Motor
Industry keen to work with FCA following dual pricing review
Biba and the ABI welcome the FCA's move, agreeing with the regulator that the market needs to work as well as possible for all customers.
RAC adds specialist breakdown products to its broker portal
Cover ranges from roadside, up to full UK and European cover.
FCA calls on industry to continue work on dual pricing
Regulator points to guiding principles from Biba and the ABI published in May this year.
Axa enters £30m partnership with Origin UW
Provider to work with the MGA on property, casualty and motor trade products.
FCA to tackle dual pricing in general insurance market study
Chief executive highlights it will consider “all possible remedies” to make the market work for consumers.
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LV signals expanded appetite with four more partnerships
Marmalade, Safeguard, Verex and Home & Legacy switch to the insurer.
Car premiums continue to drop in Q3 2018 according to AA
Customers benefiting from 10% yearly fall.
Clone broker claimed to be from FCA, says Ellis David
The firm’s director stressed that he hoped the fraudsters are “prosecuted to the full extent of the law” now that the regulator is aware of the crime.
Vantage owner, NSM, buys UK motor MGA
The company has bought Xpekt as it seeks to build niche motor business in the UK.
Car insurance premiums see first rise in a year
But prices are still on average 9% lower than a year ago.
LV signs up with Kinetic in six year £75m deal
Insurer partners with MGA for classic, enthusiast, motorhome and specialist motor products.
Management and integration key to Ardonagh success with Swinton, say experts
The £165m price tag seen as fair after initial estimates went as high as £450m.
Ardonagh pledges to keep the Swinton brand
Janice Deakin to be in charge of Ardonagh’s personal lines business following £165m deal as Swinton hailed the "missing piece" in the group's personal lines offering.
FCA warns of clone firm Minsura Insurance
Car insurance fraudsters targeting people in the UK in online scam.
InsurTech Futures: Honcho joins Biba
Start-up is the first reverse auction marketplace to be a member of the broker trade body.
Aquiline exploring ERS sale
Private equity firm looking at a number of strategic options for the motor insurer, including a sale.
Sabre investors sell shares worth £116m
Private equity firm BC Partners exits the provider, while founder Angus Ball retains 1.8% of share capital.
The stats: September 2018 - The Acturis Premium Index
The market has turned positive in all but one line, according to the latest set of Acturis stats
Opinion: iGO4 CEO Matt Munro on building trust in telematics
Amidst reports of growing complaints about telematics insurance, Matt Munro examines the facts
ABI figures show the "scale of the challenge" in fighting fraud
Industry experts say there is much do be done following ABI report that one insurance fraud per minute is detected in the UK.
InsurTech Futures: Zego partners with RSA on courier product
Start-up says pay-as-you-go product allows couriers to automatically be insured for the time they work.
Insurance scams amounting to £1.3bn detected in 2017
Research from ABI reveals one insurance fraud per minute was discovered.
ERS returns to profit in H1 2018
Insurer reveals an improved COR at 96.6%, but a fall in GWP.