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Intelligence: Protecting customer-facing staff
With rising energy bills, inflation and the cost-of-living crisis all hitting consumers in the pocket tensions are running high and customers service departments are facing more hostility. Sam Barrett investigates what insurers are doing to protect their customer-facing staff.
Finance Isle of Man and Fin Tech Scotland partner; HCML acquires Healthcare RM; CNA Hardy increases excess of loss to £150m
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Blog: What will the PAP changes mean for insurers?
The pre-action protocol consultation closed In January. Shirley Denyer, technical consultant of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, considers what changes are likely to come into play and how they will impact upon insurers.
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Briefing: Is this the perfect time to make a swoop for Aviva?
Rumours have been surfacing recently that Aviva is looking like a potential target for circling buyers. It couldn't really happen... could it?
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Intelligence: How using parametrics in travel insurance could help the sector's tarnished reputation
Parametric products are a good example of how the complexity can be removed from the world of insurance. Martin Friel examines how their use in travel insurance could help the insurance market with its transparency and ultimately clean up its image
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