Investigations
Investigations
Sixty minutes with the PMSubscription
Seven insurance leaders sat down with David Cameron last week to discuss lowering motor premiums in exchange for action on compensation fraud. It means risk for both sides, but can the prime minister bring about real change?
Solvency II: the 10 big questions answered…Subscription
Trumpeted as key to the insurance industry’s future wellbeing, Solvency II has instead cast a shadow thanks to delays in its implementation. Will it ever come into force? Here we answer that question plus others on everyone’s lips
Motor survey: market views and the year aheadSubscription
What do the people involved think about the findings of the Insurance Times commissioned survey into public opinion of the motor market? And what lies ahead in the world of regulation?
Motor survey: Motor's damaged reputationSubscription
Market research commissioned by Insurance Times has some sobering messages for the motor insurance industry. But despite public ire over high premiums, the overall results are not as bad as some expected
Timeline: Ten years of SwintonSubscription
From high street to high-profile sacking, we give a potted history of the company from 2001-2011
Swinton's very public hangingSubscription
It was one of the most shocking moves of the last year. But what were the events leading up to Covéa’s dismissal of the entire Swinton executive board? And what can we expect in the future?
Cashing in on subrogationSubscription
Once the subject of a gentleman’s agreement between motor insurers, some are using the practice of paying each other’s repair bills to make money
Revealed: the broker bosses who earn more than Aviva's boardSubscription
US listing means Cable will be unable to curtail Aon, Marsh and Willis pay packages
Offshore and unrated: the insurers operating outside of the FSASubscription
When the supplier failure market was reduced to one player, Saint Kitts and Nevis’s Northern & Western jumped in to fill the gap. Its financial history may be checkered, but should buyers beware or is any criticism just sour grapes?
Offshore and unrated: Supplier failure is crying out for capacitySubscription
Read exclusively online how brokers are turning to unrated carriers to fill demand as new players shy away from joining ‘unappealing’ market
Investigation: Justice by postcodeSubscription
Where in the country an injury claim is heard can be crucial, as we report in the second half of our investigation into whiplash
IT Investigates: Dr ‘no’ - one man’s stand against injury fraudSubscription
As whiplash claims rise while accident figures fall, the first part of our investigation looks at the medical angle of exaggerated personal injury claims
IT Investigates: NFU Mutual reaps a bad harvestSubscription
With a huge year-on-year profit slump, internal wrangling and the competition ready to pick off dissatisfied customers, the rural insurer needs to act
Helphire: how the mighty have fallenSubscription
Four years ago, credit hire company Helphire traded at 450p and boasted healthy profits. So how did it end up with major losses, debts and a 5p share price?
Investigation: Lloyd's e-messaging initiativeSubscription
Not everyone’s happy with the new Lloyd’s market technology initiative, but will they put their money where their mouths are?
IT Investigates: Fraud’s links to organised crimeSubscription
Insurance Fraud Bureau claims 70% of the frauds it investigates have links to organised crime networks
Investigation: QBE's UK woesSubscription
QBE European Operations has posted a solid COR of 91.3%, but subsidiary QIEL is suffering, with a ratio of 106%
Investigation: The future for RBS InsuranceSubscription
A key source believes the business will be unlikely to float more than half at the first attempt
Investigation: Google’s foray into the comparison marketSubscription
Internet giant is said to be experimenting with ideas on how to take forward the new acquisition
Investigation: Corruption in emerging marketsSubscription
When bribery is so endemic, how can you do business in Russia and China without breaking the law?
