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Household: On steady ground?
How is the household insurance market coping with the cost of claims from extreme weather events and the aggregator‑induced focus on pricing?
In Series: Data: Weeding out fraud
With organised fraud costing the insurance industry an estimated £392m a year, is increased use of data the key to winning the battle?
Brightside extends Asda partnership
Brightside has extended its partnership with Asda to provide car and commercial vehicle insurance for a further three years.
Zurich brand to disappear from comparison sites
Zurich-branded home and motor insurance products will no longer be offered on aggregator sites, the insurer announced today.
L&G under no pressure to raise property rates, claims GI boss
L&G general insurance director Mark Holweger claims his firm’s positive 2013 results has reduced the likelihood of increasing property rates over the coming year.
Carole Nash launches home insurance policy
Carole Nash has launched a home insurance policy for motorcycle owners with provision of secure storage for bikes if a policyholder’s home is rendered uninhabitable through a claim.
Editor's comment: A humane culling
Personal lines insurers and brokers have had enough. They have taken it lying down for too long and now they are making a stand and fighting back.
Home emergency: State of Emergency
After facing strong criticism in recent months, key figures in the home emergency insurance market are keen to extol the cover’s virtues. What does the future hold for the under-fire sector?
In Series: Data: A smarter approach to flood risk
How can the industry use increasingly sophisticated data to assess flood risk more accurately?
RSA reports £244m loss as Hester says UK 'needs to improve'
RSA Group this morning reported a pre-tax loss of £244m in 2013 (2012: £448m profit).
Add-on sales top the agenda in Competition Commission talks
CHO critical of commission’s credit hire cost calculations,
Insurers reject campaign to include previous premiums on renewal letters
Swiftcover is only firm in Which? survey to inform customers of last year’s price.
BIA Countdown: 20 years of personal lines insurance
As part of Post's countdown to the 20th anniversary of the British Insurance Awards in July, we spoke to personal lines specialists who have experienced wins over the years, asking them how the industry has changed since the first BIAs in 1994.
Expertise in Action: Occupational disease claims from industrial deafness to mesothelioma
Despite a decline in the UK’s traditional manufacturing industry - and the tightening of legislation to improve hearing protection, industrial deafness claims are on the rise.
C-Suite broker: Solving fraud through collaboration
Some criminals are moving from smuggling drugs to smuggling ivory, as the chances of getting caught are lower and the penalties more lenient.
C-Suite – Insurer: Where will the tech journey lead?
Insurers should be looking to seize upon the opportunities presented by telematics and driverless cars.
North of the border: All change for personal injury
The Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill promises to streamline Scotland’s civil courts.
Advertising: Getting the word out
How are insurance firms’ advertising tactics changing in response to the rise of social media and the emergence of aggregators?
L&G makes personal lines motor debut after partnering with Junction
Legal & General has entered the personal lines motor market with the launch of a direct motor insurance proposition underwritten by a panel of insurers.
2014 a ‘critical year’ for insurers says ABI’s Evans
The insurance industry must continue to make its voice heard on issues such as the Competition Commission’s investigation into the private motor market and debate on whiplash reform, ahead of a “critical year” for insurers.
Motor Claims 2014: Thatcham boss claims no driverless vehicles on road within next three years
Fully autonomous vehicles are unlikely to be on UK roads in the next three years, despite moves by government to invest in the emerging technology, according to Thatcham Research chief executive Peter Shaw.
Editor's comment: Motor: A third way?
Motor has long been a special case in the world of insurance. It is a compulsory purchase that most customers hope to never use.
Air frost days cost insurance sector over £1m
The insurance sector is hit by approximately 1000 additional private motor claims and pays out over £1.3m on repairs every time the UK is hit by air frost, according to analysis commissioned by Audatex.
ABI confident insurers will get behind its personal injury code of conduct
Code aims to combat perception of insurers exploiting PI claims.