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Big Interview: Alain Zweibrucker, Axa Retail
Alain Zweibrucker, CEO of Axa Retail, talks to Tom Luckham about the firm's Lloyd's Bank partnership, transforming the business, and its push for digitalisation.
Access deal; Clearspeed’s work with 1st Central; Lockton’s risk lead
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva aims to double regional PL broker GWP
Jonathan Santer, managing director of broker and affinity at Aviva, has said he wants to double the firm’s regional gross written premium in personal lines over the next 18 months.
Howden cyber chief blames brokers for cyber insurance adoption lag
Shay Simkin, global head of cyber at Howden, has argued that brokers are to blame for the lack of adoption of cyber insurance.
Allianz x Volvo; Howden buys broker; Clear Group’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
ABI adviser calls current climate ‘difficult time’ for DEI work
Association of British Insurers senior policy adviser for diversity, equity and inclusion Liisa Antola has said it is a “difficult time” to work in DEI.
Cytora joins Google Cloud; PIB buys MGA; SRG’s head of corporate
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
What has driven loss adjuster start-ups to near extinction?
Content Director’s View: The beginning of the century saw a number of loss adjusting start-ups fueled by entrepreneurial managers and teams determined to go it alone and forge their own paths outside of the incumbent ‘big boys’ but of late these new…
How the pandemic transformed travel insurance
Tom Luckham explores the travel insurance market post-Covid and analyses what kind of effect the pandemic had on the industry, and which effects are still lingering.
Mapfre Re x CyberCube; Specialist Risk Group buys broker; Hiscox’s chief auditor
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Admiral almost doubles profit as UK customer numbers surge
Admiral Group has this morning (6 March) revealed it grew it's pre-tax profit by 90% in 2024 compared with 2023, while UK insurance customers grew by a fifth.
When will insurance get more female leaders?
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman highlights the barriers preventing women in insurance from attaining senior-level positions today, and questions whether the move away from diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives in the US could hamper efforts to gain…
60 Seconds With... PPL's Andy Woolley
Andy Woolley, chief design officer at PPL, would love to live like James Bond, lip read, and avoid stacking the dishwasher.
Admiral joins Build Back Better; PIB’s milestone; Lockton’s GM
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
More Cyber insurance education needed in mid-market
Insurers have been urged to do more to heighten cyber insurance education in the SME and mid-market space, amid concerns of underinsurance in the sector.
Aviva’s Storah predicts volatility in commercial pricing this year
Speaking after Aviva announced its full year results, UK and Ireland general insurance CEO Jason Storah said rates are “lumpy”.
Aviva expects mid-2025 completion on DLG deal
As Aviva announces a 57% increase in operating profit for UK & Ireland general insurance, it has given a rough timeline of when it expects to complete the Direct Line Group deal.
NormanMax set to acquire FloodFlash
Floodflash has agreed terms to be acquired by US parametric firm NormanMax, subject to FCA approval.
ABI appoints Phoenix’s Briggs as president
Andy Briggs, CEO of Phoenix Group, pictured, has been named as president for the Association of British Insurers for the next two years, replacing Zurich's Tim Bailey.
Big Interview: Consilium’s James Baird and Paul Richards
Scott McGee sits down with Consilium co-CEOs James Baird and Paul Richards to discuss the broker’s rapid growth over the last two years, and why they would need a cow to jump over the moon to consider an acquisition.
Thatcham and Elixirr partner; Lockton’s facility; Cowbell joins ABI
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.