All Insight articles – Page 18
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Online onlyBriefing: Why there is so much concern around GoCompare’s new owner
GoCo’s new owner, Future Plc, has raised eyebrows with its meteoric rise on the stock market
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Features
What are the most profitable schemes for brokers amid the pandemic recession?
Although commercial combined schemes have brought brokers the most commission between April and September, residential property owners’ cover is declared the ‘biggest earner’ for this period
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Blueprint opens door to Lloyd’s for greater broker access
Lloyd’s latest blueprint will set out how the market will deliver on its core aims
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News Analysis
Insurers and brokers braced for fallout as another latent defects insurer collapses
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, cladding has been a hot topic, with more and more latent defects insurers falling into administration after struggling to pay claims, Insurance Times investigates the wider impact on insurers and brokers
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IT Interview
In Focus: Independent brokers have ‘a mindset for survival’ – Ethos Broking
Building resilience while navigating the Covid-19 pandemic lies in forging progressive growth supported by the foundations of culture, communications and care, says Ethos Broking’s managing director
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Features
‘Gross profit’ terminology confusion creates underinsurance hazard – Sedgwick
Determining insurable gross profit versus an accounting gross profit can be a headache for policyholders, however if calculated incorrectly, the ramifications on business interruption claim payouts could be impactful. Insurance Times explores the issue as well as possible solutions
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Features
Briefing: Productivity vs staff wellbeing – the homeworking conundrum
Productivity gains should not be at the detriment to employee wellness, especially as the pandemic presents a ‘mental health timebomb’
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Briefing: ComparetheMarket shows how weak insurers are versus intermediaries
ComparetheMarket’s abuse of power is remarkable. Distribution’s grip on insurers continues to grow. Can it be stopped?
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IT Interview
Industry has work to do to regain customer confidence – Zurich
Zurich UK’s head of retail believes insurers are ‘absolutely all aligned’ to repairing the reputational damage caused by the FCA’s test case and confusion over business interruption cover
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News Analysis
FCA labels insurers’ arguments as ‘far-fetched’ in Supreme Court hearing
However, insurers claim that there ‘is no justification for engineering contractual wording to accommodate unique circumstances which have occurred subsequently’
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News Analysis
Premiums soar for independent financial advisors’ PI as insurers dwindle
As the UK approaches a pandemic induced recession, advice firms are facing higher premiums as insurers that provide professional indemnity for advisors have significantly reduced after a series of regulatory changes, constraints and historical blunders. Insurance Times investigates what this means for insurers and IFAs – and whether ...
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Briefing: ComparetheMarket’s shameful abuse of power
Competition watchdog’s report into ComparetheMarket offers a damning verdict on a company abusing its power
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IT Interview
Zurich targets regional brokers to achieve business growth
An 18-month transformation strategy has seen a lot of change at insurer Zurich – Insurance Times looks under the bonnet with the firm’s UK head of retail
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Briefing: Why an RSA takeover might actually be very good for brokers
Brokers’ gut reaction may be one of concern at the RSA takeover, but there is likely to be more upside than downside
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Features
How ‘standards’ can help brokers and underwriters
With the pandemic ongoing e-trading has become a vital tool to do business, but standards are still needed especially as the market is always evolving Polaris tells Insurance Times
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IT Interview
Technology is still the ‘bedrock of our business’ – CFC Underwriting’s Dave Walsh
With CFC Underwriting making it onto Insurance Times’s Top 50 Brokers podium yet again, the firm’s chief executive and founder Dave Walsh discusses how it started out in the dot-com era, emphasising that technology is still at the business’s heart today
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Features
Briefing: Collaboration needs to continue post-pandemic for ‘adversarial’ personal injury sector
Despite insurance being fundamentally built on partnerships, the personal injury sphere has long been described as ‘adversarial’ – why has it been so hard to work together?
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Opinion: Could Covid be hastening the end of brokers going into Lloyd’s to place business?
Technology was always going to be part of Lloyd’s of London’s future, but the pandemic has accelerated its adoption. Will brokers going into Lloyd’s physically become a thing of the past and how will the ‘Future at Lloyd’s’ look post-Covid?
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Features
Business interruption has left customers confused, anxious and angry - Brightside chief exec
Insurance industry ’hasn’t covered itself in glory’ over business interruption claims, says Brendan McCafferty
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News Analysis
Brokers react to consortium’s ‘strong bid for an iconic brand’ in potential RSA purchase
UK brokers believe RSA’s potential new owners should build on the insurer’s firm legacy foundations, while others in the industry say external ownership could prove positive
