News Analysis – Page 158
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Online onlyReviewing the 2014 London insurance market
Cyber, ILS and a female boss at Lloyd’s all promise a welcome new era for the hub
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Cyber risk market set to boom
Evolving risks such as cyber liability and environmental liability are creating gaps in the insurance market.Deloitte insurance partner Mark Mcllquham says “there are a lot of innovative products that brokers are designing”.“I’ve heard of Ebola protection products coming into the market for instance; the market continues ...
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Online onlyWho’s in the top five FCA fines of 2014?
The regulator’s financial penalties against the general insurance industry more than doubled on 2013. Who had the lion’s share?
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Online onlyHow the IUA plans to keep the London market relevant in 2015
Chief executive David Matcham lists the trade association’s priorities to Insurance Times’s sister publication GR
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Online onlyHow will reinsurers deal with the UK’s driverless cars?
Some reinsurers considered putting exclusions in place when it emerged the UK would allow driverless cars on its roads from January 2015. Were they successful, and what happens next?
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Online onlyHow the shadow banking crackdown could hit (re)insurers
Reinvestment and credit insurance in the FSB’s spotlight
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Online onlyRenewals: are reinsurers running scared of UK motor?
UK motor was one of the few reinsurance lines where rates increased at the 1 January 2015 renewals and two reinsurers stopped offering non-capitalised cover for PPOs. What does this mean for coverage availability?
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Schemes and specialisms set to boom this year
Customer demand will drive brokers to become more innovative in 2015, working with insurers to design specialist schemes and products for new and emerging risks.Managing general agency (MGA) UK General’s schemes managing director Karen Beales said brokers’ ability to identify and sell to niche customers was ...
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AgendaHow the UK Insurance Act 2014 will shake up the industry
Clyde & Co reviews the Act, which is currently going through parliament, and explains how it will change the (re)insurance landscape
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AgendaInterview: Kurt Karl, Swiss Re
‘The big risk is deflation in the eurozone’, Swiss Re’s chief economist tells sister title GR
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – SMEs boom, but can they sustain it?
As the UK economy bounces back, brokers are looking to small businesses to generate organic growth. But is the recovery losing momentum and is growth more likely to come from acquisition in the short term?
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AgendaFraud: Cleaning up the supply chain
‘Enablers’ are involved in 10% of Insurance Fraud Bureau cases, but new laws are weeding out poor practices
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Customer growth and prices key
Competition that drove premiums down unlikely to be a factor as economy recovers and customers return
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Growth – Brokers can add value in competitive market
Growth of just under 6% is achieveable this year according to nearly two-thirds of brokers in this month’s survey, while the focus for next year will be on retaining customers and broadening services
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Online onlyHow to make the most of social media
Social media is becoming an increasingly important communication channel for insurers and brokers, but how can the insurance industry make the most of this burgeoning digital platform?
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AgendaFraud survey 2014: the results
Disease claims the fast growing fraud, survey respondents say, but organised gangs remains the biggest issue
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AgendaAutomated vehicles: good or bad for insurers?
How more computers in vehicles will change underwriting as well as challenge perceptions of liability
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Online onlyWhat wearable technology means for businesses and insurers
Cyber security specialist on the benefits and risks related to data obtained by personal devices
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The KnowledgeStopping application fraud at the door
One in five motor insurance applications contain ‘an element of contention’, according to the AA. Now the ABI is determined to calculate an accurate figure for the cost of application fraud
