Insurer
Roundtable - Insurance Act: Facing up to the challenges ahead
Having been granted Royal Assent last month, the replacement for the Marine Insurance Act 1906 will come into force in August 2016. How will the industry cope with adapting to the reforms?
Esure shares drop more than 9% after FY results
Esure shares have dropped 9.58% on 9 March's closing price of 233.8p following its 2014 full year results announcement this morning.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 12 March
Cultural artefacts lauded by their home nations can sometimes leave visitors cold.
Barbon CEO rules out acquisition spree after Carlyle-backed MBO
Barbon Insurance Group's CEO Martin Totty has outlined the firm's plans for growth after The Carlyle Group took a majority share in the company.
Demise of outbound call centres linked to customer attitudes, not cold-calling regulation
The days of insurers targeting policy sales via outbound call centres are “long gone”, according to industry insiders, who have cited evolving customer purchase methods for the demise of such call centres rather than incoming cold-calling regulation.
Career Development: The importance of being happy
Employees are the beating heart of any company.
Canadian purchaser buys 3 Minster Court for £170m
Canadian company Ivanhoé Cambridge has bought City of London property 3 Minster Court for more than £170m.
Career file: Senior appointments as Besso plans for growth
Besso Insurance Group has announced a number of senior appointments to the group’s management board and to Besso Limited, positioning it for its next phase of growth and expansion.
Market Moves - 12 March 2015
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Legal update - The cyber race: the elephant in the room
Andrew Schutte and Andrew Hill say a structured approach is essential to limit aggregation exposure
Motor insurers: An uncertain future
Car manufacturers may be about to muscle in on motor insurers business, but it might not be all bad news for the sector
Prudential CEO Thiam departs to lead Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse has appointed Prudential CEO Tidjane Thiam to lead the business ahead of the departure of the investment bank’s longstanding CEO Brady Dougan.
Hastings looking to sell minority stake - report
Hastings Insurance Group is planning to sell a minority stake in its business, according to a Sky News report.
Blog: Technology that already exists
Today people are using their phones as keys, ordering food shopping via their fridge and playing games with others all over the world via their game station.
Fraud Focus: We know what fraud looks like, don’t we?
Fraud detection techniques may just be picking up the same old scams, which are dying breeds
Policy Excess launches flood excess offering
Policy Excess has launched a flood insurance product allowing householders and landlords to insure their excess.
C-Suite - MGA: Actuaries: The MGA’s secret weapon
Although among the less understood roles in the insurance industry, actuarial skills are of enormous value
C-Suite - Insurer: Time to hear deafness reform ideas
Changes are needed to make genuine industrial deafness claims quicker and easier to settle
The Carlyle Group to take majority stake in Barbon Insurance
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Barbon Insurance Group.
Esure's Vann commends ‘solid' results despite 12.8% profit drop
Esure reported a 12.8% decline in pre-tax profit for the year ended 31 December 2014 with the decrease attributed to costs related to the group's acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in Go Compare.
Pen signs property claims outsourcing deal with RDG
Doncaster-based Ryan Direct Group will handle a proportion of Arthur J Gallagher managing general agent brand Pen Underwriting’s property claims after agreeing a collaborative claims management model.
RSA facing fine over irregularities in Ireland - report
RSA is likely to be fined up to €5m (£3.6m) for financial irregularities in 2013, according to a report in the Irish Times.
Digital Insurance Strategies 2015: As it happened
Could not make Digital Insurance Strategies 2015? Post's team of award winning journalists worked hard to bring you all the news from the event as it happened.
CII launches guide to hiring apprentices
The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched a guide to hiring apprentices giving employers advice including setting up an apprenticeship programme and getting government funding.