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NewsFCA rejects insurers’ defences for ‘adopting unduly restrictive meanings’
The regulator states that insurers failed to take into account that policyholders were, in the main, unsophisticated purchasers of insurance
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NewsCovid crisis fails to dent Jensten M&A appetite
The broker group plans several more acquisitions this year
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NewsRevealed: Technology & Innovation Awards finalists 2020
The Insurance Times’s Tech & Innovation Awards 2020 recognise the finest in the UK general insurance technology and innovation arena, such as individuals and teams embracing emerging opportunities and leading the charge for a better customer experience. Here we reveal the finalists…
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NewsInsurtech trade body teams up with investment platform to boost sector growth
Trade body – Insurtech UK has partnered with online investment platform, Seedrs to help fuel the insurtech sector’s growth.
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News AnalysisA look back at the career of new Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc
As Amanda Blanc takes over from the departing Maurice Tulloch, Insurance Times takes a look back at an insurance career that spans more than 30 years
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News‘Industry has a responsibility to respond’ if customers want digitised claims journey says Minster Law
’Covid-19 has released the virtual claims management genie from the bottle and there will be no going back’, says the law firm’s claims director
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NewsAviva commitment to UK GI seen in Blanc hire - brokers react
News of Blanc’s appointment was seen as positive by a broad swathe brokers, but not everyone welcomed the move
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NewsJensten Group appoints Alistair Hardie as new chief executive
Jensten Group has appointed industry veteran Alistair Hardie as its new chief executive. He is currently chief executive of the Charles Taylor Group’s assistance and specialist claims management businesses.
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NewsAmanda Blanc says Aviva needs ‘to be the leader in our industry again’
Taking the group chief executive mantle from Tulloch, Blanc tells trade and national media she’s ‘not a ‘business as usual’ person and I haven’t come here to do a ‘business as usual’ job’
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NewsAmanda Blanc replaces Maurice Tulloch as Aviva’s chief executive
Tulloch starts a six-month garden leave period from today after stepping down from the top spot and retiring from the insurer’s board
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NewsTech Nation and Insurtech UK call on insurance leaders to support insurtechs post-pandemic
Tech Nation Insurtech Board and Insurtech UK are urging all leaders in the insurance sector to take on a series of commitments on innovation to support insurtechs after the impact of the pandemic.
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News AnalysisLocal Leicester lockdown could prove ‘difficult for insurers’ defending rejected BI claims
Business interruption policies triggered by Covid cases at the insured premises, or within a defined radius, may come under closer scrutiny as city-centric lockdown confirms the local impact of the pandemic
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NewsAllianz to terminate partnership with insurtech involved in accounting scandal
This move is a further fallout in corporate Germany against the backdrop of an accounting scandal involving the insurtech
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NewsSpecialist Risk Group makes three more strategic partnerships for Insolvency Risk Services
Specialist Risk Group (SRG) has made three more strategic partnerships for its newest acquisition Insolvency Risk Services (IRS).
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IT Interview‘There’s always misinformation and bravado around multiples’ says new GRP boss Mike Bruce
Despite the advantages of consolidation, Bruce added that this is still viewed negatively within the broking sector
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NewsJanet Connor swaps MD role for non-executive post at AA
She will be succeeded by RSA’s former managing director of UK personal lines
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NewsClaims Excellence Awards Finalist 2020 Q&A: DWF Law’s credit hire router fast tracks settlements
DWF Law LLP entered its credit hire router solution in the Claims Excellence Awards 2020, here we feature the entry.
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NewsInsurtech Dialogue Exchange Global selected for Lloyd’s Lab latest Covid-19 cohort
The business aims to streamline the credit and political risk marketplace
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NewsBiba endorses move to legalise rental e-scooters on British roads
Biba has endorsed the Department of Transport’s (DfT) move to legalise rental e-scooters on Britain’s roads this Saturday 4 July. Insurance will be required for all rental e-scooters taking part in the trial and this will be provided by the operator. But privately owned e-scooters remain illegal on the roads ...
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NewsZurich reveals 2020 ethnicity pay gap figures
The insurer said that there is more to be done and has called on the government to provide the right tools to tackle racial inequality in the workplace
