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Ticker launches convicted driver product; Apollo partners with Moonrock; Close Brothers appoints MD
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Hiscox partners with Verisk; RSA launches carers’ policy & QBE restructures trade credit team
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
NZIA issues target-setting protocols for net-zero transition
The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance has unveiled its first target-setting protocols in the transition to a net-zero emissions global economy. But not everyone is satisfied, with some saying the announcement is "devoid of any ambition".
Pen invests in regional claims hub; Bikmo and Particle partner; Hedron Network appoints CEO from GRP
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Endsleigh partners with Pattern; Ardonagh acquires MDS & Biba appoints deputy chair from Aon
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
WTW partners with Liberty and Markel; MS Amlin's 3-year sustainability plan; Novidea appoints head of UK delivery
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Dan Martin, Markel International
Markel International recently appointed Dan Martin as managing director of distribution strategies and business development. He speaks to Post about supporting Markel’s long-term ambitions of sustainable growth, and operational effectiveness by working…
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.
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.
C-Suite: What can traditional and large insurers and brokers learn from the insurtech start-up community?
Jodi Cartwright, distribution director at Hiscox UK, discusses how the move from working for a large insurer to setting up an insurtech start-up affected her, and lists her five suggestions for how larger brokers and insurers can learn from the insurtech…
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.
Insurers defend approach to transitioning businesses following Ferma criticism
Insurers have defended their approach to providing cover to companies undertaking Net Zero transitions following criticism from the Federation of European Risk Management Associations.
Aviva to restructure commercial lines leadership as two MDs depart
Aviva is set to restructure its UK commercial lines leadership following the decision of managing director Nick Major to pursue opportunities elsewhere.
EY predicts motor NCR of 113.8% in 2022; Geo buys Lorega; Konsileo secures Series A funding; and ex-Fresh trio launch new broker
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Blog: ESG to overtake CSR - is it time to parade our credentials in a better light?
ESG represents a terrific opportunity for the insurance ecosystem to showcase its credentials in a better way, and to build positive reputational gains, argues Rob Smale, non-executive director at E2E Total Loss Vehicle Management.
Experts urge major threshold changes to improve UK listed companies’ competitiveness in international auctions
Legal experts have urged the Financial Conduct Authority to take major steps to increase the threshold for requiring shareholder approval of significant transactions to stop UK listed insurers being at a disadvantage in competitive mergers and…
Aviva reports 13% spike in fraud; Accredited hails £2bn Policy Expert deal; Urban Jungle to recruit 100; and PRA warns insurers of ‘significant headwinds’ over climate change
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Data Analysis: Q1 results round-up - Aviva, Beazley, Direct Line, Hastings, Hiscox, Lancashire and Sabre
Insurance Post rounds up the first tranche of quarter one results from a host of major insurers.
FCA backtracks on exec and board gender reporting approach
The Financial Conduct Authority has scrubbed references to 'non-binary' and 'self-identifying' from executive and board statement target forms following a deluge of campaigner consultation responses.
HSBC extends Marsh deal; Zurich to set up transformation Centre of Excellence; Pool Re completes expanded terrorism placement; and Howden acquires again
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Marsh/Volante launch shareholder activism product; insurance sector launches flood directory; GRP buys Hamilton Fraser; Liberty rolls out real-time flood warning solution
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Intelligence: Insuring the growing US cannabis market
Last year Malta became the first European nation to legalise cannabis after the United Nations reclassified the drug to recognise its therapeutic uses and – with other EU countries looking to follow suit – Post spoke to the specialists striving to meet…
Allianz in regional commercial restructure; GRS extends global reach with adjuster tie-up; Movo buys three; and Tractable strikes two new deals
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week.
Aspen launches ESG integration initiative ‘Project Leaf’
Aspen has formally launched Project Leaf, an environmental, social and governance integration strategy that will incorporate ESG information into the decision making process for its credit and political risk portfolio.