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London Market Group outlines 2010 agenda
London Market Group chairman Barnabas Hurst-Bannister has outlined the groups plans for 2010 in an open letter to London market chief executives.
Willis North America appoints chief placement officer
Alastair Swift to relocate from London to New York for new role.
QBE adds to trade credit team
Ray Massey to join in March
Post Magazine 21 January 2010
This week's issue includes a look at the latest initiatives in voice stress analysis and the battle to combat fraud, the Jackson Report, the commercial lines aggregator market and all the latest news and views from the UK general insurance market.
Chartis analyst seconded to IFB
Iain Jones to spend three months with bureau
Isis launches claims handling pricing service
Isis Claims Solutions has launched a new third property damage claims solution designed to speed up the process and reduce costs by up to 300%.
Markel boost retail division with two hires
Markel has appointed John Parkinson and Rupert Joce to its retail division as business operations manager and senior technical underwriter respectively.
JMD Specialist Insurance acquired by Randall & Quilter
Randall & Quilter has enquired the entire share capital of JMD Specialist Insurance from BP Marsh for around £2m.
KGM appoints claims director from Brit
John Searl joins Lloyd's insurer as claims director
US earthquake model launched
RMS launches a US earthquake model
5 Years Ago: Helphire to offer luxury replacements
Credit hire and accident management firm Helphire is hoping to raise its profile in the high-net-worth market by offering luxury vehicles through its replacement service.
20 Years Ago: Union warns over foreign vulnerability
anufacturing Science Finance, the financial services union, said UK insurance companies are vulnerable to foreign takeovers and the government is doing nothing to guard against this
30 Years Ago: Study reveals low spend on insurance
Most London families suffer from poverty because husbands spend four times as much on drinking and smoking as they do on insuring their lives, according to a report based on a six-month study by Liberty Life Assurance.
Penny black's insurance week
Jeepers! Penny spotted the always dapper Lorega chairman, Malcolm Harvey last week apologising profusely to another driver after a minor jeep-on-4x4 incident in Haywards Heath. Penny is not sure exactly what happened — but it sounded like Mr Harvey's…
Legal update - Thrid Parties Rights Bill: Straight to the point
The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill went to the House of Lords late last year, aimed at updating the Third Parties Act of 1930. Terry Donaghy looks at the implications this has for insurers.
Technology - strategy: Soothe the legacy headache
Short-term fixes and data silos still dominate the IT insurance landscape, storing up trouble for the future. Andy Nightingale explains the effectiveness of an alternative approach, from both a cost and capability perspective.
Commercial aggregators: Moving targets
Aggregators have gradually exerted a stranglehold on personal lines insurance distribution that only the most powerful marketing budgets can now compete with. Ralph Savage investigates the potential for aggregators to shift their gaze towards commercial…
Fraud - voice stress analysis: Liar, liar
With fraud costing insurers £1.8bn in 2009, Daniel Dunkley explores the validity and effectiveness of voice stress analysis technology, once hailed as a 'silver bullet' for the industry.
Cyber cover: concentrate on private sector
I was interested to read Patrick Hill's presentation of the case for cyber liability insurance ('Cyber threat or opportunity?', www.postonline.co.uk/1565406).
Insurer majority alive to specialist need
The article by Martin Richell of the Raw Group ('Contamination frustration', www.postonline.co.uk/1567567) correctly warns against the employment of inexperienced contractors when dealing with contamination incidents.
European legal insurance model can work in UK
Helen Withers, managing director of Arc Legal Assistance, makes some bold statements in her recent letter ('European Model unworkable in UK', www.postonline.co.uk/1585923) that could lead Post readers into thinking that the standard model for legal…
Interview - Jamie Hersant: An eventful journey
Officially lauded as a rising star in the claims world, Jamie Hersant shares his views with Jonathan Swift on seizing opportunities, constructive conversations and enhancing experience with exams.
News analysis - Jackson report: In decent proposals
Andrew Parker examines the proposals unveiled last week by the Jackson report and considers the implications they hold for insurers, claimants and the legal sector.