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Arsenal and Liverpool settlements end football’s BI spat with insurers
Arsenal and Liverpool football clubs have settled their legal battles with their insurers over Covid-related business interruption claims.
Q&A: Daniel Grimwood-Bird, McKenzie Intelligence Services
Daniel Grimwood-Bird, head of sales and marketing at McKenzie Intelligence Services, shares how the provider of geospatial data and analytics plans to insurance industry plans to make it big in the UK and US.
AA buys Key Care; RSA launches hub; Gallagher Re’s Melia to retire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Gracechurch announces Claims Quality Marque achievers
Ten insurers within the London Market and three regional market insurers have been awarded Gracechurch’s Claims Quality Marque.
Insurers suffer BI blow as court hands down mixed judgment
The Commercial Court has ruled that non-damage denial of access extensions in Liberty Mutual policies respond to Covid business interruption losses.
Close Brothers partners with Hedron; Howden buys Laurie Ross; Admiral rebrands Toolbox
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
BP Marsh invests in AI Marine; Malago buys Mulberry; Antares appoints CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Stonegate settles Covid BI dispute with MS Amlin, Liberty and Zurich
Stonegate, the UK’s largest pub group, has agreed a settlement with MS Amlin, Liberty Mutual and Zurich, bringing an end to a long-running legal dispute over Covid business interruption losses.
Football clubs and insurers set for 2025 courtroom clash
A legal dispute between several Premier League football clubs and their insurers over Covid-19-related business interruption payouts is set to go to trial in 2025, according to a court order.
Liberty and Axa XL settle Pizza Express BI battle
Pizza Express has settled its legal dispute with two insurers over what business interruption payout was due to it for Covid closures, according to a court order.
‘Financial turmoil’ drives wave of SME Covid BI lawsuits
A law firm claiming to represent thousands of SMEs has initiated dozens of fresh Covid-related business interruption court proceedings.
Policies did not cover central government action, insurers argue in Covid BI trial
The insurers in a group of Covid-related business interruption disputes, being heard by the Commercial Court this week, have argued that the policies in question did not cover central government actions.
Aviva admits liability in Fuller’s dispute while Liberty stands firm
Pub chain Fuller’s has received a £500,000 payout from Aviva after the insurer admitted liability in a dispute over Covid-19-related business interruption cover, a London court has heard.
CII young brokers turn to TikTok to fight talent war
The Chartered Insurance Institute’s New Generation Broking Group is turning to TikTok and Instagram to attract fresh talent to the industry.
Greenpeace targets reinsurers at Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous
Protesters have disrupted the annual reinsurance meeting in Monte Carlo, pleading with the sector to stop coverage for deforestation and oil exploration in Congo.
Specialist Risk Group's latest deal; Animal Friends partners with Costco and Gauntlet joins Brokerbility
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
What Wahaca’s case against QIC means for insurers
Paul Grant, associate at specialist commercial disputes firm Signature Litigation, examines the ramifications of Wahaca demanding its insurer pay out for losses incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Qover and Revolut partner; Marsh to aid Ukraine; AIG appoints CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Luko joins Admiral; Stubben Edge launches capital arm; Aspen appoints reinsurance CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Court of Appeal to examine aggregation and furlough issues in Stonegate appeal
Questions on aggregation and furlough that could alter the size of Covid business interruption payouts by tens or hundreds of millions of pounds are set to be revisited by the Court of Appeal later this year.
Simplifai’s AI tool; Howden’s telematics app; A-One joins Brokerbility
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.