Motor
Gigasure CEO outlines pet and PCW plans
Ernesto Suarez, CEO of Gigasure, has told Insurance Post of the firm’s plans to be listed on multiple price comparison websites by the end of the year, and launch a pet product.
Ghost broker busting – how can they be blasted off social media?
Content Director's View: If there’s something weird selling motor cover and it don’t look good … why do so many young drivers fall for ghost brokers on social media and what can be done to bust them, asks Insurance Post's Jonathan Swift.
Lord Chancellor criticised after ‘convoluted’ whiplash tariff increase
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood has today announced that she will increase the whiplash tariff by 15%.
Close Brothers to seek consent to pay premium finance commission
From next week, Close Brothers will seek consent from commercial customers for the payment of broker commissions for premium finance.
Axa’s Zweibrucker on why promoting road safety is essential
View from the Top: Alain Zweibrucker, CEO of Axa UK Retail, explains why the insurer called on the government to do more to promote road safety earlier this year.
CMA criticises Prima over £300K NCB breach
The Competition and Markets Authority has sent a letter to Prima because of a series of breaches relating to no claims bonus that affected more than 38,000 customers.
Carpet-fitting fraudster’s dishonesty is laid out
After an investigation conducted by HF and Admiral Insurance, a carpet-fitting fraudster’s claim was flattened, saving the insurer £600,000.
Claims handling improvements stalled in Q3
Claims service is down on last quarter, but remains well above where it was this time last year, research conducted by Gracechurch has revealed.
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.
Curtain falls on fake photo fraudster
Clyde & Co and Direct Line have successfully fought off a motor insurance claim that used fraudulent photographic evidence.
Allianz to launch refreshed SME proposition in 2025
Allianz Commercial plans to launch a refreshed SME proposition in 2025, following investment to broaden and modularise its product suite, UK managing director Nadia Côté has told Post.
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.
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.
RSA brand name to be dropped for Intact next year
Insurance Post understands the RSA and NIG brand names are both to be dropped next year, to be replaced by the branding of parent company, Intact.
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.
Q&A: Mike Brockman, ThingCo
ThingCo founder and CEO Mike Brockman sits down with Insurance Post to talk about why the business has recently been in 'stealth mode,' how he hopes telematics can appeal to a wider audience, and potentially new markets he hopes to expand into.
Howden rolls out pilots to increase efficiency
Carl Shuker, UK & Ireland CEO for Howden Insurance Brokers, has outlined three examples of how the broker has increased efficiency within its operations.
Esure claims head tells insurers to ‘set the tone’ for supply chain ESG
Esure chief claims officer Anton Ossip has called for insurers to “set the tone” for suppliers trying to improve their environmental, social, and governance credentials.
FCA re-opens commercial lines rules consultation
The Financial Conduct Authority has “partially re-opened” its consultation about overhauling rules for commercial lines and bespoke insurance, in a bid to get more data from providers and brokers.
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.
Aviva’s travel tool; Questgates acquires firm; Aon’s space leader
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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.