Recession
Four biggest challenges facing insurers in 2025 revealed
To get you ready for the next 12 months, Insurance Post uncovers four things you need to know about what 2025 holds in store for the industry, according to analysts.
Big Interview: Swiss Re CEO Jason Richards
Jason Richards, CEO of Swiss Re in the UK and Ireland, on why having colleagues back in the office is essential for the insurance ecosystem, and why carriers needs to shout about what the industry does to attract fresh talent.
Top 30 European Insurers 2023: Claims inflation bites
Europe’s 30 largest non-life insurers have demonstrated solid top-line growth over the past two years, following a drop in 2020.
Is litigation liability insurance now essential for executives?
As periods of financial distress can often lead to increased instances of non-performance of contract obligations, Edmund Tirbutt examines whether litigation liability insurance could be set for a boom.
Editor’s Picks: Musk’s move, navigating losses and regulatory improvements
As we approach the end of February, the headlines that caught your attention on Insurance Post this month show the challenges and opportunities facing the industry one year on after Russia invaded the Ukraine.
Why property insurers are struggling to control claims costs
Analysis: Sam Barrett explores how inflation, increased labour costs plus material shortages are pushing up property insurance claims costs and why working with loss adjusters to remove frictional cost is essential.
Ticker launches convicted driver product; Apollo partners with Moonrock; Close Brothers appoints MD
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Why insurance should be recession proof
Editor's View: Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes kicks the tires of insurance to see if the industry is right to be pessimistic about its prospects at the moment.
Insurance Post Podcast: What the cost-of-living crisis means for insurers
The cost-of-living crisis is resulting in a growing number of policyholders pressing, complaining and shouting loudest in the hope their claim will move faster than everybody else’s, according to Claims Consortium Group.
Review of the Year 2022: Claims and Legal (part two)
Senior claims figures look back on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
Review of the Year 2022: Claims and Legal (part one)
Senior claims figures look back on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
Review of the Year 2022: Insurers
Senior figures from the insurance market look back on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
Bank of England director calls for end to elite institutions
Bank of England executive director Victoria Saporta has warned financial services companies they need to do more to understand why women were impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Blog: Should insurers be concerned about The Great Cancellation?
The cost-of-living crisis is driving the great cancellation as people cut non-essential purchases. Streaming services such as Netflix, and gym memberships were some of the first to go. Bob Meier, product solutions manager at EIS, considers whether…
Editor’s comment: When the going gets tough
It’s fair to say we’ve had a tough few years. No one was upset to see the back of 2020 and 2021 wasn’t much better. And now it looks like 2022 is far from the stellar year we were hoping for – certainly for the insurance sector.
Ecclesiastical’s Saunders says keep up the momentum on mental wellbeing
With the UK economy potentially entering into recession, and concerns that the cost of living crisis could turn into a mental health crisis, Adrian Saunders, commercial director at Ecclesiastical, urges the market to keep mental wellbeing front of mind.
Get behind customers to stay ahead of motor challenges, says Markerstudy's Humphreys
Under the toughest conditions the motor market has witnessed in his recent memory, Gary Humphreys, group chief underwriting officer at Markerstudy, explains why the insurance industry must do everything in its power to support its customers.
Data Analysis: Cost-of-living increase drives one-in-10 to cancel insurance products
Exclusive: One in 10 people surveyed by Post and Consumer Intelligence said they had cancelled an insurance product in the last six months due to the cost-of-living squeeze.
Hemming bullish on growth at Aviva as survey shows solid broker optimism
Research by Aviva has shown optimism among brokers about their trading prospects for the second half of the year as the UK reopens from Covid restrictions.
Blog: Credit insurance industry ready to take back underwriting control
A smooth transition is expected as the Government Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme draws to a close at the end of June, writes Stuart Ramsden, Atradius regional director UK & Ireland.
IFB to launch AI fraud detection system
The Insurance Fraud Bureau has partnered with software-as-a-service automation specialists Shift Technology to build a fraud detection system that will launch in early 2022.