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Admiral hits record £521m profit and boosts staff awards
Admiral’s profits have continued to soar, with pre-tax profits for its UK insurance business up 61% to £584m compared to midway point of last year.
Aviva’s Direct Line deal triggers £500 staff gift
Aviva has posted an operating profit of £1.07bn for the first half of 2025, up 22% on the start of 2024, and to “celebrate and recognise the acquisition” of Direct Line is giving £500-worth of free shares to staff in September.
Throwback Thursday: Safety tyre discount; explosion risk
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to August 1975 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when safer wheels could slash your motor insurance premiums and concerns were raised about foam.
Repair network growth drives EV insurance rate softening
Premiums are decreasing following harsh rate increases in 2023, according to data from Consumer Intelligence.
Motor premiums fall £60 year-on-year
Motor insurance premiums have fallen by £60 over the last year, while claims payouts increased significantly, according to data from the Association of British Insurers’ quarterly premium tracker.
How the e-bikes boom is testing insurance models
As e-bike use surges across the UK, Chris Marshall examines how insurers are grappling with complex risks related to the vehicle, legal grey areas and theft and how insurtechs are racing to plug the coverage gap.
Uber and Freeway unveil UK driver insurance platform
Freeway Insurance and Uber have signed a five-year partnership, launching a digital insurance platform through the Uber Driver app, Insurance Post can reveal.
Aviva aids police in cracking classic car insurance scam
A Kent man has been sentenced for orchestrating a string of fraudulent insurance claims involving high-value classic cars, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department.
Allianz close to partnering with two more household names
Allianz is closing in on partnerships with two major UK household names as it targets growth, following a half-year in which its top-line performance remained broadly flat year-on-year.
FOS motor finance cases fall but still top complaints issues
The number of motor finance commission complaint cases referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service in between the start of April and the end of June dropped to 21,500 cases from 36,000 cases in the first three months of this year.
Subsidence is surging yet policyholders remain unaware
Following the warmest and driest spring in more than half a century, Ashley Stevens, senior associate director at building and construction consultancy Brawdia, warns that the insurance industry must shift from a reactive to a preventative mindset on…
Insurers call for more regulation of electric vehicles
Petty Abrams, senior associate at law firm DWF, explores how new salvage rules, battery risks, repairability issues, charging liability, and increasing claims costs are reshaping motor insurance, and examines the need for more updates to legal frameworks.
How extreme weather is transforming caravan insurance
As British summertime weather can now range from heatwaves and droughts to intense thunderstorms and floods, Emma Ann Hughes examines how caravan insurance has had to adapt to climate extremes.
Cuvva explores sale after ‘unsolicited’ approaches
Cuvva is exploring a potential sale after attracting interest from institutional investors, prompted by the release of its recent growth figures.
Defaqto reveals top car, home, travel and pet insurers
Aviva, Halifax, Coverwise and Sainsbury’s Bank have been named by Defaqto as the top providers for 2025 to 2026 across the four major personal lines of insurance.
Axa acquires Prima
Axa has acquired 51% of Italian insurtech Prima, including its UK business, for €500m (£433.4m).
James Dalton made redundant by MIB
James Dalton, chief services officer at the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, has been made redundant after a review of its leadership structure, Insurance Post can reveal.
UK only soft spot in Axa’s personal lines pricing growth
Axa Group released its first half of 2024 results this morning (1 August), revealing the UK as the only European personal lines market to report a pricing decline.
FCA lacks ambition on insurance market reform
As claims service falters and essential cover vanishes, James Daley, managing director of consumer group Fairer Finance, warns the regulator is failing to deliver real change in a market increasingly stacked against consumers.
Tomorrow’s World: Operational Innovation
How insurers can learn from past digital transformation programmes and boost productivity is the topic of Insurance Post’s latest episode of Tomorrow’s World, about operational innovation.
Q&A: Kerry McMahon-White, MD of Police Mutual
Kerry McMahon-White, managing director of Police Mutual, sits down with Insurance Post to talk about life as part of Bspoke Group, having moved over from Royal London last year.
Throwback Thursday: Hiccupping claim & women driver claims
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to July 1970 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history, when the courts ruled an insurer had to pay a claim from a hiccupping policyholder and the AA made claims about women…
Compare the Market finds pet owners lack home insurance
Compare the Market has today published research that has found more than half (52%) of pet owners do not have sufficient home insurance.
No NatCat respite predicted as property pay-outs increase
Natural catastrophes will not give any respite to insurers in 2025 according to Willis, as UK property pay-outs hit £1.6bn for Q2 2025.