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Flood Re hopes flood resilience garden will improve awareness
Unveiled at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Flood Resilient Garden aims to demonstrate that homeowners don’t have to compromise on their gardens regarding flood resilience.
Electric opportunities for total loss claims
Collaborative partnerships between insurers and replacement vehicle suppliers can help smooth the transition to zero emissions, as James Roberts, head of insurance sales for Europcar explains.
Jason Storah, Aviva
A fresh face on Insurance Post’s Power List in 2024 is Jason Storah, who was appointed CEO of UK & Ireland General Insurance in August 2023.
Tara Foley, Axa
Tara Foley was appointed as CEO of Axa UK & Ireland in September 2023 but was already a familiar face in the industry having joined the provider in November 2020 as CEO of the retail business.
Ken Norgrove, RSA
If you think you’re busy, then you should read what Ken Norgrove, CEO of RSA UK & International, was up to in 2023.
Repair costs continue to push up home insurance premiums
According to the Association of British Insurers’ premium tracker, home insurance premiums increased 3% in the first quarter of 2024, following a severe winter for weather damage.
Is the home insurance market set for a reckoning?
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes warns home insurers to brace themselves to be the next target of policyholders’ wrath as moaning motorists are replaced by angry-looking property owners on national newspapers’ personal finance pages.
Why insurers armed with risk insights don't need to retreat
As climate change intensifies weather-driven natural catastrophes, Moses Ojeisekhoba, CEO of Swiss Re Global Clients and Solutions, argues sophisticated, data-driven risk insights are needed by society to both mitigate as well as adapt to evolving perils…
Why non-standard home insurance is increasingly the norm
Non-standard household is a growth area but all too often mainstream insurers turn down the business, so Rachel Gordon examines is it time for a rethink or can MGAs meet the need?
Cila president insists loss adjusters are far from dead
Far from being on a pathway to extinction, Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters’ president Steven Wallace has claimed his part of the insurance industry has “never been more relevant”.
Campaigners demand ‘polluters pay’ in letter to insurance CEOs
The campaign groups of the Insure Our Future network have sent a letter to leading fossil fuel insurers, detailing a list of demands relating to sustainability and climate action.
Q&A: Waseem Malik, Aviva
Aviva’s chief claims officer Waseem Malik spoke to Insurance Post about the evolution of claims roles, the progress of Aviva's digital transformation, and emerging trends in fraud.
Lessons from a Bad Beet harvest for agricultural insurers
Could recent payouts to sugar beet farmers for revenue lost to bad weather lead to a growth in insurance options for out-of-doors crops, including parametric solutions? Edmund Tirbutt investigates.
iCan founder launches broker; Chaucer enters weather market; RSA's property director
Thursday Round-Up: As tomorrow is Good Friday, Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week, a day early.
How maritime insurers are helping shipowners decarbonise
Following the European Union’s Emissions Trading System coming into force for the maritime transport industry on 1 January, Fiona Nicolson explores how shipowners, operators and insurers have come to terms with the implications and effects of the new…
Turbulence in the aviation insurance market
Between the aftershocks of a global pandemic and the spectre of losses resulting from the seizure of aircraft in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Harry Curtis explores how the 2020s got off to a turbulent start for aviation insurers.
Gain’s McGee on bridging the talent gap with neurodiverse talent
Trade Voice: Francis McGee, executive chair of the Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity, or Gain, how becoming more neuroinclusive can help tackle one of the industry’s perennial challenges.
Big Interview: Nick Turner, NFU Mutual
Nick Turner, group CEO of NFU Mutual, sits down with Harry Curtis to explain the insurer's growth ambitions, what it's like running a mutual, and how it serves rural communities.
Campaigners claim second victory against ‘carbon bomb’ projects
Probitas has confirmed it has ruled out insuring the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and the proposed West Cumbria coal mine, following intense protestor pressure.
Probitas offices painted ‘blood red’ again
A newfound protest group has emerged and targeted the London offices of three insurers in rage over fossil fuel projects.
Campaigners unleash ‘digital mayhem’ on insurers
Three insurance firms have been digitally targeted by climate activists over their refusal to rule out support for fossil fuel projects.
Climate rebels storm insurer offices over support for ‘fossil fuel crooks’
Extinction Rebellion activists have occupied the offices of five insurers in the City of London,as the movement launches its week of action to stop the companies insuring “climate chaos”.
How green parts help insurers meet EU requirements
Analysis: Tom Luckham explains why the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is pushing motor insurers towards even greater use of green parts.
Protestors slam Aviva and Allianz for targeting healthy trees
Climate activists have accused the insurance industry for “pointing the finger of blame” at trees, rather than investing its billion-pound profits into preventing flood claims.