Home insurance
Analysis: Fighting for cover
Military personnel struggle to find motor and household insurance adapted to their circumstances. Should general insurers leave that market to specialists?
L&G to offer leak detector to home clients
Legal & General has partnered with Home Serve to offer Leak Bot to its home insurance customers.
Data analytics will impact property underwriting but could lead to 'uninsurable' properties
Increased analytics and data capturing will be integral to the future of underwriting global property but could lead to uninsurable properties, insurers have said.
Rent 4 Sure set to exceed £1.5m profit following positive 2016
Tenant and landlord insurance provider Rent 4 Sure is on track to exceed net profits of £1.5m for 2017, the company revealed in a results statement.
Wedding insurance: A promising market
The UK wedding market is worth £10bn and growing exponentially, but the wedding insurance market is comparatively less fruitful
Aviva's Maurice Tulloch on all that insurtech hype
With technology reshaping the insurance industry, incumbents need to disrupt the very business models they helped create in order to meet fast-changing customer expectations, writes Maurice Tulloch, CEO, international insurance, Aviva.
Aviva detected £85m in insurance fraud last year
Aviva detected £85 million of insurance fraud last year and recorded a 9.5% increase in the number of fraudulent claims.
Neos investment will not disrupt partnership with Homeserve, Aviva says
Aviva Ventures’ latest investment into Neos will not affect its standing relationship with emergency repairs service Homeserve.
IPT rise pushes home premiums up despite lower winter claims
Insurance Premium Tax increases have led to a rise in home insurance premiums despite claims over the winter period being lower than in previous years.
Q&A: Cheryl Agius, L&G
Cheryl Agius was recently appointed CEO of Legal & General's general insurance business. She talks to Post about what GI can learn from retirement and other sectors, and in which areas she's looking to grow the business.
Aon's Rory Moloney on why tackling risk takes the whole company
Rory Moloney, CEO of Aon Global Risk Consulting, explains why helping a company tackle risk in today’s world requires a new way of thinking.
Blog: Connected homes should get cheaper premiums
Connected devices could help household insurers offer cheaper premiums to responsible homeowners, says Craig Foster, managing director of Homeserve Labs.
Blog: Insurers need to invest in handling subsidence claims
Insurers may not be saving that much money by cutting back on subsidence claims handling, notes Nick Turner, professional services director at Claims Consortium Group, arguing that triage and on-site inspections can help provide a smooth service and…
Esure scales back home insurance growth due to 'challenging conditions'
Esure has decreased its home book by 4.5% as a result of "challenging" market conditions.
Direct Line reports growth of its its motor book in Q1 despite Ogden cut
Direct Line has grown its motor book by 11.2% in the first quarter, compared to the same period last year, despite taking a £230m blow from the discount rate reduction.
C-Suite Broker: Junction's Ali Crossley on personalisation in insurance marketing
Marketing is constantly evolving, with an ever-changing array of channels through which to promote products – but at the heart of it is always the customer. How can we best meet their needs, asks Ali Crossley, customer and development director for…
C Suite: A Plan's Carl Shuker on advised and non-advised sales
The internet is, of course, most of the time, a force for good, but is it driving down the quality of what we as an industry offer our clients? Carl Shuker, CEO of A-Plan Insurance, investigates.
Blog: Risk of flooding will not decrease without collaboration
As an insurer, we do unfortunately see first-hand the devastating impact flooding can have on homes and livelihoods.
Plum high net worth home insurance to include cyber cover
Plum underwriting has included cyber and data risks cover into its high net worth and mid net worth home insurance products.