Motor - commercial
Diary of an Insurer: QBE’s Hannah Wilkinson
Hannah Wilkinson, motor trade underwriting manager of QBE, gets her team's pipeline, performance and priorities ready for 2026, collaborates with cyber underwriting colleagues, and looks forward to the wonderful mayhem of a family weekend.
Inside the shrinking market for HGV insurance
In the wake of exits from the market in recent years, Harry Curtis looks at why insurers are cautious about insuring heavy goods vehicles and how those that do manage it.
Axa urges brokers to demonstrate value on commercial EV cover
The shift toward EVs in commercial motor fleets is changing the knowledge base required of brokers, according to Axa Commercial’s regional director for the south Louis Rudd.
Diary of an Insurer: ERS's Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson, head of fleet and commercial motor at ERS, balances data-driven decisions, broker relationships, leadership collaboration and underwriting precision, all while carving out time for nursery runs and family life.
CII to adapt for AI-dominated insurance sector
The Chartered Insurance Institute’s CEO Matthew Hill has urged the sector to embrace artificial intelligence “not as a threat, but as a tool”. But warned professionalism, ethics and human judgment must remain central as the technology reshapes the…
Uber and Freeway unveil UK driver insurance platform
Freeway Insurance and Uber have signed a five-year partnership, launching a digital insurance platform through the Uber Driver app, Insurance Post can reveal.
How court’s credit hire ruling will impact insurers
Graeme Mulvoy, partner at law firm HF, has revealed the short-term and likely ongoing impact for the insurance industry of last week’s Court of Appeal decision that credit hire organisations are responsible for the costs of unsuccessful litigation.
Court deems credit hire companies liable for costs
In what has been labelled a “landmark victory for insurers,” the Court of Appeal has given definitive guidance that credit hire organisations are responsible for the costs of unsuccessful litigation.
MGA boss warns over sliding scale commission deals
The use of sliding scale commission arrangements in the managing general agent space could have the same disruptive impact on the fleet and commercial vehicle market as past withdrawals of unrated capacity.
Hear from Thatcham, the FOS, Aviva, DLG and Allianz at Claims Club
The Claims Club 2025 programme kicks off on the morning of the 25 April at Events No6 in London and you can sign-up to attend now.
Millions are multiple manipulators when seeking car insurance
More than a third of UK motorists are altering five or more pieces of information when obtaining a car insurance quote, new data from Percayso Inform has revealed.
Why telematics is far from dead and buried
Liam Parker, Winn Group’s telematics and electric vehicle first notification of loss manager, shares why telematics far from being on the wane should be at the heart of modern motor claims handling.
Allianz UK to drop LV brand in 2026
Allianz UK’s CEO Colm Holmes has confirmed to Insurance Post that the LV brand is to be dropped in 2026.
Labour’s £1.6bn pothole plan falls short
Insurers have reacted to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s announcement of a 50% increase in funding for resurfacing roads, observing more cash will be required to end the damage done to cars by potholes.
Union demands review of Uber’s insurance restrictions
The GMB Union is pushing for a review to ascertain whether or not the insurance restrictions Uber puts on drivers in London are anti-competitive.
Autonomous vehicle revolution shaking-up insurance
The potholes plus dirty road signs pushing the brakes on mass rollout of autonomous vehicles on UK roads are examined in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Labour unveils motor insurance taskforce to crack down on costs
Labour transport secretary Louise Haigh has promised her party’s motor insurance task force will “crack down on spiralling costs” and deliver a “fair deal” for drivers.
FCA launches premium finance market review
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a review of the premium finance market, alongside the launch of a government motor insurance taskforce.
Is it time the ABI GTA had specific rates for Electric Vehicles?
With the number of electric vehicles on the UK roads well in excess of one million they are becoming an ever more important factor for motor insurers when planning how to grow, service their portfolio and manage claims costs.
Can telematics solve the mathematics of car insurance pricing?
Rory Yates, global head of strategy at EIS, observes if consumers do not love telematics by now, then they are unlikely to embrace it en masse any time soon to push down the price of motor insurance.
Diary of an Insurer: Allianz Partners’ Matt Crawford
After cycling from London to Paris in 24 hours, Matt Crawford, head of sales for roadside assistance at Allianz Partners, keeps motors running during his working week and learns lessons from the provider's travel insurance business.