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Post's Christmas Q&A
As the festive season gets well and truly underway, Post caught up with some of the insurance industry's key players to talk New Year's resolutions, champagne and history books...
Band H inclusion deemed ‘common sense' by HNW insurers
The government decision to include high tax band properties in Flood Re is a step towards making the scheme more inclusive, high net worth insurers have claimed.
Axa looks to Hiscox for commercial e-trading role
Axa Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary has made two appointments to the senior management team of its commercial business.
The POST Power List 2014
After much deliberation, Post finally reveals the top 10 shining lights of the insurance industry, along with details of who we think would play them in a movie of their life, to complete the Post Power List.
Capita seals three year Hiscox outsourcing contract extension
Hiscox has signed a three year contract renewal with outsourcer Capita Insurance Services.
Review of the Year: Lloyd's
Post’s annual review of Lloyd’s and the London market gathered reflections from players including Besso, Markel, Lloyd’s, Hiscox, EY and Beazley to reflect on 2014 and the challenges and expectations that lie ahead for next year
Career development: Hiscox teams up with the CII to promote profession to pupils
Hiscox and the Chartered Insurance Institute have jointly hosted a series of events in London to promote the insurance profession to schoolchildren.
Insurers urged to boost claims service to get competitive edge
Chubb and Hiscox have taken the top two spots in a ranking of claims service in the UK mid-market by Gracechurch Consulting.
EY's Kam to become Hiscox's chief risk officer
Hiscox’s interim chief risk officer Hanna Kam is to take up the role on a permanent basis, subject to regulatory approval.
C-Suite: Insurer: All that glitters is not gold
Brokers should not lose sight of what they do best in search of a ‘bigger piece of the pie’
Hiscox reports solid Q3 statement with broadly flat GWP
Hiscox has reported a slight dip in gross written premiums of £1.36bn (2013: £1.37bn) for the first nine months of the year to 30 September and claimed a disciplined approach in reinsurance was offset by steady growth in insurance lines.
Research: State of the Broking Nation Part 1: Insurers
A warts-and-all qualitative view from the broking market
Roundtable: Digital culture: ‘This is an industry taking action’
How can companies build digital cultures that maintain their relevance in the insurance market of the future? Post, in association with Accenture, invited specialists from a range of insurers to assess this critical issue
Hiscox launches personal accident insurance product
Hiscox has launched a personal accident insurance product for the UK market.
Hiscox returns to TV with new home insurance campaign
Specialist insurer Hiscox has launched a new television campaign, with the strapline ‘as your home becomes more important, so does your insurer’.
Dual welcomes new insurers after unveiling $425m quota share vehicle
Hyperion underwriting arm Dual has introduced a worldwide binder structure that brings $425m (£264.7m) of non-US international capacity together in a quota share vehicle.
Top 100 UK Insurers: Social media: Social whirl
Love it or hate it, you can’t afford to ignore social media as a marketing tool
Market Moves - 25 September 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Hiscox exits care home sector
Hiscox has confirmed it is withdrawing from the care home sector to focus on its core lines of business.
Hiscox adds two to London market personal accident team
Hiscox has expanded its London market personal accident team with the hire of a team leader and senior underwriter.
Market Moves - 18 September 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Hiscox appoints Krefta to Syndicate 33
Hiscox Re chief underwriting officer Michael Krefta has been appointed joint active underwriter for Syndicate 33 and active underwriter for Syndicate 6104.
Hiscox looks to RSA for partnerships hire
Hiscox has appointed RSA's Robert Moore as its UK direct and intermediated partnerships head.
Hiscox bolsters events offering with Event Assured acquisition
Hiscox has reached an agreement with Applewell to acquire events insurance provider Event Assured.