Ageas in the news – keeping you informed...

December 2021

As we bid our final farewells to 2021, it's also a time to look ahead. In this POST article, Ageas CEO Ant Middle is one of the insurance industry commentators giving his view on what might be in store in 2022.
There's been media coverage of how Ageas support the Institute of Customer Service's Service With Respect campaign, this time in the Bournemouth Echo. You can read the article here.
Insurance Post published their review of 2021 with reflections from some of the UK's leading insurers, including over very own CEO, Ant Middle. Read their thoughts on the highs and lows of 2021 here, Review of the Year 2021 – Insurers.
Insurance Age | Review of the year with our Chief Distribution Officer Adam Beckett, who talks resilience, ESG, dual pricing, and broker innovation throughout 2021.
Bodyshop magazine has run a story on the recent award win with Ageas and Hills for our green car parts partnership. Full details here.
Insurance Age recently came to us for some analysis of the latest Acturis Commercial Broking Index figures. Gail Smith, our Commercial Technical Manager, was kind enough to share her technical expertise and thoughts, and you can read them in this article.
More great news from Ageas CEO Ant Middle, with Ageas winning Personal Lines Insurer of the Year at the Insurance Times awards. Read the full write up on Insurance Times's website.
Today we joined the panel for GoShorty, which offers temporary or short-term vehicle insurance. News of our inclusion on the panel has been featured on Insurance Times' website too. Click through to read more about it and hear what Adam Beckett, our CDO, has to say about our partnership with GoShorty.

November 2021

Ageas feature in Bodyshop Magazine about our green parts programme. We're now using green parts in around one in five of our repairs, which is helping to reduce the environmental impact of car accidents. Read the full article.
Our Director of Distribution, Russell White, explains to Insurance Times now Ageas strive to "continuously improve communication with customers".
Our work with the Road Safety Foundation continues to raise awareness of dangerous roads across the UK and call for Government investment to make them safer. Here's a piece from the Glasgow Times this week.
As COP26 continues, Insurance Post caught up with our Chief Underwriting Officer Adam Clarke on topics related to climate change. Read the article to hear Adam discuss what Ageas are doing to help customers be more sustainable and how new hybrid working is helping to reduce the carbon footprint.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has produced a film about how the industry is accelerating its work to meet net zero. Ageas is one of the industry leaders featured in the film. Robin Challand, Claims Director, talks about how the green car parts programme is helping customers do something good for the environment while they’re with us. Together we can #MakeADifference
Embracing digital technologies can help us support our customers even better when they need us the most. In this Insurance Post article, Robin Challand, Claims Director, talks about how Ageas have incorporated new technologies into the claims process.

October 2021

Ageas supports employees’ needs with adaptable benefits offering. In this podcast Phil Wade, Head of Reward, talks all about our employee benefits, and how they've adapted to meet our evolving needs. You can listen to it here.
The Green Parts Specialists, who provide Ageas with green car parts, has been shortlisted for an award at the upcoming MRW National Recycling Awards. As they're up for the partnership excellence award, industry magazine ATF Professional asked our Claims Director Robin Challand what he thought about it. You can read the article here.
Our Claims Director Robin Challand was one of the expert panelists on Insurance Post's sustainable claims webinar. Among hot topics up for discussion was how the insurance industry can reflect the successes it has had in sustainable motor claims (like green parts) over into home claims. Read all about it in the full article.
Adam Beckett talks to Insurance Post and explores how insurers and brokers are moving on from the world that we considered to be our 'normal' to a new world of opportunities. Read the full article here.

September 2021

Ageas mentioned in Insurance Age after collecting Personal Lines Insurer of the Year trophy at the British Insurance Awards 2021. The full list of winners and nominees can be found on their website.
Insurance Post has looked at how insurers are using green parts in repairs to drive sustainability. As an industry leader in the use of green parts, we're the first insurer mentioned in the article.

August 2021

Read all about how Ageas have been offering brilliant service to customers (and the environment) in Insurance Post.
Our latest financial results featured in Insurance Age. You can read the full article here.
Our research, featured in the Telegraph, has shown people will take a big detour to avoid the stress of driving on narrow country lanes.
Ageas offers Sainsbury’s Bank customers motor insurance. The move signals our ‘commitment to our chosen market of personal lines’, says Ageas CEO Ant Middle.

July 2021

Our Ageas data showed dangerous 'crash 4 cash' cases rose significantly when the first lockdown lifted in 2020. With latest restrictions being lifted, we've been taking the opportunity to warn drivers to be vigilant in an effort to reduce the number of fraudulent claims. Read the full article here.
Ageas CEO Ant Middle is featured in the Daily Express, calling for our roads to be built back safer as part of our work with the Road Safety Foundation. You can read the full story here.

June 2021

One of our Claims Operations Leaders, Rachel Undy, discusses her volunteer work as part of the NHS vaccination programme. Insurance Post has featured Rachel in its regular 'My Other Life' feature.
We've had some coverage stateside. Tractable, whose technology Ageas use as part of their PhotoAssist app, has raised $60 million in venture capital funding, and our Claims Director Robin Challand is quoted in an article in Fortune. He talks about how Tractable's technology helps Ageas give their customers brilliant service when it matters.
Robin Challand, Ageas Claims Director, recently spoke to ATF Professional magazine about how our green car parts programme has evolved since the initial trial back in 2019.
Employee Benefits magazine features WELL·E, the Ageas employee wellbeing bot. Read the full story, featuring HR Director Lyn Nicholls.

May 2021

Ageas CEO Ant Middle was interviewed by Jo Causon, CEO of the Institute of Customer Service. In the wide-ranging chat they talked about everything from our purpose at Ageas to dog yoga. You can watch it again on demand via the link.
Insurance Business has reported on our latest financial results – read the full article.
Ahead of one of the biggest events in the insurance broking calendar, our CDO Adam Beckett has been talking to Insurance Post all about it. Read his Q&A on BIBA Conference 2021 here.
Insurance Business has reported on the change of control with Tesco Underwriting, and how it supports Ageas's focus on building on core strengths in the heartland of personal lines insurance through the broker and aggregator channels. You can read the article here.
Insurance Times reports on Tesco Bank completing its purchase of Ageas UK’s stake in Tesco Underwriting, a move that supports Ageas’s recently announced business strategy to focus on its core business. Read the full article.

April 2021

CEO Ant Middle announced the news that Ageas had achieved the Institute of Customer Service ServiceMark Accreditation. Company News HQ ran a story which you can read here.
CEO Ant Middle and CDO Adam Beckett spoke to Insurance Times editor Katie Scott all about our ambitions for growth, as well as how we plan to help brokers and invest in our technical engine room. You can read the full article here.
Read Insurance Post's Q&A with Ant Middle and Adam Beckett, starting with "What’s the strategy for Ageas in the UK going forwards?"
Our CEO Ant Middle talks about how the pandemic has been a ‘fascinating period to take on leadership’ with Insurance Times.

March 2021

Our HR Director, Lyn Nicholls explains in this article published on Insurance Post how the Ageas returnships programme provides support to our people going on maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.
Read our Chief Distribution Officer, Adam Beckett's powerful article on the value of soft skills and emotional resilience in Insurance Post.
Our Ageas learning and development team have been quick to adapt our training programmes to work digitally during the pandemic.
In this Post article, Lyn Nicholls, our HR Director, talks about why it's so important and how it was done.
Our Claims Director, Robin Challand talks about whether February's 'Beast from the East 2' had as big an impact on claims as its predecessor did back in 2018. Read the full Insurance Post article.