Briefing – Page 5
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Briefing: Insurance needs to do more to combat climate change
Now is the time for the insurance industry to stand up and take action, says Matt Scott
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Briefing: Wildfire warning urges insurers to wake up to rising risk
The UK must get real about the increased threat of fire damage originating from global warming
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Briefing: Dominoes tottering as falling motor market margins cause exits
With a slew of recent reassessments of involvement in the motor insurance market, what can we expect going forward?
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Briefing: Resilience vital as rising tide of flood risk threatens insurance sector
The country, its government and its insurers will need to act on the threat that flooding is posing and will continue to pose
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Briefing: FCA surprised at high commission levels for multi-occupancy buildings insurance
It seems the ship has well and truly sailed on the sector effectively self-regulating on this issue
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Briefing: Cyber insurance is an opportunity – but industry needs mindset to seize it
Cyber uptake may be low, but is there more to the issue than business apathy to the risks?
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Briefing: French riots provide further evidence of the potential systemic risks of civil unrest
Violence has followed a pattern by swiftly propagating across the country and causing headaches for specialist insurers
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Briefing: Current climate models cutting no ice with actuaries
Models predicting the impacts of climate change could have limited utility for financial services firms in their current form, according to a recent report
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Briefing: Fraudsters have turned to more dangerous crash for cash scheme
Brokers and their clients have now been issued with a new warning amid a sharp rise in the new style of crash for cash scheme
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Briefing: Motor insurers should not just be worried about pressures on profitability
An analysis has found that motor insurance is the most complained about business line in UKGI
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Briefing: Why brokers are ‘scratching their heads’ as Consumer Duty deadline looms
The principle for financial firms to deliver good outcomes for customers sounds pretty innocuous, but is proving fair value as simple as what it seems?
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Briefing: D&O pricing may come down to a question of commitment
While pricing in this line is falling for customers, it is consistency they truly crave
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Briefing: Regulation pulling the sector this way and that
Are the two largest pieces of regulation for the insurance industry today pulling in opposite directions?
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Briefing: Is AI coming for our jobs?
ChatGPT holds both opportunities and risks for insurance sector and for the journalists who write about it
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Briefing: Is the London market’s international competitiveness under threat from hybrid working?
A new CII report has added credence to widespread chatter that flexible working is harming the long-term prospects of the London market
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Briefing: Brokers likely to face a choice as top 20 dominance increases
The increasing concentration of market share among the sector’s biggest players presents the rest of the industry with a question
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Briefing: Has Lloyd’s really banned underwriters from insuring state-backed cyber attacks?
Attribution, degree of damage and the insured’s ability to bounce back are all challenges that cyber insurers must continue to wrestle with
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Briefing: Amazon insurance, is it really that different?
It remains to be seen what impact Amazon will have on the UKGI market
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Briefing: Is 2023 the beginning of a new era for insurtechs?
The insurtech sector has come a long way since the days when it was seen as a disruptor – and more opportunity lies ahead
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Briefing: Industry has fight on its hands despite economic boost
’While there is light at the end of the tunnel, the economic issues that have beset the market look set to continue’