This Week in Post: claims, cold-calling and commercial vans

Find out what Simon Stanfield, chair of Motor Accident Solicitors' Society, thinks of whiplash, small claims and cold calling, or check out our comprehensive feature on liability cover.

Also this week you can read what brokers are saying about issues affecting the industry - watch my latest docu-video all about apprentices, women and the digital future or read Brokerbility's chair Ashwin Mistry's thoughts on leadership.

While most are welcoming the digital revolution, it may be moving too fast for employees at Markerstudy who learned the company's IT upgrade will impact on 45 jobs.

Sports news this week centred on abuse allegations in football, with RSA admitting it faced potential exposures and the industry pledging to engage fully with the independent inquiry.

Further afield, Brexit concerns continue as the International Underwriting Association stated the importance of a single access market while closer to home, our spotlight on motor data highlights the importance of using data in the commercial van space and asks what will be the full impact of digital and data enrichment?

With everyone rushing to get home before it gets dark, let's be extra careful not to slip and trip on the roads and pavements.  Time to invest in a new pair of boots.

Michèle Bacchus, research editor, Post
@PostMicheleB