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Analysis: Product recalls: Bringing it back
Whether it’s a tumble dryer that catches fire or baby milk that’s contaminated with salmonella, an increase in safety concerns is putting product recall insurance in the spotlight. With the frequency and severity of claims on the up, there are concerns…
No immediate threat to Allianz Bristol claims team
Personal injury claims handlers in Allianz’s Bristol office will not be placed under employment consultation as part of the Allianz-LV merger.
Allianz to make up to 80 further redundancies in claims restructure
Allianz is placing a further 80 jobs at risk of redundancy amid a restructure of its claims operation.
LV prepares to overcome ‘challenges’ with re-entry to home market
LV has acknowledged it faces “challenges” in making profitable the home portfolio it acquired as a result of the Allianz personal lines merger.
400 jobs at risk following LV and Allianz merger
Up to 400 LV and Allianz employees are at risk of losing their jobs as a result of the companies’ strategic partnership.
Analysis: Sustainable insurance - in it for the long run
European insurers are gearing their investment strategies towards sustainable ventures.
Editor's comment: An explosive start to the year
I started this year in style watching the fireworks over Sleeping Beauty’s castle at Disneyland Paris. Looking at January’s headlines the insurance industry has also started this year with a bang.
Interview: ABC Investors - Bunker, Cassidy, Castle, Horton and O’Roarke
With their restrictive covenants expiring at the end of 2017, the former LV general insurance management are now free to re-enter the market. Jonathan Swift speaks to the quintet about their new consortium ABC Investors, digital innovation and what it…
Analysis: A changing investment climate
Insurers are increasingly finding themselves under pressure on three fronts when it comes to climate change – as underwriters, as major investors and as large employers with their own substantial carbon footprints. That pressure is about to intensify.
QBE hires from Allianz for head of SME, Australia and New Zealand
Australian giant QBE has hired a senior manager from Allianz for a newly created SME role.
Blockchain pilots will be weighed on their merits
There may be several Blockchain prototypes available for companies to choose from at present but there will be a "narrowing" in terms of successful models later on, a consultant said.
Connected cars pose terror risk, conference hears
Connected cars are vulnerable to hacking and therefore pose a terror risk, a conference in Budapest heard.
Blog: Grenfell shows construction details need to be fully disclosed to insurers
Building regulations are being reviewed in the wake of the deadly Grenfell fire and Neil Clutterbuck, chief underwriting officer at Allianz, points out construction details need to be fully disclosed to insurers.
Cyber risk has climbed the agenda for risk managers, says Allianz
Allianz's annual global survey of risk managers reveals cyber risk is an increasing concern.
Analysis: Employee benefits: Perking up at work
Insurers are investing in employee benefits as a way to recruit and retain staff - and they go beyond the core elements of pension, life and health cover to sometimes include quirky perks
This week in Post: Shuffling and reshuffling
This week, as Theresa May reshuffled her cabinet, the insurance industry underwent its own shake-up.
Allianz to make €1.1bn Euler Hermes offer
Allianz will open a tender offer for Euler Hermes shares on Monday after receiving regulatory approval.
Allianz buys European units of Das for €38m
Allianz will buy European business subsidiaries of legal protection insurance provider Das for €38m (£33.6m).
AGCS appoints new claims chief
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has appointed Lars Vissing as regional unit London head of claims.
LV makes two senior hires ahead of Allianz partnership
LV has appointed Richard Hoad as director of new markets and Cheryl Binnis as group strategy and insight director.
Allianz's Simon McGinn on treating customers, and their data, fairly
This year will see changes to how companies can use people's personal data and Simon McGinn, general manager for commercial and personal at Allianz, believes this is time to perfect the treating customers fairly mantra.
Axis promotes Nicole Lim to deputy chief underwriting officer, Singapore
Axis Insurance has promoted Nicole Lim to deputy chief underwriting officer, Singapore, with immediate effect.
Digital Fineprint CEO hails 'insane' year after £2m investment
Insurtech start-up Digital Fineprint has closed a second ‘venture’ investment round by raising $2.7m (£2m) lead by a firm that includes Nutmeg and Fan Duel among its portfolio.
Penny Black's social world: January 2018
Hot coffee, hampers and a heroine