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Axa offers domestic abuse support to motor and home customers
Axa Retail has partnered with two charities, Women’s Aid and Smart Works, to offer support for Axa car and home insurance customers in the UK who are experiencing domestic abuse.
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.
Rising water excess fuels distrust in home insurers
Peter Roper, head of research at Fairer Finance, argues home insurers need to do more to help customers understand the cover they are purchasing to increase satisfaction in the sector's products and services.
Reeves flood defence budget hike fails to ease insurance concerns
Chancellor Rachel Reeves Spending Review increased the amount of cash set aside for flood defence pledge, drawing praise from the insurance industry but also warnings over the lack of clarity on how UK property will be made more resilient.
Big Interview: Mark Eastham, Avantia
Mark Eastham, CEO of Home Protect and Avantia Group, reveals how he will turn the business into the first insurer to have an artificial intelligence-driven operating model, plus whether an acquisition of the non-standard home insurer could be on the…
Challenge of reframing flood risk laid bare
Unpredictable weather and the government’s building targets are forcing underwriters to rethink how they assess property flood risk, according to a panel of experts at Insurance Post’s Underwriting Club this week.
FCA CEO responds to Which? petition to ‘end the insurance rip-off’
The Financial Conduct Authority’s CEO Nikhil Rathi has responded to Which? CEO Anabel Hoult after the consumer group delivered a petition calling on the regulator to get a stronger grip on a market that isn’t working as intended.
Premium finance vital to one in four customers
More than one in four insurance customers would cut cover or switch to cheaper policies if they couldn't utilise premium finance, research from Premium Credit has revealed.
First Central eyes flotation as it looks for ‘new investment base’
First Central is looking at launching an initial public offering as it looks for a new investor base, CEO Michael Lee has told Insurance Post.
How insurers should tackle the luxury watch theft crisis
Rob McCarthy, non-executive director at insurtech Embri, outlines how the insurance industry can take a proactive role in tackling high-value item crime.
DLG deal ‘on course’ and not a distraction for Aviva
Despite the Competitions and Markets Authority opening up a probe into the acquisition, Aviva’s Owen Morris remains confident the deal will still be done in mid-2025.
Throwback Thursday: CII card woes; Hiscox grows
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to May 1990 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history: the Chartered Insurance Institute was suffering card woes, Hiscox was growing and Sun Alliance increased its stake in…
FCA handed 170,000-strong petition to fix insurance failings
Rocio Concha, director of policy and advocacy at Which?, explains why she went to the Financial Conduct Authority’s offices today and handed in a petition, signed by more than 170,000 people, calling on the regulator to get a stronger grip of a market…
Ant Middle, Ageas
Ant Middle became CEO at Ageas UK in June 2020 and launched a four-year strategy focused on personal lines insurance, accelerating the provider's profitable growth.
Alistair Hargreaves, Admiral
Alistair Hargreaves replaces Cristina Nestares on Insurance Post’s Power List after succeeding her as UK insurance CEO at Admiral Group in 2024.
State of the nation’s roofs: A top-down perspective
John Kimmance, chief customer officer of Ordnance Survey, reveals the depth of the data his organisation has on the state of the nation’s roofs, including the risk and insurance ramifications of their use, construction material and age.
Throwback Thursday: CII merger; Norwich Union losses
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to May 1990 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history: a Chartered Insurance Institute merger was mooted and Norwich Union suffered underwriting losses.
Lloyds Bank launches first Axa-underwritten motor products
Axa UK and Lloyds Bank have launched the first motor insurance products under their partnership, which was announced in December 2024
Big Interview: Drazen Jaksic, Zurich UK
Drazen Jaksic, CEO of Zurich UK, is ambitious and likes a challenge, but he won’t be slashing the price of the provider’s general insurance policies anytime soon to swiftly grow the business.
Premium finance costs continue to decrease amid regulator scrutiny
The cost of financing insurance premiums has fallen since October 2024, the latest data from Pearson Ham has revealed.
FCA’s premium finance conundrum: act or step back?
Editor’s View: With falling premiums, a stalled government motor insurance taskforce, and jittery markets, Emma Ann Hughes wonders if no action is now the most likely outcome of the Financial Conduct Authority’s premium finance market review.
Q&A: Craig Foster, Ondo Insurtech
Craig Foster, founder and CEO of Ondo Insurtech, the first insurtech to list on the London Stock Exchange, discusses with Insurance Post what makes its flagship claims prevention technology unique, the growth opportunities the technology offers and the…
Big Interview: Alistair Hargreaves, Admiral
Alistair Hargreaves, UK insurance CEO at Admiral, speaks to Tom Luckham about the provider’s results, the integration of RSA’s home and pet books, and why the insurer is ignoring market noise to focus on its own game.
Ignite CEO Toby MacLachlan departs
Founder and CEO of insurance software provider Ignite Insurance Systems Toby MacLachlan has confirmed he has departed the business following nearly a decade at the helm.