Risk Management – Page 84
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NewsInsurers brace for claims as spike in e-scooter accidents reported
Admiral believes current reported e-scooter accident numbers are the ’tip of the iceberg ’
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Developing international business is 'enormous opportunity' amid new capacity – Nexus Underwriting
Tim Brangwyn, group chief operating officer at Nexus Underwriting, tells Insurance Times’s head of research, Savan Shah about the new developments for the broker community, the challenges that lie ahead for MGAs as well as achieving four stars from brokers in last year’s MGA survey
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NewsInsurance Times’s Technology Champion of the Year 2021 - who gets your vote?
Five finalists have been shortlisted for the Technology Champion of the Year award for 2021, but who will be crowned the winner?
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NewsCoincover set to grow after $9.2m funding boost
The firm plans to provide ’a fundamental building block for a rapidly maturing market’
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NewsPool Re reveals new expert advisory group to deter future systemic risks
A total of 12 members have joined the group, planning to act to protect the UK economy as ‘when the next risk comes, we must be ready for it’
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FeaturesCovid-19 set to make future Olympic cover a non-runner
As athletes arrive in Tokyo for the summer Olympic Games, the postponement of the event for 12 months has already cost the insurance industry dear
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NewsRMS appoints managing director for UK insurance business
The new hire believes the firm is ‘uniquely positioned to lead the development of an open, unified platform for global risk’
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NewsABI members hold power to provide a third of money needed for UK to meet net zero
The trade body seeks sector solutions to ’the greatest threat facing our planet’ as insurance is ’uniquely placed to drive the transition’ towards net zero carbon emissions
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FeaturesFire safety reform and PI withdrawal creates ‘existential moment for the insurance industry’
Four years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, industry experts debate the draft Building Safety Bill and what has been done so far to address fire safety
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NewsGlobal cyber insurance pricing increases by 32% – Howden
The rampage in ransomware now poses a predominant threat to businesses of all sizes
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NewsBusinesses are still not recovering resiliently from flooding – Marsh Risk Consulting
Considering how the industry can rise to meet flooding challenges, parametric solutions are ‘giving people hope’, says consulting director and head of climate and catastrophe resilience
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NewsMark Farmer: Insurance and construction sectors ‘need to get closer together’ on MMC
Underwriters must work with construction businesses to understand how modern methods of construction aim to eliminate randomised and systemic risks
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NewsChange isn’t easy, but it needs to start now – Flood Re
Despite the efforts to support victims of the Doncaster flooding, insurers are still getting it wrong, says expert panel
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Hard market is ‘obvious concern’ ahead – NBS Underwriting
NBS Underwriting’s managing director, Steve Cowman speaks to Insurance Times’s Savan Shah about what he deems the ’obvious concern’ which is the hard market and following this reduced capacity
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NewsDavid Amess: Sustainable energy agenda poses ‘major challenge’ to fire safety risks post-Grenfell
The MP is calling for another review of the building safety reform process because ‘fire safety has not kept pace with developments in building design’
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NewsPrince Charles and global insurance industry join forces on climate change
Lloyd’s chairman says that ’partnership and accelerated action’ can help address ‘unprecedented’ climate change risk
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: ‘Listening to our brokers is key’ amid challenges and ongoing uncertainty – Victor Insurance UK
Victor Insurance UK’s managing director, John Stephenson speaks to Insurance Times about the challenges ahead for the insurance market and why listening to brokers is key
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News‘Risk exposure changes’ driven by changing Covid-19 lockdown measures – IFoA
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has highlighted a further challenge for general insurance pricing - how ongoing lockdowns should be considered within risk rates going forward
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NewsIndustry braces for claims as catalytic converter thefts surge by over 100%
The AA’s president says ’modern cat burglars stealing and selling cats for cash are part of a criminal chain’ following the insurer experiencing a rise back in April
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Business interruption crisis highlights ‘very little’ known about insurance cover – DOA Underwriting
DOA Underwriting Ltd’s director Phillip Oliver tells Insurance Times why the business interruption crisis demonstrated that ‘very little’ is known about insurance as well as discussing this year’s MGA survey
