Claims
Data collator to compile flood information after UK insurer requests
European insurer-backed catastrophe data collator Perils is to start compiling information on floods from January next year in response to demands from UK insurers.
Market moves: Ageas and Axa name new MDs
With insurance companies gearing up for the festive holidays, it was a surprisingly busy week in recruitment.
Loss adjusting - Desktopping claims: Alternative methods
Loss adjusters have been criticised for desktopping claims and contributing to the deskilling of the industry but can this practice be made to work?
Fleet risk management: Risk on the roads
With government statistics showing a 7% annual increase in road accident fatalities during Spring 2011, should brokers be working harder on fleet risk management?
Review of the year - General insurance: Regulatory dramas
2011, a year dominated by regulatory and legislative change, could yet prove to be a landmark 12 months for the insurance industry.
Technology - Natural language processing: Getting to know you
The data gained from knowing your customers can be invaluable, improving sales, services and customer retention. But how can unstructured data be analysed?
15 December: Pushing their luck
With the buoyant personal injury claims market, one insurer was not surprised when, following an accident caused by one of its policyholders, several claims registrations began to roll in from passengers on a bus at the scene of the accident.
Post magazine – 15 December 2011
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
O’Roarke and LV management team extend contract until 2016 – Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories including how LV general insurance MD John O’Roarke is targeting an increase in SME and home insurance business having signed up to a new four-year deal at the firm.
14 December: Wii wish you a merry Christmas
The launch of the Wii computer console was declared a revolution in the video gaming world. It hasn’t been received so well by the insurance industry.
Scotland storm: Friedhelm to produce insignificant insured losses
Windstorm Friedhelm, the storm that battered Scotland and the north of England last Thursday, will not produce significant insurance losses despite reaching some of the highest wind speeds recorded in the affected regions.
Garwyn dropped from QBE loss adjusting panel
Garwyn’s UK division has not been selected for the QBE loss adjusting panel next year, Post can reveal.
13 December: To have and to hold on tightly
A marriage proposal is a daunting prospect, both from the point of view of the proposee and for the person being proposed to. It is one of those things one always hopes will be met with delight, but the reaction can never be predicted.
Storm alert: Southern England to be hit with gale force winds
Stormy weather is expected to batter the south of England later this week, according to GAB Robins.
Post magazine 2015 features list
Since January 2012, Post magazine has been running its features on a monthly, rather than an annual basis. For updates contact commissioning editor Rachael Adams.
12 December: Unhappy camper
Having worked hard all year, Mr Policyholder was looking forward to his annual camping holiday.
11 December: Snap-happy sea-lion
Lost or stolen cameras are probably one of the more common travel insurance claims. But the nature of this one was slightly more imaginative than the usual.
10 December: Ram raid
The peace and tranquillity enjoyed by Mr Policyholder on his Scottish holiday was brought to an abrupt end by an anti-social sheep.
Scottish storm: GAB Robins receives building damage claims
Following gales of up to 165mph recorded yesterday, GAB Robins has received a large number of storm-related claims from weather beaten Scotland, Cumbria, Lancashire and Cornwall.
Scottish storm: Domestic insurers to bear brunt of losses
Domestic household insurers are set to take the brunt of insured losses from the Scottish storm as PwC estimates it could plunge the country’s economy £100m into the red.
9 December: Tourist attractions
The architecture isn’t the only thing that attracts visitors to Amsterdam.
NI to bring pleural plaques legislation
New legislation is to be introduced in Northern Ireland next week allowing pleural plaques sufferers to claim compensation.
GAB Robins ready for Bawbag damage
George Bentley, client services director of loss adjuster GAB Robins, has doubled the number of adjusters available on call to handle severe weather this week and is proposing to open its offices for longer hours, if needed.
Young women could see 11% rise in car premiums due to gender ruling
A study quantifying the economic impact on European consumers of the EU's gender ruling will hit young women hardest, with an 11% rise in car insurance premiums.