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#CancelEverything: Travel Insurers Begin to Exclude CoronaVirus Risk

Updated 13.03.2020; Admiral, Churchill and Direct Line have suspended the sale of travel insurance until further notice. Existing policyholders ARE covered, no new policies are being offered. AXA, CoverWise and Insure & Go have all […]

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Travel Insurance T&Cs Must Spell Out Virus Cover, Says GlobalData

Coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, putting business trips on hold and tempting holidaymakers to cancel their trips altogether. Many travellers are turning to their insurance company to see whether they will be covered […]

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Groupama UK keeps distance from S&P downgrade

Following the decision today by Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the security rating of Groupama Group, François-Xavier Boisseau, CEO at Groupama Insurances in the UK said: “Although as a Groupama subsidiary we are associated with […]

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#BIBA2012 Insurers enjoying clear path down corridors of power

When Andrew Marr told delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association 2012 conference that insurers have historically been mistrusted around Westminster, I wondered if he might be about to quote former PM Harold Macmillan by adding; ‘but you’ve never had it so good’.

The BBC political commentator opened his speech to a packed Manchester Central Auditorium with the suggestion that general insurers might have been unfairly lumped in with the life insurance market in gaining this poor reputation amongst the political class. […]