Aviva Analysis
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News Analysis
In Focus: How can parametric insurance policies improve processes for climate-related claims?
Insurance Times asks industry experts what impact parametric policies can have on climate-based claims processes
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Opinion: Premium affordability on insurer and broker minds
Editor Katie Scott highlights the importance of insurers and brokers being on the same page when needing to communication premium increases to end customers
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Is travel insurance next on the FCA’s radar?
The regulator’s approach to Gap insurance has signalled its enforcement style for 2024 – but could travel policies ‘riddled with caveats’ be the next product under the fair value spotlight?
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The Big Question Jan/Feb 2024: How can property insurance solutions be developed to encourage green methods of construction?
Five insurance industry experts discuss the likes of timber risk appetite, building regulations and modular construction methods
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News Analysis
‘Would they have said that if I was a man?’
’Women don’t know how to take [certain] comments because they can’t help but think ‘would they have said that if I was a man?’, says lead client advisor
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Why Aviva, Arch and Ageas were named insurers of the year
After being crowned as market-leading insurers at this year’s Insurance Times Awards, Insurance DataLab explores the figures behind the trio’s successes in 2023
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Revealed: Who won at the Insurance Times Awards 2023?
With gold, silver and bronze awards across 36 categories, the winners from last night’s Insurance Times Awards have now been revealed.
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News Analysis
Dave Martin: Discipline will continue as Aviva seeks to drive service and product development
Aviva’s managing director for UK general insurance distribution and SME reflects on financial performance and what it is targeting in the new year
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IT Interview
Ann Owen: How Aviva is targeting a ‘market-leading’ position in the HNW sector
The insurer’s managing director for HNW speaks to the ’insane’ last few years and how a defined strategy is driving the business forward
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News Analysis
TechTalk: Lack of VC funding for BAME-led insurtechs deemed ‘unacceptable failure’
Funding for ethnic minority insurtech founders has come under the spotlight as Black History Month gets underway this October
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SME brokers grapple with ESG strategies in collaborative effort with insurers
’It may be possible to achieve alignment relatively easily by having a discussion about what ESG means and how it is relevant to the firm,’ says associate broker
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Could the debanking scandal cross over into insurance?
The FCA said that it ’would not consider it appropriate to cancel a policy purely on the basis of a policyholder’s views’
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How are insurers preparing for potential cost shocks of upcoming reinsurance renewals?
With 1 January 2023 renewals representing the most difficult cycle in decades, how are reinsurance buyers feeling about the prospect of yet more difficulty in 2024?
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Is telematics undergoing a mass market transformation?
’If adopted on a mass market basis, then it can cater to all,’ says chief data officer
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News Analysis
Tech Talk: Insurance apps – industry gamechanger or ‘necessary evil’?
Insurance apps are used in the industry to better understand policyholders and bridge a communication gap, but while downloads have increased the spectre of low engagement persists
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News Analysis
How are the top insurers faring on complaints handling?
Insurance DataLab analyses the top five insurers’ complaints handling performance, exclusively for Insurance Times.
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IT Interview
David Hockey: Consistency for Aviva key to deliver on broker demands
’We have built a strong and ongoing structure for the identification of what needs to be changed and to deliver that change,’ says director of digital trading
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News Analysis
Is telematics reaching a tipping point?
The industry and technology has moved on from the traditional notion of a black box, but are customers finally seeing the advantages of telematics motor insurance policies?
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News Analysis
Briefing: Is the London market’s international competitiveness under threat from hybrid working?
A new CII report has added credence to widespread chatter that flexible working is harming the long-term prospects of the London market
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IT Interview
Michael Yabantu: From the football pitch to Aviva director
Yabantu speaks personally to Insurance Times about the group’s strategy and lessons learned from experiencing racism