Insurer Analysis – Page 53
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Online onlyDaily briefing: Who will buy Co-op Insurance?
The Co-op Bank’s downgrade to junk makes the sale of its insurance business look certain – but who to is less clear
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Daily briefing: modernising the Riot Damages Act
Will an independent consultant’s fresh perspective be enough to bring some clarity?
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NewsDaily briefing: Which insurer bosses will get a pay rise?
99.45% of Admiral shareholders backed a wage increase for the insurer’s directors
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Online onlyWhat will falling rates do to the UK motor market?
Rates have dropped 1.4% in the first quarter of 2013
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Online onlySpotlight on: Big Data
Data enrichment is more than just the latest buzzwords, it’s the way ahead for the insurance industry, providing insurers with the tools for faster, more accurate quotes, and enabling brokers to offer better prices and detect fraud earlier
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Online onlyBroker Clinic: e-trading complex risks
Brokers are seeing the benefits of trading larger risks online, but delegates to the latest Broker Clinic highlighted lingering concerns about auto-rating, preserving hard-won relationships with insurers and the need to build confidence by focusing on existing business
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Online onlyWhat the latest job cuts say about Aviva
Is Aviva on the ropes, or reacting badly to its new medicine?
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Online onlyIs a compensation culture on the rise in emergency services?
Claims by police and ambulance workers for work-related personal injury are on the up
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Special ReportsCompetition heats up in home insurance
Household insurance is becoming increasingly competitive, with new entrants and existing players vying to grow books of business
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Online onlyLloyd’s to quit iconic home?
As unthinkable as it sounds, the sale of its famous headquarters has prompted Lloyd’s to consider moving
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Online onlyWill other companies follow Aviva's move out of SME PI?
Low rates, tough competition and long-tail claims caused the insurer to leave the professional indemnity market for small to medium-sized enterprises. Analyst predicts other insurers could follow suit
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Online onlyOutsourcing: The only way is Europe
The insurance outsourcing market is at a tipping point, but many say its future could lie in continential Europe
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Online onlySocial media: the new frontier
Sheilas’ Wheels has done it on Facebook; consumers and businesses do it on Twitter. It’s high time the rest of the industry logged on to social media
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Online onlyWhat is driving insurers' squeeze on brokers?
Losses and problematic expense and claims ratios are to blame for insurers becoming increasingly selective
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Online onlyWhat have the Jackson reforms done for us?
Civil litigation overhaul ushers in new era for insurers, lawyers and claims managers
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'Insurers and brokers need to work together'
After a tough year in commercial lines, insurers are looking to cut commission paid to brokers, quit unprofitable lines and leave networks. Only by working with them can brokers make the changes easier
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Online onlyDaily briefing: What's troubling Richard Ward?
Eiopa’s “Solvency 1.5” guidelines add to the ire felt by insurers
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Online onlyCould deafness become the new whiplash?
Noise-induced hearing loss claims against employers have doubled over the past five years, but with half of these settled at nil, there is a suggestion that a high proportion are spurious claims
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Online onlyBudget 2013: good for industry
The insurance industry would struggle to find much to complain about in the 2013 budget. Corporation tax will fall to 20% in 2013 and there is a raft of measures aimed at helping small companies grow.But it was not all positive. Insurance Times examines the good ...
