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UK motor broker launches; Ardonagh’s management reshuffle; Polaris’s £1.5m investment
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Pool Re’s treaty reinsurance plans present SME cover opportunity
Proposals to make Pool Re a treaty reinsurer could lead to a greater proportion of UK SMEs taking out terrorism cover, senior industry figures have said.9
Big Interview: Nadia Côté and Serge Raffard, Allianz
After being named managing directors of Allianz Commercial and Allianz Personal, respectively, Nadia Côté and Serge Raffard met with Scott McGee to discuss their respective markets, how they have settled in, and where they see their businesses growing in…
Could COP 28 leave insurers with more stranded assets?
As COP 28 kicks off on 30 November, Emma Ann Hughes examines how the race to net zero is creating stranded assets, affecting insureds and insurers.
AssuredPartners’ double swoop; LMA and Liiba’s collab; Pen’s IP proposition
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Armilla to tackle AI screw-ups with warranty product
Insurtech start-up Armilla AI has launched an AI product warranty to give companies protection and peace of mind against the risk of issues with the technology.
Managing underinsurance risks and valuations
Analysis: As inflation continues to be an issue across all lines of insurance, Sam Barrett explores how brokers can use AI to manage underinsurance risk and valuations.
Could AI take the heat out of insurance in a changing climate?
Richard Hartley, CEO and co-founder of insurtech Cytora, discusses why better use of AI in the insurance industry will help it adapt to the challenges brought about by climate change.
What NFTs mean for fine art insurance
Analysis: Edmund Tirbutt examines what the advent of non-fungible tokens means for insurers, and whether the industry is designing an array of cover for this emerging art form.
Diary of an Insurer: CNA Hardy’s Dr Soondus Moorhead
Every week is a unique balancing act for mother-of-two, cat lover, chartered process safety engineer and risk control consultant at CNA Hardy, Dr Soondus Moorhead.
RSA’s PI product; Jensten’s One Broker deal; GTA names chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Jacqui Kelly, Zurich
Following her permanent appointment as head of sales and distribution at Zurich, which she took on as an interim in July, Jacqui Kelly explains her plans to deepen the insurer's relationships with brokers.
UK government backs insurance partnership to rebuild Ukraine
The UK government has backed an insurance scheme developed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to boost the provision of cover for war risks in Ukraine.
Insurance Post Podcast: BI insurance fit for post Covid-19 pandemic purpose
More than three and a half years on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are still “a lot” of business interruption cover cases rumbling through the courts, according to Joanna Grant, partner at Fenchurch Law.
Zurich cuts claims times; Marsh's global cyber practice; Brown & Brown partners with Ageas
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva: SMEs ‘woefully underserved’ for cyber cover
Cover against damage from cyber attacks against SMEs has been branded as “woefully underserved” at an Aviva event.
Howden’s climate practice, Ecclesiastical and Iprism partner and WTW’s claims chief
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2023: Personal lines insurers hardest hit by inflation
Valeria Ermakova, associate director for analytics at AM Best, reveals while reserving for claims inflation is shaking the nation's insurers, actions taken by the top 10 of this year's Insurance Post Top 100 UK Insurers List helped these providers hold…
How Birmingham’s insurance sector is evolving
As sister title Insurance Age takes over the Birmingham NEC for Broker Expo and the Broker Awards, Insurance Post looks at the challenges and opportunities facing the city’s insurance sector.
Ripe CEO rules out becoming another Markerstudy
Paul Williams, CEO of Ripe, has revealed plans to grow the leisure, lifestyle, and small businesses insurance provider by buying rivals won't result in the insurtech turning into another Markerstudy and going into generalist cover.
Trade Voice: Bila’s Dan Brooks on whether dispute clauses are fit for purpose
Dan Brooks, British Insurance Law Association committee member and policyholder coverage lawyer at Wynterhill, discusses the often-missed opportunity that arises from appropriate drafting of a disputes clause within insurance policies.
Root taps into UK’s embedded insurance fervour
South African distribution platform Root is seeking to establish a “strong foundation” in the UK, following a fresh cash injection from one of its seed funders.
Percayso tackling fraud for CHO; LMA’s Blueprint Two playbook; Jensten appoints M&A director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Top 75 MGAs: Ripe
Ripe is making M&A part of its growth strategy, which means the business hopes to feature even higher up on future Insurance Post Top 75 MGAs lists.