ESG – Page 15
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NewsPrevisico and UK-based MGA ink partnership to boost flood resilience
The latest partnership aims to support SMEs to better protect their business using flood resilience measures
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NewsDirect Line estimates extreme weather claims to reach £40m
The insurer says these potential claims are within its budget for the year
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AnalysisESG concerns look set to grow
’ESG reputation could become as important as product, service and price,’ says Allianz Commercial’s chief underwriting officer
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AnalysisUnderwriters ‘don’t understand the risks’ of EV accidents
Education and training are needed for all emergency services to reduce risks to consumers and first responders in the event of a car crash involving an electric vehicle
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AnalysisHow can the broking sector tackle the ‘significant headache’ of job vacancies?
Part of the solution to broker shortages lies with selling the idea of a career in the sector to university graduates and school leavers
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NewsGlobal net zero transition could double size of London insurance market – LIIBA
It could create an annual total of $125bn (£99.4bn) additional insurance-related spend by 2030 for the costs of transition alone
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NewsZurich UK enhances new small fleet policy for electric vehicles
The policy will now include a like-for-like EV replacement when customers use one of its improved repair networks
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AnalysisThe Big Question May 2022: How can brokers and insurers improve their trading operations and relationships?
Insurance Times asks industry experts how brokers and insurers can better collaborate
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AnalysisBriefing: Climate change transition planning is likely to be a task and a half
Although the government’s new taskforce is promising ‘gold standard’ guidance for net zero transition planning, small supply chain vendors may be the hiccup for listed firms’ success
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NewsBrokers lack resource and knowledge to tackle the climate crisis – Ecclesiastical
One in five said their company had no interest in being net zero, according to the insurer’s latest research
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NewsSwiss Re enters Lloyd’s Lab
The reinsurer has entered the accelerator’s eighth cohort with an ESG proposition
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NewsSpecialist insurer Beazley predicts business risks to increase for Summer 2022
Business leaders are facing the ‘stiffest test in a generation’, says chief executive
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NewsInsurance Development Forum names Swiss Re and Zurich veteran as new steering committee chair
A key priority for the steering committee will be tackling the ’urgency of the climate crisis’
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AnalysisWhen it comes to financial performance, does bigger really mean better?
Insurance DataLab reveals the preliminary findings of its 2022 Broker Performance Report exclusively in Insurance Times, rating the performance of different sized brokers based on their financial performance
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IT InterviewLee Mooney: RSA’s commercial lines business is ‘nothing without our broker partners’
RSA’s commercial lines managing director explains how the insurer’s three-pronged approach aims to improve broker service and encourage ‘growth mode’
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NewsFlood Re reveals ‘Build Back Better’ scheme
Initial particpating insurers include NFU mutual, Aviva, Ageas, Lloyds Banking Group and LV= General Insurance
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AnalysisSocioeconomic inclusion demands greater insurance industry effort
People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds can experience longer career progression paths because of ‘polish and fit’, rather than ‘performance or talent’
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NewsLloyd’s of London targeted again by Extinction Rebellion
Protestors used superglue, chains and bike locks to block entrances while demanding the marketplace cease insuring coal, oil, gas, tar and sands
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IT InterviewSarah Mallaby: Partnering with brokers on schemes is ‘a real bright spot’ for Axa UK
The insurer wants ‘to work with all brokers’, according to its distribution and trading director
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News‘Chronic threat of climate change remains’ – MP Alok Sharma
The MP stressed that insurance has a role to play in helping protect communities from climate risk
