Insurer
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.
Dual Group recruits Bains as CUO
Former QBE director Talbir Bains has joined Dual Group as global chief underwriting officer.
Blog: What does Google's US insurance move mean for Admiral and UK market
Ever since Beat that Quote was acquired by Google there has been ongoing speculation about what the move would mean for the UK insurance space.
Whistleblowing measures should be welcomed by insurers, says CII
Proposals to make it mandatory for all regulated firms to establish whistleblowing policies should be welcomed by the insurance industry, according to David Thomson, director of policy and public affairs at the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Report urges EU policymakers to boost insurance access
Trade body Insurance Europe is urging policymakers to contain the cost of regulation in order to make insurance more accessible and reduce state dependency in a time of loss.
Mutuals Bill awaits Royal Assent
The private member's Bill that would give mutual insurers alternative capital raising powers received its final reading in the House of Commons on 6 March and was passed with "unanimous support", according to the Association of Financial Mutuals.
Allianz's Asia-Pacific profit recovers
Allianz's operating profit in Asia-Pacific climbed 17% to €429m (£309m) last year compared with 2013.
Blog: First impressions of the insurance world
Let me introduce myself - I'm James Verrinder and am the new senior reporter on Post.