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  • UK regulator launches probe into home and motor insurance premium financing

    16 October 2024

    Annual interest charges can be up to 30%, says Financial Conduct Authority

  • Direct Line begins recovery, promises more next year

    04 September 2024

    Investors sceptical about upturn of net insurance margin

  • Direct Line admits solvency capital ratio miscalculation

    27 August 2024

    The UK insurer found the mistake while preparing its H1 2024 results

  • UK's "dynamic" general insurance stress test will assess real-time reactions to events

    15 July 2024

    Firms will be handed a sequence of stresses over three weeks in May 2025

  • Direct Line changes gears with launch on price comparison websites

    10 July 2024

    CEO Adam Winslow admitted Direct Line Group had previously suffered from an "overreliance" on direct sales

  • Maz Bown to become Direct Line's group CRO

    24 June 2024

    Bown previously served as CRO for UK general insurance and health at Aviva

  • Solvency II risk margin reform liberates at least £13bn of capital for UK insurers

    13 May 2024

    InsuranceERM analysis of top 20 insurers reveal companies with largest savings

  • Insurance Risk Data collecting key data and reports from breadth and width of Europe's insurance industry

    12 April 2024

    Undertakings have published their annual solvency filings for 2023

  • Ageas withdraws plan to acquire Direct Line

    25 March 2024

    Belgian insurer rues lack of cooperation from Direct Line board

  • Direct Line targets technology and simplification overhaul for £100m savings

    21 March 2024

    The UK insurer has recently been the subject of two takeover bids from Ageas