Opinion
Should ratings rule brokers?
It seems that the days brokers used insurers on working reputation alone are gone. Now, with their c...
View from the Top - Mary Francis, director general, Association of British Insurers
Uninsured driving costs the insurance industry and its customers £500m a year. That adds up to £30 o...
Rehabilitation - Counting the cost of rehabilitation
Whether rehabilitation actually saves insurers more money than it costs has become a sticking point for those doubters yet to be convinced of its value. But Mark Baylis says a new government initiative could prove its cost-effectiveness once and for all
Seven years ago
Looking back
Brokers are not feeling the benefit of premium finance for insurance agreements
Your recent article on the subject of premium finance 'The best credit money can buy?' (Post Magazin...
IT managers must focus on role
IT directors that try to be business managers, and mechanics, end up being poor at both, and the ins...
Industry sees ATE sense at last
At last some clarity for both insurers and claimants. It has been a long time coming, but finally so...
Survival of the fittest network
The battle has begun. Following the Financial Services Authority's final go-ahead for brokers and ot...
Tory leader deja vu
Did Iain Duncan Smith take part in two sessions at the Chartered Insurance Institute conference. Is ...
BICMA seeks an end to adversarial rehab
We at the Bodily Injury Claims Management Association are currently preparing a model agreement to r...
Is body repair set to follow adjusters?
It appears that exactly the same is happening in the body repair industry as happened in the loss ad...
View from the Top - Duncan Boyle, UK chief executive, Royal & Sun Alliance
At the Chartered Insurance Institute conference last month, I took part in a panel discussion regard...
Does new D&O guidance go far enough?
This week several City institutions, including the Association of British Insurers and British Insur...
Seven years ago
Looking back
Bradstock serves as warning
The news this week that Alternative Investment Market-listed Lloyd's broker Bradstock had ceased tra...
Driving up standards on British roads?
With around a third of road traffic accidents attributable to someone driving as part of their work, the recently-published government safety leaflet on the subject is welcomed among insurers. However, Brian Lee deems its lack of legal or regulatory…
Insurers under fire as D&O premiums soar
Buyers of directors' and officers' insurance are disgruntled by the hefty increases in prices the sector has been seeing. David Gamble warns underwriters to co-operate - or face a large premium exodus
The bigger picture
Henry Keeling pays attention to issues of global importance at the recent XL Capital Congress
Broadening your horizons
Sal Zaffino considers the importance of diversifying reinsurance placements
Testing times for reinsurers
For reinsurers it seems the response to the 11 September terrorist attacks in the US have left it wi...
FSA sets out reporting rules
I'm afraid Post Magazine is slightly off beam when it reports that our consultation paper on regulat...
Cashing in on outsourcing
Did The Times, that bastion of all that is traditional in the English language, really suggest that ...
Irish insurance moves arouse UK interest
This week sees an interesting bit of cross-fertilisation between the UK and Irish insurance markets....
"Blended" response best for costs
In the recent 'View from the top' article, Andrew Torrance discussed three responses to the central ...