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IGI sets up European subsidiary; Ardonagh establishes Irish data hub; Howden launches climate risk arm; Swiss Re backs BP EV trial
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
View from the Top video: Ecclesiastical MD Richard Coleman on new brand, new opportunities
In this exclusive interview recorded as part of the Insurance Post Live Annual Conference 2021, Ecclesiastical managing director Richard Coleman discusses how the insurer increased service scores and reinvigorated its brand during the pandemic.
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.
Insurance Post TV ESG special: Do customers care about how sustainable their insurer is? Featuring Allianz, Parhelion and We Are Guernsey
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Analysis: The CMCs out of scope
When the Financial Conduct Authority took over claims management company regulation in 2019, it fired warning shots at the sector. Should the regulator’s remit be widened to cover those firms that don’t come under its surveillance?
Treasury Select Committee calls for fraudulent ads to be tackled in Online Safety Bill
The Treasury Select Committee has criticised the government for a “missed opportunity” to tackle fraudulent online adverts and prevent customers being scammed by fake financial products.
Motor insurtech Caura raises $4.2m and strikes deal with Jaguar Land Rover
App-based insurtech Caura has revealed that its motor insurance conversion rate from quote to purchase is two times the market average having raised $4.2m (£3.03m) to expand its offering, including a new B2B offering for car manufacturers starting with…
Lloyd’s head of culture and Dive In leader Pauline Miller moves to Dentsu
Pauline Miller, head of culture at Lloyd’s, is joining media and digital marketing communications business Dentsu International at the start of August.
Insurance Post TV: Why is ghost broking on the rise? Plus gig economy insurance and Chaucer CEO John Fowle
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Briefing: Lemonade’s phrenology hangover
Jen Frost reflects on a staggering self-engineered series of events that saw insurtech Lemonade have to deny using outdated and disproven phrenology in its artificial intelligence claims system.
Google lays out scam advert counter measures
Google has detailed the steps it is taking to protect consumers and legitimate businesses in the financial sector after research by Post revealed that brokers are being targeted by claims management companies.
Analysis: The broker problem with online claims adverts
Research by Post has revealed that brokers as well as insurers are being targeted by claims management companies seeking to take over motor claims via misleading advert urls online, particularly on mobile devices
Direct Insurance restructures and rebrands as Aventum ahead of hitting acquisition trail
Direct Insurance Group has restructured, combining its UK and international teams into one group under the brand Aventum.
Chubb and Marsh unveil Covid-19 vaccination solution; insurtech investment hits quarterly high; motor/home premiums fall; and Aviva offers cover to new customers affected by cladding crisis
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Briefing: Abrdn or Aberdon’t
Standard Life Aberdeen’s Abrdn rebrand has met with consternation and raised eyebrows – time will tell whether it pays off or falls vowel of its own “clarity of focus”.
Admiral, Aviva and Lloyd’s sign Fintech Pledge; Nextbase Insurance launches with Axa and Ageas; Rightchoice buys Fresh and Zurich in Ping An tie-up
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Zurich, QBE and Markerstudy discuss new whiplash portal on Post webinar
With just over a month to go until the new whiplash portal goes live, Insurance Post recently hosted a webinar to discuss how insurers are preparing for the change.
Q&A: Ant Middle and Adam Beckett, Ageas
Ageas CEO Ant Middle and chief distribution officer Adam Beckett spoke to Post about the insurer’s intention to grow its intermediated personal lines business and plans to invest in what it calls its ‘technical engine room’.
RAC sets up own broker to help hit £300m GWP target
RAC has launched its own in-house insurance intermediary as part of a package of measures to hit targets of £300m of gross written premium and one million customers in 2023.
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…
Q&A: Bill Pieroni, Acord
Bill Pieroni, CEO of global standards setting body Acord, discusses the findings of its research into UK personal lines websites and who is improving and why. He also tackles how the Covid-19 pandemic will change the market, reflects on his achievements…
Fully Comp: Episode 13 - For all the hype, is there tangible evidence UBI, telematics and on-demand motor have seen lift off during the pandemic?
For the thirteenth episode of Post’s video series Fully Comp we gathered a group of experts together to consider if the Covid-19 pandemic has had any impact on the consumption of non-traditional annual motor insurance products.
GRP strikes biggest deal since Searchlight investment with Marsh Networks buy
Global Risk Partners has agreed to buy Marsh’s UK networks for an undisclosed sum in a deal expected to close next quarter.
For the Record: Jensten moves closer to £500m target; Laka unveils European HQ; start-up Mosaic opens for business and SRG acquires again
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.