Underinsurance
Ecclesiastical’s new office; Ventis deal; Rokstone hire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva’s Barter on helping brokers solve SMEs’ financial puzzles
View from the Top: Phoebe Barter, group brand and sponsorship director at Aviva, says insurers and brokers need to work together to aid SMEs like the one featured in Aviva’s latest ad.
Claims and Legal Review of Year Review 2024
Looking back at 2024, claims, adjusting and legal firm chiefs share how their organisations handled claims arising from named winter storms, worked towards becoming carbon net zero, the impact of claims costs starting to stabilise and why some found…
Optalitix and PWC team up; Ki goes standalone; Davies’s reshuffle
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Personalise insurance or fall foul of disruptors
The potential of personalisation and embedded insurance continue to excite the insurance market. David Worsfold explores what progress is being made and whether the innovation is being driven by mainstream players, disruptors or a combination of the two.
Big interview: David Martin, Aviva
Aviva’s managing director of commercial and chief distribution officer, David Martin sits down with Scott McGee to run through the work done since he joined the insurer, increasing productivity with brokers, and what apprentices need to focus on nowadays…
Twenty firms face off for Lloyd’s Lab spots
The Lloyd’s Lab pitch day for its 13th cohort saw 20 firms go head-to-head for one of 10 spots in the market’s 10-week fast track programme for “fresh ideas” to challenge the insurance industry.
Big Interview: Warren Dickson, Howden
Warren Dickson, corporate and commercial CEO at Howden, sits down with Harry Curtis to discuss what has changed since the broker acquired Aston Lark and how its breadth of capabilities is paying dividends.
BCIS green-lights time-saving rebuild cost platform
The Building Cost Information Service has green-lit a platform that uses automation to put together rebuild cost reports in seconds, Insurance Post can reveal.
Addressing financial stress and its implications for insurers
Alison Williams, managing director of Prestige Underwriting, highlights what insurers need to do to address the needs of a growing number of non-standard consumers caused by the cost-of-living crisis.
Why are HNW MGAs dropping like flies?
After numerous MGAs operating in the high-net-worth space have either been sold or gone into run-off over the last few years, Scott McGee asks what does it take to survive in this space?
Industries with the greatest underinsurance gaps revealed
Data Analysis: The push by insurers and brokers to prompt policyholders to review values appears to be having some effect in certain sectors but is failing to get through to others, data from Charterfields shows.
Ecclesiastical’s office professions product; Howden Re’s talent exchange; Ripe’s head of M&A
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Freedom’s car integration; Tradex joins IFB; DWF’s chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva’s Chambers on tackling SME underinsurance
View from the Top: Jason Chambers, director of innovation for SME at Aviva, explains how data and technology can help brokers explain the risk of underinsurance and protect their customers’ businesses.
Brokers looking to non-standard for opportunity
A survey conducted by Prestige Underwriting has found brokers are looking at the non-standard insurance sector for growth opportunities.
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.
NHS cyber attack highlights dangers of underinsurance
Hospitals across the capital have declared a critical incident after a cyber attack caused operational havoc to medical services.
Why social housing providers need to update their cover
Post Podcast: Why social housing providers should be prompted to update their insurance coverage and give accurate rebuild costs by conducting reinstatement cost assessments is the topic of the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Storah implores industry to ‘galvanise around underinsurance’
Speaking at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference in Manchester, Aviva UK and Ireland general insurance CEO Jason Storah urged insurers and brokers to “galvanise around underinsurance”.
Allianz research does little to assuage underinsurance fears
Fewer than one in five small business owners have increased their sums insureds despite widespread concern over inflation, research by Allianz Commercial has found.