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Workplace Stress: Under pressure
With an estimated 18 000 financial services employees taking time off work due to stress in 2011, how can companies protect themselves in financially fraught times?
Insurer |
22 May 2012 
Social Media: The social media circle
With a culture of risk aversion, insurance is not a major social media player. But will the emergence of innovative German player Friendsurance change things?
Insurer |
22 May 2012
Opening the Takaful market
Initial forays into the Takaful market in the UK have so far met with failure. Despite this, there is still a conviction that a relevant Takaful market exists.
Insurer |
22 May 2012
Communicating Change: Preparing to be purchased
Groupama UK and its broker subsidiaries were put up for sale in January. How has its management communicated the process to ensure that positive commercial momentum is maintained?
Insurer |
22 May 2012
Technology: more cash to splash?
With global insurance spend on IT set to increase by 6% over the next year, will a similar trend emerge in the UK during 2012 and beyond?
Insurer |
15 May 2012
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Health and Safety: Inspectors go hi-tech for a better service
Technology is transforming plant and equipment inspections and creating substantial improvements in the quality, speed and effectiveness of the inspections carried out and the inspectors that undertake them.
Insurer |
15 May 2012
Health and Safety: All about the money
Facing a huge cut in its budget, the Health and Safety Executive is preparing to claw back the shortfall. But plans to charge fees for interventions have met with a mixed response.
Insurer |
15 May 2012
Mobile Phones: Success with smartphones
The development of mobile network technology combined with the increasing sophistication of smartphones has fundamentally changed the £620m mobile phone insurance market.
Insurer |
15 May 2012
Marine: A stormy start to 2012 and choppy waters ahead
With the Costa Concordia disaster in January, the marine market has had a tough start to the year. What impact has this had on the state of play in an already difficult sector?
Insurer |
15 May 2012
Post Broking Supplement: Digital technology roundtable
It is vital for brokers to keep abreast of the latest developments, but they must not lose sight of the value in 'old technologies'.
Broker |
08 May 2012
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Lloyd's: Can the market fully recover from the losses in 2011?
Lloyd's' market performance and underwriting discipline has long been praised by the industry but, after the near unprecedented losses in 2011, many are wondering whether it can fully bounce back.
Lloyd's/London |
08 May 2012
Post Broking Supplement: Biba preview – the keynote speakers
As the broking community prepares to head to Manchester for Biba 2012, Stephanie Denton had a private audience with some of the conference's keynote speakers to get to know them better.
Broker |
08 May 2012
Post Broking Supplement: M&A top tips for brokers
Broker mergers and acquisitions are always a much debated topic. Stephanie Denton asked the experts what brokers should do to attract the right buyer if they are considering a potential sale this year.
Broker |
08 May 2012
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
Post Broking Supplement: The big issues for brokers
With the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference looming, brokers are warming up for the networking event of the year and their best opportunity to thrash out market issues. Post caught up with some of the biggest hitting national players...
Broker |
08 May 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.
Motor insurers urged to aim for profit
Post |
24 May 2012
Nationwide slams CMCs as PPI wipes £103m from balance sheet
Post |
24 May 2012
Suspected bogus broker arrested
Post |
24 May 2012
CII encourages apprenticeships with new guide
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...