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MPs demand changes to riot payments
MPs on the Home Affairs Committee have demanded the government speed up payments to victims of future riots and permanently extend the application deadline to 42 days.
19 December: A not so bright idea
Finding your keys after an alcohol-fuelled night out is never easy. Perhaps even less so when you are on holiday.
18 December: Posing peacock
Peacocks aren’t considered a traditional family pet, but one family couldn’t imagine life without theirs until one afternoon…
17 December: Feeling peckish?
The diet of woodpeckers consists mainly of insects and their grubs taken from living and dead trees, and other arthropods, along with fruit, nuts and saps both from live trees.
EC data protection regulations could generate opportunities for cyber insurers
Draft regulations from the European Commission on data protection will impose significant demands on businesses and could generate new opportunities for cyber insurers, according to law firm DAC Beachcroft.
Motor insurers challenged to ditch mainstream methods for competitive advantage
Motor insurers must challenge mainstream thinking and draw from experiences in other industries if they are to truly gain competitive advantage over their peers according to a report out today.
Determining liability for cyberbullying
The rise of the internet has opened the door to a new form of bullying and US insurers have become wary of the threat this poses to insurance. Lauren Jankowski explains that European insurers would do well to be wary of this threat as across the pond…
16 December: “Woofing” it down
Unable to wait patiently in the kitchen for his owner to finish baking his favourite sweet treats, a greedy chocolate Labrador decided to lick the bowl.
2011: highest cat related economic losses in history
2011 will be the year with the highest catastrophe related economic losses in history at $350bn according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re’s Sigma team.
Your say: Nothing left to fight for
Following the recent credit hire case of Darren Bent, and the alleged fraudulent activity of Autofocus, isn’t it time for all insurers to fully embrace the general terms of agreement protocol?
Your say: Environmental lobby stance
I read the article on fire protection sprinklers, The market needs saturating with interest, and agree with Andrew Miller that the environmental issues could be used as an extremely effective argument in the UK to lobby government.
Your say: Over audits
I read with interest the article regarding claims audits - Forensic claims analyst issues warning as insurers fail to focus on audits.
Editor's comment: The winds of change
And so we end 2011 in a similar vein to December 2010, with loss adjusters doubling staff numbers, ramping up resources and putting into play their surge plans as severe weather conditions batter the UK.
Insurers to continue payouts for pleural plaques
Insurers remain committed to paying out on pleural plaques cases in Scotland and Northern Ireland, despite claims that the Damages Acts in both countries are “fundamentally flawed”.
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.