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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.
Saga sells Caravan book; CFC’s fintech cover; Lockton’s head of parametric
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Ben Smyth, Arma Karma
Ben Smyth, CEO of contents insurance start-up Arma Karma, talks to Tom Luckham about the insurtech’s past, future, and how young people view insurance.
Aviva’s telematics app; Ardonagh buys Westfield; Swiss Re appoints group CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Suspected serial insurance fraudster arrested
Operation Henhouse, a month-long nationwide 'policing intensification' on fraud that ran through February, has resulted in the arrest of a suspected serial insurance fraudster.
Axa’s schemes directory; McLarens’ UK entertainment team; Markerstudy rebrands broker platform
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Ben Taylor, Verisk
Ben Taylor, business development director at Verisk, speaks to Insurance Post about life post-acquisition, plans for growth and misconceptions around automation in insurance.
Sky Protect appoints MD as Poll moves to chair
Insurance Post can reveal Sky has appointed Paul Sweeney as managing director of Sky Protect, the firm's home insurance brand as Matt Poll, pictured, moves to a non-executive chair role.
How travel led the way in embedding AI in insurance
Yannis Korgialos, vice president of insurance for EMEA at Cover Genius, on how travel offers a roadmap for AI transforming the way policyholders are protected.
EE to offer consumer electronic insurance
EE is branching out of its smartphone and broadband contract roots by now offering insurance.
Insurers need to become ‘prognosticators’ in times of change
The sector has been urged to stay ahead of future developments, as the top trends forcing insurers to change pace are revealed.
60 seconds with... Nick Giddings, Open GI
Nick Giddings, director of brokers and MGAs for Open GI, tells Insurance Post which "loveable rogue" he would like to be for a day, and how he has a slight obsession with the 1990s Manchester music scene.
Big Interview: Wakam’s Olivier Jaillon
Jonathan Swift catches up with Wakam chief executive, and self-proclaimed rock’n’roll blockchain fan, Olivier Jaillon, to discuss the evolution of the go-to market for many insurtechs and brands seeking to sell embedded insurance.
WTW partners with Sapiens; Zurich expands regional network; Pen UW creates head of IP
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurers with unsatisfactory websites named and shamed
Insurance companies with websites that fall short of consumer expectations have been named and shamed.
Aviva returns to telematics for motorists
Exclusive: Aviva has returned to offering telematics for younger motorists after previously pulling back from the technology due to a lack of market demand.
Roundtable: How can data enrich the property claims journey from FNOL to payments?
A recent roundtable sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions saw an expert panel discuss how data enrichment can be used from a post-loss perspective and what this change could mean for the future of property claims. Eleanore Robinson reports.
Ex-Esure CEO Peter Graham seeks partners for insurtech Kudo
Kudo, the insurtech motor start-up set up by former Esure CEO and Legal & General MD Peter Graham, is seeking partners in the open banking, insurer and aggregator space after falling short in a crowdfunding round.
For the record: Lemonade joins the ABI; Lexis Nexis expands to Ireland; Jensten acquires Bennetts
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
FCA expects to grow staff headcount by '400 to 500 this financial year'
Financial Conduct Authority CEO Nikhil Rathi expects the staff headcount to grow by 400 to 500 this financial year, “challenging set of reforms” to its career, pay and grading which resulted in two strikes action.
Axa's Tara Foley: Moja is already attracting younger customers than other brands
During its first month of trading Axa’s new digital start-up Moja has attracted customers that are on average a decade younger than its other brands, Insurance Post can reveal.