Opinion
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to be sitting next to former Northern Ireland Secretary and now active Lord Patr...
What really is the wheel deal?
I refer to the article 'The Wheel Deal' (PM, 8 April 2004, pp16-17). If there are 32 million UK veh...
City to regions brain drain switch
If the recent Chartered Insurance Institute/IPS salary survey is to be believed, it is a boom time f...
Lloyd's looks to work as a team to stay in the black
It was interesting that Chelsea's expensively assembled gang of international stars beat Arsenal the...
Companies need to heed BPO complexity warning to succeed
Business process outsourcing, that is long-term, large-scale outsourcing, is inherently complex. A c...
Anorak spots bird error
While not a regular correspondent to postbox, I feel compelled to write regarding the recent HR Regi...
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Know your premium market
I read with interest that the UK home insurance market has made a fivefold turnaround to profit foll...
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CII Honorary Fellowships: a "betrayal to the industry"
With regards to your story last week (PM, 1 April, p3), I continue to maintain that the decision to ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny's heart goes out to Bristol Rovers football player Ryan Williams. His shirt sponsorship was au...
View from the Top - Marine insurance - London's pride?
Marine insurance is one of the hidden secrets of the London and wider UK economy. Although it accoun...
Insurance should be allowed to discriminate where appropriate
I am the last person to support discrimination in the context of gender; however, it is a matter of ...
London's burning costs
Can anyone explain why, under the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act of 1865 and other later acts, insure...
What have the romans done?
With regards to your comment (PM, 1 April, p13), look what the Romans did for us - the law, aqueduct...
Insurers must seize the psychological advantage
It is not often that the insurance industry is presented with an opportunity to make sweeping saving...
Skills issue needs addressing
Post Magazine's recent subsidence event raised the issue of a specialist skills shortage in the clai...
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Looking back
Market needs to build on FSA compliment
Across the world, general insurance companies are beginning to report tremendous results as the effe...
Tracing the uninsured with number plate system
Clearly, driving bans for uninsured drivers are no solution. A person who is prepared to commit the ...
Ignore data protection at your peril
The article 'Insurers dismiss TPI suggestions' (PM, 25 March, p3) gave the impression that TPI was d...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has always been fond of Yorkshire, so an opportunity to marvel at its insurance industry was n...
If slavery suit succeeds where will claims stop?
Despite Lloyd's attempts to bury its past, legal actions it could never have envisaged keep surfacin...
Are the clouds lifting?
How are global (re)insurers faring in the current climate? Sal Zaffino considers the outlook is not as bad as expected