All Agenda articles – Page 26
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AgendaBiba 2015: Allied World targets independents in regional push
Senior vice-president business development group Enrico Bertagna said regional push is part of a three pillar strategy for the insurer.
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AgendaAnalysis: Who will lead new broker M&A era?
With Gallagher and Towergate, once the dominant force in UK broking M&A, inactive, smaller players are expected to move into the mid-market
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AgendaSpecial Report: Innovation and Disruption
There’s big change coming to the insurance industry and at the inaugural Insurance Times Innovation and Disruption Conference, held in London on 28 April, expert panellists from both inside and outside insurance gave their opinions on how and where change will be coming from.
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AgendaAnalysis: Insurer 50 – we must embrace customer criticism
Publishing online reviews of claims experiences could help build trust between customers and insurers. But despite anxiety in some quarters, delegates were told even bad reviews can have positive results
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AgendaAnalysis: Where next for loss adjuster rivals after the Crawford/Gab deal?
Consolidation looms among loss adjusters as volume of work falls and market changes
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AgendaThe Knowledge: Supply chain interruption – an underinsured risk
In the modern world of complex supply chains, traditional business interruption insurance is no longer enough. While insurers are starting to provide more sophisticated products, take-up remains slow
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AgendaAnalysis: Is insurance becoming a political football?
Five years ago, insurance barely registered on the radar of the then-new coalition government. Since then, the industry has seen more change than in the 1980s – with more likely to come
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AgendaAnalysis: How to avoid corporate blunders
A company’s culture can conspire to lead it into poor business decision-making. Here are five simple rules to help executives avoid common – and costly – mistakes
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AgendaThe Knowledge: Supply chains face geopolitical risk
Supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical risk, warns the World Economic Forum
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AgendaThe Knowledge: Supply chains – When the weakest link breaks
In a global market, where even small companies are increasingly reliant on suppliers in other countries, the potential for business interruption has continued to grow
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AgendaThe Knowledge Expert View: Supply chain risk – sleepless nights can be a thing of the past
Zurich Insurance global supply chain product leader, global corporate, Nick Wildgoose puts risk under the microscope and looks at how to banish those supply chain jitters
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AgendaExpert View: What makes your service different?
Manchester Underwriting Management business development and marketing director Richard Webb on why good service is about more than ticking boxes and how experience is key to solving problems
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AgendaAnalysis: NFU steals ‘most loved’ crown from John Lewis
NFU Mutual tops consumer satisfaction table for both home and motor insurance
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AgendaBig Data among issues on agenda at Broker 50
Concerns were raised at the Broker 50 gathering that growing use of data may mean some people cannot get affordable cover. Lack of regulation of CMCs was also a hot topic
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AgendaExpert View: Solicitors need a seat on fraud taskforce
Carpenters Law partner Donna Scully on why the omission of claimant representatives from the government’s fraud taskforce is a grave oversight in the industry’s ongoing fight against insurance fraud
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AgendaFraud Charter: Rebadged CMCs are getting around cold-calling ban
When is a claims management company not a claims management company? And Financial Ombudsman Service says many alleged fraud cases are actually the result of consumer confusion
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AgendaAnalysis: Latest round in credit hire war goes to insurers
Court of Appeal ruling described as ‘hammer blow’ to credit hire firms, but they win back some lost ground, thanks to a County Court judgement in a separate case
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AgendaAnalysis: Brokers’ regulatory fees are slashed for 2015/16
But FSCS reduction may only be temporary as brokers are urged to make provision for future levies
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AgendaThe Knowledge: Survey – UK recovery is critical to commercial lines growth
More than half of brokers in see overall economic performance as key to commercial lines business, with about the same amount expecting more from this sector this year
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AgendaThe Knowledge: Sector outlook, commercial lines – brokers give their views
Insurance industry experts give their view of the outlook for commercial lines
