Articles by Stephanie Denton
This Week: Stoic London
The generosity and heroic nature of Londoners came to the fore this week, when after two recent terrorism attacks the city saw the worst fire in recent history. Firefighters were heralded for entering the 24-storey flaming building and the community came…
Editor's comment: Time to play nicely
We have a sign in our kitchen with the rules of the house. As well as being told not to run (and throw balls in the house), my son knows it’s important to play nicely.
This Week: Menace, manifestos and managing general agents
There is a menace in my house in the form of water. First it caused problems in my kitchen (as many of you will remember) and now it's found its way out of the bathroom.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: Who would the insurance industry invite to the perfect summer BBQ and what would they serve them?
As the embers start to go out at another British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference, the #BibaFever team sought the answer to the biggest BBQ question of them all.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: Can brokers afford to ignore insurtech to remain relevant in the connected digital world?
As British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference attendees wake up to a new day, the #BibaFever team went in search of finding out the big issues for the market.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: The UK insurance industry outlines how the UK can remain competitive post-Brexit
As the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference continued in Manchester today the Insurance Post and Insurance Age #BibaFever team went out to grill delegates about the topics that have been getting the tongs (sic) wagging.
Editor's comment: Surprise!
I probably wouldn’t make a very good insurer or broker as I love a good surprise and I deal quite well with change.
This week in Post: Snap decisions, Can-can and costs
In a snap decision just after Christmas I agreed it would be fun to attend a Moulin Rouge secret cinema perfomance, with little thought to the effort this would involve or the costume I'm currently having to source.
Editor's comment: Feeling lucky?
My Irish grandmother always said bad things come in threes. In the last 18 months the insurance industry has faced bad returns on investments, several increases to insurance premium tax and now the huge change to the Ogden discount rate, so the sector…
This week in Post: highs, lows and running with the wolves
It has been a week of highs and lows in our household. My son went on his first Cub sleepover and earned the honour of becoming a Sixer. I, meanwhile, returned to the X-ray machine.
Editor's comment: Not ageing well
With the countdown to my next ‘big’ birthday already started, I’m the first to admit that none of us are getting any younger.
This week: Personal injury, fundamental flaws and results
Personal injury took on a new meaning for me this week when I discovered a bruised ankle picked up during a recent paragliding adventure was actually a bad break.
Editor's comment: The concept of power
Another year and another Power List from your team at Post.
This week: Decisions, scorecards and a viable alternative
After a slow start to 2017 I suddenly had lots of decisions to make this week about holidays, extracurricular activites and building plans (for my extension).
Editor's comment: What the Kwik Fit fitters can't fix
When I was a child you couldn’t get better than a Kwik Fit Fitter, they were the boys to trust!
Merry Christmas from Post
Incisive Media's offices are now closed until Tuesday 3 January 2017 for the festive period. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Post team.
This week in Post: Scrooge, Vnuk and season's greetings
As Christmas day draws near lawyers this week branded the Association of British Insurers’ legal challenge over the government’s discount rate review as “worthy of Scrooge himself”.
Census 2017 - just one day left!
It's coming soon, it's huge and it's all about you!
This week: Elections, new woes and results
This week was an historic week for the world as it watched Americans choose their 45th president.
Insurance Fraud Summit 2016: Insurers must employ data analysts to tackle fraud
As well as embracing technology insurers of the future must employ data analysts to deal with the data it produces or fraud will continue according to RSA’s head of fraud.
Insurance Fraud Summit 2016: Insurers must refer cases to the SRA to tackle fraud ‘training camps’
Insurers have been urged to submit referrals of regulatory breaches by legal entities to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority to tackle the scourge of legal fraud and 'training camps'.
Editor's Comment: Shout out to the start-ups
Several times in my life I've stopped and taken stock and upon realising things weren't quite as they should be, I've chosen a new path.
This week: Let downs, whiplash and administration
Sometimes in life people let you down. Maybe they are not as invested as you, maybe they don't have the same energy levels or maybe they were never going to do it in the first place.
Editor's Comment: What would AI make of insurance?
At a recent Claims Club meeting I was introduced to IBM’s Watson, an artificial intelligence technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data, and it got me thinking.