Aviva
C-suite Insurer: Aviva's Rob Townend - Well done insurers
By showing the value of insurance and the claims process, customers may one day say “well done”
Post Digital Insurance Collective: Aviva CDO Brem - digital needs its own P&L to make it a board room reality
To succeed in the digital space insurer boards need to have the "guts" to make it a strategic priority, pull capital in from elsewhere to prove it, give it its own profit and loss "teeth" and build a few icons to underline a commitment to the cause.
Post Digital Insurance Collective Blog: Design thinking, feeling uncomfortable and three centuries of caffeine fuelled innovation
Following last week's Digital Insurance Collective meeting, I promised to put together a blog consisting of my top eight take homes from my discussions and observations. So here are my thoughts, please share your own in the comment box below.
Insurers need 'massive mind-shift' to create Amazon one click revolution, claims Aviva’s Brem
Insurers need to focus on the "ultimate tailoring" of their offerings and take the plunge on "appification", if they are going to compete with online giants like Amazon.
Aviva sells Irish health business
Aviva has sold its Irish health business to Irish Life, with the transaction set to close by Q3 2016.
Brokers back Holmes as Aviva UKGI boss
The "great" appointment of Colm Holmes to head Aviva's UKGI business has not come as a surprise to broking bosses.
Tulloch's Aviva UK successor to maintain momentum with brokers
Incoming Aviva UK general insurance CEO Colm Holmes has vowed not to lose focus “on the fundamentals” and has set his sights on building on relationships with brokers.
Analysts rate Aviva's top of range SII ratio
Analysts have praised Aviva's 2015 full-year results report highlighting the insurer's Solvency II ratio of 180%, which was 20% ahead of some forecasts.
Aviva UK CFO Holmes steps up to replace Tulloch as CEO
Aviva has named UK general insurance chief financial officer Colm Holmes as the successor to Aviva UK GI CEO Maurice Tulloch.
Aviva benefits from Friends Life acquisition as UK profits slide
Aviva recorded a 20% increase in global profits to £2.67bn in 2015 compared with £2.21bn the previous financial year.
Aviva flood loss of £100m predicted by analyst in otherwise 'good year'
Aviva is expected to reveal a £100m loss in earnings for 2015 as a result of the extensive flooding that swept the UK during the months of December last year and January.
Axa invests in German digital health start-up
Axa Strategic Ventures, the €230m (£178m) venture capital fund set up by the French insurance giant, has announced it is leading an investment round in Medlanes, a Berlin-based digital health start-up.
GI CEO's urge against IPT increase in letter to Osborne
Twenty-three general insurance executives have written to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne ahead of the 16 March Budget announcement, urging against a further increase in insurance premium tax.
Aviva launches cancer care top-up insurance
Aviva has unveiled a top-up health insurance product, Cancer Essentials, which will include a cash payment on diagnosis and access to round-the-clock helplines.
Insurance Complaints: No more Mr Angry
There is no crisis as far as complaints directed at insurers and brokers go – but even one unfairly treated customer is too many. So, how seriously is this area being taken and are efforts underway to raise standards further?
Thousands of commercial motor fraud cases uncovered by Aviva
Aviva detected almost 2200 cases of commercial motor fraud in 2015, with the company now set to screen all such policies for fraud at application.
Data breach at Aviva’s online offering Quote Me Happy
Customers of Aviva brand Quote Me Happy were able to see the contact information of other clients, but the insurer says it was a small percentage and the details could not be altered.
Patrick Snowball: bankers and regulators are ruining the GI market
Many of the UK’s major general insurance companies are suffering because their boards have turned the businesses into pseudo-banks, and manage them accordingly to pacify the authorities.
The Post Power List 2016
In a year where regulation, natural disasters, consolidation and cyber/digital again look set to make waves, and when the country could learn if it’s in or out of the European Union, Post had a mind mapping session – with a bottle of wine – to see who…
The Post Power List 2016 is revealed
Post is delighted to reveal its 2016 Power List, a carefully (wine) crafted list of movers and shakers both within and without the insurance industry who we at Post Towers – with our experience, knowledge and independent view – believe will either have…
Tokio Marine Kiln expands Birmingham-based underwriting team
Tokio Marine Kiln has appointed Mark Bradshaw from Zurich and Owen Shelley from Aviva to underwriting roles in the Midlands.
Rank: 6 - Maurice Tulloch, chairman, Global General Insurance, Aviva
He might no longer be the head honcho in the UK, but he leaves a legacy whereby the insurer’s reputation among brokers has improved; and as a business it is seen as being at the forefront of digital innovation.
Blog: It's Superbowl 50 - the insurance market as NFL teams
With the climax of the NFL season this weekend to commemorate Superbowl 50 I wondered: If these insurance names were American football teams, which franchises would they be?
Claims Club blog: Can the SRA grow enough teeth to put fear in 'dodgy' law firms
The word “landmark” seems to be an over-used one when it comes to legal judgements.