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Former Crawford exec Sadowski returns with senior TPA role
Former senior Crawford manager Lee Sadowski has returned to the claims management space joining home emergency third party administration specialist Preferred as chief strategy officer to help ramp up its insurance presence.
Flood Re adds four to senior team
Flood Re has made four hires, bringing in experience from Hiscox, Ageas, Lloyds Banking Group and Aviva.
Chubb and Marsh unveil Covid-19 vaccination solution; insurtech investment hits quarterly high; motor/home premiums fall; and Aviva offers cover to new customers affected by cladding crisis
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
BGL Group founder Douw Steyn tops insurance rich list
BGL Group founder Douw Steyn, former Saga bosses Sir Roger and Peter De Haan and Admiral founder Henry Engelhardt are among 16 industry figures to make the latest Sunday Times Rich List.
Q&A: Homeserve Labs chairman, Mark Wood
Homeserve Lab’s Leakbot is currently live and working with a wide range of insurers in the UK, Europe and the US. Post spoke to the company’s non-executive chair, former Axa UK CEO and Prudential UK and Europe CEO Mark Wood, to hear about its plans for…
Leakbot rival Waterlock trialling with major insurer
Energy sector technology company Geo is trialling its leak detector and preventer, Waterlock, with a "top 10" insurer.
Neos eyes up connected home security service following partnership with Homeserve
Smart insurance provider Neos has partnered with Homeserve Labs and will begin to offer Leak Bot devices to its home insurance policy holders from June 2018.
AA sells its emergency home cover business to Homeserve
Homeserve has bought the emergency home cover book from AA for an undisclosed sum.
L&G to offer leak detector to home clients
Legal & General has partnered with Home Serve to offer Leak Bot to its home insurance customers.
Aviva's Maurice Tulloch on all that insurtech hype
With technology reshaping the insurance industry, incumbents need to disrupt the very business models they helped create in order to meet fast-changing customer expectations, writes Maurice Tulloch, CEO, international insurance, Aviva.
Neos investment will not disrupt partnership with Homeserve, Aviva says
Aviva Ventures’ latest investment into Neos will not affect its standing relationship with emergency repairs service Homeserve.
Blog: Connected homes should get cheaper premiums
Connected devices could help household insurers offer cheaper premiums to responsible homeowners, says Craig Foster, managing director of Homeserve Labs.
Claims Club: Insurtech start-ups should partner with insurers
Insurtech start-ups should look to partner with major insurers rather than go it alone, start-up leaders have said.
Aviva launches home assistance cover with Homeserve
Aviva has partnered with Homeserve to launch home assistance cover to support customers in the event of problems in households.
Aviva offers leak detector to policyholders
Aviva will offer policyholders a leak detection device as part of the insurer's tie-up with Homeserve.
Aviva to be hit by Homeserve deal
Aviva is to be hit by the effects of its UK general insurance underwriting profitability due to its recent deal to underwrite Homeserve’s home assistance products.
Water leak detector could save industry millions a year
A new product that detects water leaks early could save the UK insurance industry millions a year, Homeserve Labs have said.
HomeServe appoints Ford as COO
Johnathan Ford has been appointed to group chief operating officer of HomeServe.
Aviva signs five-year partnership with Homeserve
Aviva has signed a five-year deal to underwrite home assistance products for Homeserve's two million UK customers.
Aviva tipped to replace Axa Assistance as Homeserve underwriting partner
Homeserve is set to appoint Aviva as its underwriting partner in a move that will bring the home emergency services company's eight year relationship with Axa Assistance to an end, Post understands.
BGL founder Steyn ahead of Engelhardt and Wood in rich list
BGL founder Douw Steyn is the richest individual in the world of insurance after accumulating a fortune of £700m, according to the 2015 Sunday Times rich list.