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Look to the skies to manage climate change risk
By leveraging advanced technologies like satellite data, Forbes McKenzie, founder and CEO of McKenzie Intelligence Services, argues insurers can better predict, manage and mitigate the impact of increasingly common frequency and severe natural disasters.
How insurers address evolving supply chain risks
How incidents like the attacks in the Red Sea, drought in the Panama Canal and Baltimore bridge collision have the potential to create cascading exposures for insurers is examined by Tim Evershed.
Zurich creates climate alliance after ditching NZIA
Zurich has created the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance, 17 months after exiting the United Nations Net Zero Insurance Alliance.
Dagenham blaze highlights ongoing high-rise fire safety problems
After a fire tore through a multi-storey building in Dagenham, East London, insurers have observed new notifications regarding building fire safety defects continue to trickle in, and cladding problems highlighted by the Grenfell Tower blaze remain.
Ardonagh buys broker; Compass offers beach hut cover; Minster Law’s hire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
RSA’s cloud solution; Allianz’s new stadium; Gallagher’s managing director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Hot works – how not to get burned
Risk improvement can boost an insurer’s bottom line and help customers avoid damaging and disruptive incidents. However, RiskSTOP’s Lisa Beaton finds underwriters’ risk requirements are not always valued, and that one intervention presents a particular…
Big Interview: Helena Evans, Criterion Adjusters
Helena Evans, managing director of Criterion Adjusters, speaks to Emma Ann Hughes about the sexism she encountered, growth plans for her business and her hope to encourage others to follow her lead and pass their Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters…
There’s no such thing as a safe battery
Dr Andrew Collins, senior associate of Halliwell Forensics, examines what’s behind the increase in battery fire claims and why there is no such thing as a “safe battery.”
Is it time to ditch lithium ion batteries?
News Editor's View: Scott McGee considers if government legislation to make lithium ion batteries safer is too little too late for electric vehicle insurers and whether providers’ appetites for covering such cars will only return when manufacturers…
Addressing the fire risk of rooftop solar panels
After an increase in fires involving solar photovoltaic systems, largely in residential installations, Rob Murton, senior development underwriter for Ventis Insurance, and Lee Masson, managing director at Halliwell Forensics, examine how insurers can…
E-bike battery legislation ‘warmly’ welcomed
The UK government has announced its intention to legislate to reduce the fire risks associated with electric power-assisted bicycles and lithium-ion batteries.
Allianz’s PL motor product; Voyager is acquired; BMS’ growth officer
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Claims ‘hell’ with Policy Expert causes mother to set up group
A mother-of-two, who has been through a 17-month battle with Policy Expert following a fire at her home, has set up an action group to help “other families going through hell with claims.”
Insurers need to unlock the mass-timber revolution
Judith Schulz, fire safety engineering lead at Arup, tackles what insurers need to know about mass-timber risks.
Climate change activists target British Insurance Awards
Extinction Rebellion targeted the Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2024 tonight (3 July) as part of its latest month of activity.
How insurers keep Formula 1 motors running
With Formula 1 in full throttle at Silverstone on Sunday (7 July), Edmund Tirbutt examines how insurers support the motorsports industry.
Plugable’s charger scheme; FSCS’ claims partnership; Aon’s broking head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
‘Nascent’ cyber market to hit ‘choppy waters’
Experts speaking at the Financial Times Global Insurance Summit on 13 June have said there are going to lots of ups and downs in the cyber market, with one suggesting “premiums are under-priced”.
Allianz launches three-tier home insurance product
Allianz has launched a three-tier home insurance product in order to “provide more choice” for customers.
How D-Day was reported by Post
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings and D-Day, we dip into our 184-year archive to see what Insurance Post said at the time.
How is insurance stepping up amid election uncertainty?
With a record number of elections in 2024 set to introduce substantial unpredictability into an already volatile risk environment, Edmund Tirbutt examines how insurance is engendering resilience amidst unrelenting geoeconomic uncertainty.
Why insurers armed with risk insights don't need to retreat
As climate change intensifies weather-driven natural catastrophes, Moses Ojeisekhoba, CEO of Swiss Re Global Clients and Solutions, argues sophisticated, data-driven risk insights are needed by society to both mitigate as well as adapt to evolving perils…
Why non-standard home insurance is increasingly the norm
Non-standard household is a growth area but all too often mainstream insurers turn down the business, so Rachel Gordon examines is it time for a rethink or can MGAs meet the need?