Tag: Insurance
23 days ago
tech.eu

French cyber insurance leader Stoïk secures €25M Series B

Today, French cyber insurance leader Stoïk announced a €25 million Series B funding round led by Alven with participa...

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8 months ago
independent.ie

How Christmas tree thrower’s greedy pursuit of €760,000 from insurer got chucked out – and made i...

When the car Kamila Grabska was travelling in was rear-ended on February 3, 2017, the level of impact meant it was cr...

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Shoplifting: Co-op boss argues crime ‘not victimless’ as knives & syringes pulled out on staff am...

“People claim shoplifting is a victimless crime – it is fundamentally not, as my store colleagues who have been verba...

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about 1 year ago
sunderlandecho.com

Speeding, no insurance, and using a phone while driving - the latest Sunderland court cases

The following cases from the Sunderland area were dealt with recently at magistrates’ court:

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

UK Space Agency: three Scottish projects to share in £500k fund - what are the projects about?

Three Scottish projects have received the UK Space Agency grant

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over 1 year ago
tech.eu

The future of insurtech is embedded, seamless, and effortless

I never thought much about insurance until I moved to Germany and discovered that if I lost my house keys, I would be...

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over 1 year ago
wsj.com

Why Is Inflation So Sticky? It Could Be Corporate Profits

Consumer spending has held up relatively well so far despite inflation, but experts say we’re approaching an inflecti...

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over 1 year ago
huffingtonpost.co.uk

Booking Your Summer Holidays? Martin Lewis Has A Warning For You

It's a quick piece of admin that can go a long way.

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

End of the road: Why More Than will no longer sell car insurance as insurer RSA quits market - Ci...

RSA has set out its plans to exit the car insurance business in the face of “extremely competitive” market conditions...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

From cow herder to corporate chief - meet the man who leads Axa's City division - CityAM

Axa's UK chief executive Claudio Gienal is willing to admit he’s a tough boss. Speaking to City A.M., the Swiss exec,...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Lloyd's of London's war underwriters prepare to pay out over ships stuck in Ukrainian waters - Ci...

Lloyd’s of London’s war underwriters have begun setting aside cash reserves as they prepare to pay out on a flurry of...

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over 1 year ago
wsj.com

Telehealth Apps Sharing Consumer Data Draw FTC Crackdown

BetterHelp barred under proposed settlement from supplying health data for ads

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Summertime sadness: 2022 heatwave leaves insurers with £219bn subsidence bill

Insurers are set to pay out £219m to Brits whose houses sunk into the ground due to the heatwave last year, new figur...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

World's top insurers to face aircraft leasers in High Court 'mega trial' over planes seized by Ru...

Insurance giants Lloyd’s, AIG and Fidelis are set to face a 'mega trial' in London’s High Court over their refusal to...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Phoenix: Insurer hikes dividend after volatile markets hit investments and share price

British insurer Phoenix Group today posted a £1.23bn loss as volatile markets hit the value of the insurance company'...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Aviva launches £300m share buyback scheme after posting 35 per cent surge in profits

Aviva today vowed to buy back another £300m worth of its owns shares from investors after the insurer today outstripp...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Lloyd's of London chief: Why the City needs Monday to 'come back'

Lloyd’s of London chief executive John Neal has said he wants to “get Monday back” in calling for brokers and underwr...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Beazley forced to lower chief exec's pay following mistake in insurer's results

Beazley was today forced to publish a correction to its balance sheet after the Financial Times spotted an embarrassi...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Insurer Hiscox hikes dividend after posting best underwriting profits since 2015

London-listed insurer Hiscox today upped its dividend after posting its highest underwriting profits since 2015. Prof...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Admiral cuts dividend as profits are pulled down nearly 40 per cent amid 'challenging' market con...

Insurance firm Admiral has slashed its dividend after announcing a 39 per cent fall in its full year profits. Shares ...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Royal London: Insurer's profits up 58 per cent as asset troubles offset by pensions growth

Royal London today said it successfully boosted its profits by 58 per cent in 2022 in the face of “difficult market c...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Legal & General raises dividend as higher interest rates help it profit from pensions buyout boom

Legal & General (L&) has hiked its dividend after outstripping market expectations by boosting its profits by 12 per ...

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over 1 year ago
cityam.com

Lloyd's of London member Beazley's profits plummet 48 per cent as interest rate hikes dent portfolio

Shares in specialist insurer Beazley today fell almost nine per cent after the firm told investors its profits had pl...

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almost 2 years ago
wsj.com

After Zero-Covid, China’s Health Industry Faces Titanic Shift

The country’s more permissive stance toward the spread of Covid-19 will create big health sector winners and losers.

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about 2 years ago
cityam.com

Woman wins tribunal against Swiss Re over executive's sexist comments

A former underwriter at Swiss Re has won an employment tribunal against the world’s biggest reinsurance company, afte...

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about 2 years ago
cityam.com

Soaring inflation risks creating UK property 'insurance gap'

SOARING inflation in the construction sector threatens to create a major “insurance gap” amongst UK policyholders, Lo...

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about 2 years ago
cityam.com

Lloyd's of London tells insurers to make exclusions for state-backed cyberattacks

Lloyd’s of London has said its insurers will be required to make exclusions for state-backed cyberattacks in their cy...

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about 2 years ago
cityam.com

Bulk annuity transactions set to hit record levels in 2022

The UK market for bulk annuity transactions is on track to hit record levels this year, pensions experts have said. T...

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about 2 years ago
cityam.com

Phoenix hikes dividend as pensions deals bolster insurer's business

Phoenix Group today upped its dividend after posting “record” financial results for the first half of 2022. The Londo...

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about 2 years ago
cityam.com

Zurich posts highest first-half profits since 2008 financial crash

Swiss insurance company Zurich today posted its highest first-half profits since the financial crash of 2008 and its ...

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about 2 years ago
cityam.com

WH Smith de-risks pensions scheme via Standard Life insurance policy

WH Smith on Monday said it had taken out a bulk annuity insurance policy with Standard Life, through which the Phoeni...

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over 2 years ago
cityam.com

Van insurance premiums surge to record highs as inflationary pressures bite

Van insurance premiums have surged to record highs, after increasing for six consecutive months in a row, due to soar...

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over 2 years ago
wsj.com

Russian Oil Cap Push Faces Doubts From Energy, Finance Industry

Biden administration officials, meeting with businesses about the strategy, have faced hard questions about the plan’...

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over 2 years ago
cityam.com

Axa launches £840m share buyback scheme as higher earnings offset £250m hit from Ukraine

French insurance giant Axa today said an uptick in earnings, driven by higher incomes from its investment portfolio, ...

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over 2 years ago
cityam.com

Hiscox shares plunge after insurer slumps to loss of £88m

Insurance giant Hiscox slumped to a loss of $107m (£88m) in the first half of the year after a steep decline in the v...

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over 2 years ago
cityam.com

More Brits turn to criminality as living costs skyrocket: 15 people are added to insurance fraud ...

Around 15 people are being added to an insurance fraud register every day amid concerns that more could be tempted in...

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over 2 years ago
cityam.com

Beazley delivers best combined ratio since 2015 despite £18.6m loss

Beazley has delivered its best half-year combined ratio since 2015 despite investment losses impacting profitability....

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over 2 years ago
wsj.com

IAG’s FY Margin Misses Guidance as Natural Peril Costs Soar

Insurance Australia Group’s annual insurance profit margin fell to 7.4% from 13.5% in the prior fiscal year and below...

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over 2 years ago
cityam.com

Government's plans for Solvency II shakeup will force insurers to hold more capital on their book...

Insurers have called on the UK government to reconsider their plans to shake up the Solvency II rules that govern the...

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