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Direct Line CIO Jokhoo to leave at the end of the year
Direct Line Group’s chief information officer, Ash Jokhoo, is to leave the insurer at the end of the year, Insurance Post can reveal.
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.
2024 European Insurance Technology Awards winners revealed
Today, Insurance Post is delighted to announce the winners of 2024 European Insurance Technology Awards.
One in five pothole-damaged cars must be written off
Following a £500m pledge by the government to address the pothole issue in the UK, research from Allianz has revealed that one in five claims where a vehicle has hit a pothole leads to the vehicle being written off.
One in three young drivers scammed by ghost brokers
An Aviva survey of 2000 drivers aged 17-25 found nearly one in three young motorists have purchased car insurance from a ghost broker on social media.
Pace of general insurers’ race to net zero revealed
As the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as Cop 29, begins in Baku, Azerbaijan, Insurance Post’s Emma Ann Hughes analyses the pace of providers racing to become net zero heroes.
Esure transformation leads to layoffs for long-serving staff
Esure cut jobs of long-serving, frontline colleagues during its transformation programme due to digital efficiencies resulting in customer behaviour changes.
Crash for cash crooks collide with justice
Keoghs and Aviva have secured custodial sentences against four fraudsters who targeted an elderly motorist and staged an accident.
Insurers must embrace rather than resist motor OEM disruption
Delegates at the Insurance Innovators conference were told to welcome fresh competition from original equipment manufacturers, and that they don't have a "God-given right" to be the only ones to sell insurance.
FCA takes trio to court for arranging vacuum cover
The Financial Conduct Authority has started criminal proceedings against three individuals accused of arranging insurance cover for vacuum cleaners without the regulator’s permission.
ManyPets exits US market
ManyPets has exited the US market to focus on the UK, after exiting the Swedish market last year.
Mass’s Sue Brown on what to expect from Labour
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, looks at whether the Labour government might usher in a sea change on civil justice issues.
Portion of buildings underinsured falls to six-year low
The percentage of UK buildings that are underinsured has fallen to its lowest level for at least six years, but remains “unacceptably high”, according to data from valuations provider Rebuild Cost Assessment.
Tesco merges insurance and money services following Barclays sale
Tesco has sold its banking operations to Barclays, the firm confirmed this morning in a press release.
How the FCA could address premium finance failings
Marc Maxfield, risk and regulation expert at PA Consulting, explains what steps the regulator could take to reduce profiteering from premium finance plus how insurers should prepare for the watchdog's probe now.
Allianz and Aviva reportedly considering Esure bids
According to a report by Bloomberg, both Allianz and Aviva are considering bids for Esure, which has been owned by Bain Capital since 2018.
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.
Seven takeaways for the insurance industry from Labour’s Budget
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered the hotly anticipated first Budget of the new Labour government on Wednesday afternoon. Insurance Post picks out the most eye-catching points for the insurance industry.
Post-pandemic supply-chain issues beginning to ‘stabilise’
Aviva's technical claims manager Martin Smith has told Insurance Post that supply-chain issues caused by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have ‘stabilised.’
Ensuring essential insurance satisfies the consumer
After the Financial Ombudsman Service stated it expected to receive an uptick in complaints from consumers who opted for cheaper car premiums without realising the impact this would have on the level of cover, Tom Luckham examines how the differences…
ABI’s Gurga hits top speed on motor insurance pricing
Hannah Gurga, director general of the Association of British Insurers, shares the work the trade body has been doing to help the government’s motor insurance task force accelerate into action and warns UK chancellor Rachel Reeves any increase to…