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Aviva redundancies: Insurer says 50% of claims can be serviced online
Brokers agree technology can help claims service but Unite Union slams the job losses.
Aviva puts 120 people at risk of redundancy
Insurer proposing to close Southend office and move commercial property business to Perth.
Blog: The post-Brexit market move
What does it mean for the UK insurance sector that insurers are moving parts of their businesses to other countries?
Arag posts stable UK GWP and profit for 2016
Legal insurance specialist celebrates 10th year of business.
Rural Insurance MD Ian Barclay resigns
Boss had been with the Primary-owned firm since 2014.
Diversity festival Dive In 2017 opens for registration
Delegates can now get tickets for the third Dive In festival for diversity and inclusion.
Editor's letter - July/August 2017
Underinsurance is a problem the industry has had to revisit time and again, so why hasn’t it been cracked yet?
Fitch puts Elite on negative rating watch as it prepares for run-off
The insurer announced it would close to new business as insurers describe legal expenses ATE as a difficult market.
Data breaches in insurance doubled in 2016/17
Law firm RPC says hackers now pay more attention to smaller financial services firms.
Motor premiums rise to highest level since 2010
The Confused.com Index, in association with Willis Towers Watson, shows impact of Brexit, IPT and the Ogden rate on the rise and warns prices could hit "record" levels.
Markerstudy's Gary Humphreys on provider's strategy following capital injection
Insurer set to make acquisitions and launch a pay-as-you-go solution.
Ex-Aviva employee gets two year suspended sentence for bribery offences
The woman was found guilty of stealing customer information and also received a compensation order of £4,500.
Blog: Speed underwriting, missed flights and wrong turns
What do the Mario Brothers, the singer CeeLo Green and members of Qatar’s royal family have in common?
£1.3bn of dishonest claims found in 2016
ABI figures reveal the scale of organised fraud and warns of opportunistic motor fraud.
Broking Break: Your top five of the week
A Gumball blog, solvency figures, new software, warnings for brokers and an insurer closing were voted the top five stories by brokers’ clicks over the week.
Axis buys Novae for £468m
The board of the Lloyd's insurer to "unanimously recommend" the offer.
InsurTech Futures: Stephen Catlin warns industry not to lose out
Speaking at the MGAA conference Catlin highlighted urgency to embrace technology and transforming processing capabilities.
Elite closes to new business and prepares for "orderly" runoff
Insurer stresses policies already issued remain in force.
Blog: Don’t fear the reaper
ERS claims expert Matthew Gray is the last person any driver undertaking the Gumball 3000 wants to encounter during the 3,000-mile trek from Riga to Mikonos. But why?
Blog: BAME women in insurance
Judith Ugwumadu discusses being a Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) woman in insurance and looks to the future for diversity in business.
Liberty to move EU operations to Luxembourg due to Brexit
Firm to retain London headquarters.
Chubb enhances package policy for technology companies
Insurer highlights improved cyber cover in new offering.
Blog: The world’s scariest motor insurance risk?
At ERS we like a bit of a challenge. In the past few years we’ve insured everything from Lamborghinis to ice cream vans and Bugattis to Bentleys.
Jobs at risk in Axa office closures in Ireland, reports
The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland could see up to 100 people lose their jobs as 18 branches may be set for closure.