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Data Analysis: Q1 results round-up - Aviva, Beazley, Direct Line, Hastings, Hiscox, Lancashire and Sabre
Insurance Post rounds up the first tranche of quarter one results from a host of major insurers.
Real estate providing growth opportunities for regional brokers, finds Ecclesiastical
A revived real estate sector is providing regional brokers with opportunities to grow, research conducted by Ecclesiastical has found.
Trade Voice: Installing EV charging points on ferries should be resisted, says London Foil
Facilitating electric vehicles being charged at sea presents a risk that the marine insurance market could do without, argues Forum of Insurance Lawyers CEO Laurence Besemer and London Foil marine sector focus team member Captain John Owen.
The Pandemic has forged ‘higher levels of trust’ in insurance, but ‘visibility’ is needed around cover
Consumers and businesses have come to appreciate the importance of insurance more as a result of the pandemic, but believe policy language should be simplified.
Brit launches online work experience to draw talent into insurance
Brit has partnered with not-for-profit social enterprise GT Scholars to launch online “digital challenges” for young people with the aim of boosting the diversity of talent drawn to careers in the insurance sector.
Intelligence: Telematics: Boxing clever?
Twenty years after Norwich Union launched Pay as You Drive Insurance in the UK, Frances Stebbing assesses how much progress has been made in telematics becoming a mainstream motor insurance product; and how these black box offerings have evolved.
Advertising feature: Internet Explorer 11 retirement – what does it mean for you?
Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is the last man standing in Microsoft’s line of IE browsers. Originally, Microsoft had planned to retire IE11 in 2025 but, last year, the firm announced the date had been brought forward to 2022 - 15 June, to be precise, which…
Capgemini: only 8% of insurers 'Resilience Champions'; Allianz mulls Home & Legacy disposal; CII reports £4.4m deficit; and Questgates buys
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Motor Mouth Podcast: Data advancements and customer experience
Welcome to the latest episode of the Motor Mouth podcast, as we count down to the Insurance Post event Motor and Mobility on the 15 June at Mercedes Benz World.
QBE appoints RSA's Germain as group chief information officer
David Germain joined QBE’s London office as group chief information office in April.
Aviva and WWF outline 'whole economy approach' to Net Zero transition
Aviva and the Worldwide Fund for Nature have published a joint paper, setting out the steps they say the UK government must take to help businesses and the public sector tackle the climate and nature crises.
Interview: James Blackham, By Miles
James Blackham, CEO of By Miles, talks to Jen Frost about why the regulator had to step in over dual pricing and why usage-based insurance is the future
White takes aim at broker FSCS contributions in Biba opening address
British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Steve White has said that brokers “must not be left to pay over the odds for the failures of others” through their contributions to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Musk predicts superhuman safety levels in driverless car AI ‘this year’
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has predicted that the manufacturer will achieve autonomous car artificial intelligence ‘far in excess of the safety level of a human’ within the year.
Motor Mouth Podcast: Is telematics finally ready to go mainstream after many false dawns?
Welcome to the latest episode of the Motor Mouth podcast, as we count down to the Insurance Post Motor and Mobility event on the 15 June at Mercedes Benz World.
QBE appoints Fitzgerald as UK regions director
QBE has appointed Andy Fitzgerald to the newly created role of director of UK regions, as it seeks to establish regional business as a “driving force” behind its plans for growth in the UK.
Qlaims appoints David Williams as NED
David Williams has joined managing general agent and insurtech Qlaims as a non-executive director.
Tower Brook acquires Premium Credit; ABI reports motor premiums have fallen 5% in Q1; Aston Lark buys UK Global; and Seventeen snaps up broker
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Disagreements over runoff cover set to push up PI premiums for property and probate lawyers
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers’ decision to maintain integrated runoff cover as part of its professional indemnity insurance requirements for the firms it regulates will push up premiums, brokers have told Post.
Trade Voice: ABI's Jonathan Fong on the risks that e-scooters pose to road safety
With the number of privately owned e-scooters in the UK already in excess of half a million, Jonathan Fong, policy advisor at the Association of British Insurers, argues that any wider expansion of their use must not happen without robust regulations…
Price walking ban pushes motor premiums up; Zurich opens branch; Handl acquires IPRS; Mason Owen MBO; and under 30s telematics sales rise
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
FCA backtracks on exec and board gender reporting approach
The Financial Conduct Authority has scrubbed references to 'non-binary' and 'self-identifying' from executive and board statement target forms following a deluge of campaigner consultation responses.
Data Analysis: Cost-of-living increase drives one-in-10 to cancel insurance products
Exclusive: One in 10 people surveyed by Post and Consumer Intelligence said they had cancelled an insurance product in the last six months due to the cost-of-living squeeze.
Digital Bar Quarterly: What does it take to be ‘The Insurer of the Future?’
Having attended Insurtech Insights Europe 2022 last month, Altus Consulting business executive Mike Daly shares some thoughts including the possibility we are at a ‘tipping point’ in terms of someone creating ‘the Netflix of Insurance’.