Admiral
Redundancies confirmed at Confused.com
Confused.com has made a series of redundancies, hitting its PR team, Insurance Age understands.
Car insurance study champions niche players
In Which’s latest study of motor insurance for the over 50s, NFU Mutual and 50 plus Insurance Services came out on top while household brands such as Aviva and Axa failed to gain recommended status.
Focus - Management Structures: Building a board
Without a great team in the boardroom, any broker, regardless of size, is missing a trick that can pay long-term dividends for their business, writes David Waller.
News review: August
Axa Insurance customer experience director, Paul Meehan, expressed interest in filling the senior management vacancy in the company's commercial division.
Data hub launch discloses new pricing detail to non-direct market
Coversure and Fortis are among those that have committed to using a new data hub that aims to allow brokers to compete on a level playing field with direct writers.
Motor insurers' excuses for poor results rejected
Insurer claims that increases in bodily injury costs are to blame for poor performance in the private motor market may be misleading, according to industry experts.
Fall in profits and revenue at Confused.com
Price comparison website Confused has announced a 10% fall in revenue and 20% decline in profit during the first six months of the year.
Admiral's H1 2010 profit grows to £126.9m
Admiral's group profit before tax has soared to £126.9m for H1 2010, a 21% increase on the same period last year (H1 2009: £105.3m).
News review: July 2010
A review of July's industry news.
Admiral denies watchdog's race discrimination allegations
The insurance industry has come under the microscope following allegations that Admiral breached race discrimination laws.
Admiral accused of discrimination and breaching race laws
Which? has claimed that the Admiral Group, which includes Bell, Diamond and Elephant.co.uk has broken race laws by charging customers who were born outside of the UK more than those born in the country
Admiral profits increase by 7%
Admiral has reported a 7% increase in profit before tax to £216m for 2009, compared to £203m the previous year, while turnover rose 18% to £1.08bn (2008: £910m).
Admiral creates 200 jobs
Admiral Group has announced plans to more than double its claims department by hiring over 200 new members of staff
Heath Lambert expands Admiral partnership
It will be the sole provider for new Diamond product for women
Agenda: Comparing the meerkat
Tony Cornell looks at the growth of aggregators
Admiral's turnover increases 22%
Confused.com turnover has increased by 32% in Q3 2009, compared to the same period last year
Admiral Group reports 5% rise in profit
The group has also reported a 17% increase in turnover to £540.1m