Insurer Analysis – Page 21
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Workplace culture – should employers or employees adapt to create an inclusive environment?
More than half of attendees to the panel voted that employees should not have to adapt themselves to fit into a company’s culture
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Briefing: Consumer Duty - Regulatory headache or brilliant opportunity?
The FCA’s new rules underscore opportunity to boost profitability using customer experience
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Briefing: Conservative financial strategy leaves industry seeing red
Insurers’ hopes of managing the inflation crisis were badly dented by the reaction to the recent mini-budget
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D&O facing crunch renewal as capacity continues to increase
There has been a correction in the D&O market post-pandemic, but this has not been seen across the board, says senior underwriter
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Neurodivergence – the ‘absolute commercial opportunity’ for insurance firms
Insurance firms can benefit from hiring neurodivergent individuals, but more work needs to be done
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Insurers spooked as Halloween’s ‘mischief night’ approaches
With Halloween fast approaching, many insurers will be on their guard as the night is one the biggest for car theft, vandalism, fires and burglaries – but the need for cover doesn’t end there for some haunted customers
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Briefing: Bringing the baby to the boardroom is ‘nothing but a normal Tuesday’
Juggling hybrid working and parenting responsibilities can be tricky for any insurtech chief executive, but has the pandemic and subsequent turn to technology shifted the notion that the lowest wage earner must stay home and child rear?
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Complaints fall post-pandemic, but how is the industry really faring?
Insurance DataLab picks out the choice complaints data to explore where insurers are succeeding and where they can target improvements
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Employee ownership could boost ‘motivation and common purpose’ in insurance sector firms
While employee owned businesses can boost productivity, they are particularly susceptible to the harsh realities of the business world
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FCA sets out potential reforms to multi-occupancy buildings insurance market
Biba has welcomed the findings of the report and said it appreciated the regulator’s engagement with its members while gathering information
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Revealed: Who won at the Insurance Times Tech and Innovation Awards 2022?
Insurance Times returned to the glamorous Royal Lancaster Hotel in London for this year’s Tech and Innovation Awards on 22 September 2022.
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Briefing: Insurers under pressure to harden rates as reinsurers talk tough
Feedback from the Rendez-Vous de Septembre conference is that reinsurers are cheerleading rising rates
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Briefing: Insurers should prepare for risk of another Eurozone crisis
Contributor Saxon East examines whether the eurozone may be about to enter another period of economic chaos
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Claims inflation drives ‘a major deterioration’ in UK motor market
With price increases unable to keep pace with inflation, motor insurers must look to claims prevention and repair network support if they wish to remain in the black
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Opinion: Inflation and cost of living tightrope testing insurers’ balance
Editor Katie Scott discusses how inflation has impacted insurers’ 2022 half-year results
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Briefing: Insurance industry must adopt signposting to support UK’s ageing population
With people living longer and retiring later in life, insurers must be flexible with their travel insurance policies to ensure that consumers are not left without cover
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Sector cautiously welcomes UK government amendments to planning guidance for preventing flooding in new builds
Affordable home insurance is ’essential to public trust’ in insurance and is impossible without ‘drastic improvements’ to flood resilience, says CII director of policy and public affairs
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Briefing: Russia-Ukraine conflict takes toll on insurers’ half-year results
Insurers are preparing for further losses as Russia continues to hold on to leased planes
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In Focus: Could telematics present a win-win for insureds and the industry as the cost of living crisis ramps up?
As inflation accelerates and wages fall, the ‘risk reductions’ provided by telematics-based motor insurance could allow insurers to pass on ‘cheaper premiums’ to their customers
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Professional winter sport athletes left out in the cold by insurance
Brokers must ‘think outside the box’ if they wish to fill the winter sports protection gap