Product
Markerstudy to use tough PL market to fuel further growth
Following its merger with Atlanta Group, Markerstudy Group said the current squeeze of the personal lines market, and the added pressure of more strict regulation, presents an opportunity to grow the business further both organically and through…
Trade Voice: Biba’s Trudgill on scanning the horizon
Graeme Trudgill, CEO of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, says brokers need to anticipate the products clients of the future will need.
Aviva exits Singlife joint venture; Clearspeed and PWC partner; Cila elects president
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ardonagh and Markerstudy’s £1.2bn merger confirmed
The Ardonagh Group and Markerstudy Group have agreed a merger between Markerstudy and Atlanta Group, Ardonagh’s personal lines broking business, to create a “major new player” in the UK insurance market.
Vitality drops out of car insurance market after just two years
Vitality has dropped out of the personal lines motor market after just two years, announcing that it is “no longer offering new car insurance policies,” Insurance Post can reveal.
Direct Line launches motor ownership app to build customer engagement
Insurance Post can reveal that Direct Line Group is looking to increase engagement with motor customers by bringing services it provides to motor owners into one space with the launch of Caha!
Gallagher expands SME & PL ops; SRG launches sports and media division; RSA appoints commercial CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Unveiling the future of commercial insurance: education, engagement and technology
In the second instalment of the research series by Insurance Post and Crif, we explore how education, engagement and technology converge to shape a resilient future for commercial insurance.
Q&A: Tim Hardcastle, Instanda
Tim Hardcastle, co-founder and CEO of Instanda, speaks to Frances Stebbing one year after the startup’s latest fundraising round about upcoming trends in the software development industry and how the company is applying AI within the business.
Aston Lark’s latest acquisition; World Nomads’ travel product partnership; and Lloyd’s unveils Women’s Cricket Team
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Axa pulls two home products in run-up to Consumer Duty
Following an internal review, Axa has announced it plans to pull Axa First and Axa Residential Let policies in the UK.
Pen restructures; Percayso raises £2.7m; Axa’s Foley successor
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance broking sector’s vulnerability to cybercrime uncovered
More than 38,600 pieces of data have been leaked from the top 75 UK insurance broker domains since 2016, according to a scan of the dark web conducted on behalf of Insurance Post.
FCA extends latest product governance survey deadline
Having originally given brokers only a few weeks to send back a “demanding” survey into product governance and distribution practices, Post can reveal the FCA has extended its deadline from 11 August to 1 September.
Axa XL’s carbon emissions product; Defaqto’s updated Matrix software; Flock appoints CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Qover partners with Zurich; Keoghs takes team from Plexus; Allianz appoints CIO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Profile: Rodney Bonnard, EY
Rodney Bonnard, head of insurance for EY, chats to Scott McGee about his 30 years in insurance, the “profitability crisis” within personal lines, and how insurers need to be redefined for the future of insurance.
Qover and Revolut partner; Marsh to aid Ukraine; AIG appoints CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Fraser Edmond, Broker Insights
Broker Insights founder and CEO Fraser Edmond speaks to Insurance Post about the inefficiency of the commercial insurance space, bridging the knowledge gap between insurers and brokers, and how he hopes to more than triple the company's coverage by the…
Luko joins Admiral; Stubben Edge launches capital arm; Aspen appoints reinsurance CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Who wants to be a DLG CEO?
Editor’s View: It is approaching six months since Penny James, Direct Line Group’s CEO “stepped down” from the role, but who could be in line to take over?
Industry-specific GPT ‘only way’ to mitigate security risks
Simplifai has stressed that specially built industry-specific GPT, which is trained on insurance data, can alleviate AI concerns and tackle security and data privacy issues.
View from the top: Direct Line Group’s Steve Williams on how EVs could change the insurance industry landscape
Steven Williams, head of EV strategy at Direct Line Group, shares his views on how the electrification of the automotive industry could change the insurance landscape and what challenges lies ahead as we move towards the government’s 2030 ban on new…
Q&A: Thomas Hauschild, Omnius CEO
A self-confessed ‘claims nerd’, former chief product officer Thomas Hauschild took over as CEO of claims automation insurtech Omnius in February. He talks to Jonathan Swift about taming the legacy systems ‘animal’, and finding shortcuts to get the best…