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HDI in London market launch; Marsh teams up with Pedalsure; Zurich UK bolsters healthcare offering and BMS in Tysers swoop
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Lemonade acquires Metromile; Convex unveils 'multi-million-dollar partnership'; MNK Re launches UK arm and Chaucer in insurtech tie-up
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Interview: Steve McGill, McGill and Partners
Having successfully launched the boutique specialist (re)insurance broker only two years ago CEO Steve McGill sets out the firm’s ambitious global growth plans, the ethos underpinning the relatively new start-up and reflects on his route through the…
Motor insurance sees biggest drop for seven years; Apollo gets new investment; Axa sets aside €1.5bn to fight deforestation; Nexus refinances; and Radius acquires Milestone
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week
London company market premiums hit record levels despite Brexit impact
Rising rates and an influx of business previously written at Lloyd’s mean the London company market’s premium income has never been higher, even as it continues to bleed European premium in the wake of Brexit.
ABI reports fraud at lowest level since 2007; Axa relaunches British Gas cover; Getsafe extends Series B; and Lockton acquires
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week.
Admiral, Covea and Hastings back Drive Score launch; Abacai teams up with Ticker; Bollington to rebrand under Gallagher; Aviva extends Founders Factory tie-up; and Cover Genius seals Series C raise
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week.
WH Smith to launch ‘digital first’ insurance lines; WTW lines up first acquisition after Aon merger collapse; Converys Europe strikes fourth deal and Higos buys in Cornwall
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Blog: A time for the insurance sector to aim higher
With the end of the Covid pandemic edging closer, now is the time for the insurance industry to put its weight behind societal and environmental change, argues Peter Mansfield, RPC partner.
Staysure acquires Rock, Esure joins forces with Minster Law, and Allianz invests in Heycar
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Stuart Forsyth describes 'hellish experience' as Upper Tribunal overturns fine and ban by ruling against FCA and PRA
Stuart Forsyth, the former CEO of Scottish Boatowners Mutual Insurance, has called on regulators to “learn from the errors they made in my case and work to restore the faith of regulated professionals” as the Upper Tribunal overturned his fine and ban.
Ever Given due to leave Suez Canal today after insurance agreement reached
MV Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for a week in March, is due to leave today after a deal was struck between the UK P&I Club and the canal authorities.
Blog: The mega carrier conundrum
The grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal highlights the need for greater regulation and risk management of mega carriers, blogs Captain Michael Barrass, RSA marine risk management consultant.
Prince of Wales launches sustainable insurance task force; Aviva joins forces with WWF; Ford links up with By Miles; and LV reveals PI panel
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Sri Lanka ship fire: Marine experts call for cargo rule tightening and end to port 'pushing'
Marine insurance experts have warned tighter regulation and scrutiny is needed to mitigate events such as the X-Press Pearl container ship fire off Sri Lanka.
Q&A: John Fowle, Chaucer
John Fowle, CEO of Chaucer, tells Post all about growth, being owned by China Re and the plans for the next 12 months as well as why the business undertook its recent rebranding and the importance of diversity and inclusion.
Ardonagh acquires adjuster; ERS enters new lines; Geico partners with UK insurtech; and Partners& buys in Devon
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Insurtech Focus: Founders of the Future
Although cynics saw them as a fad, insurtechs are now very much part of the UK insurance scene. Indeed some have matured into sizable businesses that are proving attractive to employees who might have otherwise never though about a career in insurance…
Blog: Suez incident proves need for rethink of cargo delay cover
Mike Burns, partner at Weightmans, explains how the blockage of the Suez Canal and subsequent detainment of the Ever Given has reopened the debate over whether cargo delays can rightfully be excluded under maritime insurance policies.
Chubb and Marsh unveil Covid-19 vaccination solution; insurtech investment hits quarterly high; motor/home premiums fall; and Aviva offers cover to new customers affected by cladding crisis
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Briefing: Tracking the Ardonagh Portfolio Solutions and Beazley deal
The recently announced tie-up between Ardonagh Portfolio Solutions and Beazley is most immediately of interest to those with a London Market leaning. However, there are potential future implications for the UK retail market.
ERS continues commercial push with two hires
ERS has appointed Ciaran Waters as senior underwriter for US catastrophe and Federico Waisman as head of underwriting management.
MS Amlin acquires MGA; Ethos buys 13th hub; insurtech recruits Esure CUO ahead of launch; and PIB bolsters Irish footprint
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Ever Given losses likely to be hundreds of millions not billions, say ratings agencies
The unblocking of the Suez Canal just under a week after MV Ever Given ran aground and the apparent absence of damage to the boat, its cargo and from pollution will limit losses to hundreds of millions of dollars rather than billions, ratings agencies…