Opinion
View from the Top - Shoot the sacred cow of annual renewal
David Martin, chairman, corporate division, Aon. It's time to shoot a scared cow. The one I have in...
Underinsurance: insurers at fault?
I read with interest about the growing problem of home under-insurance (Homing in on underinsurance,...
Don't let knowledge walk out the door
With the economy feeling like it's on the up, and companies moving from battening down-the-hatches m...
CBI tax incentives won't wash
The call by the Confederation of British Industry's president Sir John Egan for a system of pre-tria...
FSA's 21 days snub is a kick in the teeth for "good market practice"
The decision by the Financial Services Authority to abandon its plans for a statutory 21 days' notic...
Outsourcing outside the UK may not sway the public long term
As an employee of an insurance company (albeit in commercial underwriting) and a consumer, I questio...
Co-operation over windstorm data seems an obvious move
Another week, another call for insurers to co-operate and share claims information. This week, it is...
Week of upheaval shows broker is king
The last seven days has certainly proved to be interesting, what with a top five UK general insuranc...
Insurance needs a single focus to increase awareness
Having walked the boards at the House of Commons, the Home Office, Department of the Environment and...
FSA pulls back from 21 days
So after all the toing and froing, the Financial Services Authority published its final conduct of b...
Penny Black's insurance week
Zurich PR guru Wendy May was thrown to the lions last week, well, to be more precise Nicky Campbell ...
Phone calls do not amount to 'sales activity'
The feature about how the internet could change call handling for motor (and household) insurance se...
Offshoring will not lead to consumer backlash
The trend of moving call centres and back-office functions, such as claims handling and IT, overseas...
Call for ABI action on Abta
I read your front page article "Abta U-Turn on sale fines" in the last Post Magazine and reached the...
Big hitters of 2004 - have your say
Post Magazine is currently compiling the Post Powerlist 2004, an annual list of the 50 most influent...
Abta's penalty is not enough
So there will be no specific fines for those travel agents falling foul of its new self-regulatory r...
No need for a separate general insurance trade body
As chairman of the Association of British Insurers' General Insurance Council, I must inevitably res...
FSA tip-off shows regulator is on the ball
Speaking of whistle-blowing, the Financial Services Authority this week announced it has been tipped...
Product focus wrong
Robert Hiscox' 'View from the Top' piece in Post Magazine last week struck a real chord with me and,...
Cilla's payout plan raises insurer fears
Cunningham Lindsey is to be congratulated for doing its bit to stem the tide of fraudulent claims wi...
Biba "scalp" responds
Just a note to say that I picked up Post Magazine's piece on my departure from the British Insurance...
Duncan Boyle, UK chief executive, Royal & Sun Alliance
The year 2004 is set to be an interesting and challenging year in the world of insurance. Two weeks ...
Lloyd's capacity rise is a good start to 2004
It was a good start to the new year for Lloyd's, which announced this week that capacity for 2004 wi...
Control of e-mail storage is essential
The uncontrolled rise of e-mail use and misuse is well documented, but a worse demon lurks within: t...