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Aviva claims boss Scott follows Clayden to QBE
QBE has recruited Aviva’s Paul Scott as its head of motor and liability claims, to work with the Norwich insurer’s former GI claims director Dominic Clayden.
Insurers struggling to grasp flood exposures says S&P
Home insurers may be at risk of understating their flooding exposures due to a combination of poor data and a lack of models, according to Standard & Poor's.
Google aggregator hit by £12m loss
Price comparison site Google Compare has notched a pre-tax loss of £12m in its second set of full year accounts since being acquired by the search giant in 2011.
Video: Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters president Mike Jones
Speaking to Post news editor Callum Brodie two days after inheriting the CILA presidency from Candy Holland, Mike Jones outlined his plans to help bring through the next generation of adjusters, while changing the institute's qualification structure and…
Post Blog: Insurance professionals who have stood for parliament
With the news that insurance entrepreneur Arron Banks is moving from Go Skippy to Go Ukippy, I decided to look at how other prospective election candidates from the insurance sector have fared over the last two elections.
Ofcom fines Ageas Retail £10 000
Ageas Retail has been fined £10 000 by Ofcom for making abandoned phone calls to consumers.
Axa business manager King joins Ageas' key account team
Ageas has appointed Axa’s Dan King as a broker account executive as part of a bid to boost expertise within its key account team.
Canopius looks to Towergate for marine division expansion
Canopius Group has appointed two former Towergate employees to grow its presence in the UK marine and pleasurecraft market.
KPMG awarded ABS licence
Accounting firm KPMG has been awarded an alternative business structure licence by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority to work on a multi-disciplinary practice basis.
Post magazine – 2 October 2014
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JLT appoints AIG veteran to board
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group has appointed Nicholas Walsh as non-executive director.
Axa partners with Experian on commercial risks data enrichment
Axa Commerical Lines and Personal Intermediary has partnered with Experian to introduce data enrichment for commercial risks.
DfT tipped to focus on telematics in announcement on young driver safety
Government thought to have sought reports from three telematics providers
UK firms warned over capitalising on Russian insurers’ exit from Ukraine
Conflict in the region tipped to push Ukrainian business westward
Solvency II and shareholder pressure to blame for international business sales
DLG’s sale of Italian and German businesses follows similar deals by other firms
CMA private motor market report: Mooted ‘wide’ MFN clause ban could offset rate rises resulting from CMA inaction
Authority’s decision not to intervene on credit hire costs ‘a bitter pill to swallow’
CMA private motor market report: GTA demise ‘only a matter of time’ after CMA fails to find credit hire cost remedy
Only hope for industry-wide change could be ‘shaming’ others into it
Editor's comment: A bitter pill to swallow
While some things are well worth waiting for, others – as the Competition and Markets Authority’s final report into the private motor market demonstrated this week – really are not.
Lloyds Banking Group brings home insurance underwriting in-house
Lloyds Banking Group has become sole underwriter of all its home insurance policies after exiting its existing panel.
Career development: O’Sullivan takes Insurance Charities reins
Adrienne O'Sullivan, chief executive of DAS Legal Expenses in Ireland, has been appointed president of The Insurance Charities.
Market Moves - 2 October 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
BMW renews Allianz Global Assistance warranty programme
BMW has signed a three year deal with Allianz Global Assistance in the UK to provide extended warranties to car owners.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 2 October
Penny loves to get a glimpse inside insurance chief executives’ offices – there’s nothing like seeing faded 1970s sports team photos as a hark back to one’s glory days.
Covéa boosts southern presence with Towergate and NIG hires
Covéa Insurance has hired Towergate’s Martin Rees to head up broker development in the South West and Wales and NIG’s Jonny Gilmore to develop the regional commercial account.