Analysis
Legal Update: Disabled Claimants: Compensation for the disabled
Chris Gambs on a recent case ruling on future loss of earnings claims for partially disabled claimants
Charities: Charity begins at home
Charities require business interruption cover like any other business – but how can they make sure they aren’t paying too much?
Roundtable: Customer retention: How to use data to keep hold of customers
Can the way data is used and analysed in the insurance industry pave the way to customer loyalty?
Zurich infographic: The risks of exporting for SMEs
A challenging economy has pushed many businesses to look into diversification of products services and markets
Europe: London matters
The latest report on the London Market from the Lloyd's Market Group points to opportunities and challenges for the sector in comparison with the rest of Europe. Steve Hearn explains that this means
Review of the Year: Lloyd's
Post’s annual review of Lloyd’s and the London market gathered reflections from players including Besso, Markel, Lloyd’s, Hiscox, EY and Beazley to reflect on 2014 and the challenges and expectations that lie ahead for next year
Review of the Year: Health
Health insurance personalities reflect on the past year and look forward to 2015, with high hopes for improving the profile of health insurance through technology – as well as addressing issues surrounding costs and implementing a more holistic approach…
Blog: The rise and fall of outrageous travel fraud
Simon Cook, head of special investigations for claims and assistance group CEGA, talks tummy tucks, liposuction and the lengths to which fraudsters will go to make money from a bogus travel insurance claim....
Blog: Top 5 TV insurance claims
How much would the insurance claim for the Downton Abbey fire have been? Crawford & Company's UK Major Loss team calculates the cost of small screen disasters.
Chasing the Asian SME vote
Insurers in Asia are turning their attention to providing cover to SMEs as they wake up to the potential of the sector, writes Nicky Burridge.
Europe: Qualifications beyond the nations?
The UK insurance market has a very clear approach to professionalism and qualifications - but how does it compare with the rest of Europe?
Review of The Year: Loss adjusting
In the week that loss adjusting giant Crawford acquired GAB Robins for £45.8m, Post seeks loss adjusters’ views on how the rest of the year was for the sector and what 2015 holds in store
Review of the Year: Legal
Grabbing the headlines in the legal sector this year were M&A activity, closer ties between insurers and law firms and the ongoing fallout of civil justice reforms. Key figures from the sector give their views on 2014
Europe: IP intelligence insures against application fraud
How can European insurers use internet protocol intelligence such as location verification to tackle fraud, asks Steve Sawyer of Digital Element
Housing associations: Providing a helping hand
With less than 40% of social housing tenants taking out home contents insurance, what can the insurance industry do to help those with low incomes protect their belongings?
Credit hire: A missed opportunity
The Competition and Markets Authority report on the private motor market was met with criticism over its lack of action on credit hire practices. So what action can the industry take?
Spotlight: Future of broking: Looking to the future
With the current generation of customers failing to actively seek out brokers for insurance, how can the sector make waves in the competitive personal lines market?
Spotlight: Future of broking: Get the training right
With few students willing to even consider insurance as a career option, how can the industry persuade young people that it is a viable career choice?
The hunt for Asia acquisitions
The market for mergers and acquisitions in Asia remains strong as international and domestic insurers look to grow their operations in the booming region writes Nicky Burridge.
Europe: Global fraud and corruption trends
Are there any common characteristics between fraudsters across the globe? And what can insurers learn from these common themes? Hitesh Patel and James Maycock take a look
In Series - Personal Injury: Hear we go
As legal reforms make whiplash claims less profitable, claims farmers appear to be moving into areas such as industrial deafness. But will they see the same level of success?
In Series - Personal Injury: what next for PI?
Reforms have led to strong progress in tackling the whiplash epidemic, but the job isn’t done yet. What can parties involved in PI expect in the future?
Ebola virus: Ebola survival guide
The Ebola outbreak has now claimed more than 5000 lives. So how are insurers reacting to the ongoing threat – and what would infection on European soil mean for the industry?
Regional Review: Glasgow
Glasgow’s reputation as a vibrant, people-orientated city is reflected in its dynamic general insurance market in which over-capacity and a high number of resident brokers have not deterred new players from pouring in. Even hardened insurance…