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RSA fraud chief spotlights growing commercial fraud threat
Adele Sumner, head of counter fraud and financial crime at RSA, has called for increased awareness on the growing threat of commercial insurance fraud.
Big Interview: Tara Foley, Axa
Tara Foley, CEO of Axa UK & Ireland, outlines how the business can now do intraday pricing, shares the provider’s growth plans, and reveals how artificial intelligence is changing ways of working at the insurer.
Direct Line Group confirms Milliner amid raft of leadership hires
Direct Line Group has today confirmed Martin Milliner as its managing director of claims, in a swathe of leadership hires that also includes naming Lloyds Bank's Craig Thornton as MD of home and growth, and Hugh Hessing as COO.
Zurich’s broker club; Novidea’s $50m funding; and Gallagher sponsors women’s rugby
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ardonagh in double swoop; UK General rebrands; SRG launches in Europe
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments, and strategic moves of the week.
Use of data risks social harm, warns Lloyds Bank insurance director
The insurance industry’s increasing use of data risks is fueling financial exclusion, Lloyds Bank’s head of general insurance has said.
Hiscox partners with Verisk; RSA launches carers’ policy & QBE restructures trade credit team
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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.
Interview: Johnny Timpson
Post meets Johnny Timpson, the driving force behind the Access to Insurance Working Group, which led to the creation of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s Access to Insurance Committee launched last summer.
Intelligence: White labelling – are partnerships the way of the future?
White labelled insurance as sold by big brands is seeing lot of the action in terms of growth and innovation. But, is it because these are simply good products or is it all about the trust factor? Post investigates.
Staysure acquires Rock, Esure joins forces with Minster Law, and Allianz invests in Heycar
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Lloyds Bank fined £90.7m for misleading customers in home insurance renewal letters
Lloyds Bank has been fined £90.7m by the Financial Conduct Authority for failures in home insurance renewal letters between 2009 and 2017.
Arc Legal and LIM replace Das on Lloyds Banking Group’s home insurance LEI
Exclusive: Arc Legal Assistance and sister company Legal Insurance Management have won the race to provide family legal protection cover for Lloyds Banking Group’s home insurance customers under the Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands, an…
Flood Re adds four to senior team
Flood Re has made four hires, bringing in experience from Hiscox, Ageas, Lloyds Banking Group and Aviva.
ABI aims to kickstart 'revolution' with flexible working charter
The Association of British Insurers has launched a charter that will commit its 27 initial signatories to advertising a majority of roles as part-time or open to flexible working or job sharing within a year.
MS Amlin acquires MGA; Ethos buys 13th hub; insurtech recruits Esure CUO ahead of launch; and PIB bolsters Irish footprint
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Digital Bar Quarterly: Chasing pack strive to overtake Aviva in scramble for digital services, with Admiral and More Than leading the way
In the first of a new quarterly column Altus Consulting insurance director Mark Andrews dissects the data from its Digital Bar to highlight the lack of uptake of data enrichment to enable quick quote for direct customers, with many journeys still…
UK Insurer Hot Seat 100: who has been at the top the longest?
Post has compiled a list of the 100 highest profile people working at the top for UK general insurers, Lloyd’s vehicles, international insurers with a UK presence, regulators, trade bodies and markets based on how long they have been in the hot seat.
LV tops Aviva, Churchill, Nationwide and Saga to win customer service crown according to ICS
LV has again been ranked the top insurance organisation in the UK by the Institute of Customer Service in its biannual UK Customer Satisfaction Index, although the gap at the top between it and the chasing pack has been reduced.
FCA fines more than halve to £192.6m in 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority imposed fines of £192,570,018 in 2020, the third lowest total on record since the watchdog was formed in 2013.
Lockdown: Many insurer and broker offices to remain open as Lloyd's underwriting room closes
Insurers and brokers have told Post that the majority of their staff will continue to work from home and that offices will remain open to those few that need to access them, following the start of a third national lockdown in England.