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Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Business lines
A ranking of the top 100 UK Insurers for different general insurance business lines, based on data from AM Best’s Financial Suite.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2023: Business lines tables
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180 Years of Post: Corporate collapses
As Post celebrates 180 years, we look at the companies that have come and then very quickly gone and ask what today's insurers can learn from them.
First Central looks to raise external investment to fund “ambitious plans for the future”
First Central Group is seeking external investment which will see its founders reduce their stake in the Guernsey headquartered insurance group, Post can reveal.
Analysis: Mutual benefits
With four mutuals making the UK top 20 insurers rankings for 2017 and results outperforming the rest of the market, mutuality is a sector to watch, especially as it is easier to innovate without constant shareholder pressure
Analysis: Repair costs
The questionable practice of marking up at-fault repairs continues, despite resistance in some quarters. Will this status quo ever be challenged?
Covéa to enter direct motor market in 2016
Covéa Insurance will launch a direct motor insurance offering, with a live date planned for early 2016.
Towergate recruits from Covéa for Countrywide segment boss
Broker Network and Countrywide has recruited Covéa’s Keith Svendsen for a newly created position as Countrywide segment manager.
Triple merger takes its toll on Covea's 2012 pre-tax profit
Covea Insurance saw its pre-tax profit plummet by almost 50% last year, as merger activity took its toll on the firm’s full year results.
Allianz & Covéa win RSA subrogation appeal decision
Allianz and Covéa have been handed the right to appeal last year’s High Court RSA subrogation verdict.
Ex-Provident chairman appointed Aviva NED
Aviva has appointed Sir Adrian Montague as non-executive director.
Covéa and telematics provider Intelligent Marmalade part ways
Covéa is no longer providing capacity for the telematics arm of car insurer Marmalade.
Covéa signs three-year deal with vehicle repairer Fix Auto
Covéa Insurance has awarded vehicle repair company Fix Auto a three-year deal to become part of its approved repairer network following a 12-month trial.
Covéa to grow apprenticeship scheme
Covéa Insurance is planning to extend its apprenticeship scheme having created six new full-time roles in its Halifax and Reading offices this year.
Covéa names personal lines and electronic trading heads
Covéa has appointed Malcolm Cooper and Martin Scarrett as head of personal lines underwriting and head of electronic trading respectively.
Covéa reveals executive team line-up
Covéa Insurance, the business created from the merger of MMA Insurance and Provident Insurance, has confirmed the members of its executive team.
Covea unveils new look executive team
Covea Insurance has confirmed the line-up of the executive team charged with leading the business following its creation via the merger of MMA and Provident.
Interview: James Reader - A time for plain sailing
After a stormy year for French insurer Covéa and its subsidiaries on these shores, James Reader, chief executive of the newly merged Covéa Insurance, tells Post why the UK arm of the company can steady the ship.
Post magazine - 1 November 2012
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Allianz and Covéa to appeal against RSA subrogration ruling
Allianz and Covéa have lodged an application to appeal against the High Court's judgement in favour of RSA's motor subrogation costs model.
RSA victory prompts rival rethink on repair strategy
RSA has seen off one potential dispute relating to its controversial motor repair model after signing a bilateral agreement with Groupama Insurances, although it is unclear whether this will survive the completion of Ageas' acquisition of Groupama.
Allianz could appeal against RSA motor subrogration judgment
Allianz may appeal against a high court judgment which found RSA's motor repair subrogation costs to be legal, despite being told that an appeal is likely to fail.