Marine
European insurtech investment catching up with US; Goldman Sachs invests in Clear; Allianz to lead Coalitions’ UK cyber capacity; and Gallagher buys Erimus
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Claims Apprentice 2022: Episode three – Marine insurance treasure hunt
After the claims handling task in episode two, Teams Build and Unite regroup and, following a short rest, are ready for the next challenge.
FCA fines JLT £7.8m; Acrisure acquires Russell Scanlan; Clear Group buys Pro Aktive; Howden Group creates start-up hub and Instanda raises $45m
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Intelligence: Managing the fire risks associated with lithium-ion batteries
With lithium-ion batteries becoming commonplace in everyday life, Post investigates the risks associated with them, and how insurers are incorporate such risks into policy terms.
Aviva joins Sign Live; Clear Group acquires Centor; Canopius reorganises underwriting team; LV steps up digital innovation with tie-up; and Questgates buys again
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Data Analysis: Q1 results round-up - Aviva, Beazley, Direct Line, Hastings, Hiscox, Lancashire and Sabre
Insurance Post rounds up the first tranche of quarter one results from a host of major insurers.
Trade Voice: Installing EV charging points on ferries should be resisted, says London Foil
Facilitating electric vehicles being charged at sea presents a risk that the marine insurance market could do without, argues Forum of Insurance Lawyers CEO Laurence Besemer and London Foil marine sector focus team member Captain John Owen.
Capgemini: only 8% of insurers 'Resilience Champions'; Allianz mulls Home & Legacy disposal; CII reports £4.4m deficit; and Questgates buys
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Tower Brook acquires Premium Credit; ABI reports motor premiums have fallen 5% in Q1; Aston Lark buys UK Global; and Seventeen snaps up broker
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
2021 insurtech funding breaks record; Aviva in Tractable tie-up; Dive-In Festival theme announced and Lloyd's syndicate offers adjusters green bonus
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Price walking ban pushes motor premiums up; Zurich opens branch; Handl acquires IPRS; Mason Owen MBO; and under 30s telematics sales rise
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Clyde & Co merges with BLM; Beazley unveils underwriting structure; KGM buys Eridge Underwriting Agency; Blanc becomes WWF ambassador; and Swiss Re warns of global protection gap
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Losses from 'major event' in Ukraine will take time to evaluate, says Neal as Lloyd's posts underwriting profit
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will be a major event for the insurance market but the losses will take a long time to evaluate, Lloyd’s CEO John Neal has said.
AIG, Axa and RSA lead underwriter recruitment; Allianz partners with Solar Energy UK; North P&I and Standard Club to merge; and first non-London syndicate-in-a-box-launched
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Marsh/Volante launch shareholder activism product; insurance sector launches flood directory; GRP buys Hamilton Fraser; Liberty rolls out real-time flood warning solution
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance M&A tops 418 deals in 2021; Beazley leads IVF solution after Gaia tie-up; Ageas joins telematics panel; and Tokio Marine HCC relocates branches
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Trade Voice: Bila's Caroline Bell on why 2022 is the time for a renewed focus on wordings
Dr Caroline Bell, British Insurance Law Association committee member, and senior wordings counsel at Convex Insurance, reflects on the innovatory and future-proofing potential of policy wordings after a year that underscored that the words on the page –…
Ardonagh Specialty expands cross-class follow-capacity solution to $600m
Ardonagh Specialty has expanded its cross-class follow-capacity solution to include Price Forbes’ property business, Post can reveal.
Intelligence: China - Implications of uncertainty
There would be serious consequences for the insurance market if escalation of tensions between the major western democracies and China arose. David Worsfold asks, therefore, why insurance companies are burying their heads in the sand about the issue…
Interview: Andrew Wallin, Ardonagh Specialty
Ardonagh buying the insurance operations of BGC Partners was a “rocket fuel moment” for both organisations with opportunities abounding after the deal which doubled the size of the specialty business, according to Ardonagh Specialty CEO Andrew Wallin.
Allianz in Uber tie-up; Assured Partners acquires SW broker; BGL and Covea to launch new direct brand; and Twelve Capital/Eos unveil insurtech focused growth fund
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week
Intelligence: The supply chain crisis – why the insurance lifeboat can’t take all
Supply chain issues have made headlines recently as backlogs at ports build up and in some cases large ships are turned away. These are unprecedented times but as Rachel Gordon finds out insurance is only part of the solution
Aviva insures autonomous shuttle trial; brokers outscore insurers in CX research finds; Howden buys again; Gallagher completes on Willis deal and PPL updates on next gen platform
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Andrew Wallin on turbo-charging Ardonagh Specialty
The completion of Ardonagh’s $500m (£374.4m) takeover of the insurance operations of BGC Partners will turbocharge the business, according to Ardonagh Specialty CEO Andrew Wallin.