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Interview: Karen Beales, UK General
Karen Beales was recently appointed CEO of UK General from her existing role as managing director, following JC Flowers’s acquisition of the company. Post discussed with Beales what the future holds for the managing general agent.
Analysis: Monitoring medical misdeeds
Surgeon Ian Paterson went to prison in May for carrying out unnecessary cancer operations and this case has highlighted gaps in the insurance coverage of medical malpractice
Allianz appoints John Berry as director of underwriting and technical for personal lines
Allianz has appointed John Berry as director of underwriting and technical, personal lines.
Legal Update: Catastrophic injury claimants can benefit from assistive technology
Assistive technology can provide a cost-effective way of helping claimants with catastrophic injuries, explains Malcolm Henké, partner at Horwich Farrelly.
Blog: Digitisation and the battle for relevance
Digital technologies offer insurers the opportunity to reconnect with their clients and earn back their trust, writes Robin Wolstenholme, senior marketing specialist at Liferay.
Personal injury CMCs made £2.8bn over the last decade
Personal injury claims management companies earned £2.8bn over the last 10 years, a government report has revealed.
Public divided on driverless cars, study reveals
Over a third of the public are sceptical of driverless cars, with only four in 10 ready to embrace the technology.
Blog: Wearable tech as a way into the young HNW market
Brokers can use wearable technology as a way to enter the high-net-worth and mid-net-worth market, especially its young segment, advises Sarah Willoughby, art and private client development director at Ecclesiastical.
Swinton's Richard Beaven on getting personal
The disruptive rise of price comparison websites is well-documented. This has prolonged the lifespan of an outdated business model where insurers and brokers compete on price, and price alone, argues Richard Beaven, distribution director for Swinton…
Analysis: Fighting for cover
Military personnel struggle to find motor and household insurance adapted to their circumstances. Should general insurers leave that market to specialists?
Blog: Making life-or-death decisions for your customer
Could you and your providers be trusted to come up with an innovative solution to save your customer's life, asks Chris Knight, head of corporate services, CEGA Group.
Blog: Telematics should be a given
Telematics insurance has become much easier and cost-effective for brokers and insurers to offer, says Selim Cavanagh, vice-president, Insurance, at Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions UK & Ireland, arguing it should now be a given.
L&G to offer leak detector to home clients
Legal & General has partnered with Home Serve to offer Leak Bot to its home insurance customers.
Blog: How to play the digital game
Transforming an established business to exploit the new touchpoints made available by digital is no easy task but it's a necessity that the full breadth of the insurance industry has woken up to, writes Robin Wolstenholme, senior marketing specialist at…
RSA high flier Hannah Kate Smith acclaimed as the 2017 Young Achiever at the British insurance Awards
Described by her employer RSA as a “dynamic, future business leader,” the British Insurance Awards Young Achiever winner Hannah Kate Smith proved a popular choice last night.
Editor's comment: Time to reward loyalty
Last summer, while holidaying in Spain, we stumbled across an inflatable Wipeout course floating a hundred metres or so off the beach. With the exuberance of youth, my nephew, nieces and son were keen to have a go and several adults, myself included,…
Government will not intervene on rising motor premiums, City Minister confirms
The government will not intervene to curb rising motor insurance premiums, the City Minister has confirmed.
Analysis: After Autofocus: Where next for the credit hire industry?
Last month, seven former employees of Autofocus were collectively given prison sentences of more than five years after being found guilty of doctoring hire rate evidence to defend insurers in court against credit hire companies in thousands of cases.
My other life: Colin Smithers, Redtail Telematics, gliding
As well as being CEO of Redtail, Dr Colin Smithers is an accomplished glider
Markerstudy injects capital to fix £109m solvency deficit
Markerstudy was forced to inject fresh cash into the business after falling short of its solvency requirement by £109m.
This Week in Post: Outdated and out of there
I was recently lamenting shortage of space in my toy-cluttered flat and a (childless) colleague mentioned the baby cages Victorian households used to hang out of their windows. “There were mercifully few deaths,” he joked, as I gazed at an online image…