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Blog: The importance of data analysis
Data has always played a significant role in all key stages of the insurance customer lifecycle. But, increasingly, the onus is on insurers to take all the necessary steps to understand their customers, validate the information provided and assess the…
Blog: Time for change
The Insurance Fraud Bureau has been a positive, collectively funded vehicle for the industry in tackling organised motor fraud, and has influenced industry thinking.
Blog: Homes for Haringey v Barbara Fari and Piper Fari - A new era for fighting fraud
In the ongoing fight against fraud, contempt proceedings - often described as "the nuclear option" - could have a role to play, in the right case.
Blog: What's holding telematics take-up back?
The rise of telematics in the insurance industry is, relatively speaking, a recent phenomenon.
Blog: Will Lloyd's lay down a marker and hire its first female CEO?
“I did not break down the barriers; they were broken down for me by the members of Lloyd’s in a very charming way.”
ABI restructure: will GI be sidelined now Starling has taken flight?
When the chairman of Hiscox, Robert Hiscox, announced he was retiring last year, the Association of British Insurers was probably secretly relieved.
Loughney and Latimer's exits: Should adjusters be worried?
This week saw the retirement of two well-known senior loss adjusters with Gerry Loughney announcing his departure from Cunningham Lindsey and Trevor Latimer hanging up his McLarens’ hat, both after 40 plus years service to the market.
Direct Line and Churchill: A reflection on a decade old merger
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the takeover of Churchill by Direct Line, then owned by Royal Bank of Scotland.
Blog: Driving down rates?
Is telematics actually providing young male drivers with the more competitive rates it promises? With two young sons about to take to the roads, David Waring finds out.
Claims Club Blog: 2013, the worst ever year for loss adjusters?
As we enter the final quarter of 2013 there appears to be no sign of any upturn in UK property claims activity.
Blog: Robin Spencer, Aviva’s latest GI fall guy
Lasting just 14 months as Aviva general insurance chief executive, Robin Spencer has left the business. Jonathan Swift looks at what went wrong.
Penny speed meets... Allison Hughes, development manager, commercial e-trading, Groupama Insurances
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Whiplash: What next?
The Transport Select Committee published the much anticipated findings of its inquiry into whiplash claims last week.
Post Blog: The fictional world of insurance
The insurance sector and its staff have been lampooned, loved and loathed on TV and in movies. Post Online looks at five moments where the industry and popular culture collide.
Post Blog: Memorable insurance adverts
Despite being derided as the unfashionable, dowdy member of the financial services family, the insurance industry has had its moments in the spotlight, most notably in the field of TV advertising. Post Online takes a look at five of the most memorable…
Post Blog: The anatomy of an opportunist
What does the typical non-organised household insurance fraudster look like and what steps should the industry be taking to stop them? Sally Griffiths investigates.