News Analysis – Page 162
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Online onlyAnalysis: Motor insurers feeling pinch at renewal time
While insurers with older policyholders are suffering less as young drivers are more likely to switch, the over-50s are expected to be the next big group to start looking for a better deal at renewal
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NewsAnalysis: Ashley Madison case sparks rise in cyber policies
Insurance brokers told Insurance Times’s sister title StrategicRISK that requests to quote for cyber policies have increased following the high-profile data breach
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NewsAnalysis: The insurers and brokers using social media to win customers
Companies need clear objectives and a firm strategy for using new engagement channels
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NewsThe Insurance Times Top 50 Brokers 2015
The definitive listing of the 2015 Top 50 Brokers has now been released. Who are this year’s risers and fallers, and which firms are knocking at the door of the top 10?
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NewsBriefing: Forget the settlement, Towergate's real story is yet to come
Now Towergate and Gallagher have settled, the real work begins on repairing the consolidator
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NewsAnalysis: Motor injury claims reach post-Laspo record high
There were 81,889 claims registered with the Ministry of Justice during July 2015, the second highest month since the portal began
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Online onlyBriefing: Five reasons why QBE Europe achieved such good H1 results
QBE Europe is the best peformer in the Australian group’s GI divisions. What has it been doing to become top dog?
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NewsAnalysis: What we've learnt so far in 2015
It’s not just the big stories that have the strongest learning points. Some of the most amusing or bizarre stories can teach us a lesson
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NewsAnalysis: How Hamilton Bond buy will help Jelf prepare for Insurance Act
Jelf insurance chief executive Phil Barton speaks to Insurance Times about how Hamilton Bond acquisition helps broker mitigate the risks posed by the post-Insurance Act world
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NewsBriefing: Why Marsh is courting Jelf
Five years of rebuilding and a storming stock market performance lead to takeover talks with Marsh
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Online onlyAnalysis: Five things we learned from insurers’ first half results
Motor claims, fewer weather losses and commercial competition all played a role in shaping the latest reporting period
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NewsInterview: Brendan McManus plans for UK broker consolidator
In an exclusive interview with Insurance Times, PIB chief executive Brendan McManus talks about the broker’s ambitious growth plans, what he did in his time off and his relationship with Chris Giles.
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NewsAnalysis: New EU directive revamps how insurance is sold
The new rules will cover the entire distribution chain, reports sister publication StrategicRISK
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AgendaAnalysis: Anatomy of an insurance fraud
Just as insurers get a handle on ‘crash for cash’ fraud, criminals are moving into new areas. Insurance Times looks at some recent attempted frauds ranging from the professional to the opportunistic. We look at some case studies
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NewsAnalysis: Willis/Towers Watson, ACE/Chubb and risk managers
Further consolidation, less competition and rising premiums all raised as concerns, reports our sister publication StrategicRISK
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NewsAnalysis: MedCo-type scheme needed to counter hearing loss claims
Despite improved regulation in industry to create a safer industrial working environment, insurers are facing a rising tide of claims for noise induced hearing loss. What is the solution?
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NewsAnalysis: Aspen’s Chris O’Kane not looking for a merger partner
Some of the best insurers in the world are some of the smallest and no-one questions their viability, Aspen boss tells our sister publication GR
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NewsAnalysis: New motor certificate rules likely to push up MIB levy
Claims against uninsured drivers likely to rise as paper certificate loses legal standing
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AgendaAnalysis: The Knowledge – brokers fear disruptors and technology
Non-insurance industry providers and autonomous cars will be the biggest threat to brokers’ income over the next decade, respondents to our survey say, while most admit that telematics has failed to make the shift to become a mainstream product
