All Features articles – Page 26
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Employers in the dock
Firms face the growing threat of legal actions by ex-employees which can result in considerable cost and reputational damage, but cover is available to minimise the expense. Ben Cook reports
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FeaturesThe legal lobbyist
Henry Bermingham, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, is outspoken on the cost of personal injury claims and is critical of the delays in the proposed government reforms.
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Access all areas
Insurers are engulfed in a multitude of incompatible IT systems that are costly to run and fail to offer what customers want. Michael Herson explains an approach that can change all that.
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A cure for the PPI stigma
The payment protection insurance market has long had a bad press with allegations of mis-sold policies and the overcharging of customers. Katie Puckett asks whether the Competition Commission’s attempts to remedy this deeply unpopular product will have the desired effect.
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FeaturesThe profit hunter
Despite the tough economic climate, AXA chief Henri de Castries has kept the company on track to reach its 2012 ambition of tripling its 2004 profits, and he tells Lauren MacGilllivray that he is still keen to make further acquisitions.
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FeaturesHome under fire
New research suggests that the service provided by home insurance price comparison sites is failing customers and lagging some way behind the level of the motor aggregators.
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A changing attitude to a growing problem
Insurance Times assembled a panel of experts in a public debate on how the industry should tackle the £1.6bn a year plague of insurance fraud.
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FeaturesGibraltar rocks!
UK insurers are eying Gibraltar as a place to write business across the EU, as they become increasingly frustrated with the UK tax regime. Lauren MacGillivray met key government figures to find out what the territory has to offer.
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How to stop the brain drain
Firms are becoming increasingly afraid of losing staff to rivals, but Sarah Kennedy has 10 top tips to stop them leaving.
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FeaturesStanding up to the deluge
ABI director of general insurance Nick Starling tells Lauren MacGillivray what it’s like to fight the industry’s corner over its handling of last summer’s floods.
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Trimming the fat
The final part of our series examining the challenges facing insurance companies looks at the pressure on insurers to cut costs.
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FeaturesRunning out of gas?
Insurers are still propping up the UK motor market with reserve releases, but for how much longer? Deloitte insurance partner Catherine Barton analyses the figures.
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Credit opportunities in the current market
David Curtis explains the attraction of global fixed income markets.
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FeaturesOutfoxing the fraudsters
Lauren MacGillivary meets Stuart Dennis, and his enthusiastic team of fraud experts at Absolute Fraud Management – fighting insurance fraud from the heart of Ashdown Forest.
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