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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.
Insurance Bill: Providing information
The incoming Insurance Bill changes the duty of disclosure by an insured to one of fair presentation. What does this mean for insurers?
Q&A - Aviation: Turbulent times
In an unprecedented year of aerospace disasters, Post asks the experts how they expect recent tragedies to impact the aviation sector’s insurance policy renewals
Interview: Mike Brown: Taking a moment
As senior partner at BLM, Mike Brown is overseeing his firm through a period of incredible change for the legal sector – although some of the changes don’t sit too comfortably with him
Singapore's potential as an insurance hub
Helen McClure finds out about the ambitions of the Singapore government in making the country an insurance hub.
RSA appoints Cotton as real estate director
RSA has appointed Rachel Cotton as real estate director for its risk managed business.
Saga sees pre-tax profits drop as group hit by £50m IPO costs
Pre-tax profit at Saga dropped by £60m in the six months to 31 July 2014 with IPO costs totalling £50.8m.
C-Suite - Insurer: The value of investments
Unpredictable returns must be a driver for increased motor prices
Global Aerospace director appointed IIL president
Global Aerospace director Stephen Riley has been appointed president of the Insurance Institute of London for 2014/15.
$8.13bn of capital required for Indian insurers, says regulator
The chairman of India's insurance regulator has called for a capital increase of 500bn rupees ($8.13bn) into the sector.
Aviva CEO Wilson critical of CMA findings
Aviva group chief executive Mark Wilson says the Competition and Markets Authority failed to deliver required reform in its two year investigation into the private motor insurance market.
DLG chief customer officer Evans resigns
Direct Line Group has confirmed the departure of chief customer officer Darrell Evans.
ERS hires ex QBE casualty claims head
Non-standard motor specialists ERS have appointed Donna Willis as head of personal injury claims.
Ex-Kwik Fit Main man handed commercial director role at Ageas
Ageas Retail and Distribution has appointed former Kwik Fit Financial Services boss Bert Main as its director of commercial, with Greg Ball and James Furse landing non-executive director roles.
Allianz adds Axa underwriter to Newcastle branch
Allianz has made two new appointments to its Newcastle branch, including swooping for a Glasgow-based Axa underwriter.
Liberty expands casualty claims team with two hires
Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Natalie Briggs and Ian Floyd as senior claims specialists.
Axa hires Crouch for broker partnerships role
Axa Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary has appointed Amy Crouch as strategic relationship executive.
Construction: Building up momentum
With the construction industry seeing steady growth over the past 18 months, traditional risks in the sector are coming under the spotlight again
Helios sees H1 GWP boost through acquisitions
Helios Underwriting has attributed its increase in underwriting capacity to £21.3m for the six months ended 31 June 2014 to the acquisition of three businesses in the period.
Risk appetite at seven year high among CFOs, states Deloitte report
A combination of a rebound in the US economy, UK growth and easy access to finance has led to risk appetite among chief financial officers hitting a seven year high, according to Deloitte.
Underwriting director Hall quits NIG
NIG’s underwriting director Martin Hall has quit the Direct Line-owned insurer after just under five years as director of underwriting and pricing, Post can reveal.
Endsleigh launches motor policy for international students
Endsleigh has unveiled a new motor policy in collaboration with Zurich and Clements Worldwide.
Blog: Connected cars - getting insurers in the driving seat
The rise of connected cars has huge implications for the insurance industry, with the potential to create whole new ways of modelling risk, says Ravi Kumar of Infosys