Insurer Analysis – Page 46
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Agenda
Briefing: What is in the stars for Towergate?
Mark Hodges’ departure leaves a lot of questions unanswered
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News
Debt-laden Towergate looks for an answer post-Hodges
Chief executive’s sudden departure comes after a year of poor results and falling bond values
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Telematics takes off - but doubts remain over profitability
Telematics technology is set to boom over the next five years, thanks to mobile apps. But can insurers reverse the effects of rate cuts on profits?
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Big Data fuelling motor rate cuts, says SSP
Has insurers’ investment in data enrichment technology been wasted?
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Women in insurance: breaking through the glass ceiling
Women from Willis, Lloyd’s and Aon who made it to the top of the male-dominated risk and insurance industry talk to our sister title StrategicRisk about how they overcame prejudice and why they support greater diversity
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The colourful world of Arron Banks
Here’s 10 things you might not have known about one of the most colourful characters in insurance
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Barbican’s David Reeves: from newspapers to insurance
Lloyd’s insurer’s chief executive talks to Insurance Times sister publication GR about meeting Rupert Murdoch, what makes a good boss and lessons learned
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Profits exposed: are Admiral, DLG and Esure too reliant on reserve releases and add-ons?
Insurance Times research looks at the breakdown of profits at the top listed personal lines insurers, revealing how much they rely on reserves and non-underwriting income to turn a profit
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Briefing: Could DLG’s international sale spur a review of NIG?
The insurer has consistently stood by its commercial arm, but analysts feel questions must now be asked about its future in the group
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'Insurers must keep their promise on premiums'
Long an advocate of the insurance industry during his time in parliament, Jonathan Evans, who is set to retire from the House of Commons, says the industry must keep its side of the bargain on legal reforms
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PRA returns show depth of commercial woes
Collective 2013 combined operating ratio for insurers still firmly in loss-making territory. But commercial liability remains biggest worry
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Special Report: Manufacturing
With the upturn in the UK economy, manufacturing is showing signs of booming again. In this special report we look at opportunites for insurers and brokers, and uncover some of the mistakes that manufacturers make when it comes to insurance cover
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Moorhouse probe has brokers fearing FCA call
Broker Moorhouse faces possible fine after regulator examines sales processes. Smaller brokers are asking themselves if they might now start to come under the FCA’s gaze
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News
Reputational risk: an untouchable intangible?
Hill Dickinson partner Magnus Boyd talks exclusively to Insurance Times’s sister title StrategicRISK about why the consequences and complexity of reputational risk are the risk many are worried most about
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Where RSA's Asian sales leave its global strategy
Insurer’s group chief operating officer Paul Whittaker talks exclusively to Insurance Times’s sister title StrategicRISK about the Hong Kong and Singapore sales and what happens next
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Revealed: industry ranked on upheld complaints
Exclusive figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service reveal the best and worst performers when it comes to upheld customer complaints handling
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Briefing: 'complaints are good for insurers'
Insurers should see figures on complaints from the Financial Ombudsman Service as positive
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Insurers to face new wave of D&O claims
Alleged manipulation of the interest rate swap markets is to blame
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How driverless cars will change motor insurance
From January, the UK will allow driverless cars to be tested on public roads. What will such vehicles mean to the insurance industry?
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Features
Co-op case highlights need for credit insurance
Retail remains the largest UK trade credit insurance sector