All People & Opinion articles – Page 3
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Interview: Steve Hardy
'You can kid yourself that you can be better at underwriting but that advantage only lasts so long’
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Interview: Peter Cullum and Andy Homer
'When Andy and I shake hands, that’s the deal we do'
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Interview: Nick Houghton
‘Give me an underwriter and it will write more business in my world than in its world’
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Interview: Stephen Lewis, Zurich
Zurich UK chief executive Stephen Lewis and his management team: David Smith, Anne Torry and Karl Bedlow
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Interview: Amanda Blanc
‘Any idiot can grow their business in insurance: you’re just cheap and you write a lot’
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Leader: Aviva chief will hope for smooth RAC sale
Moss has potential successors waiting in the wings
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We know where it’s at
Insurers’ reputation as technological dinosaurs will soon be extinct, if an exclusive survey of insurance CIOs is anything to go by
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Leader: QBE feels the pain but stays silent
QBE may prefer to be the strong and silent type, but sometimes it's good to talk
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Leader: greater transparency not grubby money
There's much to gain from coming clean on referral fees
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Interview: Janice Deakin, Aviva
Igal Mayer’s tough line on pricing and broker commissions didn’t make things easy for Aviva’s high-profile broker liaison. Since then, the insurer has had a turnaround in tactics – and fortunes. But there’s still plenty of work to be done
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Leader: Clock is ticking for the ABI’s new boss
It only took the ABI eight months to find its new director-general ...
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Interview: Philip Gregory
Brought in to wake a sleeping giant, the former HSBC Insurance boss couldn’t have predicted he’d soon be preparing for a sale to his erstwhile home Marsh. Gregory talks for the first time about the events leading up to his departure and why you should never go back
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Leader: And all in the name of ‘equality’ …
The ECJ's gender judgment may be just the beginning
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Leader: Vanity versus sanity
‘Profitable growth.’ It’s one of those clichés trotted out by every insurer you speak to.
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Ashwin Mistry: Independents rising in new world order
Independent brokerages are attracting some of the industry’s brightest prospects, but must find ways to keep them on board
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Allison Andrews: It’s time to fight back against internet deals
Insurers should think twice about headline-grabbing offers
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Interview: Martin South, Marsh
From a job that took him to all corners of the globe, Marsh’s head of UK operations now has his feet firmly on the ground. But returning the company to profitability and looking for opportunities to expand in the UK have provided new challenges
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Turning back the tide on personal injury
Gaining public support is a key part of the battle to turn around the compensation culture – and the industry could be doing more