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Broker focus - Personal lines: Survival tactics
Embattled personal lines brokers are facing a tough climate with falling incomes and business volumes, but those willing to adapt to the new environment can survive and prosper.
Personal |
31 Jan 2012 
Credit hire: Collision course
The thorny issue of credit hire continues to tax insurers — but should they be doing more to control costs?
Claims |
31 Jan 2012
In series - On data: An era of androgyny
With gender set to disappear from the underwriting landscape at the end of 2012, what factors will insurers turn to when accessing risk?
Insurer |
31 Jan 2012
Riot claims: Disorderly conduct
The fallout from last summer’s riot continues to rumble on, with consequential loss claims against the police relying on principles that can be traced back to the age of Robin Hood.
Claims |
31 Jan 2012
In series - On data: Data driven
Insurers must seize the initiative and make Europe’s mandate to remove gender from premium calculations work for them.
Insurer |
31 Jan 2012
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Credit hire: Two sides to the story
Credit hire organisations and insurers are blaming each other for the cost of credit hire. With the Office of Fair Trading conducting a review, will anyone emerge victorious?
Claims |
24 Jan 2012
Employment: Hiring and firing
There are two sides to the recruitment story in the insurance industry — while some are reducing their headcount, others are looking to bring in fresh faces.
Insurer |
17 Jan 2012
Broking - Mergers & acquisitions: Do not disturb
2011 was a relatively sleepy year for merger & acquisition activity in the broker sector. Could 2012 be a wake-up call or will the market stay snoozing?
Broker |
17 Jan 2012
Roundtable - Analytics: the true value of quality data
As investment in analytics increases, Post gathered a group of experts to debate the rise in the use of data in all areas of the insurance industry.
Regulation |
10 Jan 2012
Expert analysis: Relatively calm
Although competition remains fierce in the aggregator arena, the rush for volume has slowed as the motor market moves closer to break-even point, says Tom Cooper, Igo4.
Broker |
10 Jan 2012
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Pleural plaques: The definition of harm
It is now possible to seek compensation for pleural plaques in both Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in England and Wales. How will this impact the insurance industry?
Claims |
10 Jan 2012
Claims - Big freeze: Winter of discontent
The big freeze of late 2010 led to widespread criticism of adjusters and insurers — but have lessons been learnt for the future?
Claims |
03 Jan 2012
Review of the year - General insurance: Regulatory dramas
2011, a year dominated by regulatory and legislative change, could yet prove to be a landmark 12 months for the insurance industry.
Insurer |
13 Dec 2011
Data usage: Made to measure
Can insurers rise to the challenge of utilising multiple real-time data sources to maximise sales while minimising exposure?
Insurer |
15 Nov 2011
Claims - Board representation: Staking a claim
Claims representation at insurer board level may remain a relative rarity — but is it a business critical necessity or a luxury?
Claims |
15 Nov 2011
Comment
Interview
Interview - Bobby Gracey & Dr James Lygate: The future of forensics
Despite an abrupt and fractious first meeting many years ago, Bobby Gracey and Dr James Lygate are now business partners...
View from the top
View from the top: Value added pacts
The industry must band together to push the added value that insurers offer, says Elliot Miller.
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Events
Against the grain 2011: A series of guest articles from expert commentators
Designed to stimulate new ideas, fresh thinking and innovation in the motor claims market.
The new world for insurance: business perspectives on phase II
The issues driving domicile have become a topic of ongoing interest to the insurance industry. This is why we decided that it was a subject worthy of some closer investigation.
AA and Co-op report storm claims spike
Post |
04 Jan 2012
AMII expresses concern over PMI ratings
Post |
03 Feb 2012
Swiss Re and Mapfre take a bigger slice of Admiral
Post |
03 Feb 2012
Tougher EMEA commercial insurance market conditions expected in 2012
Post |
25 Jan 2012
Crash fraudster jailed after being filmed 'working out'
Post |
07 Dec 2011
Editor's comment: Oxygen offers lessons for all
The ‘breath of fresh air’ puns were never too far away when the London market broker Oxygen was launched in 2004 with...