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Allianz Deal Will Give LV= a New Greener Direction in the 2020s

One of the biggest consolidation deals in the UK insurance sector has reached its conclusion, as Allianz Holdings plc has completed the acquisition of the remaining 51 percent of the LV General Insurance Group (LV […]

Global insurance trends

Global: Peru’s RIMAC Joins MAXIS Network

Peru’s largest insurance provider RIMAC (Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros), part of the Grupo BRECA conglomerate, is the latest insurance firm to become a member of MAXIS Global Benefits Network. RIMAC will provide medical and life cover […]

News

Duck Creek Partners With UK Post Office on Home Insurance Offer

Duck Creek Technologies (Duck Creek) is delighted to announce that Post Office Insurance’s new home insurance line is now live on the Duck Creek Platform. The implementation of the new home insurance line, offering contents and home […]

News

Deals: AON Swoops On SME Biz Insurance Specialist, CoverWallet

Deals and mergers continue apace across the global insurance industry, from small niche broker acquisitions by bigger VCs or MGAs, to insurtech partners being absorbed into big corporate groups, the speed of change means that […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Deals: Phoenix Group Makes £144m Purchase of Aegeon Pension Annuity

Phoenix Group, Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator, today announces that it has completed a £144 million bulk purchase annuity with the Trustee of the Aegon UK Staff Retirement and Death Benefit Scheme.  The insurance […]

InsureTech

Deals: Scottish Widows Teams Up With Montoux

As data transforms insurance, there is an opportunity to offer much more customised life and healthcare cover, based on individual lifestyle, job, postcode, diet, family medical history and so on. Streamlining and making sense of […]

Travel Insurance

Cuvva Survey Reveals Continued Fears over EHIC After Brexit

Continued uncertainty around Brexit prevails following the EU granting the UK an extension until the end of January 2020. Uncertainty brings with it confusion, which became apparent after an independent survey was conducted by flexible […]