Motor
Interview: Opportunity knocks for Capita's Brent Escott
Having set up, run and sold insurance businesses, Brent Escott is now embarking on a new challenge at the outsourcing giant.
Household: Insurers weathering the cold
After a mild 2011, this year got off to a cold start as snow hit the UK. Will this force insurers to look beyond the past year and start pricing household and contents cover long term?
Career development: BT Claims to add 20 in ABS push
BT Claims is set to recruit 20 new staff following is application to become an alternative business structure.
Legal chiefs angered by Downing Street snub at the motor premium summit
Only insurers were invited to the Number 10 meeting, leaving many sectors feeling left out in the cold.
Fraud: Organised crime - Bogus claims gangs cast a wider net
The profile of people targeted by gangs to make personal injury claims appears to be changing, with those involved becoming younger and more middle class. The link between youth unemployment and crime rates is hard to ignore.
Post magazine – 23 February 2012
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
UK General signs £22m worth of new scheme deals
UK General has signed 11 new schemes deals during the past three months as it continues to grow its presence in the UK schemes market.
Collaboration key to tackling Malaysian motor fraud
Collaboration is needed between insurance practitioners, adjusters and motor workshops in to improve fraud detection in Malaysia’s motor industry, according to industry sources in the region.
Carole Nash hands long-serving employee Baker marketing role
Motorcycle insurance specialist Carole Nash has promoted Nick Baker to the newly created position of director of products and marketing.
Motor claims expenditure boss joins Selsia
Former HSBC Insurance motor claims expenditure boss Ian Stewart has joined Selsia Vehicle Accident Centres as an insurance consultant, with particular focus on developing the firm's direct model within the sector.
Opening China's mandatory motor market won't harm domestic insurers
The Chinese government's decision to open the third-party motor liability market to foreign insurers is unlikely to adversely affect local insurers, according to the nation's biggest non-life insurer.
China confirms motor market will open to foreign insurers
China's vice president, Xi Jinping, has met his opposite number Joe Biden in the US and confirmed China will open its market to foreign insurers.
Mapfre extends relationship with Dah Sing in China to road assistance
Road Assistance China has teamed up with Chinese insurance firm Dah Sing to offer its clients two new services.
Liberalising the Italian motor market
The Italian government is aiming to combat motor insurance fraud with its Decreee Cresci Italy. However, as Paolo Golinucci explains this might not be as straightforward as it seems.
Direct Line Italy selects provider for improved claims management system
Direct Line Italy is launching a claims management system to support the company's continuous growth and maintain customer satisfaction.
Zurich sees 19% drop in GI profits after US$1bn cat losses in 2011
Zurich recorded a general insurance business operating profit of US$2.3bn in 2011, a decrease of US$403m or by 15% in US dollar terms and 19% on a local currency basis.
Video is next step for telematics
Technological advances in the world of telematics are expected to continue apace, following the claim that miniature in-car cameras could soon be installed to identify the number of potential claimants.
Motor claims: Senior Labour MP dismisses LASPO as a ‘Christmas Tree’ Bill
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill has been criticised for limiting access to justice for poorer claimants and disguising the abuses of insurers and claims management companies as a compensation culture.
RTA Portal extension divides opinion due to lack of clarity and timescales
ABI welcomes changes but industry raises concerns over timescale for implementation.
Market fears for unintended consequences as first ABS approval nears
The first alternative business structure could be greenlighted as early as next week.
Immediate medical triage may cut whiplash costs
Treatment Network boss Jonathan Cook told delegates that offering whiplash claimants immediate medical triage when they first phoned in their claim prompted 15% of callers to "spontaneously recover" from their injuries.
Government rules out legal curfew for young drivers
The government has dashed insurer hopes of legal intervention to curtail and curfew young drivers.