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Jaguar Land Rover launches embedded product following insurance exodus
Jaguar Land Rover is stepping in to offer customer bespoke embedded insurance for their vehicles, amid the difficulties faced by owners in getting cover.
Hiscox and Google collaborate; Axis syndicate; Biba’s 2024 conference theme
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
State National eyes five programmes for first year in UK
Markel programme services subsidiary State National is aiming to have “four or five” programmes up and running by the end of its first year of trading in the UK, Markel International’s Simon Wilson has said.
Sky Protect appoints MD as Poll moves to chair
Insurance Post can reveal Sky has appointed Paul Sweeney as managing director of Sky Protect, the firm's home insurance brand as Matt Poll, pictured, moves to a non-executive chair role.
UK motor broker launches; Ardonagh’s management reshuffle; Polaris’s £1.5m investment
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Axa and Synectics partner; Tesco to offer non-standard home; Markerstudy's three NEDs
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Big Interview: ManyPets’ UK CEO Luisa Barile and co-founder Steven Mendel
Following a difficult period where ManyPets pulled out of the Swedish market and paused sales in the US, newly appointed UK CEO Luisa Barile and co-founder Steven Mendel sat down with Scott McGee to talk through the provider's plan to get the UK business…
Ifed in commercial motor fraud crackdown
In the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department’s recent crackdown on commercial insurance fraud, Axa played a role in verifying motor insurance policy legitimacy.
Top 50 Reinsurers of 2023 revealed
Munich Re remained in first place of Insurance Post’s Top 50 Reinsurers 2023 list, with Swiss Re and Hannover Rück SE joining Munich Re on the podium this year.
AssuredPartners’ double swoop; LMA and Liiba’s collab; Pen’s IP proposition
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
ManyPets completes flurry of executive hires as CEO Eleazu departs
ManyPets has a new line-up for its UK executive team, as CEO Oke Eleazu announces he is to leave the business, Insurance Post can reveal.
Diary of an Insurer: Genasys’ Gavin Peters
Gavin Peters, chief marketing officer at Genasys Technologies, explores ways to showcase his company's capabilities for the London Market, and accepts his destiny as the Sam Allardyce of the West Herts Youth League.
Arch takes Aon team; Gallagher expands operations; Vision Track’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Beatriz Valenti, QBE Europe
QBE Europe's director of insurance shares her growth plans, the importance of finding the right talent and need to diversify product offerings.
What NFTs mean for fine art insurance
Analysis: Edmund Tirbutt examines what the advent of non-fungible tokens means for insurers, and whether the industry is designing an array of cover for this emerging art form.
Direct Line eyes turnaround with improved Q3 results
Direct Line’s Q3 trading update has revealed it has doubled its Motor gross written premiums, a welcome improvement amid a turbulent year for the insurer.
Phoebe Hugh leaves DLG to ‘lead Monzo’s charge into insurance’
Phoebe Chibuzo Hugh has left Direct Line Group to head up Monzo Bank’s entry into insurance, she has announced.
Direct Line launches car insurance ‘without the bells and whistles’
Direct Line has launched an entry-level car insurance product aimed at customers looking for bog-standard cover in the wake of a financial crisis, Insurance Post can reveal.
Zurich cuts claims times; Marsh's global cyber practice; Brown & Brown partners with Ageas
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva: SMEs ‘woefully underserved’ for cyber cover
Cover against damage from cyber attacks against SMEs has been branded as “woefully underserved” at an Aviva event.
EE to offer consumer electronic insurance
EE is branching out of its smartphone and broadband contract roots by now offering insurance.
Q&A: Jonathan Frankham, World Nomads
Jonathan Frankham, General Manager, UK & Europe at World Nomads, reveals how travel insurance has changed post pandemic and whether further evolution is required due to climate change.
‘Writing on the wall’ for pet insurance if data isn’t utilised quicker
Data usage in pet insurance has “lagged behind” home and motor, according to Crif UK, and if the sector isn’t able to get a grasp of it soon, the writing could be on the wall.
Diary of an Insurer: Schemeserve’s James McNab
James McNab, a Wunderwriter at Schemeserve, trains for Lanzarote endurance running events, delivers obsessive support to brokers and MGAs, keeps his finger on the pulse of product development, and loves elevenses.