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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…
Career Development: Axa Insurance secures industry first for customer experience
Axa Insurance has become the first insurer to secure a three star Investor in Customers ‘Exceptional’ rating across both its personal and commercial lines broker businesses.
Axa extends travel insurance deal with Lloyds
Axa Insurance has extended its existing travel insurance agreement with Lloyds Banking Group to include a new deal to provide the same cover to the group's Halifax customers.
Rank: 8 - Amanda Blanc, CEO, Axa Insurance
Last year Blanc was widely expected to move to the top spot at Towergate but the move never transpired and instead a reorganisation of Axa’s UK general insurance activities saw her empire widen as she was appointed as CEO of the UK brand.
Blog: Let's take low speed impact cases out of the ‘too hard to do' drawer
In court, the credibility of your witness is everything. But in low speed impact claims, the reliability of expert witness evidence is akin to the Wild West. The true facts of a collision are too rarely investigated and expert testimony is frequently…
Fundamentally dishonest pair added to IFR over £50k Axa claim
A fraudulent induced accident claim against Axa worth almost £50,000 has been thrown out after a Birmingham County Court judge concluded that the claimants were fundamentally dishonest in their testimony.
Axa invests in 'pioneering' blockchain technology specialist Blockstream
Axa Strategic Ventures, the €230m (£175m) venture capital fund set up by the French insurance giant, has today announced it is co-leading a $55m (£37.5m) Series A funding round for Blockstream.
Climate Change: The future is in our hands
The Paris climate change summit is over – and now the work begins. What response will the insurance sector provide?
Axa CEO de Castries warns UK against 'serious consequences' of EU exit
Paris-based Axa CEO Henri de Castries has issued a stark warning ahead of a UK referendum on EU membership by stating that an exit would spark “very serious consequences” for the City of London.
Personal and commercial profit pressures spark insurers' wholesale interest
Growth ambitions have been pegged as the main driver behind prominent UK insurers expanding their wholesale market presence with competitive personal and commercial lines conditions forcing insurers to deploy capital elsewhere.
Anti-competition concerns quelled as insurers back subrogation portal
The use of electronic portals for subrogation claims is set to become widespread among motor insurers as concerns such systems could be anti-competitive were quashed by the first companies to use the technology.
Axa begins publishing claims statistics for individual products
Axa has begun publishing claims statistics for its individual products in a bid to improve customer trust via increased transparency.
Europe: Ukrainian insurance market ready for structural reforms
The past year has been full of contradictions for the Ukrainian insurance market. On one hand, on-and-off military conflict in the eastern regions contributed to depreciation of the hryvnia against the dollar, deepening the economic crisis that had been…
Quiz of the week - 22 January 2016
Test your knowledge of the week's insurance news, with the Post insurance quiz of the week.
Europe: March of the European giants
European insurers have huge influence in the UK, so how are their strategies set to unfold?
Mid-market push in Manchester for Axa
Andy Williamson has been appointed as Axa’s Manchester branch manager in a move to push the company’s ambitions in the region.
Axa Corporate Solutions plans UK push under new CEO Brown
Axa Corporate Solutions, the global division of the French insurer that focuses on large corporate risks, is planning to grow the volume of business it sources from the UK market following the hiring of London market veteran and former Aon EMEA head Rob…
Market Moves - 21 January 2016
All the latest movers and shakers in the industry.
David Bowie: The insurance industry reflects on the music legend
With the sad passing of music icon David Bowie this week, Post asked a number of insurance industry music fans for their own personal reflection on what the Brixton-born legend meant to them.
Analysis: Hong Kong's 2016 prospects
Insurers in Hong Kong look set to have a testing year in 2016 as competition remains intense, margins are tight and the market gears up for a new regulatory regime writes Nicky Burridge.
Blog: From AIG to Zurich, five predictions for insurers in 2016
Now that we have all had a chance to get back into our pre-Xmas routines; quit our cous-cous diets and break our new year’s resolutions, I thought it would be a good time to look into my crystal ball and predict how the year might pan out for insurers.
Axa moves 35 finance roles to India resulting in 33 UK redundancies
Axa has made 33 staff at its Lytham St Annes office in Lancashire redundant after a decision to move 35 credit control roles to Pune, India.
Penny Black's New Year 2016
As the insurance industry rings in the New Year, Penny Black asked commentators how they like to celebrate and what resolutions they will be making for 2016.
Penny Black's Christmas questions 2015: What does an insurer's Christmas look like?
What are insurers and brokers up to at Christmas? Post has asked them how they celebrate the festive season and found out a lot of them like to hear the bells ringing out for Christmas Day.