Covid-19 – Page 44
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NewsCost of incorrect Covid clean for credit hire ‘could be somebody’s life’
Legal director responds to industry observations around increased credit hire costs linked to the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsFCA test case appeal confirmed for Supreme Court
However Ecclesiastical and Zurich have bowed out, while Qatar Insurance Company Europe has been denied the right to intervene
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News AnalysisThe Big Question October 2020: How might a Covid-19 second wave and lockdown affect brokers that rely heavily on face-to-face networking?
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen the insurance industry’s conferences and networking events take a hit,with social distancing still in force as the UK faces a second wave and potential lockdown, innovation is still paramount. Insurance Times asks the industry how some brokers who rely heavily on face-to-face networking have ...
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Commercial Express steals new business opportunities as a result of Covid landscape
Commercial Express’s managing director Duncan Pritchard also tells Insurance Times that capacity is a concern for MGAs in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Here, Pritchard shares his insights…
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NewsZego reveals plans for partnership with Bravo Group’s networks
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing to be in place, the UK is driving less and that has meant a turn to more usage based policies, with this in mind Zego’s director of enterprise, Gianluca Uberti tells Insurance Times the insurtech’s latest partnership
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NewsCovid-19 accelerates need for parametric insurance model says InsTech London
With a second lockdown on the horizon, InsTech London is predicting that parametric insurance could plug the insurance protection gap for individuals and businesses
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IT InterviewMike Keating takes ‘relentless engagement’ approach to new MGAA role
The association’s new managing director explains his leadership priorities and highlights the key challenges MGAs need to keep on their radars
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NewsBrokers urged to confirm that public liability policies cover Legionnaires’ disease
CII society produces good practice guide as vacant offices fill despite illness risk
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NewsLloyd’s reveals ‘off the shelf’ business interruption policy
The new product will use a parametric model
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: MGAs will need ‘to tick all the boxes’ to be successful post Covid says CFC chief exec
Insurance Times catches up with CFC Underwriting’s chief executive David Walsh, exploring how the firm serves brokers, the developments its got lined up and the impact of coronavirus on the MGA market
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NewsZego partners with Bravo Group’s networks
This move will help Zego expand and on-board specific broker partners from Bravo Group’s networks
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IT InterviewEC3 Brokers calls on government to become ‘insurer of last resort’ for live events
The broker has called on the government to become the insurer of last resort for the sports and entertainment industry and warns of the potential ’carnage’ on the UK’s economy if these venues cannot get the insurance they need to operate
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NewsFCA files ‘leapfrog’ appeal application to the Supreme Court for BI test case
Despite believing that the judges’ verdict earlier this month was clear, the regulator has filed its application as a precautionary measure
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NewsABI launches mental health standards for travel, health and protection insurers
Insurers within these lines of business will need to implement the association’s measures by December 2021
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IT InterviewBrokerbility buy is a ‘tremendous opportunity’ says Clear Group boss
Broker to target small, specialty firms as part of M&A expansion plan to support ‘gradually moving up the ladder’
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NewsInsurtech Ripe posts 16% revenue rise
It is the insurtechs twelfth consecutive year that it has reported a rise in its financial results
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News AnalysisPost-pandemic recession could spell more trouble for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance
With renewals earmarked for 1 October and a possible economic recession ahead, solicitors’ professional indemnity is back in sharp focus, Insurance Times finds out why
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People & OpinionQ&A: SSP on how technology can serve insurance post-pandemic
SSP’s sales director, Dean Richardson discusses legacy systems, the Cloud and how technology can serve the insurance sector post pandemic
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FeaturesCovid-19 claims yield abundant harvest for claims farmers
Delegates at Insurance Times’s third virtual roundtable say the ‘farming scope for Covid claims is absolutely massive’
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News Analysis‘Pandemic Re needs to get up and running’ says Aston Lark boss Peter Blanc
The ‘cancellation culture’ caused by Covid-19 is hitting the economy hard, but the inability for event organisers to obtain to coronavirus cover is still stifling this sector – Blanc believes it’s time for the insurance industry to lean on the government for a solution
