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Motor fraudsters moving over to holiday illness claims, IFB confirms
Fraudsters operating in the motor space are moving across to fraudulent gastric illness claims abroad, an audience heard.
Lancashire hit with $136.4m Q3 loss
Lancashire Holdings reported a $136.4m (£102.8m) pre-tax hit in the third quarter of the year, owing to “extraordinary” natural disaster losses.
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions falls to $762m loss
Global reinsurer Swiss Re's insurance arm Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has been hit hard by natural catastrophes this year.
RSA's Q3 impacted by £50m of hurricane losses
UK-headquartered global insurer RSA's underwriting result was hit in the third quarter by the recent US and Caribbean hurricanes.
Analysis: Pandemic bonds
Pandemics bonds have launched, with the help of the insurance market, to channel surge funding to developing countries dealing with a disease outbreak.
Will the last of the Lloyd’s listed carriers be snapped up in the coming years?
The number of independent Lloyd’s listed carriers is dwindling. What will happen if the last players are swept up?
Insurance Council of Australia appoints third president this year
The Insurance Council of Australia has had to appoint its third president within 10 months following the departure of two former presidents from their respective businesses.
Eviid targets insurers with evidential video application
Insurers are being urged to consider an evidential video application as a firm successful in the third-party administrator and loss adjusting markets targets the sector.
Video: How the economy influences insurance claims
BLM partners Jennette Newman and Julian Smart explain how macroeconomic trends can be analysed to predict insurance claims.
Fidelis launches MGA Radius
Fidelis has launched its first managing general agent, Radius, to be run by Rob Ashton.
Editor's comment: Fashion is fickle
Fidget spinners, dabbing and the bottle flip are just three of the crazes that my son brought home from school during the last academic year. Luckily for me, unlike Pokémon - which has been in our house for three full years now - these were short-lived…
Profile: Jon Turner, Pen Underwriting
After spending the past year hiving up a dozen entities under the Pen Underwriting roof, CEO Jon Turner talks to Will Kirkman about the managing general agent’s drive to be a ‘virtual insurer’ with the firepower to invest in data analytics and new…
Top 30 Asia Insurers: Growth prospects in Asia vary by region
AM Best’s annual ranking of Asia-Pacific’s non-life insurers includes familiar companies, but they face different challenges
Allianz to open Beijing office
Allianz's corporate and specialty arm Allianz Global and Corporate Specialty will formally open an office in Beijing later this month.
Japanese insurer to establish Brexit base in Luxembourg
Japanese insurer Aioi Nissay Dowa is restructuring its European operations in preparation for Brexit.
Digital Insurance World 2017: Brexit will impact investment into UK insurtech
There are remaining uncertainties surrounding Brexit contingency plans and how a divorce from the European Union will affect investment into insurtech.
IPT rise would hit rural communities the hardest
Further increases in the rate of Insurance Premium Tax in the Chancellor’s forthcoming budget would hit farmers and rural communities disproportionately, NFU Mutual has warned.
AIG renames Hamilton as Blackboard
International insurer AIG has decided to rename its newly acquired technology subsidiary Hamilton.
Townsend to rejoin AIG
Industry veteran Chris Townsend is to rejoin AIG in a newly created role as CEO, international general insurance.
Insurers hit out at FSCS consultation
The Association of British Insurers has hit back at proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority that insurers contribute towards costs of intermediary failure under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Wrisk crowdfunds half a million in under five days
Wrisk has hit its £500,000 crowdfunding target in under five days.
IPT raising £4.8bn a year
Insurance Premium Tax is raising £4.8bn a year, or £179 per household, new research has found.
Blog: LV's Sue Jones on her fraud-fighting career
Sue Jones, head of GI fraud strategy at LV, explains how fraud became an industry focus.
Spotlight: ADAS webinar: Negotiating the potholes of automated driving
A panel of motor experts discussed the challenges of repairing cars equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, at a webinar organised by Post in association with Auto Windscreens.