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NewsClaims Excellence Awards Finalist 2020 Q&A: Sedgwick’s work during the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian
Winners will be revealed at Insurance Times’s Claims Excellence Awards 2020 on 15 October at Kensington’s Royal Garden Hotel
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IT InterviewQ&A: Brokers understand customers who ‘don’t fit the standard box’ says ThingCo chief exec
Insurance Times speaks to ThingCo chief executive Mike Brockman on how telematics is going wrong and what brokers can do to overcome hurdles and cost barriers in order to make telematics work.
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IT InterviewInsurers re-setting HNW boundaries to take advantage of higher premiums and margins
The mid net worth market is likely to merge into core domestic household products says loss adjustor
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: ‘Much of what sets us apart is not provided by the broader market’ says Nexus Underwriting
Nexus Underwriting group chief underwriting officer André Ford talks to Insurance Times, discussing the reputation of the MGA market, capacity concerns among brokers and exploring the underwritng and claims processes used to stand out in the MGA market
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NewsBlanc blasts poor insurer communication over Covid BI exclusions
Industry hasn’t explained the reasons for pandemic cover exclusion properly, the Aston Lark chief said
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NewsGovernment should use claims management capability during pandemic, says PIB boss
Brendan McManus explains that the insurance industry could have supported the government throughout the coronavirus crisis
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NewsBritish Dental Association urges FCA to consider ‘unique challenges’ of dentists in BI claims test case
The dentist trade union is arguing that the short timeframe given for its members to submit any relevant material to the FCA has meant that all issues could not be communicated
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NewsHiscox Action Group triggers arbitration clause in bid for £40m pay out for rejected Covid BI claims
The group’s law firm is acting on behalf of 350 Hiscox Insurance policyholders
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NewsTwo-thirds of UK brokers don’t think the industry has responded well to the Covid-19 crisis
Nearly all of the research respondents agreed that policy wordings need to be reviewed urgently
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NewsGerman fraudster jailed for two years after failed £6m insurance scam that amputated his left hand
The scammer let a train run over his left hand so that he could claim on numerous accident insurance policies
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News AnalysisWin or lose, the FCA test case on BI claims will not be good for insurers
When the FCA announced it was taking a test case to the High Court to provide clarity on the confusion around business interruption claims in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, insurers were worried
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NewsHiscox and RSA among eight insurers named by FCA as BI test case heads to the High Court
The regulator named a total of eight insurers in the Particulars of Claim submitted to the High Court for a test case on the validity of insurers denying business interruption claims in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
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FeaturesPandemic insurance set to become ‘mainstream’ following Covid-19 outbreak
Insurance Times explores pandemic insurance availability and coverage prior to the coronavirus pandemic, and how this is geared to change in a post-Covid-19 world
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NewsWoman who tried to scam thousands from insurer sentenced
Fraudster exaggerated the extent of her injuries following an accident
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NewsNearly two-thirds of businesses have had coronavirus-related BI claims rejected by insurers
The Irish survey further showed that a third of business owners are still awaiting a final decision from their insurance company regarding a business interruption claim
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IT InterviewEtrading Q&A: Insurance needs to digitally keep pace with other business sectors says Applied System’s Fairchild
The software company chief executive explained that ’we are firmly in the middle of a digital revolution of insurance’
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FeaturesCoronavirus: Skincare salon misled by insurer over rejected BI claim
MS Amlin took two months to respond to NuYu London’s claim, despite initially informing the business’s broker that the BI policy would pay out
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NewsThe British Dental Association issues open letter to Matt Hancock amid group BI claim
The professional body is appealing to Hancock for support, meanwhile law firm Mishcon de Reya has made an advance with the group BI claim
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NewsInsurers accused of ‘intransigence’ in Covid-19 BI payout dispute
Insurance industry body ABI faced a grilling by Northern Ireland politicians
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