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LGBT Cover: Over the rainbow
Pride in London Parade takes place on Saturday 25 June and this year's theme is #nofilter, encouraging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to stop self-censoring and live their life as they are. To insure these customers as they are, do…
Motor Insurance World 2016: Biba expects EU decision to mitigate Vnuk
Graeme Trudgill, the executive director of the British Insurance Brokers' Association, says he expects the European Union to soon come up with a new definition of "vehicle" that will close the Pandora's box opened by the Vnuk ruling.
Brexit offers UK insurers respite on ECJ VAT ruling for outsourced claims
UK insurers are facing significant increases to the cost of outsourced claims handling if the government is forced to align its VAT position to a recent European Court of Justice ruling, but the June vote on whether the UK should leave the European Union…
Legal Update: Hover with caution
The arrival of hoverboards in 2015 suggested that, as in Back to the Future, technology had found yet another innovative and entertaining way to enhance our transport options, even if it was difficult to know if a hoverboard was just an advanced toy or a…
Europe: What's driving telematics growth
Alongside North America, Europe so far represents the vast majority of all insurance telematics policies, with Italy and the UK leading the pack.
DfT and industry players discuss scope of Vnuk legislation
Industry leaders are working with the Department for Transport to determine if certain vehicle classes should be taken out of European Union legislation that expands the requirement for motor insurance, amid fears of a future claims influx.
Fraud Focus: Out of sight, not out of mind
Could the ruling in Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnic Triglav lead to a rise in fraud?
Expanded mandatory motor insurance could mean increase in MIB levies
DfT, ABI, Biba and MIB to meet next month to discuss potential changes
Insurers face major restructuring or increase in VAT after ECJ tax decision
European Court of Justice ruled that offshore entities should be subject to VAT
Insurers to face 'soaring' VAT bills following ECJ ruling
A ruling from the European Court of Justice is likely to add hundreds of millions to European insurers’ VAT bills, according to tax experts.
View from the top: Adapt to survive
The ban on gender as a rating indicator simply means insurers will have to look to other factors instead, says Paul Geddes
Law report: EU rules have an impact on motor claims
Law reports contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
ABI issues gender directive guidance
The Association of British Insurers has published guidance for consumers ahead of the European Court of Justice’s gender directive.
Ethics: Entering the moral maze
The insurance industry has a poor public perception, many believing that firms put short-term profit above long-term customer satisfaction.
In Series On Data: Bringing credit to the nation
Credit data is relied on to help decide if customers can repay monthly instalments but, as competition heats up, will insurers consider its use in APR calculations to give them an edge?