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Top 100 UK Insurers 2020: AM Best Commentary: Material uncertainty
The 100 largest UK-regulated insurers reported a combined underwriting profit in 2019, albeit lower than in 2018. Bond yields fell in 2019, however, investment earnings benefited from the strong performance of equity markets. How will the impact of the…
Insurtech Rnwl aimed at reducing dual pricing 'pain point' announces pre-seed raise
The founder of equity crowd-funding platform Syndicate Room is looking for individual investors on Seedrs for his latest venture, insurtech start-up Rnwl, that is targeting the 'pain point' of dual pricing.
Saga confirms £150m raise with ex-owner Sir Roger De Haan returning as chairman
Sir Roger De Haan, the former owner of Saga, is set to invest up to £100m in the business as it seeks to raise £150m through a share placement.
Blog: Advising cruise ship owners in a Covid-19 enforced shutdown
The current pandemic has hit the cruise liner industry hard with countless ships sitting unused around the globe. Royston Ford, strategic portfolio manager for marine at RSA, explains how technology is helping insurers to keep ships insured and out of…
Zurich UK reports £140m of Covid-19 claims as it posts H1 loss
Zurich’s UK general insurance business faced £140m in Covid-19 related claims across travel, event cancellation and business interruption lines in the first half of 2020.
Abbey and Autoline merger to create £119m GWP acquisitive firm
The merger of Northern Ireland brokers Abbey Insurance and Autoline Insurance as Abbey Autoline on 1 September will create a £119m gross written premium growth focused firm that has an eye for striking takeover deals, managing director of the newly…
Analysis: Returning the dead to rest – a pandemic repatriation problem
With air traffic grounded and sweeping restrictions halting travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, insurers have faced up to the sometimes impossible task of returning policyholders' remains to their home countries and families.
Second quarter performance pushes Ageas UK COR below 100%
Ageas UK has reported a post-tax profit of £22.8m for the first half of 2020 reversing a loss of £2.7m in the first quarter.
Business enquiries down 14% on last year at Allianz
While market conditions are slowly recovering in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown, the volume of new enquiries for commercial policies remain substantially lower than were last year, according to Allianz Insurance.
Direct Line open to acquisitions and partnerships: CFO Tim Harris
Direct Line Group remains open to inorganic growth from acquisitions and partnerships despite the Covid-19 impact, DLG chief financial officer Tim Harris has confirmed.
Briefing: Is it time to lock up your employees as Amazon comes a-calling?
News that Amazon is expanding in the Indian insurance market coupled with its recent recruitment in the UK could leave insurers feeling a bit worried for their staff and their business.
Travel insurance policies purchased in recent months unlikely to cover Spain cancellation claims
Holidaymakers cancelling trips to Spain in light of the updated travel guidance issued over the weekend are unlikely to find cover under their travel insurance if they purchased policies after mid-March.
Blog: Premium finance opportunities in a post-pandemic era
In the aftermath of Covid-19, Owen Thomas, Premium Credit’s chief sales officer reflects, on some key changes to the insurance industry and the increasing role insurance premium finance will play.
Q&A: Tara Parchment, head of private clients, Brit
Tara Parchment joined Brit to head up its private client offering in November 2018, after 22 years at Chubb. She spoke to Post about plans for the Private Clients offering, how it will meet the changing customer needs and how the current pandemic is…
Briefing: Travel insurance – when is cancellation insurance not cancellation insurance?
A once-in-a-lifetime trip to Disneyland to treat the kids, an all-expenses paid honeymoon to Cancun and a retirement cruise around Europe – for many people the plans for these long-anticipated trips now lay in tatters but insurance isn’t offering the…
Briefing: Could Black Lives Matter's landmark purge trigger a brand rethink for some well-known insurers?
As Black Lives Matter activists target statues and landmarks baring the names of historical figures they argue held questionable views, Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift asks whether this could have ramifications for some of the UK's most…
Blog: Covid-19 and its impact on Italy's insurance industry
The impact of Covid-19 has been felt across the global insurance industry and, for Italy's insurance industry more specifically, the largest and most direct impact will be from the high rates of hospitalisation in the country during the pandemic and the…
Price comparison sites report return to normality after Covid disruption
Price comparison sites saw the beginnings of a gradual return to pre-pandemic consumer behaviours in May, having seen search volumes plummet in the initial weeks of the lockdown.
Insurance Monitor: Can the industry regain control?
In this month’s column, David Worsfold looks at the industry’s stumbling response to Covid-19, the investigation fees travel insurers may face and why Brexit needs to move back up the boardroom agenda
Top 100 Insurtech Firms 2020: The insurtech graveyard
For every successful start-up, there are many more failures and insurance is no different. Jonathan Swift reflects on some of those that shone brightly for a short time before being buried in the insurtech graveyard.
Insurance Covid-Cast episode 16: “From feast to famine in ten days” – How the travel insurance sector is dealing with the Coronavirus with no sales
In the latest episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a group of travel insurance experts to discuss how the travel insurance sector is coping with a “tsunami of claims” and whether it will bounce back post-pandemic.
Aviva predicts £200m in Covid-19 BI claims
Aviva has predicted it will see £200m in business interruption claims net of reinsurance.
Covid-19 will cost insurance industry $203bn, says Lloyd's
Lloyd’s of London has forecast that Covid-19 will cost the insurance industry $203bn (£166bn) in underwriting and investment losses, putting the pandemic on a par with century’s most catastrophic hurricane seasons.
Allianz CFO outlines potential €1bn plus Covid-19 hit
Allianz could see a €1bn (£882m) or more hit from the coronavirus pandemic across property and casualty, Allianz group chief financial officer Giulio Terzariol has cautioned.