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Labour’s £1.6bn pothole plan falls short
Insurers have reacted to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s announcement of a 50% increase in funding for resurfacing roads, observing more cash will be required to end the damage done to cars by potholes.
Zurich UK replaces CEO Bailey with Jaksic
Tim Bailey is stepping down as CEO of Zurich UK to become CEO of Zurich’s new global life protection business, with Drazen Jaksic named as his replacement.
Zurich’s Collinson on adjustments for a neurodiverse workforce
View from the Top: Steve Collinson, chief HR officer at Zurich UK, shines a light on the challenges faced by neurodiverse people and outlines the adjustments the insurer is making.
Zurich buys AIG’s global travel insurance business
Zurich has completed a deal to take AIG’s global personal travel insurance and assistance business for USD $600m (£473m), plus a potential earn-out payment.
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Big Interview: Ernesto Suarez, Gigasure
Ernesto Suarez, CEO of Gigasure, outlines his plan to turn the recently launched travel MGA into the neo-bank of insurance.
Claims handling improvements stalled in Q3
Claims service is down on last quarter, but remains well above where it was this time last year, research conducted by Gracechurch has revealed.
Q&A: Carl Tatman, Crawford UK
Carl Tatman shares his plans to expand solutions for local authorities and housing associations in his new role as client account director at Crawford UK.
Insurers shift to being net zero accelerators
How insurers are helping companies decarbonise sooner rather than later is examined in the first of two special Insurance Post Podcasts, to coincide with the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP29.
Why insurers are taking a bird’s eye view of claims
View from the Top: Insurers and loss adjusters can be some of the first people on the ground following a customer loss, but increasingly they’re the first in the sky too, as James Nicholson, chief claims officer at Zurich, explains.
Q&A: Ben Wooltorton, Cover-More Group
Ben Wooltorton, managing director of Zurich-owned Cover-More Group’s UK business, outlines the impact of the Consumer Duty and explains how he intends to increase the travel and speciality insurance provider’s number of partnerships.
Allianz, RSA and Zurich to debate threat of AI in insurance fraud
With digital manipulation threatening to put additional pressure on claims handlers, as deception becomes harder to spot.
Extinction Rebellion issues fossil fuel ultimatum to 52 insurance firms
Extinction Rebellion has given insurers 14 days to announce they will no longer be insuring new fossil fuel projects.
Kingfisher’s commercial acquisition; RSA’s D&O product; Zurich’s head of SME
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Award winners revealed
Allianz (including LV), Aviva, DWF and Sedgwick were all multiple winners at the Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards last night (3 October).
MIB holds ‘initial’ talks with stakeholders about modernising CUE
The Motor Insurers’ Bureau has held initial talks with stakeholders about the possibility of modernising its claims database, CUE.
Climate protesters enter Chubb’s Manchester office
Eight Extinction Rebellion protesters entered Chubb’s Manchester office yesterday (19 September).
The genie in the bottle: improving outcomes in income protection claims
A healthy and active workforce is key to a thriving UK economy, but too many people remain on the sidelines. A recent Insurance Post roundtable explored the challenges and opportunities for income protection insurers in supporting the ‘back to work’…
Top 30 European Insurers of 2024 revealed
The top 30 European non-life insurers achieved another year of solid top line growth in 2023 with the average growth rate of the companies being 9.8%.
‘Persistence’ is key as Applied announces Zurich win
Tom Needs, CEO of Applied Systems Europe, has said persistence was key to winning commercial lines insurer business in the UK.