Direct Line Group
Post magazine - 31 January 2013
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Online exclusive: Easing the customer journey
Which companies provide the best customer experience for motor and home insurance buyers? Global Reviews reveals all in its quarterly benchmarking report.
Marketing and advertising: Small screen, big rewards?
Television advertising has become a major marketing tool for many in the industry, but how do firms get it right, and can those with smaller budgets compete?
Insurance industry 'not ready' to scrap motor insurance certificates
Direct Line Group has backed the views of insurance industry bodies calling for more research before the government pushes ahead with proposals to scrap motor insurance certificates.
IFIC's Gracey departs for US counter-fraud firm
Bobby Gracey has left his role as chief executive of forensics investigators International Fire Investigators and Consultants after 12 months to join a US-based fraud management firm.
DLG inks Capgemini IT deal to leave RBS systems
Direct Line Group has signed a five-year deal with Capgemini for an independent IT system that will move the insurer from Royal Bank of Scotland Group tools.
Crash for cash gang guilty of orchestrating fatal collision
Five men have been found guilty for their part in a 'crash for cash' collision in which an innocent motorist was killed.
Dispatches insurance whistleblower Andrew Moody confirmed for Motor Claims 2013
The man who provided the evidence that sparked Monday night’s Dispatches: Secrets of Your Car Insurance has been confirmed as a speaker at the upcoming Post event, Motor Claims 2013.
Insurance industry slams Dispatches allegations
The insurance industry has defended itself against accusations made by Channel 4's Dispatches programme last night that insurers "maximise profit at the expense of doing what's best for the consumer".
Direct Line launches multi-product discount
Direct Line has launched Together, a multi-product discount designed to reward customer loyalty and attract new policyholders.
Parry partners with Sterling in consultant role
Former NIG sales and distribution director Dave Parry is to join Sterling Insurance as a consultant through his new venture, Integrity.
General insurance review of the year: It never rains, but it pours
Flooding, and the ongoing struggle to replace the Statement of Principles, has been at the forefront of a range of difficulties faced by the general insurance market in 2012. Will 2013 bring a silver lining?
Ex-NIG director Parry returns with start-up
Former NIG sales and distribution director Dave Parry has launched a business consultancy specialising in the insurance sector.
More insurance jobs to be cut as major players wrestle with economic climate
Aviva and Direct Line Group will not be alone in making job cuts over the next 12 months as other insurers look to streamline their businesses, market observers have warned.
Job cuts will not affect broker service, says DLG
Direct Line Group’s broker facing insurance brand NIG has reiterated its commitment to maintaining its regional footprint despite revealing around 160 roles were at risk.
DLG proposing 236 role cuts
Newly floated insurer Direct Line Group is set to begin the second phase of its cost cutting programme and has put 236 roles at risk.
Tens of thousands face being priced out of flood cover
ABI admits its Flood Re model is dead in the water
View from the top: Adapt to survive
The ban on gender as a rating indicator simply means insurers will have to look to other factors instead, says Paul Geddes
Annette Court joins Merryck
The former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance and Zurich's European general insurance business Annette Court has joined business mentoring specialist Merryck & Co.
DLG could dispose of unprofitable assets, analyst warns
Analysts at Investec have warned that Direct Line Group could offload parts of the business not delivering adequate profits in an attempt to boost performance.
NIG signs up to brokers leadership programme for second year
Commercial insurer NIG will run its First Future Leaders talent and training scheme for a second year in 2013, following the program’s "successful" launch this year.
DLG designates digital director
Direct Line Group has announced the appointment of Three UK's Ash Roots as director of digital.
Interview: Bill Cooper - Banking bites back
The head of global insurance at Lloyds Banking Group believes that insurance M&As are not dead and that institutions are willing and able to provide finance.
Analysts react to Haste's Lloyd's move
The decision by former RSA group chief executive Andy Haste to join Lloyd's as deputy chairman has surprised market observers, who expected him to stay in general insurance.