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RTA Portal extension: Delivering swift justice
The extension of the road traffic accident claims portal has met with mixed reactions, with concerns over the practicalities involved and how it will affect the personal injury market.
Insurer |
08 May 2012 
Interview: Andrew Torrance - Playing the long game
With more than a decade at Allianz, and more than 20 years in the industry, chief executive Andrew Torrance reflects on the past and looks to the future.
Insurer |
01 May 2012
View from the top: Fixing fees to fight fraud
Success depends on simultaneous change in insurer culture and claims handling philosophy, says Karl Parr
Insurer |
01 May 2012
Transport Select Committee seeks to clear up transparency
The Transport Select Committee's reports on motor insurance have proved contentious, with calls for transparency not resonating with insurers. Will the 13th report clear things up?
Insurer |
24 Apr 2012
Your say: The challenge for LEIs
The sustainability of the traditional legal expenses model with its in-house legal operations is back on the agenda as some of the larger players in the sector implement rate rises.
Broker |
24 Apr 2012
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Transport Select Committee chair "encouraged" by whiplash response
The Transport Select Committee's 13th special report has reiterated members' commitment to access to justice while also expressing encouragement at the government's "willingness" to clamp down on fraudulent whiplash claims.
Insurer |
20 Apr 2012
All Party Group value in danger of being thrown out with the murky bathwater
The role and the very existence of All Party Groups is back in the headlines with yesterday's report in The Guardian on the links - disclosed and undisclosed - between many groups and lobbying firms, trade associations and commercial interests and the......
Insurer | 12 Apr 2012
Legal boss airs concern as first three ABSs are revealed
Spencers Solicitors director John Spencer has responded to the identity of the first three alternative business structures licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority by raising concerns over the impending referral fee ban.
Insurer |
28 Mar 2012
Personal injury firms feel pinch as pressure to consolidate intensifies
The sudden demise of Manchester-based personal injury law firm Donns, with ongoing cases sold on and all staff made redundant, has been hailed as a portent of market shake-up and consolidation, with other firms set to be swallowed up.
Insurer |
27 Mar 2012
Comment: Uncertainty is the only certainty
2012 could see a raft of changes to the insurance industry
Insurer |
13 Mar 2012
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Ancillary income still under scrutiny, despite boost to Admiral profits
After easing the pressure built up during a bodily injury claims-ravaged third quarter, bosses at Admiral have been warned that this year's hot topic of ancillary income could yet provide a sting in the tail.
Insurer |
13 Mar 2012
Latest newsletter for the All Party Insurance Group is out
The latest newsletter on the activities of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is now avaialble and can be downloaded here APPG newsletter no 32 It reviews the work of the group on referral fees and whiplash claims and......
Insurer | 01 Mar 2012
Recent minutes from All Party Group meetings now available
Minutes from recent meetings of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services are now available on the group's pages in their new home within the Post Online site. They cover meetings on referral fees and the cost of motor insurance......
Insurer | 27 Feb 2012
Motor injury claims cost consumers £1666 a minute
The legal fees involved in settling motor personal injury claims cost consumers £1666 every minute, the Association of British Insurers has found.
Regulation |
23 Feb 2012
Insurance Industry 6, Legal Profession 0
Rarely – indeed, possibly never – has the insurance industry emerged so triumphant from discussions with government. It has certainly never so comprehensively trounced the legal profession as it did last week at the 10 Downing Street summit on whiplash......
Insurer | 20 Feb 2012
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Interview
Interview: JLT's Dominic Burke - a thoroughbred performer
Horseracing-mad Dominic Burke has huge ambitions for JLT, with a firm focus on international expansion, and he scotches...
View from the top
View from the top: Airline insurance - the risk remains
Despite 2012 losses being only 12% of the annual average to date, a single incident could flip the market, says David...
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2012 insurance industry report: The inside track to achieving a more sustainable business
To achieve a sustainable profit, personal lines insurers need to transform their retention rates, using modern communications techniques to engage with customers and understand their individual needs. This white paper is based on a specially commissioned study involving 42 senior managers at UK and Irish insurers.
Work equipment risks in the UK
The complex patchwork of legislation and guidance governing work equipment risks in the UK is an administrative monster that many businesses struggle to wrestle with successfully. It takes significant levels of technical expertise and resources to understand and effectively navigate the maze of legal requirements, and this problem grows increasingly unwieldy for smaller organisations with limited manpower and finances.
CII encourages apprenticeships with new guide
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24 May 2012 
Nationwide slams CMCs as PPI wipes £103m from balance sheet
Post |
24 May 2012
Experian joins forces with Transactor
Post |
24 May 2012
Suspected bogus broker arrested
Post |
24 May 2012
Mapfre appoints Midlands boss
Post |
24 May 2012
Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest
This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...