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Aviva refuses ‘to chase unprofitable’ commercial lines business amid soft market as GWP tumbles 4% in HY results – Jason Storah
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Aviva boosts personal lines premiums by 98% in HY 2026 after DLG deal
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Aviva refuses ‘to chase unprofitable’ commercial lines business amid soft market as GWP tumbles 4% in HY results – Jason Storah
‘In a softening market, if you’re chasing top line, it can get you into trouble,’ says UK and Ireland general insurance boss
Simply Business launches pet damage cover for landlords
‘We want to ensure our customers feel protected against new risks,’ says chief executive
Aviva boosts personal lines premiums by 98% in HY 2026 after DLG deal
’We have quickly improved DLG’s profitability, grown PCW sales and maintained excellent levels of customer service,’ says group chief executive
Rise in vulnerable road users could push motor claims costs up 6%
‘The casualty mix is changing as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are disproportionately represented in the most serious injury claims,’ says director
Data centre insurance market set to more than double to £17.8bn by 2030
‘AI is turning the latest generation of data centres from a specialist real estate asset into mission-critical infrastructure,’ says chief executive
Markel UK adopts ‘fluid’ approach to talent development to avoid ‘pigeonholing’ – Lee Mooney
Managing director confirms that specialist insurer is investing in all areas of talent development – but despite ‘opening the doors at Markel UK’, supply and demand bottleneck still cranks up competitiveness for entry level roles
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In Focus: Talent attraction versus job opportunities – Where is the biggest people pinch point?
While outreach programmes and work experience initiatives are helping to showcase the breadth of insurance careers available, figures show that hiring rates have fallen. So, what is the biggest issue here – attracting young talent or creating enough opportunities for them once they are interested?
Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up
The insurer’s head of commercial claims says that although employees are the ‘most important assets’ within an organisation, they are also ‘one of the points of greatest weakness’
Barry Reynolds: Verlingue London Markets ‘heavily focused’ on MGA market as it seeks specialist growth
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Stuart Heath: Tokio Marine HCC seeks to inject ‘fresh ideas’ with global distribution strategy
Simon Hunt: HDI UK and Ireland is ‘central’ to overarching group strategy success
Aviva refuses ‘to chase unprofitable’ commercial lines business amid soft market as GWP tumbles 4% in HY results – Jason Storah
‘In a softening market, if you’re chasing top line, it can get you into trouble,’ says UK and Ireland general insurance boss
Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up
The insurer’s head of commercial claims says that although employees are the ‘most important assets’ within an organisation, they are also ‘one of the points of greatest weakness’
Lee Mooney: Markel UK preparing for ‘next chapter’ after internal restructure
Managing director supports international growth strategy by reshuffling divisional deck to strip siloes and boosting specialist product count
Barry Reynolds: Verlingue London Markets ‘heavily focused’ on MGA market as it seeks specialist growth
‘We’re really focused on finding areas of business that are not mainstream, but where we know that the London market has something specialist to offer,’ says broker’s executive director
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