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Trade Voice: CILA's Malcolm Hyde on Christmas and New Year with Desmond, Eva and Frank
For some, Christmas and New Year can be a stressful time. Add storms Desmond, Eva and Frank into the mix and the festivities become a seemingly endless time of misery.
Flash floods hit London and South East
The Environment Agency has issued 33 flood warnings for London and the South East this morning after torrential rain overnight.
Q&A with Insurance Fraud Awards young investigator winner Adam Grady
The deadline for the 2016 Insurance Fraud Awards is fast approaching, so if you want to be in contention for these prestigious accolades you will need to start thinking about that entry today.
Blog: The art of data sharing
Fakes and fraud are a costly aspect of art claims. To counter this, specialist specie underwriters and personal line insurers should learn the lessons from other sectors and embark on collective action.
Claims Awards Asia-Pacific 2016: Entry deadline approaches
The entry deadline for the Claims Awards Asia-Pacific 2016 is 30 June.
More than four in 10 workers fear claiming for compensation
A You Gov survey has found that 45% of workers in Britain fear losing their job if they take legal action against an employer.
Claims: Claims side leads way towards a digital Lloyd's
Lloyd’s of London, like the London market as a whole, is becoming more urgent about getting up to speed with modern technology – and claims is leading the way
Legal Update: Nervous shock claims restrained
The end of the 2015 to 2016 parliamentary session brought an end to the progression of the Negligence and Damages Bill, which would have extended the class of potential secondary victim claimants to include not only the immediate family of an injured…
East coast storms to cost Australia's insurers A$235m
According to the Insurance Council of Australia June's east coast storms will cost insurers A$235m (£120m) in claims.
Storms Elvira and Friederike will dampen French and German earnings
Storms Elvira and Friederike will dampen the first half 2016 earnings of French and German insurers, though it is unlikely there will be any negative rating actions as a result, according to AM Best.
Blog: Harnessing the power of social media to tackle insurance fraud
Social media is providing insurers with a time-saving and cost-effective weapon in their armoury to fight fraud
Crawford & Co launches Alternative Business Structure
Jason Spencer will join Crawford in setting up the alternative business structure (ABS) in order to deliver a wider variety of services.
Official fraud stats are ‘spurious’, legal campaigners claim
The claim that fraud adds £50 to the average insurance premium is just “plain wrong”, legal campaigners have claimed.
Zurich, Vnuk and broker commission in the news; new Airmic chair interviewed
Insurance news and Post exclusives of the past week, in case you missed it
IMPRC 2016: Veil must be lifted on insurance to gain trust
The insurance industry needs be more transparent on what is does in order to gain customer traction and trust.
IMPRC 2016: Marketing professionals define what makes a brand powerful
Three leading insurance marketing professionals were each given 400 seconds to outline their communication strategies at a ‘pecha kucha’ session at an industry conference.
DAC Beachcroft’s Claims Solutions Group launches new Innovations Lab
DAC Beachcroft has responded to calls for the insurance industry to be more innovative with the launch of its Innovations Lab - a research and development hub.
Blog: Why insurers should get access to public sector data
There is now scope for insurers to benefit from wider sources of intelligence to validate claims
IAG receives 10,000 claims from storms
Australian giant IAG has received around 10,000 claims from Australia's deadly east coast storm.
Flood investment shouldn’t be about ‘sticking a plaster’ in an emergency, ABI warns
The government needs to “take the politics out” of decisions about flood defences, the Association of British Insurers has said.
Sponsors could seek ‘disgrace’ insurance claim against Sharapova
Sponsors of Maria Sharapova may be eligible to pursue an insurance claim against her under a ‘disgrace clause’, should her ban be upheld.
North of the Border: Key differences on the Insurance Act
The landscape of Scottish law will feel quite familiar to someone who deals primarily in English law but can be a trap for the unwary where it differs
Legal Update: The ins and outs of opting out
New provisions in the Consumer Rights Act 2015 allow opt-out collective actions
Working group launches review of revised rehab code
Industry bodies have begun a review into the revised rehabilitation code, six months after it went live.