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Insurance Post’s Christmas Special Podcast
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Three things you need to know about the PRA’s Solvency plans
Analysis: Emma Ann Hughes unpicks the devilish details in the Prudential Regulation Authority's 182-pages of proposals to throw the European Union's capital requirements for general insurers on the Brexit bonfire.
Class uncovered as biggest barrier to insurance career progression - KPMG
Women from a lower socio-economic and ethnic minority background face the longest, hardest climb to the top of the insurance industry, a KPMG report has revealed.
Hannah Gurga to succeed Huw Evans at ABI
Hannah Gurga will become the next director general of the Association of British Insurers taking up the post in early 2022, the trade body has confirmed.
Briefing: Dye, Stovin, Masojada and now Reader, is a ‘pangdemic’ reshaping the CEO landscape in UK insurance?
There appears to have been an unseasonally large amount of turnover at the top of UK insurers recently. Jonathan Swift suggests this could be down to something he is calling the 'pangdemic'.
Tackling climate change top of ABI agenda, says Huw Evans
The Association of British Insurers has been working hard on an industry roadmap for tackling climate change and is aiming to publish its findings on 7 July, director general Huw Evans told the audience of the Post LIVE annual conference.
Briefing: From Who Evans? to Huw Da Man - How the understated DG made his mark at the ABI
As Huw Evans plans to step down as director general of the Association of British Insurers to join KPMG as a partner at the end of the year, Jonathan Swift looks back at his time at the trade body and assesses how he has helped both modernise it and keep…
ABI seeks to 'tell the full story' on industry’s Covid response: Huw Evans
The industry should not shy away from the business interruption insurance issue but equally it is not “the be all and end all of the Covid crisis”, according to Huw Evans, director general of the Association of British Insurers.
One Voice Group urges ABI and senior insurance executives to attend talks with 'open minds'
The Association of British Insurers missed the point in its response to a letter from One Voice Group, Stephen Gould, chairman of the hospitality representative body, told Post as he reiterated the call for leadership and engagement.
Interview: Pool Re CEO Julian Enoizi
Pool Re boss Julian Enoizi spoke to Post senior reporter Emmanuel Kenning about Pandemic Re, the Office for National Statistics change in the terrorism reinsurer’s classification and using its funds to pay for business interruption claims in the…
Interview: ABI's Huw Evans on not losing faith in insurance
It clearly is not great for the insurance industry’s reputation “to be in a position where it has so many unhappy customers,” Huw Evans, director general of the Association of British Insurers has admitted.
ABI's Huw Evans talks Pandemic Re possibilities
Market discussions around Pandemic Re options are crucial and serve a "noble purpose", Huw Evans director general of the Association of British Insurers told Post, as he confirmed the trade body is in discussion with Lloyd's and anticipates an invitation…
ABI expects whiplash portal to launch 'beyond' April
Delays to the legislation that will govern the whiplash portal mean it is highly unlikely the portal will launch in April, Association of British Insurers director general Huw Evans projected.
ABI backs Gibraltar government's pitch to British businesses
The Association of British Insurers remains “fully supportive” of the Gibraltarian insurance market and “the choice that it gives UK customers,” ABI director general Huw Evans has said.
ABI mulls legal action against government over discount rate
Exclusive: The Association of British Insurers is considering legal action against the government, after the Ogden discount rate was set at -0.25%.
ABI backs review on child sexual abuse claims limitation law
Exclusive: The Association of British Insurers believes that there is a need to review limitation law surrounding cases of child sexual abuse and has pledged to engage with the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, survivors and lawyers.
Insurers count cost of EHIC no-deal Brexit loss
The loss of European Health Insurance Cards in the event of a no deal Brexit could increase insurer costs and put UK travellers off European mini-breaks.
No deal Brexit an ‘unforgivable act of economic self-harm’
Huw Evans, director general of the Association of British Insurers, will tonight warn that if there is no alternative other than no deal then the UK must delay Brexit.
Industry pays tribute to former Thatcham CEO, Peter Shaw
Tributes have flooded in from across the industry to Peter Shaw, former CEO of Thatcham Research, whose death was announced on Monday.
CMA unveils raft of recommended reforms as insurance slammed over pricing practices
The Competition and Markets Authority has ‘uncovered a range of problems’ around the loyalty penalty and made several recommendations for change in its damning response to a super complaint on pricing practices, but some feel that insurers are catching…
Motor insurers paying out record £23m in claims every day
Motor insurers have paid £23m to motorists every day of the year so far, Association of British Insurers’ research has found.