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Biba’s EV scheme; Cytora and DynaRisk partner; WTW’s global head of claims
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva’s telematics app; Ardonagh buys Westfield; Swiss Re appoints group CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
RSA’s UK specialty book expected to surpass £1bn by 2030
RSA’s managing director for UK specialty lines, Steve Watson, expects the size of the business he heads to double by the end of the decade primarily through building out new capabilities.
How maritime insurers are helping shipowners decarbonise
Following the European Union’s Emissions Trading System coming into force for the maritime transport industry on 1 January, Fiona Nicolson explores how shipowners, operators and insurers have come to terms with the implications and effects of the new…
Axa’s schemes directory; McLarens’ UK entertainment team; Markerstudy rebrands broker platform
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
SimplyBusiness and Zurich partner; Howden buys Hencilla Canworth; Flood Re joins Biba
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Gus Majed, Paratus
Gus Majed, group CEO and founder of Paratus, explains why he launched the business to offer energy and freight insurance policies to protect producers and consumers from energy price risks.
Aviva and Howden partner; Ecclesiastical’s Cockrem to retire; Eurochange to launch travel insurance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Winds of change in renewable energy insurance
Post Podcast: How insurers are supporting the switch from fossil fuels, providing cover for older windfarms and helping develop greener forms of energy is the subject of the latest podcast.
Impact of war in Ukraine on insurance
Two years on from Russia invading Ukraine, David Worsfold examines the ongoing impact of the war on global insurance markets.
Big Interview: Chubb’s Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts, division president for UK, Ireland and South Africa at Chubb, tells Jonathan Swift he is looking to create wider and deeper relationships with UK brokers plus what factors will help differentiate his insurer from the congested run-of-the…
Biba’s budget demands; Tokio Marine’s deal with Lavaretus; NFU’s first commercial head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Tackling the surge in claims settlement delay complaints
With a significant spike in complaints suggesting the home insurance industry is struggling to keep pace with the number of claims it is receiving, Tom Luckham examines what is behind settlement delays and how providers are managing expectations.
New year, new shape of the City for insurers
As Lloyd’s stays put in Lime Street and Aviva kicks off 2024 in a new City HQ, Emma Ann Hughes examines how insurers are reshaping the square footage they occupy in the Square Mile.
Big Interview: Sedgwick CEO Paul White
Paul White, regional CEO for international of Sedgwick, shares how loss adjusting and claims management will always be at the heart of what the business does but in order to grow the organisation it is branching out into new areas.
Zurich ‘on the defence’ in shifting commercial lines market
Frank Streidl, UK head of commercial insurance at Zurich, has said the insurer has had to “go on the defence” as competitors look to reshape and retool their commercial lines businesses.
MGA Review of the Year 2023
With large insurers and mainstream players pulling out of certain lines in 2023, and products reverting to the core areas, MGA chiefs plan to continue to step up and fill that gap in 2024.
Claims and Legal Review of the Year 2023
Looking back at 2023, law firms and claims professionals reflect on how double digit inflation hit the sector and look forward to artificial intelligence speeding-up administration in 2024.
Hiscox and Google collaborate; Axis syndicate; Biba’s 2024 conference theme
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Could COP 28 leave insurers with more stranded assets?
As COP 28 kicks off on 30 November, Emma Ann Hughes examines how the race to net zero is creating stranded assets, affecting insureds and insurers.
AssuredPartners’ double swoop; LMA and Liiba’s collab; Pen’s IP proposition
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.