second day of the appeal to a 2018 judgment in Swift v Carpenter relating to serious injury claim accommodation costs, judges heard from further witnesses.
Ex-Biba chair Lord Hunt steps up to GRP main board as NED
Lord Hunt, the former chair of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, has stepped up to sit on the main board of Global Risk Partners as a non-executive director.
Analysis: Unpacking the Ardonagh deal
Broker Network members have given a resounding shrug of indifference to the news that after four years away the network is set to return to Ardonagh’s ownership as it buys up Bravo Group.
Northern Ireland launches consultation on negative discount rate
The Northern Irish Department of Justice has launched a consultation into possible changes to the legal framework for setting the personal injury discount rate.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Managing return to work risks as offices look to re-open
In the 28th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together an expert panel to discuss how employers manage the return to the office, given many staff members might have anxieties about the ‘new normal’ - not least travelling to and…
Primary Group buys back UK General
Primary Group has bought back a majority stake in UK General Insurance having sold the business to private equity house JC Flowers in 2017.
180 Years of Post: Corporate collapses
PREMIUM: As Post celebrates 180 years, we look at the companies that have come and then very quickly gone and ask what today's insurers can learn from them.