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1 week ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Alain Zweibrucker, CEO of Axa Retail, talks to Tom Luckham about the firm's Lloyd's Bank partnership, transforming the business, and its push for digitalisation. Alain Zweibrucker is a rare case in the insurance industry for two reasons.
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1 week ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Adam Humphrey, president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, has laid out plans to open new membership categories and implement a fresh governance structure. Speaking at the Cila annual lunch last week, Humphrey – who is also CEO of Global Risk Solutions – set out his vision for the institute’s future.
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2 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Aviva reported a 14% increase in the number of claims it declined in 2024 due to fraud, uncovering more than 12,700 fake claims worth a total of £127m. In the insurer’s 2024 fraud statistics, released today (8 April), Aviva revealed that it detected the equivalent of 35 fraudulent claims, totalling around £349,000, per day.
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2 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page A man has been sentenced for making an insurance claim worth £59,987, after he pretended he crashed a hire car while on holiday in California. The fraudster, Jack Higgins, claimed he rented a Range Rover while on holiday in 2019.
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2 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Both social media firms and insurance companies must do more to tackle ghost broking, Luke Charters MP told the Association of British Insurers’ fraud conference.
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2 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Insurance broker and underwriting agency Yutree Insurance has completed a management buyout, stating that it wants to “deliberately” buck the trend of selling to consolidators. The firm is now led by long-standing directors Laura Hancock and Kevin Hancock, both pictured. The former told Insurance Post she welcomes the opportunities independence brings.
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3 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Insurance veteran Arron Banks is The Reform UK party mayoral candidate for the West of England. Banks was formerly, but is no longer, in control of Somerset Bridge insurance brokers, which used to be known as Eldon Insurance and traded as Go Skippy.
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4 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
End of drawer navigation content Aviva aims to double regional PL broker GWP Jonathan Santer, managing director of broker and affinity at Aviva, has said he wants to double the firm’s regional gross written premium in personal lines over the next 18 months. Speaking to Insurance Post about what he would like to see from the business a year from now, Santer said: “I would love to demonstrate that we have managed to grow in that regional broker base.
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4 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Ardonagh has confirmed Ian Donaldson's next move as it launches a global data and tech unit which aims to “harness the best of robotics, machine learning, and data enrichment" across the broker.
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4 weeks ago | 
postonline.co.uk | Tom Luckham
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page The insurance broker is reportedly nearing an agreement to raise as much as $2.5bn (£1.9bn) from investors, which will help fund growth. According to a report from Bloomberg, the broker is expected to close the deal this summer in an oversubscribed process – a situation in which demand exceeds the available supply of shares.
