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Penny Black's insurance week
Last week, Post reported how the Association of British Insurers' director of general insurance and health, Nick Starling, attended a conference for fire and rescue specialists in Harrogate.
Insurer |
07 Jul 2010 
Post script – 10 years ago: Garwyn in limbo as QBE goes to Limit
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 10 years ago reveals.
Lloyd's/London |
01 Jul 2010
Postscript - 30 years ago: Shipbuilders buy 'state-of-art' data
Looking through Post's back cataloguepaints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 30 years ago reveals.
Lloyd's/London |
02 Jun 2010
Comment - BI wordings: Refresh not reject
Business interruption wordings are under review, explains Damian Glynn, to minimise misunderstandings and unrealistic assumptions.
Claims |
04 May 2010
Post Europe Interview: Anne-Sofia Hedin
Sweden has attracted a lot of attention recently, not least because of RSA's growth plans there and the opening of a new Lloyd's representative office. Lynn Rouse speaks to Markel's general manager in Sweden Anne-Sofia Hedin to get a better of idea...
Europe | 16 Apr 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.
Penny Black's insurance week
This weekend, Harris Balcombe will sponsor football club Southport's Blue Square North tussle against Hyde, which could see the division's leaders take another step towards a return to the Blue Square Premier.
Lloyd's/London |
14 Apr 2010
View from the top: Staff cutbacks mean that we all pay the price
Recent events with Quinn Insurance have proved once again that choice often comes at a price. Solicitors, as many industries in the UK, are facing tough times. Income is down, claims are up and there is not much light at the end of the tunnel. Hard...
Broker |
14 Apr 2010
20 years ago: Crisis as Wallbrook is suspended
The London insurance market is facing a new crisis following the secretary of state for trade and industry Nicholas Ridley's decision to bar Wallbrook Insurance from underwriting new business, notably US excess liability risks, due to insufficient...
Reinsurance |
30 Mar 2010
View from the top: The tipping point
In his best-selling book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell says that ideas and behaviours spread like viruses, and that intervention (or a nudge) at just the right point — the tipping point — results in a cascade of change.
Broker |
10 Mar 2010
Penny black's insurance week
Penny was fortunate to go along with a host of insurers and brokers to the Prince's Trust Celebrate Success Awards at The Odeon Leicester Square this week, as part of its Insurance Leadership Group.
Insurer |
03 Mar 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.
Postscript - 20 years ago: J&H given Olympic contract
Lloyd's broker Johnson & Higgins has been awarded the reinsurance contract for the 1992 summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Insurer |
03 Mar 2010
View from the top: Election outcomes
With opinion polls suggesting the margin has narrowed to as little as 7% between the Conservatives and the Labour Party, all eyes are on the coming general election.
Insurer |
03 Mar 2010
Looking Back - Inquiry into the missing Salem tanker
Fraud squad officers are planning a month-long inquiry in South Africa, Greece and Liberia into the riddle of the missing $24m tanker Salem (215 000 tons) and its oil cargo worth $56m, which vanished en route to Europe in January.
Lloyd's/London |
23 Feb 2010
View from the top: Value of human capital
Despite signs of rates hardening in some lines of business, plenty of capacity coupled with the wider economic situation are driving the extremely competitive pricing we are seeing today.
Insurer |
16 Feb 2010
Editor's comment: Sants - is he quackers to give up FSA position?
A headline screaming "lame duck" and "Financial Services Authority" was put up on the Post website on Tuesday following the resignation of the regulator's chief executive Hector Sants.
Insurer |
10 Feb 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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