All Sedgwick articles – Page 3
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BIBABiba Backchat: Best of 2023 conference freebies
Many stands at Biba offered freebies and Insurance Times editorial staff were on hand to sample the goods
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BIBA‘Data is key’ if UK is to respond to ongoing cyber threats – National Cyber Security Centre
NCSC boss urges insurers to ‘work together’ with the organisation to better mitigate future cyber attacks
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NewsCouncils could reduce insurance coverage to achieve savings
’Any measures have the potential to backfire,’ says client director
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IT InterviewAngela Kelly: Gender diversity in loss adjusting is ‘absolutely getting better’
Sedgwick’s director of client operational delivery feels ’that women can think more strategically in terms of problem solving when it comes to managing a claim’
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News AnalysisCannabis: A growing insurance problem
Tenants using residential rental properties ‘for the harvest of drug crops’ are ‘the biggest threat to private landlords’ – brokers and insurers must have this risk on their radar to combat rising claims
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News AnalysisBriefing: Cost of living crisis causing spike in accidental damage claims
The propensity for homeowners to submit accidental damage claims has increased as household budgets have been squeezed – but the industry must be alive to opportunistic fraud risks
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News AnalysisCost of fraud set to ‘snowball’ in 2023
Counter fraud experts say that the continuing cost of living crisis and economic turmoil in the UK will increase the danger of opportunistic fraud
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News AnalysisRevealed: Who won at the Insurance Times Awards 2022?
With gold, silver and bronze awards across 36 categories, the winners from last night’s Insurance Times Awards have now been revealed
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IT Awards 2022Insurance Times Awards 2022: Excellence in Technology - Service Provider finalists revealed
Nine firms are competing to win the Excellence in Technology - Service Provider prize at tomorrow’s Insurance Times Awards
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News AnalysisIn Focus: How can the insurance sector demonstrate the downsides of opportunistic fraud to end consumers?
Industry experts discuss the impact of low level fraud on end consumers and how best to communicate the resultant ramifications
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IT InterviewDamian Glynn: The BI expert aiming to inspire the next generation of loss adjusters
Sedgwick’s director and head of financial risks tells Insurance Times why loss adjusting is so rewarding
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News AnalysisOpinion: Insurers prepare for claims following winter hour rollback
Insurance firms grit their teeth as the darker winter weather heralds a likely increase in claims
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IT Awards 2022Insurance Times Awards 2022: Eight firms compete for gold in the Excellence in Professional Development category
Eight firms are competing to win the Excellence in Professional Development prize at the 2022 Insurance Times Awards.
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News AnalysisInsurers spooked as Halloween’s ‘mischief night’ approaches
With Halloween fast approaching, many insurers will be on their guard as the night is one the biggest for car theft, vandalism, fires and burglaries – but the need for cover doesn’t end there for some haunted customers
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AnalysisBriefing: Industry scratching its head over deepfake e-scooter fraud
What new types of claims and fraus will arise following the extension of the UK’s e-scooter trial?
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AnalysisCost of living crisis drives greater fraud volume and frequency from non-traditional sources
Counter fraud experts explained that difficult economic conditions are leading to increased levels of fraud from non-traditional perpetrators, necessitating a rethink of existing anti-fraud models
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NewsCrop fire claims soar as forest fires rage through UK amid heatwave
Loss adjustors’ agriculture director warns farmers need to continually review livestock management
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NewsInsurers brace for ‘inevitable’ claims following forest fires
Greater cross-sector collaboration is needed to ’more accurately assess, map and manage the risks’ as wildfires are ’no longer just an issue for faraway countries’, says property loss expert
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AnalysisProperty disrepair claims fraud is beginning to look like ‘the new PPI’
Industry experts have noticed a worrying increase in claims farming from CMCs in the property disrepair arena
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AnalysisBriefing: Staged e-scooter accidents are ‘already happening’ and leading to ‘questionable’ claims
With pandemic-related fraud dwindling, insurance fraud experts believe the next emerging risk will come from the insurtech sector
