Insurer
Interview - Jonathan Evans MP: APPG - priorities, progress and provocations
Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services Jonathan Evans talks to Mairi MacDonald about the group's priorities, progress and provocations.
500 to join Ageas in dedicated Tesco centre
Ageas is set to employ 500 staff in its dedicated claims handling office in Newcastle for its Tesco Underwriting venture within the next five years.
Solvency II drives Aviva restructure
Aviva is set to merge its 12 UK general insurance companies into one main UKGI insurance operation to comply with Solvency II.
CSR & career development: Mutual National Friendly named 'one to watch'
National Friendly has been listed as 'one to watch' in the Best Companies accreditation.
Travelers targets UK PL market for expansion
Travelers is eyeing expansion opportunities in the UK personal lines market, according to the newly appointed chief executive of its European operation.
Axa pledges autonomy in mass branch overhaul
Regional brokers have welcomed an overhaul of Axa's "overly bureaucratic" regional strategy, after commercial chief executive Amanda Blanc outlined plans to devolve decision-making power from the insurer's head office.
Hastings and Admiral weigh up fraud tool
The Surveillance Group is set to launch a new smart key forensic service aimed at helping motor insurers detect fraudulent theft claims by providing "incontestable" evidence in court.
Pleural plaques fight set to continue vow insurers
The insurance industry has vowed to continue battling the Scottish government's decision to compensate pleural plaques, despite losing a judicial review in Edinburgh.
Overseas focus - China: a market of opportunity?
With an enormous population and low insurance penetration, China should be a market ripe for entering. Jakki May finds out it isn't as simple as it sounds but reveals an appetite for change and growth.
Broker wins business from adjuster surgery scheme
A broker claims to have won business off the back of a service arrangement it was piloting with Claim Experts.
News analysis - Provident Insurance: signed, sealed, delivered
The ink has just dried on the deal that sees ownership of Provident move from troubled US firm Ally Financial to French company Covea. Daniel Dunkley reports on what the future holds for the motor insurer.
Comment - claims: cutting the cost of claims
Introducing non-adversarial means of dispute resolution could be the answer to cutting the cost of claims, empowering qualified professionals and delighting the customer, argues Roger Flaxman.
Comment - gender ruling: the price of equality
The ECJ ruling banning gender-based premiums may have thrown insurers into a spin but, as Mary Honeyball explains, it was the right thing to do.
UK General targets £10m GWP with Everest link-up
Home improvement firm Everest is to enter the insurance market with a home emergency product, after signing an affinity deal with UK General.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny understands the launch of widely anticipated new insurance trade body the Managing General Agents' Association has been held up by a lack of technological foresight.
Law report: motorbike crash victim keeps compensation after fraud challenge
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
CSR & career development: Simply Health supports iron deficiency research project
Private health insurance provider Simply Health has donated £42 000 towards the funding of a Well Child research project aimed at developing a new supplement to treat iron deficiency in children.
View from the top: mind the gap please
As a regular London underground commuter I am frequently reminded of the gap in expectations that yawns between me as a paying customer and the so-called service delivery provided by the management of our capital's public transport infrastructure.
Motor price hikes forcing drivers to withhold info
Sharp rises in motor insurance premiums are prompting more drivers to withhold information, as rising costs make insurance unaffordable for some, the AA has warned.
Post history - five years ago: Zurich warns London boroughs
Looking back through Post's back catalogue paints aunique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from five years ago reveals.
Higos warns SMEs not to take insurance lightly
SMEs are at risk of not taking out the correct insurance by obtaining online quotes which may not come to light until they claim.
Post magazine – 14 April 2011
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Eversheds welcomes “common sense” Baker ruling
Law firm Eversheds has backed the Supreme Court ruling overturning the case of Baker v Quantum, hailing the decision as a victory for “common sense”.
Baker ruling brings “much needed clarity”
Law firm Keoghs has hailed the Supreme Court ruling in Baker v Quantum for employer’s liability deafness claims.