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    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      LexAviva PLC
      Aviva: insurer strides ahead, defying inflation with better returns Premium content

      Amanda Blanc is producing output expected of bosses of complex businesses

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva promises share buyback after boost from rising interest rates

      UK insurer’s share price rises almost 12% on first-half results as sector battles high inflation

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Helen Thomas
      This political veto on City regulation can only end in trouble

      Politicians are generally acknowledged to be quite bad at weighing short-term gain against longer-term risk

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Lloyd's of London Ltd
      Lloyd’s hunts for billions in fresh capital in expansion of ‘London Bridge’ programme

      Centuries-old insurance marketplace expands drive to bring in money from outside investors

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      FT live news
      Live news updates from July 29: Musk countersues Twitter, ExxonMobil and Chevron hit record profits
    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      Rethinking insurance: how prevention is better than a claim

      Technology is helping insurers to minimise risks or eliminate them altogether. But will early intervention push the industry out of a job?

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
      Cost of living crisis could force consumers to cut back on insurance, FCA warns

      Regulator calls on industry to provide more support to vulnerable customers who are most at risk

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      LexDirect Line Insurance Group PLC
      Direct Line: motor insurers cannot lift premiums fast enough to steer out of trouble Premium content

      Higher used car prices, more expensive parts and longer repair times are pushing up claims costs

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
      Direct Line issues profit warning as inflation pushes up claims costs

      Insurer cancels share buybacks as higher prices for car parts and used vehicles weigh on earnings

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Sabre Insurance Group
      Motor insurers hit by ‘extraordinary inflationary pressures’

      Sabre’s shares plunge as rising costs dent profits, knocking peers including Admiral and Direct Line

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      How to beat travel chaos and enjoy your summer holiday

      The Heathrow cap, flight cancellations and rising Covid cases mean it pays travellers to prepare

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      BoE says overhaul of insurance rules cannot be a ‘free lunch’ for sector

      Senior central bank official says changes to regulation must not put policyholders at risk

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Lloyd's of London Ltd
      Lloyd’s of London set to stay in landmark City building

      Decision acknowledges importance of face-to-face contact for global insurance marketplace

    • Monday, 4 July, 2022
      UK motor insurers headed for underwriting losses as inflation bites

      Share prices that rose on pandemic-related drop in claims have turned south

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      UK ministers clash with watchdog over insurance rules shake-up

      Boris Johnson said to be ‘impatient’ with PRA regulator about caution on Solvency II overhaul

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      LV
      Insurer LV names new chair after failed Bain takeover

      Former Barclays banker Simon Moore to replace Alan Cook, who stepped down earlier this year

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      UK ‘price walking’ clampdown prompts fall in insurer switches

      Fewer consumers change providers following FCA rules preventing undue price rises on renewal

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Faith Glasgow
      Have UK insurance reforms really rewarded loyal customers?

      FT Money readers reveal mixed results as they renew their premiums

    • Monday, 2 May, 2022
      Insurance
      Ukraine fallout will extend long rally in commercial insurance prices

      ‘Hard market’ to be extended by billions of dollars of payouts and inflation, say experts

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      UK launches post-Brexit shake-up of insurance rules

      Government says reform of EU’s Solvency II regime will unlock billions for green projects

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      End of Covid insurance scheme sparks warnings over UK film productions

      Industry says projects in Britain will be at risk due to a lack of commercial alternatives to government initiative

    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Citizens Advice finds ‘ethnicity penalty’ in UK car insurance

      FCA watchdog urged to investigate evidence of people of colour paying hundreds more in premiums

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
      Lloyd's of London Ltd
      Lloyd’s of London issues its largest fine after ‘boys’ night out’ bullying

      Atrium hit with £1mn penalty for behaviour including sexual harassment of female staff

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      LexLegal & General Group PLC
      Legal & General: the promising pursuit of profit with a purpose Premium content

      Not all investors warm to L&G’s do-goodery — but they should not be put off

    • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
      Russian business & finance
      UK to shut out Russian aviation companies from insurance sector

      Move follows sanctions targeting Russian banks, exports, oligarchs and flag carrier Aeroflot

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