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FeaturesBriefing: ‘Astonishing’ industry change can’t distract from claims focus
The insurance sector is changing faster than British summertime weather – staying ahead of evolving claims trends, therefore, becomes a business imperative
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Briefing: London market is still wrestling with its future as Freedom Day arrives
London market brokers query hybrid working models, while syndicates ponder whether Lloyd’s blueprint investment will pay off
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OIC portal ‘does not work as well’ as previous MoJ process for whiplash claims
Insurance Times speaks to industry commentators on the early trends that are arising following the Official Injury Claim portal’s launch at the end of May
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Ben Rose: Solving the issue of stacking in insurance
Stacking represents ’a massive problem to be solved by technology’ according to the global all-in-one reinsurance platform’s co-founder
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Taskforce intent on ‘ripping up’ regulation ‘rule book’ – what is the impact on UK GI?
For example, the proposed expansion of open finance suggested by the TIGRR could have a ‘big impact on the broker market’ as it paves the way for ‘a new type of tech-savvy intermediary’
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Briefing: Covid costs now hitting reinsurance bottom line
Covid-19, Solvency II and ESG factors will all be influencing global multiline insurers’ balance sheets, says S P Global Ratings
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Briefing: Why Admiral continues to be the darling of UK insurance stocks
Described as a ’golden nugget in muddy water’, is Admiral the shareholder gift that keeps on giving?
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Covid-19 creates tangible opportunities for intellectual property insurance
The pandemic has led to an ‘opportunity for brokers to work with clients to protect their intangible assets, which increasingly are at the heart of [a] company’s worth’
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Supercede – the marathon running duo with an appetite for risk
The two co-founders of Supercede tell Insurance Times their plans after recently receiving a £2m investment and how training for a marathon led to the creation of a global all-in-one reinsurance platform
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Briefing: Aon-WTW merger still hitting snags amid broader consolidation landscape
Aon still has its work cut out for it if it wants to complete its purchase of Willis Towers Watson and mitigate market competition worries – however, will competition concerns increase across the piece as a result of the recent consolidation uptick?
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Briefing: What five SME products could come under the FCA’s fair value microscope?
The first deadline surrounding the FCA’s general insurance pricing reform is approaching fast - insurers and brokers must consider the implications on SME products if they haven’t done so already
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Insurers ‘lack understanding’ around ‘fast-evolving’ cryptocurrency market
With demand for cryptocurrency cover accelerating, only insurance firms with ‘mature risk management processes and controls’ will be able to succeed in this line of business, says broker
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Covid-19 set to make future Olympic cover a non-runner
As athletes arrive in Tokyo for the summer Olympic Games, the postponement of the event for 12 months has already cost the insurance industry dear
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Briefing: Insurance bosses must speak out about office return
As Boris Johnson announces the lifting of the UK’s lockdown regime, managing the juxtaposition of home versus office working in line with employee expectations is an imperative for insurance leaders
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Briefing: Solvency II and GDPR face big shake up amid Tory post-Brexit war cry
MP Iain Duncan Smith leads the charge on radical post-Brexit insurance plans
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Fire safety reform and PI withdrawal creates ‘existential moment for the insurance industry’
Four years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, industry experts debate the draft Building Safety Bill and what has been done so far to address fire safety
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Brokers set to be ‘squirming’ as FCA fixates on product value
Large insurers and price setting brokers ’have got a lot of work to do’ ahead of the GI pricing reform implementation deadlines, says compliance expert
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Briefing: Fair value ‘fault line’ underpins FCA’s GI pricing proposals
The FCA may have ‘unleashed the concept’ around fair value, but now firms have to interpret this and embed it within their business practices, which isn’t an overnight job
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Opinion: Story of pandemic winners and losers still being written
Despite Covid-19 being a part of daily life in the UK for the past 17 months, winners and losers connected to the pandemic are still surfacing noticeably in the insurance sector, says editor Katie Scott
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Briefing: Ardonagh breathing down Gallagher’s neck in top 50 broker race
The data collection for this year’s Insurance Times/IMAS Top 50 Brokers report is getting underway - the top spots are still to play for
