All People & Opinion articles – Page 11
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Interview: Charles Manchester
These are tough times to start an MGA, and even tougher if you’re targeting the PI market. But with the right people, a strong strategy and a real lust for life, the founder of Manchester Underwriting Management thinks he has what it takes
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Best broker teams will lift the silverware
Grant Ellis reflects on an enjoyable Biba conference and says that, even for the older heads in the industry, today’s market is a most unusual one
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Let's put up our hands and have a say
Financial services may be near the top of the new government’s agenda, but the industry must make sure that it too is heard – and soon
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Leader: The FSA evades the executioner, for now
Three weeks on from the election, the coalition government already feels like part of the furniture
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Interview: Ewart Brown
Bermuda’s premier has a reputation for pulling no punches with the many insurers now domiciled on the island. But his message to the industry is unexpectedly affable
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Weblog - 27 May 2010
Danny Walkinshaw rounds up the latest insurance stories online
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Leader: AXA will be the main attraction this Biba
Whoever said Biba was all about the brokers?
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Be warned: it could all end in tears
Expect an early test of the new government’s resolve. And don’t be surprised by any rise in IPT …
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Weblog - 20 May 2010
Danny Walkinshaw rounds up the latest insurance stories online
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Putting an end to the price obsession
As the soft market continues, how can the industry encourage clients to buy the right cover at a fair premium?
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Leader: Biba has ways of making you talk
What’s going to be the talk of the town at Biba next week? As the industry ups sticks and heads east to London’s ExCeL centre, expect to see these hot issues on everybody’s lips.
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Let’s catch out more liars, for all our sakes
One in ten Groupama motor claims are dropped following a ‘cognitive interview’
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Interview: Adrian Brown, RSA
RSA UK’s chief executive faced a tough job when he took the helm 18 month ago. Things haven’t gone too badly – we meet him on the day the insurer announces a return to growth – but the stuffy reputation lingers (pink toilet paper or not)
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Weblog - 13 May 2010
Danny Walkinshaw rounds up the latest insurance stories online
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Interview: Simon Rice
Lonmar Global Risks’ chief executive is in charge of a big broker with big plans. But he’s not embarking on this endeavour alone, as he’ll get by with a little help from his friends
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Leader: Regulation safeguards are still clear as mud
As Quinn's troubles continue, the question remains: how did this happen?
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Mid-summer madness arrives early
Insurers that perform a U-turn over rates do themselves, brokers and the customer no favours. It’s time for a return to sanity
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Leader: Ignorance is remiss
Why does no one in power ever listen to sensible warnings?