Motor
Telematics Expo: Feedback not a quick fix for improving driving standards
Incorporating a telematics box into a driver's car does not necessarily make a policyholder a safer or better driver, despite claims to the contrary.
Telematics Expo: Data fears unfounded in a social media world
A fear of telematics owing to data protection and privacy issues is outdated in a world where people voluntarily share so much information online.
Telematics Expo: Industry must take the telematics plunge
Insurers were warned not to pontificate over the 'VHS or Betamax' debate and immerse themselves in telematics now or risk falling behind.
Legal reform: Uncertainty abounds as Laspo countdown continues
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act is set to be implemented in April, but insurers and lawyers are concerned by a lack of detail.
Motor premiums rise and fall as competition hots up
Average car insurance premiums for directly sold policies have risen by 8.5% over the past 12 months, while the average premium on policies sold on aggregators has fallen by 3.3% in the same period.
Heavy rain in Beijing brings deluge of motor claims
Property and car insurers have been inundated with claims after the heaviest rain in six decades hit Beijing on Saturday.
AA highlights 'preventable tragedies' as young drivers take to the roads
A survey of 14000 motorists who have been involved in an accident found that new drivers are most at risk on the roads in the first six months after passing their test.
Post Blog: Putting the brake on road accidents
With fatal road accidents on the increase should the insurance industry make better use of technology to improve safety? Kevin Kiernan explains.
Law Report: Court rules in favour of following German law in crash case
Law reports contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Your say: Different motor markets
Penny Searles, managing director of Wunelli, answers LV managing director John O'Roarke's comments about telematics.
Concern over PPOs makes 'nervous' reinsurers more 'selective' in writing
The spectre of the UK motor market being hit by the further withdrawal of primary capacity, and resistance to new entrants, has again been raised, this time through the reinsurance community's concern about periodical protection orders.
Post magazine - 19 July 2012
The latest issue of Post is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
LV Broker handed spot on EIP schemes motor panel
LV Broker has been appointed to the schemes motor panel of Equity Insurance Partnerships.
Be Wiser reports 43% jump in premium income to £76m
Be Wiser Insurance Services has reported its premium income grew 43%, up to £76m, in the 12 months to 31 May 2012 (2011: £53m).
Average motor premiums fall in 2012
Actuaries have questioned whether recent reductions in the average costs of motor insurance premiums have come prematurely, as personal injury costs continue to rise.
Aria Assistance teams up with Ageas and Aviva on emergency help products
The newly-independent Europ Assistance team Aria Assistance is working with a host of major insurers providing policyholders with commercial and personal lines emergency services.
Analysis: Major events in the Russian insurance market in Q2 2012
Highlights for the Russian insurance market for Q2 include a number of important personnel reshuffles, several companies being sold and problems with a high roller. Paul Koshik reports.
Stormy weather causes £35m worth of vehicle damage
Two weeks of severe weather has caused £35m worth of damage to vehicles.
Telematics sales increase 'fivefold'
Telematics insurance sales have increased fivefold in the past two years and are set to snowball to around 500 000 in the next two years.
Telematics could deliver an 'Olympic-sized' saving to UK economy
Coverbox has urged the government to encourage take-up of telematics among drivers.
Your say: Third-party injury spike is old news
An 18% increase in the proportion of third-party accidents involving bodily injury from 2010 to 2011, as identified by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' 2012 report on third-party motor claims and periodic payment orders, is indeed, as the…
Expert analysis: The return of motor madness
The push for volume in motor has started again, with a fall in rates for a fourth consecutive quarter, while home is proving more resilient, says Tom Cooper.
Poor seat design puts two-thirds of car users at risk of whiplash
Hundreds of thousands of whiplash claims could be prevented each year with better head restraints and seats in UK cars, according to research conducted by Axa Personal Lines and motor research organisation Thatcham.
Brightside to pocket £70m premium in Asda affinity deal
Brightside's new affinity partnership deal with Asda Money is expected to bring in up to £70m in premium over the next 18 months.