Reputation
Eight insurtech start-ups to watch in 2023
For the eighth year in a row Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift casts an eye over the insurtech start-up space, and lists a number of firms worth watching over the next 12 months and beyond.
SMEs focus on economic concerns as climate change fails to make priority list
Aviva’s third annual risk report has found that SMEs remain unconcerned with climate change, as economic turmoil continues to dominate.
Review of the Year 2022: Brokers
Senior insurance broker figures look back on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
Review of the Year 2022: Insurtechs (part two)
Senior insurtech figures from the market reflect on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
Review of the Year 2022: Claims and Legal (part two)
Senior claims figures look back on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
Podcast: ESG, its impact, and the challenges
In this podcast, Insurance Post and Crif Decision Solutions examine the extent and influence of environmental, social and governance principles on insurers and their supply chains.
Review of the Year 2022: Claims and Legal (part one)
Senior claims figures look back on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
GRP acquires Flint; Volt partners with Laka; Premfina appoints chairman
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Charting a course for ethical data management in Insurance
Data management strategies that work rely on trust. This means robust privacy policies and proper adherence to regulation. In the second part of a three-part series, Vikas Bhalla, EVP and head of insurance at EXL, explores how ethics can be central to…
Roundtable: Digital claims - how can insurers best reap the benefits of digital claims for customers?
Digital claims processing offers significant benefits for both insurers and their customers. Based on this assumption, Post and PayPal held a roundtable to explore how the sector can keep up the momentum, and discuss what might be considered as a best-in…
Questgates acquires CP Adjusting; Pen UW rolls out cyber risk management suite; Brokerbility shakes up leadership team
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
For the record: Lemonade joins the ABI; Lexis Nexis expands to Ireland; Jensten acquires Bennetts
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Analysis: Amazon enters UK insurance not with a bang, but with a whisper
Amazon’s entry into UK insurance has been talked about for years. Has the announcement of the Amazon Insurance Store satisfied the industry-built expectations?
Stubben Edge and Helodrium join forces; Specialty MGA UK launches in London; PIB appoints group CFO
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Jensten buys Ravenhall; Six leave Ed for Consilium; HF moves to Media City
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
FCA dealt with less than a quarter of whistleblower cases received in 2021/22
For the period between April 2021 and March 2022, more than three quarters of the whistleblower submissions received by the Financial Conduct Authority are still under assessment.
Interview: Hannah Gurga, ABI
The ABI's new director general, who started her role in February, speaks to Scott McGee about her ambitions for the industry, being the best advocate for insurance, and her hopes when it comes to working with the new Prime Minister.
Spotlight on ESG: Validating the ESG credentials of the insurance supply chain
Consumers, industry participants, civil society, regulators, and the media are all increasingly questioning the integrity of some of the ‘green’ claims made by companies and financial firms. ESG scrutiny is building, and this represents both business…
Spotlight on ESG: Aligning ESG values - delivering the promises
Turning the fine words of carefully crafted corporate environmental, social and governance strategies into a meaningful reality is one of the top priorities for general insurers. However, as David Worsfold discovers, it remains a complex challenge
Intelligence: How using parametrics in travel insurance could help the sector's tarnished reputation
Parametric products are a good example of how the complexity can be removed from the world of insurance. Martin Friel examines how their use in travel insurance could help the insurance market with its transparency and ultimately clean up its image
Q&A: Roi Amir, Sprout.ai
Roi Amir has replaced Niels Thorne as CEO of Sprout.ai. He talks to Post about how his experience has shaped him to become an artificial intelligence leader, and how AI has the potential to unlock the future of insurance.
PIB’s Steve Redgwell on the merits and limitations of mandatory broker qualifications
Compulsory qualifications for brokers would bring benefits, but the industry should not dismiss the expertise and industry networks that can be built through experience, argues Steve Redgwell, CEO of PIB’s specialty division.
Blog: Insurers and brokers must work together to meet clients’ expectations
Julie Rayson-Flynn, director at Brokerbility, considers how declining insurance performance are impacting on the reputation of smaller brokers and their customers, as they cope with hard market conditions and unknown territory.
Arbitration could shorten the whiplash portal’s 175 day wait for settlements to ‘three to 10 days’
An arbitration service has claimed OIC delays could be shortened from six months to “three to 10 days” if parties are no longer allowed to play games.