Insurer Analysis – Page 48
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ArchiveAnalysis: Apprenticeships take off across Europe
AXA latest to pledge opportunities for insurance trainees
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AgendaInterview: Mark Evans on how Direct Line plans to redefine ‘insurer’
After creating the direct market in the 1980s, Direct Line Group believes it is time for another revolution – with the insurer as a solver of customer problems.
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AgendaAnalysis: Allianz plans loyalty programme for mid-tier brokers
Allianz UK wants to get closer to independent regionals as it seeks to become £3bn insurer
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Online onlyAnalysis: Gable feels pressure over reserves
Unrated insurer’s reserve strengthening caused £5.4m loss, triggering investor concern. But chief executive says reserves are strong and that reserving gap will close by year-end
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AgendaAnalysis: End of soft market is coming, says MGA boss
There are signs that market is ready to harden, according to Charles Manchester
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AgendaInterview: Allianz’s Neil Brettell - The personal touch
The insurer’s head of retail talks about the firm’s ambitious drive to achieve £3bn gross written premium by 2018 and how he intends to do it
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: On-shoring, a way to end supply chain woes
Repatriating some activities for business reasons can reduce geopolitical threats to a stretched supply chain, but it won’t help avoid reputational risks closer to home
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Online onlyAnalysis: PRA returns reveal more commercial lines losses
Insurance Times has analysed the PRA returns of seven of the biggest insurers in UK GI. Who came out on top, and which commercial book of business is proving to be the biggest headache for insurers?
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Online onlyAnalysis: Aviva’s big Friends Life gamble
The merger is expected to achieve more than the mooted £225m cost savings, with 1,500 jobs likely to go but concerns remain over the creation of UK insurance giant with 16 million customers
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AgendaThe Knowledge – client action needed on supply chains as risk grows
More than 40% of brokers surveyed say they have clients that have suffered supply chain interruption over the past year, while fewer than half have taken out insurance to cover the growing risk
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AgendaAnalysis: Who will lead new broker M&A era?
With Gallagher and Towergate, once the dominant force in UK broking M&A, inactive, smaller players are expected to move into the mid-market
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Online onlyInterview: Homer, Cullum and Margrett's plans for 'Towergate II'
In their first interview since joining forces at Global Risk Partners, Peter Cullum, Andy Homer and David Margrett talk about their ambitions to build a new Towergate, but better
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AgendaAnalysis: Insurer 50 – we must embrace customer criticism
Publishing online reviews of claims experiences could help build trust between customers and insurers. But despite anxiety in some quarters, delegates were told even bad reviews can have positive results
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AgendaThe Knowledge: Supply chain interruption – an underinsured risk
In the modern world of complex supply chains, traditional business interruption insurance is no longer enough. While insurers are starting to provide more sophisticated products, take-up remains slow
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AgendaAnalysis: Is insurance becoming a political football?
Five years ago, insurance barely registered on the radar of the then-new coalition government. Since then, the industry has seen more change than in the 1980s – with more likely to come
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Online onlyInterview: Amanda Blanc - a lesson in getting things done
Recently tipped for the Towergate top seat that went to David Ross, AXA’s commercial lines and personal intermediary boss still has unfinished business with the French insurer
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AgendaAnalysis: How to avoid corporate blunders
A company’s culture can conspire to lead it into poor business decision-making. Here are five simple rules to help executives avoid common – and costly – mistakes
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AgendaAnalysis: NFU steals ‘most loved’ crown from John Lewis
NFU Mutual tops consumer satisfaction table for both home and motor insurance
