All Issue archive articles – Page 14
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AnalysisIn Focus: How buoyant is capacity in the HNW market post-pandemic?
Industry experts debate capacity in the high net worth (HNW) sector following the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and a slew of pricing regulation from the FCA
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AnalysisThe Big Question Jan/Feb 2022: What protection gaps should be front of mind for brokers in 2022?
As 2022 gets underway, Insurance Times asks the industry about what new business brokers can gain by exploring and prioritising protection gaps
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AnalysisLegal professional indemnity stresses push firms to consider their futures
Brokers must support law firms with risk management to battle professional indemnity claim threats and increasing premiums
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AnalysisIn Focus: Ex-Love Islander’s burglary reawakens HNW underinsurance and social media risks debate
Brokers have a key role in advising clients about the dangers of sharing details of their valuables on social media, as well as helping to prevent underinsurance
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NewsSam White reveals corporate psychologist as new Freedom Services Group chief executive
Incoming boss seeks to provide ‘therapy for the whole business’ to eliminate organisational obstacles, says White
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AnalysisAviva to accelerate regional broker investment and underwriting footprint expansion
The insurer tells Insurance Times its plans for mid-market broker investment and how it is tackling underinsurance
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AnalysisUK’s changing climate will drive industry focus on innovation and risk management
Brokers that can help businesses with “training, monitoring and being ready” ahead of potential flood damage can ensure their commercial clients have a “massive differentiator”
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AnalysisHunting down the truth about trail hunting insurance
Although insurance does not cover illegal activities, such as fox hunting, verifying potential trail hunting-related claims could fall into a protection grey area
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AnalysisHouse of Lords debates need for e-scooter safety regulations and compulsory insurance
Speakers in the House of Lords last week debated the safety of e-scooters on UK roads and whether more stringent regulation is needed amid claims that ’the pavements have become a jungle’
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AnalysisIFED ‘cannot afford to take foot off the pedal’ when tackling ghost broking
Temporary detective chief inspector Tom Hill, acting head of the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, reviews 2021’s key insurance fraud trends and identifies what the industry needs to watch for this year
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IT InterviewSimon Taylor: The independent broker ‘not interested in M&A’
Reich Insurance Group exceeded its five-year GWP target ahead of schedule – its chief executive tells Insurance Times the secret to running a successful broking business
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IT InterviewHowden Group aims to be new insurance industry ‘challenger’
The broking group plans to develop a ’lead position’ across continental Europe after now cementing its status as ’the new powerhouse in the UK market’, says chief executive
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IT Interview‘We haven’t got this cookie cutter way’ when it comes to M&A – NFP
Rather than implementing a plug and play model following acquisitions, NFP aims to give new business buys accountability and responsibility, says UK and Ireland chief executive
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AnalysisGibraltar on the rise as underwriting performance improves on the Rock
Insurance DataLab unveils which lines of business are proving most profitable for Gibraltar-based insurers using its unique underwriting rating methodology
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AnalysisBGLI and Markerstudy to ‘end up with much more than the sum of the parts’ following acquisition
Both businesses plan to cash in on the ‘real opportunities’ they believe arise from this ‘perfect strategic’ acquisition, including boosting pet insurance distribution
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IT InterviewPeter Giger: Tackling the climate change crisis calls for another industrial revolution
Zurich’s group chief risk officer argues that the ‘status quo cannot last’ to combat the climate change crisis successfully
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AnalysisInsurance industry urged to review working models post-pandemic
Many insurers, brokers and insurtechs have overhauled their working models post-pandemic because ’a hybrid working model is now a requirement and not a nice-to-have’
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IT InterviewEndsleigh Insurance focuses revitalised four-year strategy on three customer niches
The broker’s chief executive says the refreshed business strategy enables the firm to go ‘deep and wide’ in particular market segments and ‘grow back into its shoes’
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IT InterviewIan Millard: Clear Group is ‘by far the best home’ for Morrison Insurance Solutions
Generalist brokers must specialise to effectively advise clients, recommends broker managing director
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AnalysisSMEs conducting ‘severe gross exaggeration’ on claims has ‘gone beyond a joke’
Small businesses are still suffering cash flow constraints following the coronavirus pandemic, leading to potential claims exaggeration or high value vehicle thefts, reports fraud experts
