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Penny Black's insurance week
Penny had a pleasant lunch at the RAC Club last week with one of her esteemed market contacts and was taken aback to hear their car had been stolen and they were having problems getting their claim...
Personal |
01 Sep 2010 
Postbox: Brokers don't need to be alone in tough times
As reported in The Daily Telegraph this week, Towergate's Peter Cullum has warned that too many businesses are "traumatised" by the recession and are failing to prepare for the future, and that now is the time to be planning "transformational changes...
Broker |
01 Sep 2010
Penny Black's insurance week
Ecclesiastical invited Penny and a bunch of insurance hacks for a snoop around Wellington Arch and Apsley House, home of the first Duke of Wellington, last week.
Insurer |
25 Aug 2010
View from the top: Changing for the better
The commercial insurance sector has seen five consecutive quarters of little or no price increases after nearly five years of steady decreases. These are challenging times for any commercial insurer or broker and when the top line isn't increasing...
Commercial |
25 Aug 2010
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny congratulates Neil Utley on his wedding in the grounds of his Cambridgeshire home at the weekend.
Insurer |
10 Aug 2010
30th September 2010, Marriott Grosvenor Square, London
Fraud 2010
Undetected fraud costs the insurance industry nearly £2bn a year. This event offers a range of insights into fraud trends, and a forum in which to discuss solutions.
View from the top – The right sustainability
Regulatory change, consumer choice and corporate responsibility are all driving business attitudes towards improved environmental performance, with smart sustainability strategies increasingly being seen as ‘sensible’ business practice.
Europe | 06 Aug 2010
Postscript - five years ago: Towergate in VC launch for insurance
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from five years ago reveals.
Broker |
04 Aug 2010
Penny Black's insurance week
Last week you couldn't move for publicity about Boris Johnson's Barclays Cycle Hire project in London. What a shame, then, that the London mayor and his regional transport team's goodwill towards the oxygen of publicity did not extend to the North...
Broker |
04 Aug 2010
Penny Black's insurance week
A cautionary tale reaches Penny about the dangers of playing with hot candle wax, or rather the embarrassment that can be caused by being covered in this quick-drying viscous liquid when dining with colleagues. For that is the sticky situation that...
Insurer |
28 Jul 2010
Postbox: Link web to high street now
The web is the only sales channel to have grown during the recession, while high street business has contracted significantly. Yet, while internet businesses have come a long way, they have failed to join up their CRM activities, which limits their...
Insurer |
28 Jul 2010
22nd & 23rd September 2010, Grange City Hotel, London
The British Insurance Summit 2010
Bringing together insurers, brokers and service providers to discuss and debate issue affecting the industry. Find out more from group editor-in-chief Anthony Gould.
News comment - Law Commissions: Raising the stake
Richard Evans examines the Law Commissions' latest proposals for reform of insurance contract law with regards to the issue of fraud.
Claims |
28 Jul 2010
Inside View: On the brink of change
Despite BP's self-insured status, oil and energy (re)insurance could be about to undergo radical change in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, writes Alistair Lockhart-Smith
Reinsurance | 23 Jul 2010
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was saddened to learn of the death of fellow socialite and raconteur Alan MacDonald earlier this year.
Claims |
21 Jul 2010
Penny Black's insurance week
Last week RSA continued to celebrate its 300th anniversary with a bash on the Thames, which was attended by the great and the good of the firm from group CEO Andy Haste downwards.
Insurer |
14 Jul 2010
View from the top: Discretion is dangerous
With the dust settling on the emergency budget, individuals and businesses are working out what this means for them.
Insurer |
14 Jul 2010
Comment
Interview
Interview - Ken MacDonald: Keeping it simple
As former chief exec of Aon Global UK, Ken MacDonald has been refreshed by a return to a private company. Lynn Rouse talks...
View from the top
View from the top: Time to share fraud data
Industry fraud statistics are normally presented as a good news story. Last year, insurers stopped 122 000 frauds, preventing...
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