All Features articles – Page 78
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Test yourself with our MOT
Welcome to the first Insurance Times monthly MOT test to check your knowledge of general insurance. This week we have a questionnaire on household and motor. Waltham Pitglow suggests ways of using it
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Structured Supervision
Supervision and monitoring are vital to keeping the regulators happy. Kate Foreman outlines the way in which supervision should be structured
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All types of Supervision
Competence can be maintained and regulated by different types of supervision and monitoring. Petrina Oxshott explains how to watch standards
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Open Dialogue
If someone in your company has a dialogue with a client by email, telephone or letter, would you know what was said or agreed? Petrina Oxshott poses the questions that compliance officers will be asking
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Fearless Shipley elected to council
New Council of Lloyd's member David Shipley is "not afraid to upset the Lloyd's establishment" according to sources.Shipley, an underwriter with Managing Agency Partners, was elected to the Lloyd' ...
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Missing Premiums
When a broker gets into financial difficulties what is the situation with premiums already paid by insureds, but not passed on to the insurer. Waltham Pitglow sets the scene
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Rights of passage
Disasters like the Prestige mean tankers are finding their movements restricted. But can the tightening of exclusion zones be challenged? Paul Wordley and Alistair Johnston report
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Paying for the nuclear option
While Pool Re has extended cover to include a terrorist attack on a nuclear site, there is still unease over the issue of liability. R T Houseago reports
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The new regime
Lloyd's brokers have been regulated by the market itself and the GISC, but as of 2004 they will be under FSA scrutiny. Michael Connor reports
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Not such a headache
The Jeff Astle case raised the fear of personal injury claims brought by people playing sport. But such claims are unlikely, say Rob Barrett and Nick Goddard
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Insurers must fight fraud rings
Insurers have a new strategy to deal with the increase in claims arising from staged or non-existent car accidents.
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Fixing the cost of litigation
The Woolf Reforms have failed to control litigation costs. But a fixed costs scheme could help the industry. Michael Faulkner reports
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Insurers defined by claims service
Law firms have an increasing responsibility to deliver a quality claims service for insurers. And that means using more mediation, says Alan Jacobs
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The solicitor's stake in claims
Once upon a time, claimant and defendant solicitors in personal injury cases used to get along. Now fees have driven a wedge between them. Mark Harvey and Hugh Price look at the issues from each side
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Pet cases with a nasty bite
An expected Lords' judgment may open the floodgates for animal attack claims. Philippa Craven explains
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The pressure is on to beat the cheats
Fraud rings and the spiralling compensation culture are the most challenging tasks for insurers, who must tighten their grip on the claims system, says Alan Cleary
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Answering your questions
In this regular feature, partners at Davies Lavery deal with questions sent in by readers. Here we look at asbestos obligations, flood risks, holidays on sick leave and fixed-term employment contracts
