All Features articles – Page 59
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Business basics
Fiona Andrews explains why the CII Diploma business practice unit is vital for all employees commercial awareness and business acumen are essential weapons in the armoury of an insurance professional.
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Satisfying the FSA sentinels
Branko Bjelobaba argues that confusion over compliance is understandable but ignorance isn't
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Insurance for women
Angela Ellis-Dunn reviews her career - and the perception that insurance is a man's world
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Fraud pay-outs can be recovered
A recent Appeal Court judgment contains encouraging news for insurers dealing with fraudulent claims. Jonathan Steer explains
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A man on our side?
The new man heading the ABI is an ex-civil servant, who promises to take general insurance seriously and to go back to the floor to understand the industry's needs. Elliot Lane reports
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Liability challenge
This week's questions come from the AXA Campus course How Liability Arises
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Bring on the searchers
Marcus Exall explains how to put your website on the search engine radar
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Scotland's Top 20 brokers
Who are the biggest regional independent brokers? In the first of a series covering all of the UK regions, Insurance Times and its research partner Grant Thornton have calculated who the biggest independent regional brokers are. The series kicks off with a look at Scotland
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A strategy for selling up
Bob Screen guides brokers through the options when considering a trade sale
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Can a man serve two masters?
Christian Wells looks at the dilemmas faced by brokers over commission disclosure
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Investing in words
John Simmons looks at how effective wordplay can benefit brokers and insurers
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Under the cosh
New legislation imposes greater accountability on company officers which will increase the need for D&O cover. Simon Goldring and Lorna Sproston report
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Clearing the road crash Mist
Whiplash claims are costly to insurers, but now there are ways to challenge them, says Jon Dye
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The claims squeeze
Customers are flooding insurers with unacceptable claims, say Richard Coles and Paul Ryan
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Quest for justice
Last year, broker Karen Stokes was involved in a horrific car accident. But when she made her claim she saw the insurance industry as an unsympathetic beast
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Are you ready for a hit?
Alex Peterkin says that small brokers must know their FSA compliance requirements, or suffer
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Australian court cries 'foul'
An Australian Supreme Court decision could indicate a dramatic shift in sports injury law. Bruce Ralston explains the key facts of the case
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The money trail
Under 50% of brokers understand the FSA's rules on client money, according to an exclusive survey by Insurance Times and the Financial Services Skills Council. Should brokers worry about money handling issues when their core skills are selling? Insurance Times, with the backing of Premium First, convened a round table ...
