Ageas
Your say: Does size really matter?
I felt Mark Sands’ recent piece in the Post hit the spot when it said a fresh and innovative approach rewards collaborative and flexible firms, but not perhaps in the way intended.
Motor customers paying up to 90% APR for monthly instalments
Motor insurance customers are being charged annual interest rates of up to 90% for choosing to pay in monthly instalments rather than an annual sum, according to research.
Court orders AIG to pay Ageas £12.6m in Kwik Fit case
The High Court has ordered AIG to pay Ageas £12.6m in its long-running dispute over liabilities relating to Ageas's £215m acquisition of Kwik Fit's insurance arm in 2010.
Alps launches sole trader legal expenses cover
Auto Legal Protection Services has launched a wholesale sole trader legal expenses cover.
Insurers critical of TSC medical report proposal
The industry has slammed a Transport Select Committee proposal to prohibit personal injury claims being settled without a medical report with one insurer calling the suggestion “out of touch”.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 3 July 2014
Penny was lucky enough to spend a splendid day quaffing champagne and eating lobster while watching the tennis at Wimbledon last week.
Ageas revises household product range
Ageas has revised its household policies including doubling cover and data download limits.
Editor's comment: What would Rob's mum want?
In 2004, my first year working for Post, the Boscastle Floods occurred and saw the two villages of Boscastle and Crackington Haven in Cornwall suffer extensive damage after flash floods caused by the huge amount of rain that fell over a small period.
Ageas’s ‘fresh and innovative approach’ rewards collaborative and flexible firms
Larger firms refute suggestions their scale adversely affects customer service
Government to reform laws on London short-term letting
Research from Direct Line's select premier insurance shows London homeowners could earn an average of £116 per room once legislative changes making short-term letting easier come into force.
BIA Countdown: 20 years of claims
As part of Post’s countdown to the 20th anniversary of the British Insurance Awards in July, we spoke to claims experts at firms that have experienced wins over the years, asking them how the industry has changed since the first BIAs in 1994.
Footman James in classic car tie-up with Ageas
Footman James has launched a new insurance product for classic car owners in partnership with Ageas.
Ageas rolling out commercial and subsidence claims reviews in 2015
Ageas is set to follow the completion of a household claims review with an investigation into its commercial and subsidence panels next year, Post can reveal.
Ageas finalises household claims reshuffle
Ageas has completed a restructure of its household claims suppliers, appointing 21 members to its new panel.
C-Suite - Insurer: Somerset: picking up the pieces
Devastation from the Somerset Levels flooding is still evident but the claims process is in full swing
Claims Awards 2014 - winners announced
Ageas scooped two individual awards at the 2014 Post Claims Awards held in London last night (5 June).
Alternative Business Structures: A quick fix?
The ownership of legal firms by non-lawyers via alternative business structures has always been contentious – but as the Transport Select Committee launches an investigation into the models Post finds out whether the existing structures are being used as…
Ageas moves retail brands to CDL Strata
Ageas is moving all of its personal lines retail brands to software provider CDL's Strata product.
More Than MD Connor departs to lead AA Insurance
The AA has hired More Than managing director Janet Connor to take on the newly created role of MD of its insurance business.
Interview: Mark Cliff: Moving on up
Ageas broking boss Mark Cliff tells Post how he plans to use growth, simplification and people power to propel the firm into the top three UK personal lines intermediaries
Ageas agrees new five-year deal with John Lewis
Ageas has agreed a deal to provide John Lewis car insurance for a further five years.
Storms may not hit full year figures, says Ageas’ Watson
The surges of winter storm and flood claims which drove Ageas into reporting a Q1 loss this morning may be immaterial to full year results according to UK chief executive Andy Watson.
Storms push Ageas to £4.6m Q1 loss
Storm and flood losses damaged Ageas’ financial performance in Q1, with the insurer swinging to a £4.6m loss.
Head to Head: Claims Ratios
This year’s Biba conference, taking place at Manchester Central, has the theme ‘Customer, customer, customer’. With that in mind, Post asked some leading industry figures to go head-to-head on the burning customer issues.