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Could climate change drive an insurance availability crisis?
Climate change is one of the greatest, long-term risks facing the insurance sector.
How to talk to your manager about your mental health
Although there’s a growing openness about mental health, there is still a significant stigma which may be making it difficult for employees to open up to their managers.
Spotlight: UK businesses brace for evolving claims risks
The risks facing UK businesses are constantly evolving, and trends in claims follow in their wake. It’s not just a rise in extreme weather events that is contributing to the claims tally for UK businesses.
Spotlight: Why insurance can't afford to ignore RegTech
Within the insurance industry, regulatory pressures are intensifying, operational costs are soaring, and the ever-present threat of compliance violations could destabilise entire businesses.
Spotlight: Tackling insurance's regulatory tsunami
Waves of regulatory initiatives are driving up costs, reducing profitability and slowing down business for insurance firms. This spotlight focuses on how insurance firms can respond to these challenges and address the regulatory tsunami.
How ARAG Advance helps firms balance their books
The longer it takes to resolve a civil justice case, the longer law firms have to shoulder the burden of funding disbursement costs.
Spotlight: Insurance's regulatory burden - are we to blame?
Seemingly relentless waves of regulatory change are battering the insurance sector.
The cost of birth trauma
According to the most recent annual report from NHS Resolution, total clinical negligence payments relating to maternity failings amounted to £2.8 billion.
Sexual harassment in the workplace - A time for change
Changes around sexual harassment at work become law on 26 October 2024. This article explores the implications for employers in respect of their duties regarding the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Automated claims management: Three pillars of success
In contrast to traditional approaches, automated claims management systems optimise underwriting efficiency with advanced algorithms and machine learning.
The genie in the bottle: improving outcomes in income protection claims
At a recent Insurance Post roundtable in association with EvolutionIQ, specialists explored the challenges and opportunities for income protection insurers in supporting the ‘back to work’ mission.
Diminishing justice
Tony Buss, CEO of ARAG, the UK’s leading insurer of legal costs has been a key figure in the fight for access to justice for nearly 40 years.
Transforming the insurance industry with process intelligence
To truly become data-driven, insurers need solutions that make it easy to transform raw information into insights that lead to action.
Problem tenants
Landlords following the news, who are worrying about problem tenants, will have seen that the government has launched a special fast track for repossession cases featuring antisocial behaviour cases.
Four ways to limit disrepair claims from your tenants
Allegations of disrepair can have an adverse effect on a rent protection claim if appropriate action hasn’t been taken to resolve any problems that are the responsibility of the landlord.
ESG Spotlight: Can SME commercial insurers drive profitable growth with ESG data?
ESG continues to act as a catalyst for change, with its reach having extended to the UK SME sector.
Fixed recoverable costs in low value clinical negligence claims
Pursuant to Sir Rupert Jackson’s proposals from 2017, the civil litigation landscape has recently faced imminent change vis-à-vis fixed recoverable costs, namely, the amount of legal costs that a winning party can recover from a losing party.
ESG Spotlight: Ethics, talent and underwriting profit - how ESG can help insurers
Although most insurers are not yet fully embracing ESG in working practices, a group of UK insurers are showing best practice – from pricing and underwriting to staff motivation and community investment.
Electric opportunities for total loss claims
Getting motorists behind the wheel of an electric vehicle for a real-world experience could help overcome barriers to adoption.
Whose role is it anyway? Helping consumers with the lasting impact of the cost of living crisis
68% of Europeans think insurance premiums are excessively high, highlighting the importance for many to access affordable products.
Fraud Spotlight: ID fraud now hardest to spot, say insurance leaders
Identity fraud was named as the fraud typology most difficult to detect, according to the 2024 Insurance Post Fraud Survey sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
Clinical negligence fixed costs & disbursements
How and when will the regime for fixed costs in clinical negligence claims with a settlement value of less than £25,000 be implemented?
Post-termination restrictions for partners and senior team members
If an employee or partner has knowledge of your clients and techniques, your strategic plans and staff data could be attractive to competitors.
Navigating data breach compensation claims
The extent to which damages can be claimed in the event of a data breach has been a hot topic over the last few years.