2024年10月28日 · This is why Insurance Times is delighted to exclusively reveal the winners of the Insurance DataLab Underwriting Gold Awards for 2024 within its Top 50 Insurers report – published in October 2024 – with this year’s cohort of winners once again demonstrating resilience and underwriting excellence in a highly challenging market. The winners of these awards – which include general ...

2024年10月17日 · Like every technology, the lie detector has come on leaps and bounds over the years. No longer is there a need for the subject to be strapped to a machine and asked a series of baseline questions to build a foundation before the real quiz starts. Manjit Rana, executive vice-president for the UK and Europe, Middle East and Africa at voice-based risk analysis software firm Clearspeed, told ...

2024年11月27日 · However, it sounds familiar to those of us who have been involved with the Lloyd’s and wider London market over the past two decades. From former Lloyd’s chairman Peter Middleton’s claim that Lloyd’s would have full earnings per share by Christmas 1996 to the 2006 closure of online risk platform Kinnect and the current faltering implementation of Blueprint Two, the dream of a ...

2024年12月5日 · The best and brightest from across the UK general insurance (UKGI) industry descended on the glamorous Grosvenor House in London’s Mayfair last night (4 December 2024) for the Insurance Times Awards 2024 – and what a night it was. Just under 1,000 guests dressed to the nines gathered to find out which companies and individuals would win across 37 award categories – in total, 37 gold ...

2024年10月31日 · Health insurers feature heavily on the list of the most complained about insurers in UK general insurance (UKGI), according to the latest analysis of FCA complaints data by market intelligence firm Insurance DataLab.

2024年12月12日 · However, I expect a firm deal to be announced before this deadline. Blanc has wasted no time in getting a preliminary agreement secured, with a source telling Reuters that “ the insurers are keen to wrap up the deal quickly, given the final deadline falls on Christmas Day”. So, why does Aviva so badly want DLG? The main reason is because it wants to expand in the UK personal lines market ...

2024年12月18日 · This new charter is a voluntary partnership between the government and both the private and public sectors, chaired by government fraud minister Lord Hanson. Signatories pledge to support the National Crime Agency in its review of professional fraud enablers, as well as tackle ghost broking, among other initiatives. That today’s government has recognised the importance of countering growing ...

2024年12月6日 · In a joint statement this morning (6 December 2024), it was announced that Aviva had upped its offer from 250 to 275 pence per share, which equals a valuation of £3.6bn. The two firms have now reached a preliminary agreement on the financial terms for a potential acquisition. The DLG board said it ”remains confident” in the insurer’s prospects as a standalone company and ”continues to ...

2024年10月24日 · This is most clearly seen in the performance of insurers outside the top 100, which reported an aggregate loss ratio of just 47.2% for 2023/24. This is more than 20 percentage points better than their larger peers and is a major driver of their improved underwriting performance. Indeed, those insurers placed 51 to 100 by GWP achieved an aggregate loss ratio of 68.9%, while the top 50 firms ...

2024年9月24日 · Measures announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the end of October will undoubtedly impact on the insurance sector in a number of ways - but what are the biggest things to watch out for?