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Peak Re partners with Shanghai Typhoon Institute
Hong Kong based reinsurer Peak Re and the Shanghai Typhoon Institute are partnering for research projects into the impact of tropical cyclones on the insurance market.
LV's Crabtree to start Ifed secondment in May
LV has funded claims crime prevention team technical controller Matt Crabtree to undertake a six month secondment to the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department.
McLarens opens Cork office and hires two Top Mark adjusters in Belfast
Loss adjuster McLarens has extended its all-Ireland offering by establishing a presence in Cork and appointing a pair of Top Mark adjusters to its Belfast operation.
PICC is lead insurer for China Yangtze shipping disaster
PICC has confirmed it is the lead insurer for the stricken Eastern Star ship that sank in the Yangtze river on Monday night.
Suncorp invests A$75m to create "data lake"
Patrick Snowball, outgoing CEO of Suncorp, said the group is planning to invest in a suite of technologies to improve performance.
Four seriously injured after Alton Towers rollercoaster crash
Four people have been seriously injured after a rollercoaster carriage carrying sixteen people crashed into a stationary carriage at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Scott Sayce
Scott heads up CNA Europe's technology and cyber risk business unit. He is responsible for developing and executing a strategy that supports profitable growth, and manages a team of 14 underwriters in seven countries across Europe.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – workshop speaker: Dan Roberts
Daniel is Group Head of Risk for the First Central Group in Guernsey. He has over 30 years experience in Innovation, Internal Audit and Risk Management, Information Systems Audit, Information Technology, Consulting in E&E, Corporate Governance and XBRL.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Toni Meeking
Toni Meeking is a Commercial Claims Account manager at RSA and works closely with customers and brokers to understand what is important to them and their business to tailor our claims solutions to best suit them.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Owen Thomas
Owen Thomas is relationship director at RSA.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Jonathan Salter
Jonathan Salter is Director, Global Consulting at RSA and has over 16 years of experience in the insurance industry.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Jeff Hosking
Jeff Hosking head of major damage claims RSA.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Emma Dadson
Emma has spent the last ten years developing HDRS' Priority User Service, used by over 900 local authorities and businesses providing a dedicated, specialist response to document or book damage, thus minimising costs and disruption to business continuity.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Will Curtis
Will Curtis is Claims Risk Manager at Ecclesiastical, responsible for matters of compliance, audit and fraud in claims.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Mike Jones
Mike Jones is president of CILA
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Martin Ashfield
Martin Ashfield is property and lifestyle claims director at Axa.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Marc Lehmann
Marc Lehmann is lead partner, strategic risk consulting, catastrophe risk management Willis Risk & Analytics.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Arun Padannakkot
Arun manages household claims for Allianz UK. He has 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, including P&C Insurance and Health Insurance.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Simon Lewis
Simon Lewis has been in post as head of emergency planning and response for the British Red Cross since 2010.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – keynote speaker: Aidan Kerr
Aidan Kerr is the director of operations for Flood Re.
FCA reconsiders claims ratios for add-on products following industry backlash
The Financial Conduct Authority has backed down from its intention to require general insurers to publish claims ratio information for add-on products and plans to publish a discussion paper addressing alternative options in “the coming weeks”.
CII claims group calls for flood certificate prototype by 2016
The Chartered Insurance Institute new generation claims group has set a deadline of 2016 for the creation of a flood resilience certificate for household properties.
Motor Repair Research: Crash test monies
Thatcham provides an invaluable service for motor insurers. But who exactly is paying for it and, more to the point, who isn’t?
China regulator starts taskforce for Yangtze cruise disaster
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission has launched an emergency taskforce after a ship carrying 458 people capsized in the Yangtze river last night (1 June).