Opinion
North of the Border: Compensating for anxiety
Asbestos-related litigation in Scotland continues to develop, and diverge from the rest of the UK.
C-Suite - Broker: Heading in the same direction
A number of factors need to work together to help businesses through the M&A minefield.
C-Suite - Insurer: The human touch
Technology is a very useful tool, but sometimes dealing with a real person gets the best result.
Editor's Comment: The gloves are off
Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s relationship with London’s corporate sector has featured both highs and lows during his tenure so far.
C-Suite: Making claims fit for a digital era
There is a still much work ahead for insurance companies to bring claims into the digital era writes Alson Ong.
Editor's comment: Be prepared
With the very definition of insurance being something that provides protection against a possible eventuality, I like to imagine that all insurers must have been scouts.
Fraud Focus: Joining up the dots …
Financial services sectors must work together to fight against fraud despite facing their own problems
C-Suite - Broker: Time to show our pride
We are the industry that puts things right – it’s about time we shouted this out
C-Suite - MGA: Risk taking is our lifeblood
Being more risk averse than many other sectors has left the industry unpopular with customers
C-Suite - Insurer: Supporting flooded businesses
Is a commercial version of the domestic Flood Re needed to provide a long-term solution for SMEs?
Europe C-suite: IT threats mean banks need tailor-made regulation
When I was growing up in the early 1980s, we were subjected to fanciful plot lines from far-fetched films, from Matthew Broderick hacking NORAD's computer system and nearly starting World War III, to Superman being called upon to defeat a computer fraud…
Editor's Comment: Gaining an equal footing
I believe that women are – and should be treated as – intellectual and social equals to men.
C-Suite - Broker: The thread through everything
Companies must embrace a culture of honesty and integrity when it comes to client care.
C-Suite - Insurer: Never mind the bollards
A recent first-hand experience of the claims system highlights that the personal touch is still king.
C-Suite: More pain in the Year of the Monkey
As the excitement builds across much of Asia for the countdown to Chinese New Year, Markel's Matthew Cannock gives a stark warning to the industry.
Career development: Inside the mind of the insurance executive
Insurance executives in 2016 face a host of daunting challenges.
C-Suite - Broker: Rally behind our voice
Biba does an amazing job and is here to stay, despite what naysayers might be reporting.
C-Suite - Insurer: Brexit: what could it mean?
Uncertainty over the UK’s membership of the European Union is causing discomfort at senior level.
Director of Content’s Comment: Is the timing for listing right?
The news that BGL is looking at a prospective initial public offering has raised a number of questions.
C-Suite: Traditional behaviour is incompatible with technological paradigm
Matthias de Ferrieres is sceptical if the industry will have a digital awakening this year.
Director of Content’s Comment: The right man for the FCA job?
The news that then Financial Conduct Authority CEO Martin Wheatley was not to have his contract renewed by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne was followed by plenty of column inches predicting who his successor would be and what it would mean for…
Europe: Ukrainian insurance market ready for structural reforms
The past year has been full of contradictions for the Ukrainian insurance market. On one hand, on-and-off military conflict in the eastern regions contributed to depreciation of the hryvnia against the dollar, deepening the economic crisis that had been…
Fraud Focus: Looking to the future
Insurance Fraud Taskforce recommendations will ensure government stays focused on fighting fraud.
Trade Voice: Fair’s fair
The call to action for #FairnessForAll is not an unattainable ideal.