Commercial
60 Seconds With... Allianz’s Steve Bramall
Steve Bramall, credit director of Allianz Trade UK & Ireland, would like to replace Daniel Craig as 007 and can't live without Facetime.
Marsh and Aon call for lifting of Ukraine exclusions
The world’s two largest insurance brokers have urged for the removal of blanket Ukraine exclusions in order to aid the country’s reconstruction efforts.
Diary of an Insurer: RSA’s Katie Balme
Katie Balme, head of partnerships for customer and strategy in RSA’s delegated business, works a flexible week, help partners achieve specific objectives and enjoys Freddie Fridays.
Court of Appeal upholds key Covid BI judgment
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that hundreds of thousands of businesses with ‘at the premises’ disease cover are entitled to claim for Covid losses, dismissing appeals brought by insurers.
Zurich and Marsh McLennan call for partnership to tackle cyber risk
Zurich and Marsh McLennan are calling for public-private collaboration and recovery mechanisms to be put in place to strengthen society’s cyber resilience.
Allianz’s Côté on the insurer of the future
View from the Top: Nadia Côté, UK managing director of Allianz Commercial, outlines how changing customer needs, new technology and emerging risks will shape insurers over the next decade.
Norgrove aims to ‘dial up the voice of the SME’ in ABI role
RSA UK CEO Ken Norgrove has said he wants to use his new role at the Association of British Insurers to help small and medium-sized businesses “get their voices heard”.
Diary of an Insurer: QBE’s David Round
David Round, head of trading at Birmingham at QBE Europe, gets more active, explores future opportunities and threats to the renewal portfolio and even manages to keep score at his son’s cricket match.
Axa UK GI records £103m underwriting loss in 2023
Axa’s UK general insurance company made a £103m underwriting loss in 2023, accounts filings have revealed.
How to quickly launch an insurance product
How to spot a gap in the insurance market and move swiftly to produce a product to fill it is tackled by Vicky Rowlay, VP, national director for business transformation at Arch Insurance, in the latest Insurance Post Top Tips video.
Dagenham blaze highlights ongoing high-rise fire safety problems
After a fire tore through a multi-storey building in Dagenham, East London, insurers have observed new notifications regarding building fire safety defects continue to trickle in, and cladding problems highlighted by the Grenfell Tower blaze remain.
Ecclesiastical pries Carey away from Allianz
Ecclesiastical has appointed Allianz’s Dave Carey as managing director of its intermediary business.
Hot works – how not to get burned
Risk improvement can boost an insurer’s bottom line and help customers avoid damaging and disruptive incidents. However, RiskSTOP’s Lisa Beaton finds underwriters’ risk requirements are not always valued, and that one intervention presents a particular…
Insurance commission: What’s the big deal?
Following the launch of a campaign by a group of tenants who feel they have been unfairly charged by their landlords for insurance commissions through service charge, David Marsden, property litigation partner at national law firm Freeths, defends…
How ‘Baby Reindeer’ and streaming services are affecting insurance
As the way we consume media changes, Scott McGee considers how the furore over Baby Reindeer, and changing nature of the content we watch has had an impact on insurance.
Hiscox chair and wife among missing yacht passengers
Hiscox chair Jonathan Bloomer is among six people missing following the sinking of a superyacht of the coast of Sicily on Monday.
Aviva’s Storah reveals what to expect next from the provider
Aviva UK&I general insurance CEO Jason Storah, along with his chief financial officer Stephen Pond, share what lines they expect to grow the most in the latter half of 2024 and outline their approach to pricing as inflation heads closer to 2%.
Q&A: Joe Hantson & Carl Cripps, Direct Commercial
Direct Commercial’s deputy CEO Joe Hantson and claims director Carl Cripps discuss the changing make-up of fleet customers, bringing staff back in five days per week, and the growth of the business over the last 22 years and beyond.
Aviva’s Blanc plans to further grow GI business
Aviva Group CEO Amanda Blanc expects to further grow the provider’s general insurance business by matching her organisation’s ambition with the Labour Party’s agenda and by deepening relationships with existing customers.
Terror charges for rioters could put insurance claims in doubt
Businesses reeling from damage caused by far-right riots across the UK in recent weeks may have their claims complicated if the perpetrators are charged with terrorism offences.
Cyber insurance tipped to ‘disrupt’ traditional cybersecurity providers
Cyber insurance has an opportunity to excel where other providers of cybersecurity firms have been found wanting, saving businesses time and money, CFC’s Jason Hart has told Insurance Post.
Property insurance payouts hit record quarterly high
Insurers paid £1.4bn in claims for property damage during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Allianz UK spending £400m on change by end of 2025
Colm Holmes, CEO of Allianz Holdings has said the company is spending £200m this year and the same amount again next year on change within the UK business.
Insurers expect to pay out about £20m for riot damage
Insurers are likely to have to pay out at least £20m for the damage caused by the far-right anarchy across the UK, prompted by the attack on a dance class in Southport.