Financial / Results – Page 83
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Briefing: How the AXA revolution has set the insurer up for long-term success
Disposing of a large portion of its life and pensions business has proved a smart move for the French insurer, and by putting more focus on its pure underwriting businesses, AXA will be hoping it can set itself apart from other large composite insurers in the market
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Opinion: Will brokers end up as the BI fall guys?
Outcome of FCA business interruption test case eagerly awaited
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FCA test case could be death knell for brokers’ PI cover if insurers win
Industry voices fear the fallout of the regulator’s test case on the broker PI market, predicting that it could become ‘a backstop for the entire business interruption industry’
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Gefion liquidators revealed after unrated insurer's licence revoked
Chief executive Tonny Anker-Svendsen said the Covid-19 crisis had hampered efforts at raising additional capital
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Briefing: Aviva should avoid this strategic blunder
New Aviva chief executive Amanda Blanc faces one major issue that needs solving, but she is already facing distractions By content director Saxon East
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Ardonagh buys Arachas and Bravo Group as it completes £2bn debt raise
The independent broker bought the two businesses for a combined value of £550m
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Breaking up Aviva: The greatest puzzle in insurance
Amanda Blanc faces a number of challenges as she takes over the helm at Aviva, but none are bigger than the problem of how to deal with the sclerotic UK business’s life and savings arm
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Pen extends construction capacity deal with CNA Hardy
The deal sees CNA Hardy becoming to the sole capacity provider for Pen’s modular construction policies
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HNW Focus: HNW capacity enjoys ‘resurgence’ despite economic Covid constraints
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic recession across most industry sectors, the high net worth market is surprisingly buoyant. Insurance Times explores the key capacity trends within this sector.
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The Big Question July/August 2020: What lines of business will harden or be most exposed following Covid-19?
In Insurance Times’s July/August 2020 issue, we ask the insurance market which business lines they thought might harden and which might be the most exposed following the coronavirus crisis.
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Trade associations report high engagement with GPAPs around dual pricing
Biba’s chief executive said the voluntary measures are ‘benefiting home and motor customers’
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The history (or mystery) of the broker remuneration debate
The debate recently resurfaced following a report from Mactavish which called out the broker model, but what is the history behind the debate?
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Insurtech honcho in final stage of capital investment raise
Durham-based reverse comparison auction insurtech honcho is in the final stages of its 2019-2020 £2.25m investment raise.
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Briefing: The big Aviva challenge facing new CEO Amanda Blanc
Aviva chief executive Amanda Blanc has no easy strategic path in solving the Aviva problem
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PIB Group reports a 50% improvement on its adjusted EBITDA between 2018 and 2019
The broker’s chief financial officer says ‘we have carved ourselves a unique position in the market’
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Great businesses have greater value – Mistry defends broker consolidation
Brokerbility’s executive chairman Ashwin Mistry says that good businesses will always invest for the future, and that they should be rewarded for that in the valuation of their business when it is put up for sale
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Zurich offers full refund to single trip travel customers hit by Covid cancellation
Customers who haven’t claimed should be able to get a full refund
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Covid crisis fails to dent Jensten M&A appetite
The broker group plans several more acquisitions this year
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News Analysis
Briefing: The sorry (but unsurprising) tale of Gefion’s collapse
Solvency and liquidity issues have dogged the unrated Danish insurer for years, but brokers will be hoping that early regulatory intervention will have saved them a lot of pain as the insurer’s collapse continues to unfold
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News Analysis
The Insurance Times top 5 insurer collapses
Following the news that unrated Danish insurer Gefion has gone into liquidation after its licence was revoked, Insurance Times takes a look at five of the biggest insurance disaster stories of the last 20 years