Home insurance
Arista boss: Brokers should be confident after Canopius deal
The chief executive of Arista has insisted that brokers can "look forward confidently" following the sale of Equity Insurance Group's 25% shareholding in the business to Canopius Group.
FCA to probe dual pricing
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will investigate dual pricing, it has been reported.
Hiscox in overseas property push
Hiscox has revamped its overseas home insurance offering with extra lines of cover.
McChesney steps into Zurich role from Allianz
Zurich has confirmed the appointment of Gareth McChesney as director of personal lines underwriting and pricing for its UK general insurance business.
Home & Legacy grows technical team
Home & Legacy (H&L) has appointed Stuart Davis to a newly created senior technical underwriter role and promoted Nick Wilmot to senior technical underwriter.
RSA pulls Prime Choice from HNW open market
RSA has confirmed it will no longer sell home insurance policy Prime Choice directly to customers.
esure expects LASPO and gender-neutral gains as GWP rises
esure Group has seen its gross written premiums edge up to £124.1m for Q1 2013, a 1.6% rise on the same period last year.
LV Broker expands Kwik-Fit panel relationship
LV Broker has broadened its Kwik-Fit Insurance relationship by unveiling its ABC home product on the broker's panel.
Ageas and Hood Group in five-year home insurance deal
Ageas has joined Hood Group’s home insurance panel.
Lorega launches telephone support offering
Lorega has launched a telephone support offering designed to provide homeowners with swift response access to independent loss-adjusting experts.
Motor and home premiums record Q1 fall
Car and home insurance premiums fell in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest AA British insurance premium index.
Collinson buys Aria Assistance
The Collinson Group is to buy Aria Assistance as it looks to expand its portfolio of complementary businesses with the general insurance and financial services market.
Axa UK chief warns of "unsellable" homes with flood deal almost up
Axa UK's group chief executive Paul Evans has warned that hundreds of thousands of homes will be "unsellable" unless an agreement is struck on the future of flood insurance.
LV Broker extends Coversure product relationship
LV Broker's home insurance product ABC is now available through broker Coversure.
esure plans £50m stock exchange flotation
esure has announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange with an initial public offering (IPO).
Motor continues to fall as home rates flat, says AA
The latest benchmark British Insurance Premium Index from the AA has shown that the downward trend in average quoted premiums for annual comprehensive car insurance policies continued over the fourth quarter of 2012.
Legal & General in home group deal
Legal & General has signed a home insurance deal with Bought By Many, a new company which provides consumers with discount insurance when they purchase in groups.
Brightside hails policy growth
Brightside Group has revealed that it expects to report "significant growth" in turnover and profit for 2012 and has also unveiled a share buy back.
Plum fills MNW home insurance gap in product offering
Plum Underwriting has launched a new mid net worth (MNW) home insurance product with capacity from Lloyd’s.
Admiral confirms Axa Assistance deal
Admiral has handed Axa Assistance UK a contract to provide its first home emergency and legal expenses covers as part of its new household insurance product offerings.
Products: RSA appointed underwriter for Select & Protect product
RSA has been appointed as the sole underwriter for Select & Protect’s Ultima home insurance product. The deal is an extension of the partnership between the two organisations who already work together on three other product lines.
H&L extends Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland deal
Home & Legacy (H&L) has extended its agreement with Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland to provide insurance to more of its private banking customers.
RSA partners with Select & Protect to launch home product
RSA has been appointed as sole underwriter for Select & Protect’s Ultima home insurance product.
Home & Legacy launches HNW building works product
Home & Legacy has partnered with Allianz Engineering to launch a building works product for the high net worth market.