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JLT expects to make financial progress in 2012
Broker JLT told shareholders today that the company remains well placed to make financial progress in 2012, despite the uncertain economic outlook.
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JLT confirms positive start to the year
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has issued a trading statement saying it has made a positive start to the year and that overall trading performance is in line with expectations.
My best 11 - Andy Morris, Lifestyle Services Group
Lifestyle Services Group business development director, and former Sale Sharks flanker, Andy Morris selects his Best XI for an insurance start-up. Morris has relied on his colleagues, a range of insurance industry heavy hitters and an England…
Metal theft: Finding a copper-bottomed solution
With metal theft on the increase due to a rise in value, how can the industry protect itself and its clients from criminals?
Q&A: Merlin's Andrew Considine on the future of loss adjusting
Is there really a shortage of young adjusters? What is Future Focus? Does CILA represent the interests of young adjusters? Merlin regional manager Andrew Considine explains all.
Spotlight On Technology: Future gadgets
Science fiction has given the people of today a glimpse of tomorrow. However, spare a thought for underwriters, for whom the prospect of insuring some of the space-age gadgets featured must strike real fear, as technology develops and turns science…
Hodges hints Towergate readying to float
Towergate has said that, if its "positive" operating earnings continue to grow, it will hold the company in good stead if it decides to float the business.
'Encouraging' Aspen Q1 results affected by Costa Concordia
Aspen has reported Q1 net income after tax of $78.7m (£48.6m), leading chief executive Chris O'Kane to describe his firm's early results as "encouraging" despite insurance results being affected by the sinking of the Costa Concordia.
Towergate results flat but Hodges happy
Towergate has claimed that its full year results for 2011 in line with 2010 was "a positive achievement in a year which was a challenging market for the insurance sector".
Englehardt happy with 'good start' as Admiral turnover increases
Admiral chief executive Henry Englehardt says his full year expectations remain on track following a first quarter which yielded a 9% increase in group turnover from £539m in Q1 2011 to £586m.
Spotlight On Technology: The age of uncertainty
With conventional wisdom being challenged in recent years, clarity over what models can and cannot do is urgently needed.
Your say: The challenge for LEIs
The sustainability of the traditional legal expenses model with its in-house legal operations is back on the agenda as some of the larger players in the sector implement rate rises.
View from the Top: Waiting for the next bus?
Core skills and expertise lead to success not waiting, says David Smith.
Spotlight On Technology: The developing world
With technological developments gathering pace, how will insurers cope with the influx of new gadgets and remain innovative?
Claims Club News: RSA looks to improve retention levels among ‘Generation Y’
RSA has increased investment in motor e-claims to improve retention levels among Generation Y customers.
Claims Club News: 92% of underwriting fraud matches go undetected
The Insurance Fraud Register reveals that current industry controls fail to uncover the vast majority of underwriting fraud matches.
RSA leads charge as Northern Ireland sheds no-go image among insurers
RSA last week pledged to invest £5m in Northern Ireland, intent on becoming the country's leading insurer, but local analysts are divided as to whether this will prompt a flurry of interest in the market or whether its small size will continue to…
Telematics will be compulsory within a decade, claims MDS boss
It could be impossible to get motor insurance without some sort of telematics device within 10 years, according to one provider.
Interview: Be Wiser chairman Mark Bower-Dyke - a convert to the cause
After joining the insurance industry for the money, Be Wiser chairman Mark Bower-Dyke shares his frustrations of short-termism and the lack of training, and explains why telematics is not the answer to the ills of the motor market.
Support for Direct Line Group's debt issuance plan 'delights' bosses
Direct Line Group bosses have expressed their "delight" after more than 40 financial institutions declared their support for the firm’s £500m planned subordinated debt issuance.
Transport Select Committee seeks to clear up transparency
The Transport Select Committee's reports on motor insurance have proved contentious, with calls for transparency not resonating with insurers. Will the 13th report clear things up?
Editor's comment: Setting course on uncertain seas
This week two of the UK's insurance powerhouses made announcements that, although very different in their nature, aimed to position the respective firms for the future.
Zurich scraps 393 jobs moving PL to Endsleigh
Zurich will axe more than 300 jobs by 2014 in a bid to transform its personal lines business.