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Latest NewsZurich sees call volumes surge following Storm Arwen
The insurer says these types of storms are becoming ‘commonplace’ in the UK
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Insurtech names new chief executive
The new recruit will help lead the insurtech in its next growth phase
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Zurich launches initiative to help flood-stricken customers build back better
The insurer aims to reduce its carbon footprint and help customers that are victims of repeated flooding
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LV=GI and think tank make policy proposals to end property development on high risk floodplains
The insurer’s claims director says the firm’s latest research highlights a ’concerning amount of current and future development in high flood risk areas’
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Supporting brokers following the FCA’s 2022 fair value reform deadline – Close Brothers Premium Finance
Elliott Hayes, Close Brothers Premium Finance’s commercial sales director, explains how the premium finance provider is helping brokers ahead of the FCA’s final deadline for its general insurance pricing reform
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Flood Re chief exec urges focus on ‘Build Back Better scheme’ as ‘resilience is not being prioritised’
Homes need to be built ‘in the right place and in the right way’ to help make them ‘more resilient to rising temperatures and an increased risk of flooding’
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Home and motor insurance markets predicted to be loss-making in 2022 – EY
The professional services firm also believes insurers will need to increasingly focus on environmental, social and governance factors
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John Lewis pulls home insurance advert after FCA calls it ‘potentially misleading’
The retailer will be contacting all customers that bought the product while the advert aired to ensure there is no confusion
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Michael Sicsic: FCA’s clamp down on price walking means industry needs to ‘get its act together’
Managing director says the complexity and difficulty of the FCA’s pricing rules may push smaller brokers to seek acquisitions from bigger firms
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HB Underwriting partners with insurtech to launch tenants’ contents product
The cover aims to close the insurance accessibility gap for social and affordable housing tenants
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Government explores underwriting home insurance for flammable cladding risk
Home insurance premiums have soared from £8m to £29m in a year, according to the Association of Residential Managing Agents
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Neo-insurer Getsafe secures multimillion pound cash injection
The money will help expand the business, to reach more millennial buyers and fund its own insurance licence
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LexisNexis data solution supports home insurance market amid FCA pricing reform
The new solution aims to help home insurers better assess risk
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Briefing: Size is important when it comes to being resilient to the FCA’s GI pricing reform
Webinar panellists emphasise that firms cannot assume how their customers will behave post-reform, with switching still rife even if consumers are offered lower prices
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Labour backs motion to fight cladding risk scandal as professional indemnity prices soar
Insurers are showing ‘cautious willingness’ to underwrite fire safety risks on defective cladding
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Home insurance premiums for UK homeowners fall 6.4% since June 2020 - Consumer Intelligence
Prices are expected to rise again as restrictions ease and less people work from home, however
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Nearly half of UK renters don’t have contents insurance – Trōv
Not a single renter surveyed by the insurtech had used a specialist broker to help them buy insurance
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ATEC Group secures partnership with price comparison website
The new non-standard home insurance offering aims to meet increasing customer demand in a ‘hugely underserved’ market
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October deadline for FCA GI pricing changes is ‘a rude awakening’ for brokers
The first batch of changes from the FCA’s pricing reforms are coming into effect at the end of this month, but industry commentators fear brokers won’t be ready
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People & Opinion
Making sense of the FCA’s pricing rules – Pearson Ham
With the first round of new regulations aimed at ending price walking set to take effect at the end of September, Pearson Ham director Stephen Kennedy answers questions on what the changes will mean
