Claims
Chubb and Lockton in the firing line over ‘murder insurance’
Chubb and Lockton have been targeted by anti-gun campaigners for providing what is described as “murder insurance” to gun owners.
Insurers must harmonise claims and underwriting to tackle fraud
Insurers must de-silo their underwriting and claims departments if they are to effectively tackle fraud, an audience heard.
Lancashire hit with $136.4m Q3 loss
Lancashire Holdings reported a $136.4m (£102.8m) pre-tax hit in the third quarter of the year, owing to “extraordinary” natural disaster losses.
Analysis: Pandemic bonds
Pandemics bonds have launched, with the help of the insurance market, to channel surge funding to developing countries dealing with a disease outbreak.
Eviid targets insurers with evidential video application
Insurers are being urged to consider an evidential video application as a firm successful in the third-party administrator and loss adjusting markets targets the sector.
Video: How the economy influences insurance claims
BLM partners Jennette Newman and Julian Smart explain how macroeconomic trends can be analysed to predict insurance claims.
Top 30 Asia Insurers: Growth prospects in Asia vary by region
AM Best’s annual ranking of Asia-Pacific’s non-life insurers includes familiar companies, but they face different challenges
Spotlight: Drones: Taking flight
Fast food and parcel deliveries by drones seemed a fantasy just a couple of years ago but it is now close to reality. Wherever you look, they are in the air. They are being flown by leisure users, the French police, UK lifeboats, Indian railways, oil rig…
Rising Star: Louise Chadwick, Auger
Chadwick is internal operations manager at the drainage and water mains claims specialist
Blog: LV's Sue Jones on her fraud-fighting career
Sue Jones, head of GI fraud strategy at LV, explains how fraud became an industry focus.
Spotlight: ADAS webinar: Negotiating the potholes of automated driving
A panel of motor experts discussed the challenges of repairing cars equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, at a webinar organised by Post in association with Auto Windscreens.
Spotlight: ADAS: Safety first
Rupert Armitage, managing director of Auto Windscreens, argues Advanced Driver Assistance Systems need to be recalibrated by manufacturers, and not the aftermarket
This week in Post: Mergers, Microbreweries and Millennials
This week, the cold has crept in and we are bringing back our winter coats while shoving on our summer clobber to one side.
Blog: Reacting to turmoil
Michael Lynch, head of partnerships for Minster Law, believes insurers can bring certainty to those they help.
Roundtable: How new technologies can speed up motor claims
The motor space is under intense pressure in terms of costs. With margins tight, how can insurers handle claims efficiently while delivering good customer service? New technology may provide part of the answer
Swiss Re estimates $3.6bn of Q3 natural disaster costs
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has estimated its combined claims payouts in the third quarter from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the earthquakes in Mexico will be around $3.6bn (£2.75bn).
Analysis: How the industry learnt from the 1987 Great Storm
A look back at how disaster claims have moved on
Research: What brokers really think of insurers
Brokers share their views on their relationships with insurers, the impact of technology and their investment priorities, in this exclusive piece of research conducted by Post in association with WPA
CILA's Malcolm Hyde on communicating with Millenials
If progess in technology and society continues at its current rate Malcolm Hyde, executive director of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, believes the ability to learn from the past, be adaptable, reliable and professional will bemore important…
Legal: Driverless cars, shifting liability
Kennedys partner Rachel Moore analyses the liability shift autonomous vehicles are operating in motor insurance.
Three killed from Typhoon Lan in Japan
Category 2 Typhoon Lan has dropped heavy rain and brought strong winds along the Pacific coast of Japan, Tokyo and the north-east.
This Week in Post: Red suns and robots
A Blade Runner mist engulfed London on Monday as storm Ophelia blew Saharan sand into the capital. Struck by the eerie atmosphere, City workers tweeted pictures of the yellow sky, which an Irish commentator promised to look at “as soon as our houses land…
Brightside's Mark Cliff on the impact of the discount rate for brokers
Insurers have been vocal about their feelings about the discount rate but Mark Cliff, executive chairman at Brightside Group, notes this has also affected brokers, who have been at the sharp end of market turmoil.
Grenfell insurer proposes voluntary scheme for victim payouts: updated
Exclusive: The insurer for Grenfell Tower has sketched out an alternative to lengthy court battles over victim compensation.