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Ageas's Linklater on climate changing the role of insurers
View from the Top: Ageas UK claims director Stephen Linklater says that more frequent extreme weather events is broadening insurers’ responsibilities.
Making sure Father Christmas is covered
Insurance Post editor Emma Ann Hughes has made a list of Santa Claus’s risks and got the insurance industry’s leading lights to check it twice in order to recommend products plus services for the man tasked with delivering a holly, jolly Christmas this…
Claims and Legal Review of Year Review 2024
Looking back at 2024, claims, adjusting and legal firm chiefs share how their organisations handled claims arising from named winter storms, worked towards becoming carbon net zero, the impact of claims costs starting to stabilise and why some found…
ABI’s Clark says insurers can’t tackle climate change alone
Trade Voice: As the UK's extreme weather problem worsens, Louise Clark, general insurance policy adviser at the Association of British Insurers, calls on the government to take action.
Big Interview: Neil Gibson, Sedgwick
Neil Gibson, CEO of Sedgwick UK, reflects on his first year in the top job and shares his plans to grow Sedgwick in the UK by winning the sector’s war for talent and focussing on customer service outcomes.
Biba’s Trudgill on managing change
Trade Voice: Looking ahead to 2025, British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Graeme Trudgill says brokers should see enormous changes on the horizon as an opportunity rather than a threat.
Home insurance premium growth slows year-on-year
Home insurance premiums increased by 21% year-on-year between July and September this year, according to research from Compare the Market.
Ecclesiastical’s latest scheme; Allianz’s Uber launch; Evolution’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Diary of an Insurer: Connect Underwriting’s Jamil Elbahou
Jamil Elbahou, CEO and chief underwriting officer of Connect Underwriting, who is also chairman of insurance network GBN Worldwide, brushes shoulders with Cherie Blair, reflects on how he remains an underwriter at heart, and won't let flu stop him from…
Storm Bert shows insurers must demand building rules change
Editor’s View: If you want to know why people recoil, rather than embrace you, when you say you work in insurance, Emma Ann Hughes recommends you type into Google: ‘What does the insurance industry need to do about the growing number of named storms?’
Home insurers that reject half of claims named and shamed
Consumer watchdog Which? has named and shamed home insurers with a claims acceptance rate of less than 55%.
How to enable the renewable energy transition
Jack O’Sullivan, senior underwriter at Rokstone in the energy and power division, argues renewable energy will always attract capacity, but insurers, brokers, and developers need to act more collaboratively to ensure more quality, robust projects are…
Aviva’s travel tool; Questgates acquires firm; Aon’s space leader
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
ICEYE insurance head reveals plans for nat cat solutions
Stephen Lathrope, global head of insurance at space technology company ICEYE, has outlined the company’s plan to provide solutions targeted at a range of natural catastrophe perils.
Depletion of smaller home claims pushing average cost up
Analysis carried out by Verisk has revealed a 17% increase in the average cost of home insurance claims in Q3 2024 compared to the same period last year.
Storm damage behind one in five of Aviva’s home claims
Aviva has revealed that 19% of all UK home claims between 2020 and 2024 were related to storm damage.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Direct Line Group
Direct Line Group has climbed from fourth place on last year’s Top 100 UK Insurers List to third place in the 2024 rankings.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Aviva
Aviva Insurance Limited is ranked number 1 and Aviva International Insurance Limited is ranked number 2 on the Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Drastic turnaround in profitability
Major players pulling out or significantly scaling back their personal lines propositions, while others saw commercial lines profits soar, has significantly shaken up Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers rankings in 2024, according to Ben Diaz-Clegg,…
Hurricane Milton insured losses to run into the tens of billions
The insurance industry is likely to suffer losses of tens of billions of dollars from damage inflicted by Hurricane Milton last week, according to early estimates.
Alarm bells ring over uptick in buildings insurance complaints
A sharp increase in buildings insurance complaints has sounded alarm bells within the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Look to the skies to manage climate change risk
By leveraging advanced technologies like satellite data, Forbes McKenzie, founder and CEO of McKenzie Intelligence Services, argues insurers can better predict, manage and mitigate the impact of increasingly common frequency and severe natural disasters.
Is the ombudsman right to target loss adjusters?
Content Director’s View: With property claims on the increase and loss adjusters in the Financial Ombudsman Service’s firing line, Jonathan Swift asks the sector what it is doing to address the flack.
Q&A: Jonathan Hewett, Thatcham Research
Jonathan Hewett, CEO, Thatcham Research offers an insight into its shifting relationship with manufacturers; grappling with EV reparability; and emerging motor risks.