Claims/Loss adjusting
Fully Comp 15: Insurance Internships and graduate programmes - keeping up in the race for new talent
For the fifteenth episode of Post’s video series Fully Comp, we gathered together a panel to discuss insurance internships and graduate programmes.
Briefing: BI claims portals a savvy loss adjuster initiative – but policyholders feel they are stuck ironing out kinks
Loss adjusters have created portals to deal with a deluge of business interruption claims, but some under pressure policyholders are struggling to get to grips with their requirements – can the industry do more to help?
Interview: Rob Brown, Charles Taylor group CEO
After more than four decades spent in underwriting and broking, Rob Brown chose to try his hand at insurance services as group CEO at Charles Taylor last year. He talks to Jonathan Swift about why, given the bountiful opportunities the PE-backed firm has…
Disputes over furlough deductions from BI claims continue as adjusters and assessors call for clear guidance
Loss adjusters and assessors have called on the government and regulators to publish clear guidance on how government support received by businesses is to be treated in respect of lockdown-related interruption claims.
Analysis: More uncertainty for BI policyholders over losses beyond first lockdown
Many business interruption policyholders may only be able to claim for losses suffered during last year’s first coronavirus lockdown, with cover for subsequent losses depending on factors such as the wordings of their policies and their renewal date.
For the Record: BGL rolls out digital claims, Chubb backs Covid-19 cover, Covea in Vitality tie-up, insurtech funding hits £5.2bn and Tractable deals
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
FCA will use ‘full range’ of regulatory tools and powers to ensure insurers meet expectations after BI ruling
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the next steps it expects insurers to take after the Supreme Court judgment on the Covid-19 business interruption claims test case last Friday.
Loss adjusters report 'significant' rise in BI claims volume
The number of business interruption claims being submitted after the Supreme Court judgment has increased significantly with more anticipated over the coming weeks, loss adjusting firms have told Post.
For the Record: The week in deals featuring Allianz, Clyde & Co, Convex, Gallagher, Howden, Kennedys, LV, New Dawn Risk and Woodgate & Clark
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Blog: Should we return to a standard BI policy wording?
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a split between what policyholders expect from business interruption cover and what insurers say it offers. Damian Glynn, Sedgwick International UK head of financial risks, asks whether customers are ensnared in a…
For the record: The week in deals featuring Aston Lark, GRP, PIB, Marsh, MS Amlin, Nexus, Partners& and Sedgwick
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week
Blog: Managing the demographic loss adjuster time bomb
To widen the talent pool, loss adjusters must proactively look beyond the insurance industry. Scott Cameron, Sedgwick International UK commercial property operations director, and Joseph Noel, Sedgwick International UK director, head of specialty,…
Review of the Year 2020 – Claims
Post spoke to loss adjusting and legal professionals to get their thoughts on the highs and lows of 2020
For the record: The week in deals featuring Aviva, Brit, Cazoo, CFC, Co-op Insurance and GRP
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week
Q&A: McLarens' Kieran Gallagher and Dave Watts on hurricane season amid a pandemic
The 2020 hurricane season was unprecedented, both due to the number of storms and because it coincided with a global pandemic. Post spoke to McLarens’ Kieran Gallagher, executive director, and Dave Watts, executive adjuster and head of home foreign,…
Fully Comp episode 10: When will we meet again? – the future of insurance networking in 2021 (part one)
Welcome to the latest episode of Fully Comp, Post’s video series tackling some of the biggest issues in insurance. Today we ask the question: When will we meet again?
Intelligence: Procurement - making two-way partnerships work
Procurement in the 1980s and 1990s was all about who you knew. Tender processes then took over but today the market relies on a rolling review system to ensure customer service levels remain high and partners are delivering as they should on a day-to-day…
Fully Comp episode 9: Not so Home Alone – how do you replicate the company Xmas party on Zoom?
Welcome to episode nine of Fully Comp, Post’s video series tackling some of the biggest issues in insurance.
Insurers and FCA clash on trends clauses in Supreme Court BI test case
Insurer defendants and the Financial Conduct Authority set out their starkly differing views on the use of trends clauses on day two of the ongoing business interruption test case hearing at the Supreme Court.
Blog: Analytics has a critical role to play in major and complex loss
It is not just low-value claims that can benefit from technology – data analytics has an important role to play in major and complex loss, argues Neil Baldwin, McLarens executive director.
Analysis: Managing and insuring business travel in a pandemic
With planes grounded across the globe and staff working from home, more often than not business travel numbers have dropped off severely. Post investigates how the market has been impacted and what this sector might look like in the future
Fully Comp 7: How can the insurance sector help the green economic recovery?
Welcome to episode seven of Fully Comp, Post’s video series tackling some of the biggest issues in insurance.
Analysis: BI claims 'avalanche' warning as loss adjusters look to tech
Loss adjusters are looking to technology to deal with business interruption claims, with the market preparing for a possible influx following the upcoming Supreme Court test case review.
Claims and Fraud Summit 2020: Hear from AA, Allianz, Aviva, Ecclesiastical, Hiscox, Markel, Munich Re, NFU Mutual, QBE, RSA and Zurich
The annual Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Summit will be taking place this year virtually on 18-19 November 2020 – so be sure to join us and take advantage of our online networking platform, livestreamed agenda sessions and explore a wealth of content.