Whiplash
Best year for UK motor insurance market since 1994, says EY
Research shows second best underwriting result since records began in 1985.
MPs concerned re whiplash reforms
Justice Committee “troubled” by the reliability of insurer fraud data ahead of secondary legislation on personal injury reform.
Insurance industry welcomes Ogden rate reform
Industry players expect new Civil Liability Bill to lead to a positive discount rate with some predicting a rate of between 0-1%.
Brokers optimistic of LEI growth in 2018 but wary of regulatory challenges
Survey of brokers conducted at Insurance Age’s Broker Expo.
Review of the year: June 2017
Acquisitions, the Queen's Speech, redundancies, fraud and orders from the FCA made up the most read stories in June.
EY predicts motor profitability for 2018
Changes to the Ogden rate and whiplash reforms are set to contribute to putting motor insurance back into profit.
Court knocks out top cage fighter's whiplash claim
Jake ‘Brutal’ Bostwick’s dishonest claim to Aviva was found out when he competed in a fight while claiming for injuries.
Car premiums drop in third quarter 2017
Research by the AA shows first decline since Q1 2016.
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.
£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
Queen's Speech, FCA probe on travel insurance for cancer patients, Admiral's renewal handling failures, launch of new MGA incubator and details of new CII qualification make up your top five stories of the week.
Queen's Speech: Insurers welcome new whiplash legislation move
Industry looks towards meaningful delivery of the reform.
Insurers and reinsurers face £3.5bn Ogden hit, says EY
Net combined ratio for motor insurance industry deteriorates to 109% in 2016.
Brexit is slightly on the back-burner, says Melanie Hampton
The MD of Alexander Miller says a hung parliament makes Brexit negotiations more difficult.
How could the General Election manifestos impact insurance?
Insurance Age examines what each of the major political parties has to say on issues affecting the insurance market.
Insurance gets political
Tulsi Naidu, UK chief executive at Zurich, has a message for the Prime Minister ahead of the snap General Election.
ABI supports shelving of whiplash reforms ahead of general election
Government opts not to force through prison reform Bill before 8 June.
Government to bring in fixed tariffs for whiplash pay-outs
Claims without medical evidence to be banned.
Car insurance premiums at four-year high, says AA
The index showed that the average shop around premium jumped by 5.8% over the last quarter.
Warning of tens of thousands of UK jobs losses from personal injury legal reforms
Consultants state job cuts will stretch across the UK but especially in the South East and cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield.
Allianz’s Graham Gibson reviews 2016 and looks ahead to 2017
From severe weather to success with the IFB the past 12 months have been packed with action for Allianz’s claims director. What will 2017 hold?
Home and motor to be unprofitable next year, says EY
Maintaining low premiums for customers and achieving healthy earnings will be a struggle for the market, according to advisory firm.
Government reveals new crackdown on whiplash claims
Consultation targets reduction in insurance premiums.
Insurers line up to back government’s whiplash proposals
New consultation to run until 6 January 2017.