Emmanuel Kenning
News editor, Insurance Age
Emmanuel is the News editor of Insurance Age and has over a decade of experience writing about the insurance industry.
Well connected with the broking community he is now in his second stint at Insurance Age.
He started his career as a reporter on broker-focused title Professional Broking in 2009 becoming a senior reporter ahead of joining Insurance Age at the end of 2010.
Promoted to features editor in October 2011 Emmanuel became editor the following June holding the post for nearly six years before deciding to return to being a reporter to focus on news writing and analysis.
Along with deep knowledge of insurance he has also gained a solid understanding of reinsurance through a year writing on the market with a particular focus on insurance-linked securities at Trading Risk.
He re-joined Infopro-Digital in late 2019 taking up the position of senior reporter at Post working on the broking beat.
Emmanuel returned to Insurance Age in February 2022 to lead the news team. He focuses on bringing in and editing exclusive news and analyses along with keeping readers up to date on company announcements throughout the sector.
He also supports the editor across videos, podcasts, events, profile interviews, data driven research, opinion pieces and more to help keep Insurance Age ahead of the competition.
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Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
ABI warns time is running out on flood insurance cover
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that the clock is ticking on the need to secure a long-term sustainable flood insurance market in the UK.
Momentum posts start-up losses
Momentum has revealed it lost £289,993 between 15 December 2010 when it began trading and 30 September 2011.
Ai Claims extends ULR deal to 2015
Ai Claims Solutions has signed a three year deal with ULR Additions to continue providing credit hire and repair facilities.
S&P maintains negative watch on Groupama S.A.
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has reaffirmed its negative watch on Groupama S.A. and maintained its rating for the group at BBB-.
Omega posts 134% COR
Omega Insurance Holdings has reported a $94.7m (£60.1m) loss before tax for 2011, more than double the $42.9m it lost in the previous year.
Autonet teams up with Unite
Autonet Insurance has signed a partnership deal with Unite which sees the trade union join the broker’s in-house affiliate networking scheme.
Where have all the skateboards gone?
As a child I had a skateboard, and so did pretty much everyone in my school class. Then along came Back To The Future (number 2 to be precise) and promised us hoverboards, which by the way I am still waiting for.
Ex Footman James boss to lead JLT’s MGA
Former Footman James boss Paul Matthews has been recruited as CEO of JLT-owned Thistle Insurance Services.
Purple signs up Oak and Rural to panel
Purple Partnership has teamed up with Oak and Rural Insurance to offer further mid to high net worth cover options along with an agricultural risk specialism to members.
Axa details new products in e-traded Simple range
Axa has launched six new products in the first wave of its multi-channel distribution strategy for brokers.
Ai Claims sees slip in profit and revenue
Ai Claims Solutions has reported a fall in profit to £858,000 in the six months to December 2011 compared to £1.2m in the same period of 2010.
Brit profits fall and drag COR with them
Brit has announced falls in gross written premiums (GWP) and pre-tax profits along with a worsening combined operating ratio (COR) in its results for 2011.
O’Roarke reveals targets for 2012
John O’Roarke, managing director of LV general insurance, has revealed the insurer is targeting an increase in profit of at least 20% in 2012.
Direct Line subsidiary awarded 'A' credit rating
UK Insurance, the main operating insurance subsidiary of Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), has been assigned an ‘A’ financial strength and counterparty credit rating by Standard & Poor’s (S&P).
Allianz UK sees growth across the board
Allianz UK has revealed increased gross written premium, higher operating profits and an improved combined operating ratio in its 2011 results.
LV doubles insurance profits as COR improves
LV has reported a doubling in general insurance profits before tax to £70m in 2011 from £35m the previous year.
Chartis turns from loss to profit
American International Group (AIG) has revealed that subsidiary insurer Chartis, the general insurance arm of the global business, made an operating profit of $1.12bn (£709m) in 2011 reversing its loss of $1.07bn the previous year.
Lloyds Bank losses hit £3.5bn after PPI mis-selling
Lloyds Bank has confirmed that it made a loss of £3.54bn in 2011 the vast majority of which it attributed to the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI).
Invicta expands with portfolio purchase
Invicta Insurance Services has agreed to acquire the general insurance portfolio of surrey-based IFA Financial Profiles.
Equity owner reports UK loss
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has reported a loss of AU$7m (£4.77m) for the first half of the financial year 2012 for its UK division.
Markerstudy releases capacity to new MGA
Markerstudy Group has confirmed it is providing £25m underwriting capacity to managing general agent Xpect.
Allianz sees profits rise in UK
Allianz has reported an 11.4% rise in operating profits for its UK arm to €206m (£174.3m) in 2011, up from €185m in 2010.
Commercial broker launched in London
New commercial broker Q360 has been launched in London using capital provided by Tawa, a specialist investor in insurance industry businesses.
RSA appoints CFO from Aspen
RSA has appointed Richard Houghton to the role of group chief financial officer with effect from early June 2012.