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Online onlyIT Awards 2011: The Big ...
What were the big stories from this year’s Awards gala event?
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Online onlyIT Awards 2011: Welcome
The quality of entries to this year’s Insurance Times Awards was as impressive as ever, and we look forward to seeing what the finalists achieve in the year to come
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Online onlyDaily briefing: Tuesday - Jelf bucks the trend
In a tough economy, Jelf has proved that it’s still possible to boost earnings and cut debt
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Daily briefing: Monday - The great Groupama sale
Groupama’s broking side can be split fairly easily between separate buyers but a sale of its insurance business can only spell bad news for brokers
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Online onlyDaily briefing: Friday - Year of the mega move
2011 has featured some major management appointments, from Amanda Blanc to Brendan McManus – and now Mike Keating is leaving AXA. But where will he end up?
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Broking in the UK
This edition of the Knowledge looks at the issues facing UK brokers now and in the year ahead
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Online onlyDaily briefing: Thursday – Youth abandoning aggregators?
The shine is coming off comparison sites as young drivers tap them for information and then go direct to insurers – but aggregators are willing to work even harder to stay in the game
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Online onlySolvency II: Time for action
Today (Thursday), the ABI holds its Solvency II implementation conference. We spoke to the association’s director-general Otto Thoresen and director of prudential regulation and taxation Hugh Savill about the state of play on the oft-delayed Euro-directive
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Online onlyBlog: The injury claims shake-up of 2011
Barely a month has gone by without another development in the referral fees story that has rocked the industry – but what can we expect from 2012?
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Online onlyDaily briefing: Wednesday - The spotlight is on McManus and Giles
The appointment of a new chief executive at Giles makes sense – but what does it mean?
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Online only2011 in review: Big year for Gallagher as rivals shed staff and cash
£97m acquisition of Heath Lambert gave Gallagher the weight to bag Oxygen, while Towergate, Willis struggle with poor results and loss of big names
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Online only2011 in review: Reinsurers hit by year of catastrophes
Japanese disasters top chart with £19bn insured loss, but which (re)insurers had the worst losses in 2011?
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Online only2011 in review: Another month, another move
This year has seen more than its fair share of comings and goings at the top
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Online only2011 in review: Straw puts referral fees in the firing line
Practice initially escaped focus of the Jackson Review, but with a ban now imminent, must solicitors’ fees go too?
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Online only'It’s all action in UK broking – thank god'
With poaching raids between brokers and the likes of Hodges and McManus likely to provide us with some big stories this year, the sector is one to watch
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Online only'A loss adjuster told me of a case where a man made multiple frauds by keeping a dead dog in his freezer'
The Backchat Insider learns of some chilling ways people are prepared to commit insurance fraud
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Online onlyAnti-fraud team to target crime gangs
Industry-funded unit plans to save £90m in three years
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Broking in the UK - The big story
We chart the multibillion-pound PPI scandal and the delayed FSCS review
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Online onlyThe Knowledge: Broking in the UK - IT Broker View
Brokers are nervous about inroads being made by aggregators in SME commercial lines, and few expect next year’s review of the FSCS to result in fairer fees. Our survey examines the issues affecting brokers
