All Comments/Letters articles – Page 8
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It’s hard to go green
Tom Jones says insurers make it difficult to insure car use that cuts carbon emissions
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Armed to face global risks
Nato secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer explores the similarities between international defence and insurance
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Comments/LettersCharting a route to raise our professional game
Lord Hunt says that to restore public trust in insurance practitioners, companies must raise their professional standards
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Comments/LettersThe drains can’t take the strain
Flood defences make little difference as the greatest threat is an overloaded drainage system
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Comments/LettersThe logic of a U-turn
Andrew Cave says insurers are not bound to follow the pack, so watch out for a change of direction
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Comments/LettersWhere size doesn't matter
Grant Ellis says the new SME direct campaigns are aimed at too small a market to worry brokers
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Comments/LettersPiling in to sell it cheap
John Jackson says aggregator sites won’t appeal to discerning insurance buyers
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Comments/LettersPrepare for investor action
Anthony Hilton says Lloyd’s insurers will face the legal consequences of the US sub prime debacle while their shareholders are seeking better management
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Feedback
Commission disclosureI was extremely surprised and alarmed that the trade association should be arguing for full commission disclosure on the retail side and the argument used was that the playing field is not level.How is the playing field going to be level with the direct writers, etc, when ...
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When a title can be costly
Caroline Muspratt says the way in which a job is described can confuse online insurance users
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How to create an invitation to browse
Andrew Areoff says the design of a website is vital to the image of your business
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Joined-up fraud busting
Tom Flack says as the IFB publicises its recent successful investigations it now needs to raise its game, and for that it will need more resources and co-operation from other government agencies
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Don’t let the stress culture get a grip – keep ahead of the game
Bob Mecrate-Butcher says employers should be aware that employees have a wide base from which to launch stress-related claims
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AXA slammed over broker jibe (31 July)
Biba raised this letter with AXA at the highest level, some weeks ago, and has received an unreserved apology. The letter was inappropriate, inaccurate and damaging to its intermediary division. AXA is not the only large composite insurer with direct and intermediated divisions that has engaged with inappropriate marketing in ...
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AXA slammed over broker jibe (31 July)
As a small broker I am seriously thinking about moving my AXA account.Several insurers would jump at the chance to take the account.If it [AXA] is not buying brokers it is slating them.Dave Hall
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Lloyds TSB announces package for flood victims (31 July)
About time this happened. Surely there is more the companies can do for the victims.John Blythe
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Biba slams insurers for increasing property premiums (3 August)
Are you talking about the same government that allowed the flood defences to deteriorate? Let’s not even talk about bridges. I am sure the US is not the only country that has allowed its bridges to become dangerous.If I were an insurer I would not be insuring a local government ...
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Brokers must raise the professional stakes (2 August)
On behalf of Biba, I am very disappointed with the quality of this article and will restrict myself here to a few key comments: 1. The inference that intermediaries are unprofessional does the Biba membership and Insurance Times readership a huge disservice. 2. Brokers are working hard to ensure ...
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Comments/LettersBrokers must raise the professional stakes
Simon Burgess says the next generation of insurance buyers will be financially literate, so brokers need to achieve greater professionalism to survive
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Comments/LettersAction this day, or sink tomorrow
John Jackson says this summer’s flooding is nothing compared to what is to come, so the solving the problem should now reach the status of a national emergency
