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Axa to cut 18 branches as Irish operation is scaled back
Axa will close 18 branches across Ireland and Northern Ireland, reportedly affecting more than 100 jobs.
This Week in Post: Outdated and out of there
I was recently lamenting shortage of space in my toy-cluttered flat and a (childless) colleague mentioned the baby cages Victorian households used to hang out of their windows. “There were mercifully few deaths,” he joked, as I gazed at an online image…
Axa's Gareth Howell on putting customers before innovation
Innovation is currently the talk of our industry for good reason. We are facing potentially challenging times, with start-ups bringing new tech, new ideas and a new outlook to the sector. However, Gareth Howell, managing director of personal direct and…
Regulation is a hindrance to industry innovation: Axa
Regulatory pressures are a barrier to innovation within the insurance industry, a market expert has said.
Europe: Post-Brexit travel insurance
It is unclear whether UK nationals will be able to use the European Health Insurance Card after Brexit. If they don’t, travel insurers expect higher claims costs and higher premiums.
Motor Report docu-video - Fraud, driverless cars, young drivers and claims
The Motor Report is out - but what do the experts think of the findings?
Amazon insurance plans 'not a threat to traditional carriers'
Online retailer Amazon is more likely to compete with aggregators than traditional carriers if it enters the insurance space, experts said.
Insurance Marketing and PR Awards 2017: Winners
Co-op Insurance picked up two awards for digital marketing and social media influence at the Insurance Marketing and PR Awards today.
What is at stake for the insurance industry in the election?
The country has gone to the polls today and the insurance industry will wait with bated breath for the result.
We need to talk about fire claims
With concerns growing about the coordination of the many parties involved in investigating major fire claims, a roundtable recently brought together insurers, adjusters, forensic investigators and fire service chiefs. As they discussed the many…
Insurers ‘will need to assess’ safety of driverless cars handover systems
Driverless car manufacturers should consider installing ‘phased handover’ functions to minimise the disruption when vehicles switch from autonomous to manual driving.
This Week in Post: Manchester in our thoughts
The Manchester attack touched us all this week. Because we might live or work in the city. Because we might have visited recently. Or because we have, you know, a heart.
Blog: From Noddy to Sweep, kids TV has been helping insurers sell products since 1985
Post content director Jonathan Swift reflects on the relationship between children's television and insurance over the last four decades.
Zurich and Axa close Manchester branches for the day following terror attack
Zurich and Axa have closed their Manchester branches following last night’s terrorist attack on Manchester Arena.
Axa tops Brokerbility bi-annual survey
Brokerbility has completed its bi-annual member survey, with Axa retaining the top spot for the eighth year running.
Week in Post: Bonsai trees, jelly beans and the thousand-yard stare
The majority of the Post team started the week as ‘virgins’ of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association annual conference. This morning, I see most of them have the same look in their bloodshot eyes. War veterans call it the thousand-yard stare.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: What brokers and insurers want from the next government
Delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference have asked the next government for some stability.
Axa to use Dragon’s Den labs to grow schemes book to £250m
Axa plans to grow its schemes business to £250m in premium as a result of a Dragon’s Den-style innovation lab.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: Who would the insurance industry invite to the perfect summer BBQ and what would they serve them?
As the embers start to go out at another British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference, the #BibaFever team sought the answer to the biggest BBQ question of them all.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: The UK insurance industry outlines how the UK can remain competitive post-Brexit
As the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference continued in Manchester today the Insurance Post and Insurance Age #BibaFever team went out to grill delegates about the topics that have been getting the tongs (sic) wagging.
Legal & General appoints Carol Hughes as head of regional broker
Legal & General has appointed Carol Hughes as head of regional broker within its GI division.
This month in Post: Awards, acquisitions and a new Act
It's been a challenging month here in Taunton. A new bridge has gone up on the main road, amid the gazes of many excited onlookers, and - equally exciting - a new fence is being erected on one side of my garden.
Regional Review: Glasgow
Glasgow’s insurance roots stretch back centuries to the city’s days as a bustling merchant hub of transatlantic trade. Today, its insurance market has lost none of its vibrancy, and its reputation as the general insurance centre of Scotland remains…
Roundtable: ADAS and the next step to driverless cars
Autonomous vehicles, drones and cyber innovation have been hogging much of the discussions as to how insurers can prepare themselves for the technology of the future. What can easily be overlooked is the complex technology that already exists in the…