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Briefing: 10 insurtech start-ups to watch in 2022
For a seventh year running, Post content director Jonathan Swift scans the insurtech space and identifies a host of up-and-coming businesses potentially worth watching over the next 12 months and beyond.
Roundtable: Combatting exaggeration and fraud in household claims
Post, in association with LexisNexis Risk Solutions, recently gathered experts together to discuss why consumers might be motivated to commit household fraud and how insurers can address this. By identifying those policyholders attempting to game them at…
Roundtable: The future of affinity insurance in the digital age
The affinity space continues to attract interest from both insurers/brokers and brand partners looking to either tap into new customers or create deeper longer term relationships with existing ones. But what was once a case of simply white labelling…
Insurers warn of supply chain issues heightening the impact of windstorms
Insurers have reported a spike in claims following storms Arwen and Barra with fears remaining that remediation work could be significantly delayed due to building material and labour shortages.
Q&A: RSA's Laura Spiers and Rospa’s Becky Hickman
RSA head of social impact and ESG Laura Spiers and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents relationship director Becky Hickman spoke to Post about their joint campaign 'Fall Fighter' to help tackle falls at home.
Broker Insights targets UK growth and entering US market after £6m raise
Insurtech Broker Insights has raised more than £6m in a Series A funding round led by Mercia investing from its Northern Venture Capital Trust funds.
Incoming Norgrove praised amid market surprise at Egan's RSA departure
Market specialists were surprised by RSA UK & International CEO Scott Egan’s departure but welcomed Ken Norgrove as the new RSA leader and urged him to push on with making the provider more outward looking.
My Other Life: Mick Tierney, Aussie rules footballer
Lured initially by the promise of a game similar to the Gaelic football he played in his youth in Ireland, RSA group brand manager Mick Tierney has made himself a mainstay of the Sussex Swans, a Brighton-based Aussie rules football club.
RSA UK&I CEO Scott Egan to exit
RSA has named Ken Norgrove as incoming UK & International CEO with Scott Egan to leave the business at the end of 2021.
Intelligence: The supply chain crisis – why the insurance lifeboat can’t take all
Supply chain issues have made headlines recently as backlogs at ports build up and in some cases large ships are turned away. These are unprecedented times but as Rachel Gordon finds out insurance is only part of the solution
Penny Black's Social World: December 2021
From COP26 and climate commitments to charity donations.
RSA’s Mandy Hunt on bringing through the next generation
Mandy Hunt, chief underwriting officer for commercial lines at RSA and chair of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Society of Underwriting Professionals, looks at the challenges and actions needed to make insurance a career of choice and attract the…
Claims volumes surge as a result of Storm Arwen
Insurers have received thousands of claims as Storm Arwen brought 98 miles per hour winds causing power cuts and travel disruption across the UK.
RSA boosts family friendly policies for staff
RSA has unveiled changes to its maternity & adoption, paternity leave and shared parental leave policies to come into effect from January.
Intelligence: Deepfakes – the next cyber threat?
Recent technological advances and increased dependence on video-based communication have accelerated the ability for fraudsters to create realistic audio and video fakes, also known as deepfakes, using artificial intelligence learning. Post investigates…
Rob Gibbs leaves RSA as Lee Mooney and Steve Watson step up in Intact specialty integration
Rob Gibbs, commercial lines managing director at RSA, has decided to leave after 23 years with the business, the insurer has confirmed.
COP26 Briefing: A tale of two insurance climate reports
Two reports released on COP26's finance day highlight mountains insurers – and others – have yet to climb in the climate challenge.
Spotlight: Digital culture – Adapting and evolving to maximise the potential of automation in underwriting
Automation is a growing reality in every corner of an insurance business. Tim Evershed explores the impact it is having on underwriting - and how staff are acquiring the skills to maximise its potential benefits here.
Intelligence: Glasgow regional review
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is scheduled to be held in the city of Glasgow next week. Post investigates how the city has fared through the pandemic and how the insurance sector is supporting it.
Insurance Live 2021 Claims panel session – Fraud: How can insurers best prepare for future trends?
There is a lot of talk about how the pandemic might impact insurance fraud trends.
Don't miss Admiral, Allianz, Axa, QBE, RSA, Zurich and more at the Insurance Post Live Claims Event - On demand now
This year’s Insurance Post Live Claims Conference is now available on demand, bringing you cutting-edge content to your screen.
Motor insurance sees biggest drop for seven years; Apollo gets new investment; Axa sets aside €1.5bn to fight deforestation; Nexus refinances; and Radius acquires Milestone
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week
ABI reports fraud at lowest level since 2007; Axa relaunches British Gas cover; Getsafe extends Series B; and Lockton acquires
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2021
Covid-19 had the biggest impact on insurers in 2020. Commercial lines insurers suffered while personal lines insurers broadly benefited according to William Keen-Tomlinson, senior financial analyst in London for AM Best.