Insurer
Aviva launches £100m tech investment arm
Aviva Ventures is set to invest £20m per year for five years in digital insurance technologies.
Brokers respond to Storm Desmond
Brokers broadly positive on insurer claims service although issues remain.
Gresham increases capacity by £5m with Canopius deal
Agreement sees capacity for the MGA increase immediately.
Brokers distribution for niche lines “significant”
Research shows niche lines more profitable than mainstream lines with brokers bringing in up to 90% of new sales.
PRA approves Solvency II models for 19 insurers
Regulator’s list includes both life and general insurers.
Stephen Catlin: We need a CyberRe
Catlin says exposure is too big for insurers to be able to respond.
Ex-Aviva employee given 10 month sentence for stealing customer account details
Sentence suspended for 12 months.
Broker Apprentice: The school challenge winners
Michael Lawrence, personal lines director at LV, assess how the students reacted to the Broker Apprentices’ video presentations.
Zurich and IFED nail fraudster at the Old Bailey
Anita Quansah-Okoe is sentenced to 80 hours community service and ordered to pay £500 costs for staging a fall at work.
One Commercial to increase capacity for products
The firm has surveyed broker partners to find out what changes they want to see.
Hawkwell Motor goes live on The Insurer Cloud
MGA launches private motor and commercial vehicle products on technology specialist.
Modus partners with Berkeley Alexander on home insurance
MGA's Home Insurance Plus product available to provider's household broker panel.
NIG launches SME products on Powerplace
NIG to distribute tradesman and property owners cover via the software house.
Episode 4: The students pick their Broker Apprentice winners
The two teams pitch their videos promoting a career in broking – which one will the students prefer?
Insurance falling behind on fintech
Number of fintech patents from insurance show lack of innovation compared to other financial institutions.
Ageas promotes Adam Clarke to MD of Ageas Retail Direct
Insurer makes number of internal leadership appointments across its Retail and Partnerships businesses.
Zurich global boss Martin Senn departs
Tom de Swann appointed interim CEO.
FCA warns on AJ Cox Insurance
Regulator says it believes the firm has been trading without its authorisation.
Aon teams up with Xchanging
Aon to use Xchanging’s Xuber platform for wholesale broker operations for the London Market.
Axa enhances management liability product
Insurer adds negative social media crisis and public relations costs cover in string of updates.
Ace confirms Chubb personal lines leadership team post deal
Simon Mobey to lead on high net worth.
Inter Hannover to buy specialist church insurer
CGI set to be sold by the Congregational and General Charitable Trust.
The winner is revealed in the Insurance Debate
Brokers have been voting on whether insurance will ever match medicine, law or accountancy in the public’s eye.
Broking Break: Your top five stories of the week
It was Towergate, Towergate, Towergate this week as the consolidator hit the headlines with a £5.5m loss for Q3. But what other companies have you also been reading about?