Blogs

  • Lights Out and Away We Go!: The rapidly changing world of motor insurance

    21/09/2022

    Jonathan Fong discusses new vehicle technologies and the complex motor challenges that our members face. All of which will be addressed at the ABI Automated Vehicles: to ALKS and beyond event on the 19th October. 

  • Supporting victims of insurance fraud

    30/08/2022

    How joined-up is our industry when it comes to supporting victims of fraud and what are we doing collectively to support them? Here NFU Mutual's David Phillips discusses these questions and more.

  • Fire safety: update on insurance industry work to support affected leaseholders

    15/08/2022

    ABI Director of General Insurance Policy James Dalton shares an update on the industry’s work to support affected leaseholders

  • The Future of Investing for Change

    10/08/2022

    People want to know that their retirement savings are contributing towards a greener future, and are not invested in companies which are not a part of that journey. Social factors (the ‘S’ in ESG) are a lesser-known part of responsible investing, inside and outside of the financial services industry. Here, Zoe Pope discusses social factors and the opportunities to influence positive change.

  • Job sharing = turbo power

    28/07/2022

    Rachael Hughes and Ciara Millar, Employee Relations & Policy Consultant at Royal London, explain why job sharing is so beneficial to both them and the organisation and provide some helpful Dos and Don'ts for future job sharers.

  • A case for elevating equity

    13/07/2022

    Ahead of the ABI's Diversity Summit, "Driving Change in our Sector?" taking place on 22 November, the ABI's Head of Prudential Regulation, David Otudeko, sets out his case elevating equality in the sector and in workforces, to ensure true progress in building diverse, inclusive and equitable cultures.

  • Why now is the time for a government Automatic Enrolment roadmap

    05/07/2022

    We all know that most people aren’t saving enough for retirement. It’s a difficult fact, particularly in a political climate defined by the cost of living crisis. Ben Infield blogs about the ABI’s report  ‘Automatic Enrolment: What Will The Next Decade Bring?’, and why now is the time for government to take action.

  • Retirement income in the multiverse of projections

    16/06/2022

    Evey Tang discusses how retirement income projections can be inconsistent across different providers and income forecast you receive, even from the same provider, could be based on different assumptions. What can be done to bring the fragmented projection universe back into one, so consumers can have a single, simple, reliable estimated retirement income when planning their retirement?

  • We’re boosting take-up of Pension Credit – here’s how you can help too

    15/06/2022

    The Minister for Pensions Guy Opperman has written on how to boost pensions credit as part of the Department for Work and Pensions Pensions Credit Day of Action and the wider campaign to expand people’s engagement with their long-term savings.

  • Climate change demands that insurance changes

    08/06/2022

    Hannah Gurga and Andy Briggs, Group CEO of Phoenix and Chair, ABI Board Sub-group on Climate Change, share their thoughts on how the insurance industry must rise to the challenge of climate…