All Insurance Times articles in 12 November
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Cyber risk market set to boom
Evolving risks such as cyber liability and environmental liability are creating gaps in the insurance market.Deloitte insurance partner Mark Mcllquham says “there are a lot of innovative products that brokers are designing”.“I’ve heard of Ebola protection products coming into the market for instance; the market continues ...
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Schemes and specialisms set to boom this year
Customer demand will drive brokers to become more innovative in 2015, working with insurers to design specialist schemes and products for new and emerging risks.Managing general agency (MGA) UK General’s schemes managing director Karen Beales said brokers’ ability to identify and sell to niche customers was ...
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – SMEs boom, but can they sustain it?
As the UK economy bounces back, brokers are looking to small businesses to generate organic growth. But is the recovery losing momentum and is growth more likely to come from acquisition in the short term?
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Customer growth and prices key
Competition that drove premiums down unlikely to be a factor as economy recovers and customers return
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Brokers can add value in competitive market
Growth of just under 6% is achieveable this year according to nearly two-thirds of brokers in this month’s survey, while the focus for next year will be on retaining customers and broadening services
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Compliance costs are ‘threat to growth’
As the general election looms, Biba lobbies at all three party conferences to lower the cost of regulation for brokers
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NewsRSA's Hester blames claims farmers and lawyers for surge in deafness claims
Insurance Times Fraud Report shows trend is not slowing
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Online only'Gibraltar must be ready for Solvency II'
Can Gibraltar’s insurers keep up with Solvency II?Efforts by Gibraltar’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) to prepare for Solvency II are paying off.Accounting firm Deloitte’s annual study of the Gibraltar motor insurance market shows that eight of Gibraltar’s firms had solvency margins higher than 200%, up from five at end-2012.But the ...
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The KnowledgeThe Knowledge: growth
Where will brokers turn for growth in 2015? The Knowledge looks at what the next year might bring
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Online only12 November 2014 Issue
Read a digital version of the 12 November 2014 edition of Insurance Times. In this issue: Cover story: Gibraltarian insurers face Solvency II shortfalls; Fraudulent deafness claims; AXA re-opens direct-sell debate; Brokers in start-up rush; Broker Service Survey; Regulation Report Part 5 – legislation; Insurer 50 discuss Solvency II and ...
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FeaturesRegulation Report Part 5
To help you make sense of the changes in the regulatory landscape since the FCA took over from the FSA in April last year, Insurance Times, in association with the Chartered Insurance Institute, is creating a series of five reports focusing on a different area of regulation as it affects ...
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Markets & RisksGallagher and Towergate consolidation era triggers broker start-up growth
Acquisition sprees by broking giants is creating opportunities for new start-ups
