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Labour demands regulators cut red tape
Chancellor Rachel Reeves met with “top regulator bosses” in Downing Street today (17 March) to demand they cut the administrative cost of regulation on business by a quarter.
Palestine Action defies legal warning with another Allianz hit
Palestine Action targeted Allianz Trade’s office in Manchester this morning (17 March) in its most recent action against the insurer over its links to weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
Markel merges three businesses and names Wilson as CEO
Markel Group has today (17 March) announced that the company's three primary underwriting businesses - Markel Specialty, Markel International, and Markel Global Reinsurance - will now collectively be referred to as Markel Insurance.
Ripe to launch pet insurance product in 2025
Ripe plans to launch a pet insurance product later this year, according to CEO Alan Thomas.
Howden preparing for US floatation with $10bn takeover
Reports have suggested Howden is closing in on a US-based floatation with a $10bn (£7.7bn) takeover of Risk Strategies.
ABI adviser calls current climate ‘difficult time’ for DEI work
Association of British Insurers senior policy adviser for diversity, equity and inclusion Liisa Antola has said it is a “difficult time” to work in DEI.
FCA spots 30 misleading insurance adverts
Just 30 general insurance and protection adverts were amended or pulled in 2024, following intervention from the Financial Conduct Authority.
Digitalise and conquer: Mastering insurance modernisation
A recent webinar hosted by Insurance Post in association with Charles Taylor InsureTech brought together industry experts to discuss effective strategies for digital transformation. Here are the key insights.
Diary of an Insurer: Allianz’s Alex Ktenidis
Alex Ktenidis, director of digital trading and ALP at Allianz UK, doesn't need an alarm clock with a five-month-old daughter ready, willing and able to wake him up to refine the provider's digital service and consider ways to embrace generative artificial intelligence.
What has driven loss adjuster start-ups to near extinction?
Content Director’s View: The beginning of the century saw a number of loss adjusting start-ups fueled by entrepreneurial managers and teams determined to go it alone and forge their own paths outside of the incumbent ‘big boys’ but of late these new ventures are as rare as hen’s teeth. Jonathan Swift examines what has happened.
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When will insurance get more female leaders?
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman highlights the barriers preventing women in insurance from attaining senior-level positions today, and questions whether the move away from diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives in the US could hamper efforts to gain more CEO parity in the UK.
Stopping home insurance costs going through the roof
How property risk is changing – and why you should remove moss from your roof – is explained in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Is time ticking on leasehold altogether?
News Editor’s View: Scott McGee asks if the insurance industry's headache of having to justify the fees charged to flat owners for arranging cover is about to be replaced by the pain that will come with leasehold status being ditched for commonhold ownership.
How insurance helped and hindered the care sector
Almost five years on from the first Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Scott McGee examines how insurers helped care providers make sense of the barrage of government guidance, why some have pulled back from offering cover, plus what the industry is doing today to ensure the future of the care sector.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024
Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list has been shaken up by tough times for motor insurers in 2023 and a shift to more profitable lines among major players in the market
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FCA spots 30 misleading insurance adverts
Just 30 general insurance and protection adverts were amended or pulled in 2024, following intervention from the Financial Conduct Authority.
AI tops global risk index for insurance
The insurance sector is facing a seismic shift, as artificial intelligence emerges as the top-ranked risk for the year ahead, displacing all other major concerns.
What makes pet insurance customers happy revealed
Admiral and Agria have the greatest proportion of extremely or fairly satisfied pet insurance customers, according to the latest research by Fairer Finance.
Tokio Marine warns against over-reliance on cloud providers
Incidents like the CrowdStrike outage and supply chain attacks in 2024 have highlighted the vulnerabilities of over-reliance on cloud providers and single-point solutions, according to Tokio Marine.
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