Home insurance
RIAS founders launch brokerage
Intelligent Insurance set up to offer home insurance for non-standard risks.
AA set to cut 50 insurance roles as 300 posts go
Newcastle call centre employs over 1,000 people.
Cost of home and motor insurance fell in 2014
Reducing premiums led to lower costs for customers and SMEs.
Car insurance premiums falter
AA Index shows small rise for average car insurance premiums and very little movement in home insurance premiums.
The Source launches new-build household scheme
Firm cites broker demand for a specialist new-build household policy.
Axa renews with Cherish Insurance
Five-year deal predicted to be worth £20m in GWP.
Index shows falling home and motor insurance premiums
Premiums also fall for SMEs but rise for mid-market commercial businesses.
Brightside takes Gardner from Lloyds TSB
New recruit to underwrite home insurance as broker targets “key growth area” for 2015.
Home insurance stable
ABI tracker shows market is steady, despite rises in some claim costs.
LV chief O’Roarke hails commercial profitability
Insurer’s commercial COR set to be sub 100% for first time ever.
Broker GWP dips slightly at LV
Insurer reveals rise in commercial insurance premiums.
Home insurance profitability could end in 2015, warns EY
Ernst & Young says the pattern of severe weather over the last decade means bleak outlook for next year.
Home insurance rates fall but motor rises
AA's index shows first rise in car insurance rates since early 2012.
A fifth of people withhold information on home insurance applications
Worrying number of people see no harm in lying to brokers and insurers when purchasing home insurance cover.
LV's O'Roarke: motor market "remains number one focus"
Provider has had to raise prices and allow motor business to go elsewhere.
CIB and Aviva join forces
Companies to offer home insurance product to corporate partners.
Profits up at esure
Provider reports slip in GWP for first half of 2014.
LV sees dip in half year broker figures
Results reveal slight fall in broker-placed GWP to £312m but commercial sales jump 22%.
Sun Life relaunches with general insurance offering
Axa-owned business has made £250m investment in rebrand for direct offering.
Hastings Direct launches home insurance policy
Broker has teamed up with Axa, Sterling and Towergate Underwriting to create new product.
LV Broker joins Swinton home insurance panel
Provider has "big plans" to grow home book in 2014.
Axa confirms Callcredit deal
Partnership adds to insurer’s data enrichment capacity.
Debt costs reduce Hastings’ profit
Business saw rise in GWP, customers and revenue in first quarter of 2014.
FCA publishes claims thematic review in full
Regulator revealed initial findings in April of review into household and travel insurance claims handling.