Opinion
Insurers must lend an EAR to add value
The introduction of Electronic Automated Recovery could be a huge opportunity for insurers to revolutionise the claims handling process, says Dave Bartlett - as long as they listen to all those involved who could add value to the process
Insurers, remove your blinkers
The article 'Independents at breaking point?' (PM, 23 October, pp25-27), is, I feel, a typical examp...
Euro Watch
Post Magazine's new monthly column looking at insurance-related issues from a European perspective
Travel industry moves to head off regulation again
Having escaped statutory regulation from 2005 it was interesting to see the travel industry launch a...
View from the Top
Can Less be More ...? Less is more. Or so it used to say in the Holsten Pils advert. But can it eve...
Industry should refocus on claims
Despite evidence that there has been little rise in the number of compensation claims for accidents ...
EC discrimination directive is bad for underwriting
The EC directive on sexual discrination would seem to be eroding underwriting principles (PM, 13 Nov...
Don't be an ostrich over compliance
Complacency is rife within the financial services industry as most companies are failing to prepare ...
ABI: Gender ban to reduce transparency and constrain industry
The Post Magazine editorial was right to highlight the fundamental significance of the draft directi...
Liquidator action too late for many
Most Insurance professionals, and many poor unfortunates will remember that two and a half years ago...
Brokers right to be aggrieved over differentials
I have just read the comments made by David Martin in View from the top (PM, 23 October, p13) and I ...
Adjusting to the problems in the volume sector
I was interested in the observations raised in articles by Tony Levitt (Are adjusters' numbers up?, ...
The root of property damage
Local authorities are being urged to take action now if they are to avoid liability for future tree root damage claims. Alan Oliver reports
Will simplified model deliver?
Chris Aslett's two enforced job moves ('"Selfish" insurers are leading to industry-wide skills defic...
Brokers must prove their reform commitment
Lloyd's' decision to mandate the use of London Market Principle-style slips as of next year is furth...
Lets and the City
The City is currently experiencing a depression in its property rental market. John Sprawson suggests landlords look to added-value services to try and attract insurance companies into the Square Mile
Penny Black's insurance week
Hurrah for the much-derided 'white van man' from Norwich Union, which has leapt to his defence follo...
View from the Top
On 24 July, in this column, David Martin, chairman, corporate division at Aon, said brokers apprecia...
Gender debate set to rage
So despite all the talk of European Union social minister Anna Diamantopoulou's plans for the insura...
Loss adjusters still alive and kicking
Tony Levitt raises several interesting issues in his article 'AreAdjusters Numbers Up?' (PM, 16 Nove...
View from the Top
Last month, Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd's, launched a blisteringattack on the "pernicious, cancer...
"Selfish" insurers are leading to industry-wide skills deficit.
I read with interest the article on damage management independents(PM, 23 October, pp25-27). As an ...
Penny Black's insurance week
There was carnage at the Association of Lloyd's Members' conferencein Lloyd's Old Library this week....
Truth or consequences?
The UK's 'compensation culture', imported from the US, has been adopted by opportunists and fuelled enthusiastically by the new breed of profiteers. David Hooker believes it is time to start taking responsibility for our actions - or face the…