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Blog: Got your A-level results? Check out insurance apprenticeships
On A-level results day, Carmen McDonagh, operations director at Complete Cover Group, urges school leavers to consider an insurance apprenticeship.
Blog: Open banking offers a new insurance distribution channel
Some might have already labelled it a failure but open banking will continue to evolve and insurers should sit up and take notice. That is the view of The Marketing Eye's Neil Edwards, who believes these platforms could eliminate form filling and make…
UK becomes EU capital of private equity-backed insurance M&A
The UK has seen 28 private equity deals in insurance over the past 18 months, half of total number in Europe.
Admiral delivers UK growth and builds on its European Brexit preparations
Admiral will begin running its European insurance operations from Spain from the beginning of 2019, having received approval earlier this year.
Blog: Supporting neurodiversity within the workplace
Debbie Mawer, director of people and culture at Claims Consortium Group, explains how to attract and nurture a neurodiverse workforce.
Esure looks for 'new type of leader' following Bain takeover
Esure is looking for a digital-savvy CEO from outside the industry, who will lead a transformation programme when Bain Capital takes ownership at the end of the year.
JLT Specialty's Hamish Roberts on why insurers must continue insuring coal
The pressure on insurers to deny coal projects any form of cover may actually increase pollution, warns Hamish Roberts, head of JLT Specialty’s London-based power business.
Esure receives £1.17bn takeover bid
Esure has received a takeover bid which would see the insurer valued at £1.17bn.
FSCS arranges alternative cover for Alpha policyholders
UK policyholders with failed Danish insurer Alpha have been provided alternative cover via the guarantee scheme.
Broker Network makes seventh ‘powerhouse’ acquisition
Broker Network has bought North West broker MCM, which will form the company’s seventh “regional powerhouse”.
Heatwave leaves homes a tinderbox as fire claims rise
The heatwave that engulfed the UK in July led to a 62% increase in fire claims, according to a loss adjuster firm.
Analysis: Gig economy: The big gig ruling
The Supreme Court ruling in Pimlico Plumbers, granting employment rights to a gig worker, might lead to an increase or a shift in liability claims. But it also opens up a door for new products as gig economy platforms will want to cover their new…
This Week in Post: Data, dissuasion and dirty toddlers
When my two-year-old licked the sole of her shoe, I tried not to laugh as that might encourage her. But she caught my badly repressed smile and… licked the second shoe. So much for deterrence.
Mass’s Simon Stanfield on how whiplash reform sacrifices legitimate claims
The government's whiplash reforms discriminate against legitimate claimants, whose rights need to be protected, argues Simon Stanfield, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society.
Policyholders face huge premium hikes following April UK withdrawal
Exclusive: Vulnerable customers with serious illnesses who have claimed under their existing private medical insurance policies, are seeing premiums more than double following the withdrawal of April UK from the PMI market.
Zurich weathers H1 storm claims and returns to profit
Zurich UK has seen operating profit rise 24% in H1, as a focus on commercial enabled the firm to avoid huge weather losses seen elsewhere.
Blog: Heatwave causes subsidence claims to spike
Insurers should brace themselves for higher subsidence claims volumes, explains Sne Patel, head of subsidence at Crawford & Company.
Analysis: Cyber terrorism: A ticking digital bomb?
Cyber terrorism is still very much a hypothetical threat but, with governments investing in cyber security to foil attacks, it’s a risk that insurance markets are watching closely
AIG appoints new Europe CEO
Aspen Re’s CEO Thomas Lillelund has been appointed CEO of AIG Europe SA, subject to regulatory approval.
Ageas UK returns to profit in spite of weather losses
Ageas UK returned to profit in H1, as strong motor gains offset losses in household.
Insurers under fire over climate risk reporting
Three insurers have been reported to the FCA and could face fines for allegedly failing to disclose information which they are “legally obliged to report”.
LV-Allianz personal lines transfer to take another 18 months
The transfer of Allianz’s personal lines business to LV is expected to take at least 18 months, according to LV general insurance CEO Steve Treloar.
LV: ‘Headwinds’ in motor market may balance out Ogden savings
With Brexit and personal injury uncertainties prevailing, LV is continuing to take a cautious approach to motor.
LV hopes for 'pricing realism' in home following adverse weather
LV general insurance CEO hopes that the impact of the Beast from the East on insurers’ property portfolios will introduce a level of “pricing realism” into the market.