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Profile: This time it's personal
Eight leading lights from the personal insurance world tell Ida Axling what challenges the market faces and where the opportunities can be found
Video: Aviva, AIG, XL Catlin and Zurich discuss importance of brand within insurer marketing strategies
Insurers are becoming more sophisticated in their quest to deliver 'brand value' given the growing number of marketing channels available to deliver their messages.
Autonet bought by Towergate-backer HPS
Founder Glynn Keeling to leave the business.
InsurTech Futures: Eight UK insurtech start-ups to watch
Earlier this month Oxbow Partners produced an interesting infographic on where Insurtech startups are concentrating their energies.
Gocompare sees 22.3% growth in revenue on back of greater marketing spend
Esure-owned aggregator Gocompare has recorded a 22.3% growth in revenue in the first half of 2016 compared to 2015 at £72.9m(H1 2015: £59.6m).
The Future of Broking: Articulating the value of a broker
Articulating the value of being a broker sounds easy doesn’t it?
Motor market gears up for new NCD law
Brokers split over effect of new rules on no claims discount protection coming into force on 1 August
How to make your fortune in insurance
If you want to make real money from insurance then motor is the route to go down, or you could just try your hand at online gambling, argues Tony Cornell
Average comprehensive car insurance prices static in Q1
Trend of flat or falling first quarter premiums continues for fifth year.
Demise of the high-street broker?
Swinton is closing 130 branches in response to changing customer behaviour, but many brokers believe there is still life in the high-street model.
The Stats: February 2016
The private car insurance market has been on a mild roller-coaster ride over the last 12 months, according to the Average Premium Index from SSP.
In-depth: Driving through change
Brokers are split over whether motor premiums will increase in the next few years, but one certainty in the market is the increasing importance of technologies such as telematics
ABI’s transparency stance welcomed by brokers
Concerns raised over implementation of insurer body’s pricing clarity drive
Broker Apprentice Episode 5: the e-Broking presentations
It is "Your Niche" versus "Driver's Mate" in the battle of the digital Apprentice propositions.
Market debates benefits of competition body proposals
Market debates benefits of competition body proposals
Editor's letter - June 2014
“I can’t escape the feeling that the very foundations of RSA’s approach are shaky”
RSA pulls away from the personal lines broker motor market
Insurer says motor market shows no sign of improving but brokers and other providers disagree
Motor faces continued downward spiral
Brokers keen to work with decision makers at partner insurers
Expertise In Action - Big data: Digital distortion
As brokers of all sizes embrace technology, data quality must be of the highest standard to ensure inaccuracies are stamped out.
Axa UK COR improves to 98.1% in 2013
Axa UK and Ireland general insurance business produced a sub 100% combined operating ratio (COR) in 2013 as revenues fell 1% to £3.7bn (2012: £3.8bn).
The Undercover Insurer Episode Five: The winner is revealed
Gareth McChesney, Trudi Archer and Ian McManus discuss the nominees and decide on a victor.
In-depth: After the floods
After another bout of storms, the insurance industry is facing up to the possibility that they will have to deal with increasing numbers of major weather events. Andrew Pearce reports
Event: Get the most from personal lines
Personal Lines Forum gives brokers chance to find their niche in a crowded market