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AnalysisBriefing: 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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NewsLabour 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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NewsHome 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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NewsNearly 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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NewsATEC 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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FeaturesOctober 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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Sponsored ContentMaking 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
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IT InterviewGareth Hemming: Aviva keen to be ‘very present’ as lockdown lifts
The insurer’s chief distribution officer outlines his plans, including supporting banks with data and growing business within the regional market
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News‘Some just will not survive’ – message as FCA pricing deadline looms
BGL Group broker chief delivers message amid looming FCA changes on pricing and value
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NewsLV= committed to working with customers ahead of FCA’s fair value deadline
LV= Broker’s distribution and underwriting director says ’there’s likely to be quite a high level of disruption to market pricing and propositions’ following the implementation of the FCA’s pricing reform changes
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FeaturesBriefing: FCA must ‘up the ante’ on GI pricing reform to combat ‘very slow’ industry engagement
The regulator attempts to gee up insurance businesses ahead of its first GI pricing reform deadline with scathing multi-firm review – but will publishing ‘shortcomings’ galvanise industry action?
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NewsFCA concerned that insurance firms unprepared for incoming product governance rules
The regulator’s executive director for supervision says ‘it’s worrying that some firms may not be ready’ for 1 October deadline
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NewsInsurtech partners with WHSmith to offer insurance to UK retail customers
The retail business is making an ‘innovative move’ to provide insurance for its customers and ‘shake up the traditional retail insurance market’
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NewsFCA’s pricing reform ‘timeline is very aggressive’ – Axa
The insurer is ‘going helter skelter’ to meet the year-end deadline for pricing changes in the motor and home insurance markets says UK retail boss
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NewsFCA updates GI pricing rules following stakeholder feedback
Changes include reporting requirements around commission-rebating and the definition of renewal business
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NewsPremium Credit inks telematics, van and home insurance deal with RAC
The premium finance provider looks forward to the partnership continuing for many years to come
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NewsZurich believes it has been ‘been at the forefront’ of tackling BI claims backlog
UK chief exec adds that the insurer has yet to see the ‘benefits’ of the OIC portal coming through following its launch in May
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NewsFCA pricing reform will encourage ‘evolution rather than a revolution’ – Admiral Group
The group will be investing in ‘planting new seeds for product diversification’ to improve customers’ claims journeys, adds chief exec
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NewsNeos’ UK consumer awareness could prove ‘challenging’ for Sky – GlobalData
A quarter (25%) of respondents in GlobalData’s survey who have household insurance also own a smart thermometer
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NewsFewer motor claims drives strong H1 net result for Ageas
The insurer’s chief executive says there is a ’pressing need’ to recognise the market-wide pressures and uncertainty in the motor arena
