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Sign up now for the Prince's Trust Insurance Cup
Calling all insurers, brokers, reinsurers and suppliers - enroll a team now in the annual Prince's Trust Insurance Cup six-a-side competition which will be held at Regent's Park on the 16 September.
US west coast at risk of “mega-quake”
The west coast of North America, the Lesser Antilles, Chile, Sumatra and Japan are all at risk from subduction zone “mega-quakes” in the near future according to Professor Bill McGuire of the Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre.
Argent set to open new Leeds hub
Argent Liability Adjusters is set to open a new office in Leeds.
PMI providers weigh into IPT debate
Any rise in insurance premium tax will severely hit an NHS already under pressure, according to the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries.
Aon lists five earthquke hotspots
Aon Benfield has identified the Caribbean, Cascadia in North America, Chile, Indonesia and Japan as areas where mega-earthquakes of moment magnitude (Mw) 8+ are most likely to occur in the future.
Postscript - 10 years ago: Insurers warned over claims losses
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 10 years ago reveals.
Rehabilitation - PAS 150: Starting the journey
In the second article of a two-part series on the new rehabilitation code of practice, Lynn Rouse explores concerns about cost, cohesiveness and potential public sector failure to join their private provider counterparts in the journey to compliance.
View from the top: Keeping the team onside
Compensating those who suffer injury at work and returning them to employment as fast and as safely possible is not only the morally right thing to do, but it is also in the best interest of the insured and their insurer. Nevertheless, average claims…
Comment - credit hire: Success over self proving
The recent judgment in Beechwood Birmingham v Hoyer Group is good news for motor insurers, writes Richard Lewis.
RSA accident defensibility
RSA has launched a claims defensibility programme for large corporate clients to enhance risk management issues surrounding accidents in the workplace.
Cyber liability exposure
Cyber liability is the most significant emerging liability exposure in the UK, according to the Airmic's first-ever benchmarking study into the casualty insurance market, carried out jointly with Advisen.
QLP and DAC join forces
Insurance broker QLP and law firm Davies Arnold Cooper have joined forces to launch a risk management tool aimed at helping law firms reduce their exposure to professional indemnity insurance price and provision volatility.
Tyco extends contract
Tyco Risk Management has extended its third-party administrations contract with Cunningham Lindsey for a further two years.
XL launches claims defensibility service
XL Insurance has launched a claims defensibility service aimed at helping companies manage their liability risks.
H&S review "irrelevant"
The Claims Standards Council has labelled Lord Young of Graffham's upcoming review on health and safety legislation as "totally irrelevant".
Millar joins QBE claims
The former head of specialist claims operations at Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance Julian Millar has joined QBE.
Top five Post stories
The five most popular stories at postonline.co.uk over the past seven days were:
Tory Lord to consider PI ad ban
The Conservative Lord appointed to lead a review to put the “commonsense back into health and safety” rules has said he will look at banning personal injury firms from advertising their services.
Adjusting arm swoops after rehab provider goes into admin
Corpore has signed heads of agreement with administrators to acquire some of the assets of rehabilitation provider, Kynixa.
CL secures TPA contract
Tyco Risk Management has extended its third party administrations contract with Cunningham Lindsey for a further two years.
Aon Benfield outlines South African earthquake threat
Aon Benfield has claimed that Cape Town could be affected by an earthquake close to magnitude 7.0 but with a very low probability.
Evans is new insurance parliamentary group chair
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services, for which Post provides the secretarait, elected former trade minister Jonathan Evans as its new chairman at a meeting in the House of Commons last night.
Letter to the editor: Technology response will prove interesting
I read with great interest the article 'Safety first and last' in Post recently.
Video: The CII and the war for talent
Chartered Insurance Institute deputy president Chris Hanks talks to Ant Gould, Post's group editor in chief, about how the insurance industry can and must attract and retain talent.