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Allianz’s unemployment insurance; Acrisure's MGA network; Lucida's CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Claims & Legal Review of the Year 2025
From artificial intelligence-driven efficiencies and people-focused service to global expansion, 2025 saw claims and legal sector leaders raise their game when it comes to settling claims.
Admiral Business CEO joins Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical Insurance has appointed David Hockey as its new director of schemes and partnerships, replacing Chris Withers, who departed the business in November.
Ecclesiastical claims approach under fire from abuse survivor
A sexual assault survivor has questioned why Ecclesiastical is refusing to pay a claim for a recent attack when a previous, similar claim he made was accepted and settled by the insurer more than a decade ago.
Staysure enters Irish market; Rokstone’s cyber unit; Send’s CTO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Five insurance trailblazers to celebrate on International Men’s Day
Editor’s View: Ahead of International Men’s Day on Wednesday (19 November) Emma Ann Hughes reflects on the male trailblazers who are reshaping the insurance industry by leading with empathy, allyship and action.
Marsh and Allianz lead winners at CII Exam Awards
This year’s Chartered Insurance Institute Apprenticeship Awards and Qualification Prizegiving saw several major insurance groups collect multiple honours.
Ecclesiastical names former Ageas UK CEO as chair
Ecclesiastical’s parent company, Benefact Group, has named Francois-Xavier Boisseau as its next chair.
Tomorrow’s World: Cultural Change
How can insurers build workplaces that not only attract top talent but also drive meaningful, lasting change?
Allianz sponsors Rugby World Cup; Alps's motorhome product; Send's CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Allianz x Sainsburys Bank; Bridgehaven buys SureStone; Volante's CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Dave Carey, Ecclesiastical
Dave Carey, managing director of intermediary of Ecclesiastical, wants to hear from brokers about new lines of business the provider should offer.
A giant leap forward for bancassurance
What steps banks and insurance companies are taking today to offer cover in fresh ways, plus the giant leaps being taken to reshape bancassurance sooner rather than later, is investigated by Emma Ann Hughes.
Ecclesiastical’s new office; Ventis deal; Rokstone hire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ecclesiastical ‘courting’ MGAs to offer capacity
Dave Carey, managing director of intermediary at Ecclesiastical, has revealed the new lines the insurer intends to enter, and how it will need to provide capacity to MGAs to double gross written premium by 2030.
Ardonagh Advisory buys firm; NBS x Hiscox; Tokio Marine’s head of compliance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Which? uncovers continued levels of ‘extortionate’ premium finance
Some car and home insurers are still charging high interest rates to pay monthly, research from Which? has found.
Only one out of four brokers is happy with insurer service
Direct Commercial’s latest broker survey has revealed how only a quarter of brokers are happy with the service they receive from insurers.
Claims service stayed steady at end of 2024
The consistent improvement in claims service seen over the last 18 months plateaued at the end of 2024, with the market average NPS remaining at -4 and just one point up on the NPS recorded at the end of 2023.
Markel’s Guidewire implementation; Hiscox’s FI offering; Lockton’s CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
QuestGates buys Brownsword; Woodgate & Clark integration; Vitality’s health CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.