Start-ups
Tiger Risks becomes first US broker since 2003 to open in London
Tiger Risk Partners has announced the opening of a UK subsidiary headquartered in London.
Ex-Swiftcover CEO Blowers back with new online start-up
Online insurance broker Qmetric has been granted full Financial Services Authority approval and is said to be a “few weeks” away from adding three major insurers to the panel of its specialist consumer brand Policy Expert.
Ex-Swiftcover CEO Blowers back with new online start-up - Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories which include online insurance broker Qmetric has been granted full Financial Services Authority approval and is said to be a “few weeks” away from adding three major…
Charity insurance: Charitable status
Despite facing economic pressures, charities are being pushed into the spotlight as a natural fit to run services for the ‘Big Society’. Mark Ingram looks at developments in this sector.
Affinity: 'Sticky' challenge faced by affinity in bid to boost business
Insurers must "tap into partner loyalty" within affinity arrangements if they are to stay one step ahead of mounting outside pressures, according to Ageas' partnerships director Ian Wardle.
Technology in the international private medical insurance market
Tim Mutton looks at the role of technology in the international private medical insurance market.
Technology in the international private medical insurance market
Tim Mutton looks at the role of technology in the international private medical insurance market.
Interview - Peter Winslow: Best at building
Backed by an armoury of well-known brands, BGL CEO Peter Winslow tells Lynn Rouse about pan-European aggregation, acquisitions and why there is plenty of life in meerkats yet.
Interview - David Bott: In the Apil hotseat
With claimant lawyers facing radical change over the next year following the Jackson Review, David Bott has a turbulent introduction to his tenancy as the new Apil president. Leigh Jackson talks to the man whose job it is to steady the ship through these…
PSTF: Key to improved customer service held by technology chiefs
Chief information officers and chief technology officers are poised to become the real heroes in the drive to provide customers with the products and services they desire from insurers.
LV in second IFB senior staff swoop
LV's counter-fraud division is on target to be 100-strong by the year end, 10 times the size of the start-up team that launched four years ago.
Transatlantic to launch UK personal lines brand
Transatlantic Re is set to launch a new UK personal lines general insurance venture, as the US giant looks to capitalise on hardening premium rates in the motor market.
Editor's comment: Still after a piece of the motor market action
Despite the horrendous combined operating ratios and losses that have piled up in the UK personal lines motor market in recent years, it still holds a fascination for many.
Schemes: Scheming for success
Schemes business requires significant investment to make it work and underwriters are not prepared to tolerate poor profitability. But, as Jane Bernstein reports, the benefits are many and it remains attractive to brokers.
Penny Black's insurance week
Another year, another Biba conference; brokers nurse their hangovers, hacks try to recall the juicy story slurred in their ear at 2am, and insurers vow to return to the exhibition hall next year with a bigger stand than Aviva, nicer cup cakes than Zurich…
Paraline CEO to step down
Paraline chief executive Jack Graham is set to step down from his role with the newly-launched Bermuda-domiciled insurance group on 1 July.
Rehab start-up abandoned as Merfield enlists at Spring
The founder and former clinical director of rehabilitation provider HCML, Helen Merfield, has abandoned her start-up project Nexus Rehabilitation just two months after its launch marked her return to the rehabilitation sector.
Roundtable - Cloud computing: head in the clouds
The term 'cloud computing' is very much in vogue. Post gathered together technology and insurance industry experts to debate whether the industry is ready to seize the opportunities it can offer. Amy Ellis reports.
SSP solution supports Mapledown launch
Lockton International’s managing general agent Mapledown is ready to go live with SSP’s insurance policy administration and underwriting solution.
Carroll joins London market start-up
Tim Carroll has joined a new general insurance company, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Company of Europe, which has opened for business in London.
Interview - Tom Cooper & Matt Munro: Spirit of Enterprise
Matt Munro and Tom Cooper appear to have theMidas touch, with start up Igo4 smashing its five-year plan. Jonathan Swift asks where they go from here.
Software start-up eyes 500 000 policies
Start-up broker software provider Wanna Insure has set a target to write 500 000 policies by the end of its third year of trading.
Interview - John O'Roarke: taking LV to the next stage
John O'Roarke has seen the highs and lows of a career in insurance. He talks to Daniel Dunkley about his journey to LV and his plans for the next stage in the firm's development.
Ageas toughens stance on household insurance rates
Ageas chief executive Barry Smith has said the insurer "needs to do more" to improve its household insurance offering and encourage preventative action following losses amassed during the winter freeze.