All Opinion articles – Page 16
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People & OpinionInterview: Donal Kelly
XL’s regional director is the master of understatement and his growth plans may be modest. Yet there was nothing understated about the financial strife the insurer found itself in back in 2008, nor its impressive return to profit
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People & OpinionLeader: Could Buffett perform a motor miracle?
“Tony and I feel like two hungry mosquitoes in a nudist camp. Juicy targets are everywhere.” So said Warren Buffett of his US motor insurer GEICO, chaired by Tony Nicely, in a letter to shareholders last year
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ClaimsFraudulent claims: once bitten, twice shy
Should insurers have to honour subsequent claims on a policy once a fraud has been uncovered?
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People & OpinionProfessionalism? Show them the benefits
The unprofessional few will not change their ways until the CII and regulators can provide tangible incentives
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Online onlyOval secures settlement in broker dispute
Oval agrees out of court settlement with Butterworth Spengler
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People & OpinionInterview: Michael Watson
Selling insurance for the last 100 years, Canopius Group certainly has a sense of history. But, with a steely focus on profitability and building up the company before a private equity exit, its chairman is running a thoroughly modern business
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Markets & RisksCall us professional?
How the insurance sector is viewed by others can depend on the training staff are given. Up to now this has been hit and miss, but more people are attaching importance to quality of education and qualifications, and they are demanding improvements
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People & OpinionGrant Ellis: Shush! I hear goalposts being moved
The FSA is rewriting PPI rules in retrospect, and so is placing an impossible burden on the intermediary to act without the benefit of hindsight
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People & OpinionLeader: Time to speak up, AXA
You know the summer’s coming to an end when the AXA rumours start up again, and what a belter it was this week
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People & OpinionThe chance to make a real difference
CII's president says the time has come to re-establish insurance as a credible profession with the right standards, principles and ethics
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NewsJelf to unveil revamped broking division within next six weeks
Five acquired businesses will be brought into the restructure
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People & OpinionPrice optimisation can boost profits by half
You too can earn more money from your customers. First, though, run them through a computer
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People & OpinionLeader: Could it be match point for Andy Haste?
Game on! After months of hollow predictions that the GI market was set for a new wave of M&A, RSA got the ball rolling this week with a bid for Aviva’s GI assets
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Online onlyFSA bans five following insurance fraud probe
Regulator also hands out biggest ever fine for insurance fraud to broker
