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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
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.
Motor Mouth Podcast 13: Motor insurance – the coronavirus’s impact on insurers (part two)
Insurance Post’s content director Jonathan Swift interviews QBE's Jon Dye to get his views and opinions of the motor insurance industry and how it has grappled with the challenges of the past few months
Das underwriting profit declines as it recovers £3.7m from ex-CEO legal proceedings
Gross written premiums at Das Legal Expenses Insurance dropped from £117.9m in 2018 to £114.8m last year according to the firm’s 2019 Solvency and Financial Condition Report which also revealed a £3.7m “recovery” from its involvement in a private…
Insurance Covid Cast: Reinvigorating the workforce post-pandemic
In the 27th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together an expert panel to discuss what the insurance sector has learnt over the last three months - and how it might shape the employer-employee relationship when offices re-open.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Insurtech 100 special – ' Property/Contents Focus' with Getsafe, Hippo and Urban Jungle
In the 25th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a trio of start-ups featured in the Insurtech 100, all of which are focused on the household and property markets.
Blog: Smart telematics - driving the evolution of insurer-customer relationships post Covid-19
While the future is always difficult to predict, it is almost impossible in times of global uncertainty such as these. LeakBot CEO Craig Foster explains for the insurance industry it becomes particularly challenging to rely on what is happening now as an…
Insurance Covid-Cast: Insurtech 100 special – Distribution focus 2 with Next Insurance's Sofya Pogreb and Trov's Ian Sweeney
In the 24th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together two start-ups featured in the Insurtech 100, both of which have pivoted from business-to-consumer distribution, to B2B2C.
Industry urged to work together as fears raised whiplash part two will never see 'the light of day'
Trade body urges the industry to continue working together post-Covid as the Ministry of Justice kicks part two of the whiplash reforms “into the longest of long grass.”
Insurance Covid-Cast: Insurtech 100 special – 'Distribution Focus' with Hokodo, Kasko and Wrisk
In the 23rd episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a trio of start-ups featured in the Insurtech 100, all of which are focused on the distribution of products through the business-to-business-to-consumer channel.
Briefing: Lemonade’s IPO plans – losses, lines, Lloyd's and 'love'
Lemonade will seek to raise up to $100m (£78.5m) via an initial public offering, with its prospectus shedding snippets of insight into its past, present and future.
Lemonade files for IPO
Insurtech Lemonade has made an application to go public on the New York Stock Exchange.
Covid-19 Resilience Survey 2: Two-thirds of insurance staff are not keen to return to the office, while 90% are anxious about using public transport
The majority of insurance staff feel worried or anxious about a return to the office environment, while 90% of those surveyed had major concerns about using public transport to get there a survey by Post has found.
Updated: Insurtech Buzzvault closes its MGA business as latest raise collapses due to Covid-19
Exclusive: Insurtech Buzzvault has closed its managing general agent business, Insurance Post can reveal.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Insurtech 100 special – 'Claims Focus' with Floodflash, Snapsheet and Tractable
In the 22nd episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a trio of start-ups featured in the Insurtech 100, all of which are focused on using the latest technology to make the claims experience smoother and more transparent using…
Motor Mouth Podcast 12: Motor insurance – the coronavirus’s impact on insurers
Insurance Post’s content director Jonathan Swift interviews Paul Baxter, managing director of Marmalade, to get his views and experiences of the last few months and what the major challenges will be for motor insurers in the future.
This month: Opportunities await
This month marked the return of Post’s annual Insurtech 100, in association with Sønr, a celebration of companies that are driving growth and innovation across the insurance industry.
Analysis: Garage closures pile pressure on credit hire relations
Insurers and credit-hire organisations are working together to mitigate the rising costs of credit hire caused by delays in repair and extended hire issues related to Covid-19.