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Webinar: The Covid-19 claims kick start: Reinventing the insurance ‘moment of truth’ for a post-pandemic world
In a live webinar session taking place on 10 November, an expert panel will discuss how claims departments are – and should be - reinvented to keep in step with their customers’ changing expectations of what good looks like.
Blog: Don’t lose your data in Excel hell
After an Excel error was blamed for 16,000 coronavirus cases being missed by the Track and Trace scheme, Covernet business development director Jim Campbell considers how insurers, brokers and managing general agents can avoid their own ‘Excel hell’.
Fully Comp episode 3: Will parametrics live up to the hype - and could it ever enter the insurance mainstream?
Welcome to the third episode of Fully Comp, Insurance Post’s new regular video series tackling some of the biggest issues in insurance.
Fully Comp episode 2: What next for Lloyd’s after the trading floor re-opening?
Welcome to the second episode of Fully Comp, Insurance Post’s new regular video series tackling some of the biggest issues in insurance.
Insurance Post Claims & Fraud Awards 2020: winners revealed
Today is the day we can finally reveal the winners of the Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards 2020.
Future Focus 2030: The Lloyd’s and London Market podcast
It is the year 2030. Following the success of 2019’s Blueprint One and 2025’s Blueprint Two [which also co-opted in the IUA and broader stakeholder representation], Lloyd’s and the wider London market is now ready for the highly anticipated third…
Future Focus 2030: The future of Lloyd’s and the London Market
As part of a monthly series, Post looks into the future at how the insurance industry might change, focusing on a specific issue. In the latest instalment David Worsfold looks at transformation of Lloyd’s and the London market in the post Covid-19 era
HG to own 20% of Hyperion as investment boosts ‘war chest’ to $1.5bn
When the transaction for HG to invest in Hyperion closes the private equity firm will hold “just over 20%” of the business, CEO David Howden told Post.
Briefing: Lloyd's start-up Ki secures $500m of backing, is it a Direct Line to success
Ahead of its first quarter 2021 launch, Lloyd’s of London syndicate Ki has received $500m (£390m) backing from Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Fairfax Financial Holdings.
Rising Star: Alex Sorrie, Allianz Insurance
Alex Sorrie joined Allianz as a graduate after setting his sights on the financial services sector and has since led an international project working on a claims automation proof of concept.
Spotlight: Open insurance: Restoring confidence and seizing opportunities post Covid-19
The post Covid-19 insurance landscape is rapidly changing and insurers are increasingly aware that they must adjust and rethink in order to satisfy the needs of their customers and remain relevant. As a result, the pandemic may be the catalyst for…
Spotlight: Product development: The need for speed
Lockdown has been a challenge for businesses across the country but the change in working has led to insurers developing in many positive ways that will benefit the customer in the long run
CII teams up with UEA to promote insurance careers
The Chartered Insurance Institute has joined forces with the University of East Anglia to help students develop a career in insurance through a programme that includes substantial savings on CII qualifications.
Blog: Playing catch-up - the state of digital talent in the UK insurance industry
The UK insurance workforce has a lower share of digital skills than that of other industries according to Kapil Chandry, senior partner, and Tom Welchman, partner, at McKinsey. Now they say is the moment to act.
Connected claims is the driver to take telematics closer to the mainstream, says Trak Global CEO Corrie
The next generation of telematics will involve low cost hardware coupled with smart phones and be based around the connected claims journey.
Future Focus 2030: The future of property podcast - how IoT sensors, automation and granular data will shape the next decade
It is the year 2030. The explosion of internet of things devices has really taken hold impacting both the personal and commercial property markets.
Future Focus 2030: The future of property
As part of a monthly series, Post looks into the future at how the insurance market might change, with each part focusing on a specific issue through a 2030 lens. In the latest instalment, Jonathan Swift looks at how in 10 years new technologies from…
Briefing: Tesla CEO Musk warns incumbents it is building a 'great, major insurance company'. Should they be worried?
On last week’s Q2 briefing call Tesla CEO Elon Musk told insurers he is coming for their actuaries, to help him start an insurance ‘revolution’. But could his obsession with data and math have blinded him as to where the real battle in motor insurance…
Blog: Micro-business motor policies - using data to make better pricing decisions
Many small, local retailers have diversified and pivoted to take phone and online orders for home delivery during the pandemic. Jonathan Guard, director of commercial insurance for UK and Ireland at Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, believes more needs to be…
Aventus' Peter Goodman on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for MGAs
With a hardening market, competition for capacity will intensify for managing general agents. As MGAs face new challenges and opportunities ahead Peter Goodman, CEO and founder of Aventus, asks if digitisation will become a regulatory requirement post…
Blog: Dealing with a hardening market - risk management and loss control during and post Covid-19
With the current insurance market hardening at a rate not seen in over a decade, Risk Solved non-executive Richard Thomas argues those firms that drive improved risk profiling and begin to fully appreciate the quality of the risks within their portfolio…
Spotlight: Lloyd's and the London market: Adapting to the needs of the modern insurance customer
With the launch of Blueprint One last September, Lloyd’s has demonstrated its commitment to an ambitious programme of modernisation for the London Market. But, as research conducted by Post with WNS found, opinion is split on the success of the proposed…
Aviva, RSA, Munich Re and Zurich discussed using data enrichment to speed up valid claims and flag up potential exaggeration or inflation
Controlling claims costs and satisfying legitimate claimants do not have to be mutually exclusive of one another.
Future Focus 2030: The future of personal injury podcast - the pathway to reform
It is the year 2030. After a number of false starts the government finally introduced its Whiplash reforms in April 2022 following delays due to the extended impact of Brexit and Covid 19.