All articles by Sam Barker – Page 14
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Online onlyRow over cost holding up access to DVLA database
Work continuing on project, which has so far cost £870,000, with aim of 2014 launch
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Online onlyFraud and the RTA portal
While it has helped control legal fees, the RTA claims web portal has also become a magnet for criminal activity, say insurers. Will the portal’s extension to include casualty see an increase in fraudulent claims in that sector?
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Online onlyTelematics: state of play II
Interest in telematics-based insurance is taking off, with more companies planning to launch products and even PM David Cameron giving the concept a boost
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NewsDVLA data-sharing project with insurers stalls over costs row
No guarantee project will stick to 2014 start date, MPs told
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Wednesday: China, here we come
Could foreign insurers increase 0.1% market share if they are allowed to sell the whole motor package?
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Online onlyMarkerstudy and Equity aim telematics at older drivers
Insurers underwriting Fair Pay, which has teamed with satnav provider TomTom
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Thursday: Zurich and AXA's turnaround
Slash and burn on business and upping motor prices have helped both insurers perform an impressive results U-turn
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Online only‘Complacent’ Cameron under pressure to act as whiplash summit is held
Medical panels, speed limits and financial thresholds set to top discussion agenda
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Online onlyBarbon staff suspended as FSA probes ‘unfair’ selling
Some tenants were required to buy contents cover, breaching FSA and OFT guidelines
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Online onlyWood: door still open for 100% GoCompare buy
Flotation predicted for two to three years, while telematics explored in theory
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NewsTwo Barbon executives suspended after FSA crackdown
Regulator in talks with HomeLet over contents insurance
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NewsGovernment to extend RTA portal to employers' and public liability
Upper claim limit will be £25,000
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Thursday: Esure boss goes strategic
Peter Wood is known for big ideas, so a big-picture role makes sense
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Online onlyBrokers welcome cut in ‘unfair’ FSCS levy, but say charges are still too high
FSCS’s 18% reduction in levy to £57m, believed to be because of a fall in size of payment protection insurance claims, comes after a tenfold hike over two years
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Online onlySix-month delay threatens ‘no win, no fee’ reforms
Insurance lawyers fear hold-up gives anti-Jackson campaigners time to dilute changes, but opponents say that ‘unfair’ reforms to law ‘will affect public access to justice’
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Online onlyRTA portal reveals huge rise in motor fraud claims
Insurers say there has been a leap in fraud detection since MoJ website was launched, while litigation is growing for cases that fall outside portal as legal costs are higher
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Online onlyDaily briefing: Thursday - How did the reinsurers really fare?
The results are in and, after a catastrophic year, it’s a wonder any of the major reinsurers made a profit. Meanwhile the latest e-trading offering hopes to cater for our need for speed
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NewsKeelan Westall launches e-trading platform
Dynamic launched for residential property with SME to follow
