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Amanda Blanc, Aviva
When it came to influence and impact in insurance and wider society, nobody came close to Aviva Group chief executive Amanda Blanc in shaking up the industry this year.
Believe in better – will Sky Protect break the smart tech home insurance hoodoo?
Content director’s view: Jonathan Swift muses on whether Sky Protect could disrupt the household insurance Premier League in the same way it did with English football following its investment in the game in 1992.
Aviva aims to expand reach of personal lines
Owen Morris, managing director of Aviva personal lines, revealed plans to expand the provider’s reach beyond the “middle England heartland” the insurer is generally seen to target.
Claims Apprentice 2023: Episode one – Meet the teams
Claims Apprentice is back! After a gruelling interview process, we can now meet the final six candidates, all competing for the prize of becoming the 2023 champion.
Aviva’s Marc Lewis to leave for Ecclesiastical
Aviva's Marc Lewis has been appointed as Ecclesiastical’s UK underwriting director, Insurance Post can reveal.
Sky UK enters insurance with smart tech home launch
Sky UK has launched itself into UK insurance by announcing the creation of Sky Protect, a home insurance product incorporating smart tech.
Ardonagh in double swoop; UK General rebrands; SRG launches in Europe
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments, and strategic moves of the week.
Insurers argue ‘at the premises’ BI clauses don’t respond to widescale Covid-19 restrictions
Insurers say it is wrong to interpret ‘at the premises’ disease clauses in business interruption policies as being capable of responding to widescale, government ordered closures.
Insurers likely to avoid repeat of 2022 subsidence losses
The insurance industry will likely avoid another spike in subsidence claims this year, despite earlier concerns of a repeat of the costly conditions experienced in 2022.
Brokers don’t care about insurers’ ESG work, reports suggest
Data analysis: Insurance brokers in the UK can’t name the insurers leading the way with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) work, a survey has shown.
CBI exodus as insurance firms leave amid allegations
Insurance firms are leaving the Confederation of British Industry at a rate of knots. Post collects the statements of all those leaving the CBI.
Could the PRA soon be knocking on personal lines insurers’ doors?
Editor’s View: 2022 was tough for personal lines, but if you are an insurer who had a particularly difficult year, the Prudential Regulatory Authority could soon be knocking on your door.
More exits possible as Hannover Re becomes third member to leave NZIA
After a Moody's report stated two founding members of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance left because of "material antitrust risks", Hannover Re has decided to leave the alliance.
Charrier-Leflaive replaces Jaillon as Wakam CEO
Wakam has promoted Catherine Charrier-Leflaive to CEO, with her predecessor Olivier Jaillon stepping up to be chairman.
Digital Bar Quarterly: How can insurers optimise a multibrand strategy with greater UX differentiation?
Insurance companies replicating their quote and buy journeys across multiple brands are missing significant opportunities. Jamie Bayliss, consultant at Altus Consulting, shares his observations and outlines how they could overcome this efficiently…
CFO reveals how Aviva is combatting claims inflation
Aviva's chief financial officer Jane Poole has revealed how the insurer’s operations are preventing it from falling foul of claims inflation like rival Direct Line Group.
Aviva’s Ryan Birbeck on the recruitment arms race in broking
View from the top: Ryan Birbeck, regional brokers director for UK&I GI at Aviva, addresses the fears brokers have about staff retention and lack of experienced staff.
Insurance CFOs reveal what keeps them up at night
Data analysis: The insurance industry sees high inflation, a downbeat economic outlook and market volatility as the three biggest threats to profitability this year, according to Moody’s annual survey of chief financial officers from 22 leading European…
Aviva and Direct Line Group are most-complained about insurers
Data analysis: The Financial Ombudsman Service data shows general insurance complaints have sharply increased in the second half of 2022 as consumers battle with inflation and cost-of-living.
Multiple insurers join neurodiversity campaign
The Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity has launched a campaign to push the way the insurance industry operates to better enable and equip neurodivergent employees.
US insurtech eyes UK commercial motor insurance market
Tony Beirne, of US commercial trucking insurance provider and insurtech Cover Whale, has revealed the business is “very open to other geographies”.
Law firm reprimanded after criminal employee defrauds Aviva
Harwood has been found liable for losses, damages and costs incurred by Aviva after recruiting a solicitor with a criminal record.
Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc on Desert Island Discs: Five things we learnt
Amanda Blanc, Group CEO of Aviva, appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs programme, where she selected eight tracks, a book and a luxury item to take with her to a desert island.
Aviva’s Winslow hopes for easing inflation as PL motor shrinks slightly
Adam Winslow, Aviva GI CEO for UK and Ireland, says diversification helped the firm weather a drop in personal lines motor business, and shares Aviva’s approach to pricing and building out the HNW book.