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Perils provides first estimate for damage from October's Italy earthquakes
Catastrophe data firm is estimating Italy's property insurers will suffer €31m (£26m) of damage from October's Central Italy earthquakes.
Crawford acquires US inspection firm We Go Look
Global loss adjuster Crawford has acquired 85% of US inspection firm We Go Look for $36.1m (£28.5m) via a new investment platform.
Director of content's comment: Time to make a nuisance with a #coldcallcrackdown
Earlier this year I blogged about a call I took from a rogue claims management company purporting to be a major player.
Interview: Harsha Agadi, Crawford & Company
As Crawford ‘outperforms expectations’ in terms of growth, Michèle Bacchus speaks with CEO and president Harsha Agadi about his plans for the company
Roundtable: How to connect with the Millennial market
Penetration into the under-30s market remains low despite new app-based products and innovative solutions. Post, in association with GMC software, hosted a roundtable to find out what more the industry can do to address this
Career Development: Smithers Purlow awarded Investors in People status
Smithers Purlow has been awarded platinum Investors in People status.
In Depth: How Facebook unfriended Admiral
Where do insurers stand now on the use of social media data?
In Depth: Unrated insurers: The Biba Litmus Test Report
The downfall of Enterprise and most recently Gable has again raised the thorny issue of unrated insurers.
A-Plan branch sees near miss from bus blaze
A London bus burst into flames outside the offices of A-Plan Insurance in Kingston.
Insurers ‘fully engaged’ in football abuse inquiry
The insurance industry is “fully engaged” in the independent inquiry into football abuse, the Association of British Insurers said.
Claims Club Blog: Fraud, telematics and medical expertise
The final Claims Club meeting of 2016 considered the virtual and surreal worlds facing the motorist today and the opportunities, risks and risk management issues of maturing telematics technology.
November hailstorm to cost Australian insurers A$130m
28,146 claims have been received following a severe hailstorm on 11 November which caused damage in three Australian states.
Revealed: RSA potentially faced with exposure to football abuse claims
RSA has admitted it has “potential exposure” to recent claims arising from abuse at professional football clubs.
Lifeboat safety: An international concern
Nearly 16% of merchant mariners' deaths have been caused by incidents involving lifeboats and their launching systems, according to 10 years of data analysed by a safety group. Many seamen have suffered severe injuries of the spine and lower extremities…
Kaikoura earthquake could cost New Zealand's insurers NZ$5bn
New Zealand's powerful South Island earthquake on 14 November could cost the local insurance industry up to NZ$5bn (£2.8bn) but the sector has plenty of capital to cope according to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
Motor trader jailed in £10,000 crash for cash scam
A motor trader who tried to claim almost £10,000 for a staged crash for cash accident has been sentenced to 20 months in prison.
Q&A: Simon Stanfield, Motor Accident Solicitors' Society
Simon Stanfield was elected chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors’ Society the day before the Ministry of Justice published its consultation paper on whiplash reform.
Spotlight: Motor Data: Get ready for the full impact
Data can bring benefits and early adopters of digital technologies are already seeing a return on investment. What will the full impact of digital and data enrichment be on the motor sector?
Blog: Leadership in a short-term world
Short-termism is the hallmark of our era. We live in a disposable, transitory society - as evidenced everywhere from the fate of the England football manager and the last leader of the UK Independence Party to the fickleness of government policies. The…
Time to focus on liability
Most employers don't spend too much time thinking about employers' liability, public liability and product liability unless they actually have a claim. So perhaps it is just as well that the national media is continually drawing attention to tragic…
Telematics platform aims to be 'alternative to aggregator'
Drivers will be able to use their telematics score to get quotes from other insurers at the end of their policy.
Webinar: Axa, Aviva and RSA to discuss impact of ADAS on insurers
There continues to be much chatter and speculation about the shape of vehicle automation and its impact on the UK motor insurance market.
2016: a momentous year for insurance law
Insurance contract law has seen a huge amount of radical change over the past 12 months.
Legal Update: Insurers need dedicated staff for cases involving 'litigants in person'
As the whiplash reforms the government is consulting on will increase the number of litigants in person, insurers need to arrange for dedicated staff to handle cases involving LIPs.