Axa
Podcast: Top five stories this week with Axa's Jon Walker
The executive managing director for commercial joins the editor and news editor to discuss the redundancies at Axa XL and Brexit.
Quizzical Questions: 15 February 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Laurent Matras takes interim Axa retail MD role as Gareth Howell departs
Howell has been with the insurer for seven years.
Up to 275 jobs at risk at Axa XL in the UK
Provider proposes to cut 711 roles across Europe as integration process continues.
Profile: Claudio Gienal, CEO of UK and Ireland, Axa
Axa’s new CEO of UK and Ireland has a tough act to follow, but Claudio Gienal is going back to brokers to make sure the insurer is providing the service customers have come to expect
News analysis: Pivotal point for personal lines
Could a torrent of news about redundancies, buys, partnerships and losses indicate big changes to come?
Podcast: The top five stories of the week
Ida Axling and Emmanuel Kenning share their view on the news behind the top five headlines of the week.
Quizzical Questions: 1 February 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Insurers make Artificial Intelligence moves
Axa introduces AI bots as Allianz focuses on injury claims handling.
Axa UK hires Shali Vasudeva as COO from Hiscox
She will take up the newly created role on 1 March and focus on transforming and simplifying the provider's operations.
Review of the year: December 2018
Aviva's claim that it would disrupt the market with its new subscription-style product got brokers talking in the final month of the year.
Review of the year: November 2018
As the cold weather settled in brokers clicked on an unrated Danish insurer going bust, RSA redundancies and Brexit.
Insurers celebrate at Civil Liability Bill gaining Royal Assent
However the ABI noted that the “clock is now ticking” on the first review process into how the discount rate is determined.
In Person: Head of Marsh Networks David Hopwood
Hopwood on being owned by Marsh, restructuring the networks division and why he wants brokers to remain independent.
Review of the year: July 2018
Forget having a summer playlist! July 2018 saw brokers more interested with who topped Allianz's “hit list” and Axa's replacement for Amanda Blanc, along with finally having a date for the senior managers’ regime.
Bluefin fine – 32 FCA staff directly involved in investigation
One year on a Freedom of Information of request from Insurance Age reveals the timeline of events.
L&G's general insurance up for sale - report
Sky News reveals disposal plans and £300m price tag.
Subsidence to schemes – the industry issues brokers clicked on in October and November
The market has also been keen to learn more, via sister site Insurance Hound, about business interruption, Brexit and construction plant theft.
Review of the year: April 2018
In the main, the news of Amanda Blanc's move from Axa to Zurich dominated the headlines in April. Brokers were also particularly interested in the FCA's warning round renewal transparency, Towergate's financial results for 2017 and Jelf, which made its…
Review of the year: March 2018
As we moved into spring brokers were interested in the names of the top five most complained about insurers, Axa inking a $15bn deal with XL, the collapse of CBL and Alpha as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Call for evidence on discount rate setting welcomed
The Lord Chancellor has asked for experts to contribute to a review of how the Ogden rate is set with a final decision predicted by May 2019 as the industry hopes it may settle around 1%.
Brightside targeting £250m GWP within five years
Broker looking to digital for organic growth but is also ready to buy.
New whitepaper advises on how to future proof your scheme business
Insurance Age and Axa release the third in a series of whitepapers to help brokers and MGAs launch and manage schemes and delegated authorities.
Sweeney leaves Brightside
Broker looking to replace the MD with a chief operating officer after restructure.