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Crawford names Clive Nicholls successor
Crawford has appointed Lisa Bartlett as president for the UK & Ireland business, as Clive Nicholls steps down.
This week: Go Compare's car crash advert
Go Compare was criticised this week for an arguably tone-deaf advert in which its singing mascot was involved in a serious car accident.
McCafferty welcomes ‘considerable improvement’ at Brightside despite £10.3m loss
Brightside made a loss before tax of £10.3m for the year ended December 2018, but CEO Brendan McCafferty expressed confidence the business was improving.
Insurance Museum team look to raise £3m for pop up site in Leadenhall
The team behind the proposed Insurance Museum in EC3 have received backing from the City of London Corporation, as it moves from feasibility study to raising funds to set up a temporary pop up site.
Tesla Insurance launches for owners
Electric car maker Tesla has launched its own insurance offering for drivers of its vehicles in California, with plans to expand to more US states in future.
RSA raises £350m but ‘not for a specific transaction’
RSA is raising £350m through a senior notes offering, which it intends to use for “general corporate purposes”.
Das UK returns to profitability
Legal expenses insurer Das UK returned to profitability last year, recording a combined ratio below 100% for the first time since 2014.
Insurers face rising application fraud
The industry saw 1300 insurance scams every day last year at an average cost of £12,000 each, according to numbers released by the Association of British Insurers.
Kin Insurance raises $47m
Kin Insurance has raised $47m (£38m) to launch as an insurer.
Roundtable: Opening up new insurance opportunities using IoT
The Internet of Things continues to offer insurers considerable opportunities in terms of maximising existing data to better understand customers and enter new markets previously considered unprofitable. With this in mind, Post, in association with…
‘Phantom fraudster’ handed a four month suspended sentence
A man has been handed a suspended sentence after making a fraudulent claim against Cardiff Council in road traffic accident case, despite dropping his initial claim.
Auto renewals cost motorists £982m a year
UK motorists lose an estimated £982m a year by not shopping around on renewal.
This week: Winners and lasers
Nothing says team building quite like stumbling around a dark maze, falling headfirst into mirrors and haphazardly shooting lasers at your colleagues. Or so the democratic vote we held a few weeks earlier decreed.
Deal struck to exempt Irish drivers in the UK from green cards after no-deal Brexit
Irish vehicles will not require green cards to drive in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit, following a deal struck between the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland the British Department for Transport.
Telematics Watch: Improving customer engagement and building trust
As a service-led insurance proposition based on individual driving behaviour, Igo4 CEO Matt Munro explains how telematics presents a wealth of opportunities to add value and tailor propositions to create long-lasting customer relationships built on trust.
FSCS to compensate 14,000 Alpha policyholders as deal collapses
Some 14,000 policyholders will be compensated by the government guarantee scheme after a plan to replace cover collapsed.
This week: Think! tech drive
With 50 years of drink driving campaigns drunk driving is shunned by society, but with technology taking over our lives it might be time for a distracted driving campaign to make using hands-free mobile devices on the move as frowned upon.
QBE International posts loss following £51m Ogden hit
QBE has reported a one-off hit of $62m (£51m) as a result of the change in the Ogden rate in its first half results, without which it would have broken even.
Barton steps down as CEO of Wrisk
Niall Barton has stepped down as CEO of insurtech start-up Wrisk to become executive chairman.
Admiral sees £33m Ogden blow in first half
Admiral has reported a hit of £33m from Ogden in the first half of 2019, with a total estimated hit of between £50m and £60m.
Insurtech 100: May - July 2019 quarterly update
Hippo, Lemonade and Zego are just three of the start-ups that have been in the news recently. Matt Connolly, founder and CEO of Tällt Ventures, reflects on a what has been happening for the Insurtech 100 since the list was published in May.
Industry body calls on government to protect vulnerable road users
The Association of Consumer Support Organisations has called on the government to match the Financial Conduct Authority in its approach to all types of vulnerable road user.
This month in Post: Insurtechs, results and discount rate
London seems strangely quiet in the summer, most people are away on holiday, and out of office replies are basically a given.
Insurtech Pluto teams up with Blink after £300,000 seed raise
Zurich backed start-up Pluto has entered partnership with travel insurtech Blink.