Politics
Legal update - expert witness: the end of guns for hire?
A recent case has stripped expert witnesses of the immunity they have always enjoyed. Philip Tracey reports on the implications of this significant decision.
Claims - controlling costs: inventive intervention
With motor rate rises slowing down and bodily injury claims growing, Tim Roberts questions whether current innovation and investment is enough to get insurers back on an even keel.
Post magazine – 5 May 2011
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Irish brokers wary of Quinn business model after takeover - Insurance News Now – 5 May 2011
Post reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories including the uncertainty over the business model of the former Quinn Insurance following its takeover by Liberty Mutual and Anglo Irish Bank.
Comment - pre-nuptial agreements: breaking the marriage bond
As the world gears up for a Royal wedding, Jonathan West explores the practicalities of what happens when marriages go wrong and whether insurance will soon play its part.
Post history - 10 years ago: ABI TV ad campaign considered
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this article from 10 years ago reveals.
Bent credit hire case faces appeal court hearing for second time
The credit hire legal wrangle involving Aston Villa footballer Darren Bent is set to continue after permission to refer the case back to the Court of Appeal was granted.
London Chamber of Commerce warns confidence is slipping
Companies in the capital endured a tough start to the New Year according to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey.
London Chamber of Commerce warns confidence is slipping
Companies in the capital endured a tough start to the New Year according to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey.
Editor's comment: an unfamiliar feeling
As they head off for a well-earned break over the Easter weekend, UK motor insurers may well be struck by an unfamiliar feeling. Contentment.
NHS reforms: healthy, wealthy or wise?
As UK nurses issue an overwhelming vote of no confidence in the Health Secretary's management of NHS reforms, Richard Sear considers the implications of the government's plans for the NHS, private health providers, insurers and patients.
View from the top: Jackson is only the start
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance stands squarely behind Lord Justice Jackson's recommendations in his Review of Civil Litigation Costs.
Homelet 30% ahead of target to smash 2010 £10m profit
Barbon Insurance Group's current most profitable business Homelet is aiming to "smash" its 2010 profit by December.
EL campaigner stands for London election
The former MP and leader of the Access to Justice group Andrew Dismore has been selected as a Labour candidate for the Greater London Authority election.
Only 12% believe Government FSA overhaul will meet 2012 deadline
Almost three fifths (58%) of insurance professional questioned by the Chartered Insurance Institute think that the industry’s needs have not been taken into account in the plans to overhaul the Financial Services Authority.
Biba: regulation is bigger burden than tax
The regulatory burden imposed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on the insurance broking sector is a greater competitive disadvantage than the amount of corporation tax it pays, the British Insurance Brokers’ Association has warned.
FSA confirmed to discuss the FSCS
The Financial Service Authority is set to discuss the future and funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme at an All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services meeting.
Parliament cracks down on uninsured drivers
A new system to tackle uninsured driving has moved a step closer with road safety minister Mike Penning laying the final regulations in Parliament.
Financial regulation consultation closes
HM Treasury’s consultation paper A new approach to regulation: building a stronger system, has closed.
Interview - Jonathan Evans MP: APPG - priorities, progress and provocations
Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services Jonathan Evans talks to Mairi MacDonald about the group's priorities, progress and provocations.
Pleural plaques fight set to continue vow insurers
The insurance industry has vowed to continue battling the Scottish government's decision to compensate pleural plaques, despite losing a judicial review in Edinburgh.
Comment - gender ruling: the price of equality
The ECJ ruling banning gender-based premiums may have thrown insurers into a spin but, as Mary Honeyball explains, it was the right thing to do.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny understands the launch of widely anticipated new insurance trade body the Managing General Agents' Association has been held up by a lack of technological foresight.
Motor price hikes forcing drivers to withhold info
Sharp rises in motor insurance premiums are prompting more drivers to withhold information, as rising costs make insurance unaffordable for some, the AA has warned.