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Andy Watson bows out as Ageas UK CEO
Watson will hand over the reins to Ant Middle at the end of June this year.
Q&A: Polaris managing director Vivek Banga
Polaris celebrated 25 years last year and also had a MD change with Vivek Banga taking the top spot. Banga catches up with Jonathan Swift about the future of e-trade and the role brokers can play.
Acturis adds Ageas home product to platform
Personal lines product, House Guard, is now available to users of the software house.
Axa confirms position on coronavirus business interruption coverage
Updated: The provider won’t cover for Covid-19 unless it is specifically named in the terms as other insurers including RSA, Allianz, NIG and Ageas respond to the crisis.
Ageas adds distribution director for regional brokers
Russell White joins from RSA and completes Ageas's broker distribution team restructure following the retirement of Chris Dobson.
Insurance Age Podcast: 21 February 2020
The Insurance Age team talk about the top stories for the week.
Watson blames Ageas profit fall on motor book
Ageas UK CEO, Andy Watson, discusses the issues impacting the provider's 2019 results and recent changes in its broker business.
Ageas UK reveals 21% net profit fall
CEO Andy Watson says results were driven by difficulties in the motor market.
Major insurers respond to Staveley Head collapse
Staveley Head, which was mainly backed by unrated provider Gefion, advertised major composites on its website. Most of these confirmed only a handful of policies with the broker.
Applied adds Geo Underwriting to personal lines panel
Geo Underwriting’s FlexiLet home product will be available via Applied TAM and Applied Epic.
2019 in review: July's top stories
In July, the market was shocked by the departure of Amanda Blanc from Zurich after only nine months in the CEO EMEA role.
2019 in review: January's top stories
What were the most read articles in the first month of 2019?
Ageas weathers declining non-life business
Motor income ticked upwards slightly but other non-life lines have fallen.
The Insurance Age Podcast: 1 November 2019
The Insurance Age team unpick the most popular news stories of the week, including the Gallagher/Ardonagh court case.
Ageas restructures broker distribution ahead of Chris Dobson's exit
Provider creates three new directors of distribution roles as it aims to grow in the broker and partnership channels.
Chris Dobson outlines future plans as he exits Ageas
He reflects on 40 years in insurance ahead of his retirement as the insurer considers future of broker distribution director role.
Broker distribution director to retire from Ageas
Insurer will reveal Chris Dobson’s replacement by the end of the year.
Honcho launches ‘reverse auction’ app
InsurTech Futures: The car insurance app aims to reduce costs for young drivers.
Latest Ogden rate change will cost the industry over £160m
Insurers have revealed the impact from the change in the discount rate to -0.25%.
Ageas sees H1 2019 profit rise 70% after Ogden boost
UK CEO Andy Watson says insurer is to focus on growth after restructuring and exiting unprofitable schemes, as he discusses why he does not think the government has "covered itself in glory" when setting the new discount rate.
Fact file: What’s the story with the Ogden Rate?
The much-debated discount rate was reset at -0.25% this week, but how did we get to this point and what is the background to this highly explosive issue? Insurance Age outlines the key touchstones
#Insagepeople 15-19 July 2019
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Quizzical questions: 12 July 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Autonet to offer jobs to majority of staff as Atlanta takes over Ageas' Stoke office
Move follows Ageas' decision to close its Stoke operations and the majority of the staff currently facing redundancy will be offered employment under the Autonet brand.