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Insurance Strategy 2012: Get clever about customer contact
Insurers must communicate better with customers and recognise that one renewal action a year is not enough to build lasting relationships, according to IBM business development executive Adam Bellchambers.
Data management: Handle with care
The colossal amount of customer data held by the industry presents ethical and security challenges. How can firms cope with these issues while making data work?
RSA and Groupama sign motor claims agreement
RSA and Groupama Insurances have signed a bilateral agreement to help tackle the industry issue of subrogated motor repair costs.
LV appoints Mark Austen as chairman
LV has confirmed that Mark Austen will take over as chairman following the firm's annual general meeting in May next year.
RMS updates Japan quake model
Catastrophe modelling firm Risk Management Solutions has released an update to its Japanese earthquake model, factoring in lessons from last year's Tohoku quake.
Reports claim DLG has 'sold' 33% of IPO book
Direct Line Group has found buyers for the full 33% stock stake, just three days into a nine-day marketing drive, sources close to the transaction told Reuters.
MS Frontier Re to open Malaysian office
MS Frontier Re plans to establish a new branch office in Malaysia subject to regulatory approval to service its clients in Asia and Oceania.
French treasury to raise €800m via tax on insurers
French insurers and reinsurers face a 7% hike in the exit tax on capitalisation reserves, if proposals in the 2013 budget go ahead.
Roundtable: Medical matters - product liability in the life sciences
Advances in medical science have created new opportunities and challenges for product liability insurers and policyholders, but is either party ready for what lies ahead?
Factor in reforms, motor insurers urge Competition Commission
The Competition Commission has been urged to consider the impact of upcoming legal reforms, including the ban on referral fees and changes to general damages, when it begins its two-year investigation into the private motor insurance market.
Interview: Peter Hubbard - back in business
After spending his time since leaving Axa in 2008 pre-occupied with a range of non-executive roles, Peter Hubbard has burst back onto the scene this week as chief executive of UK General. He talks to Post about his decision to return to a company in a…
Editor's comment: Motor madness drives on
Love it or hate it, the UK private car insurance market grabs all the industry's political airtime outside floods and hurricanes.
Post magazine - 4 October 2012
The latest issue of Post is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Insurer-owned brokers: An endangered species?
The insurer-owned broker has become a permanent industry fixture in recent years, but a number of sales may have put the model in doubt. Are its days numbered?
Second Gibraltar firm follows Lemma into administration
Hill Insurance is seeking the appointment of a provisional liquidator following a "serious external fraud".
ABI to publish "compelling" young driver report
The Association of British Insurers will publish proposals tomorrow for improving young drivers' safety, calling for initiatives including a ban on intensive learner courses.
Subrogated motor repair costs in the firing line for RSA and Groupama
RSA and Groupama have come together to sign a bilateral agreement designed to speed up the subrogated motor repair payment process and remove unnecessary costs.
HCC's Molbeck to step down in December
HCC Insurance Holdings has confirmed that its president Christopher Williams will succeed John Molbeck in December.
Two million Brits mistakenly driving without insurance, says LV
More than two million people have driven without insurance, according to LV, 1.8 million of them mistakenly believing they were insured at the time.
Ace goes live with property insurance cover to fill terrorism gap
Ace has launched a property insurance proposition designed to cover the gaps between traditional property, terrorism and political violence insurance policies.
Ace launches property offering to fill terrorism gap
Ace Group has launched a property insurance proposition designed to cover the gaps between traditional property, terrorism and political violence insurance policies.
Talanx completes IPO
German insurance group Talanx AG has completed its IPO with an initial listing of shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today.
Home & Legacy unveils building works product
Allianz subsidiary Home & Legacy has partnered with Allianz Engineering to launch a unique building works product to the high net worth insurance market.
Top five Asian news stories
The top five Asian news stories from www.insuranceinsight.com over the past seven day.