All Supplements articles – Page 2
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SupplementsTaking the direct route
Our annual Broker Service Survey shows that the most popular e-trading option is to access insurers’ own websites. But many still rely on email, fax or the telephone
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SupplementsE-Broking: Speed test
In the virtual world there is but one reality for brokers: adopt new technology or die
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SupplementsSquare mile e-volution
Nothing will ever replace face-to-face negotiations in the London and Lloyd’s market, but e-placement will minimise the mundane and maximise time for complex business
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SupplementsLet’s get personal
About half of the UK’s insurance business now passes through one of 100 aggregator portals. But while it may suit customers in search of ever-lower premiums, many brokers are concerned about long-term damage to the industry
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SupplementsA smart move
Ignore the rise of the mobile phone app at your peril. It may be early days, but you need to be ready to pounce when the technology is right for your business
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SupplementsSlowly does it
Technology hitches have left commercial insurance lagging behind in the race towards online trading. So what will prompt brokers to move to these platforms for their business clients? We talk to three very different broker businesses to find out
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SupplementsDoes it all add up for SMEs?
Insurance premiums have been an obvious place for smaller businesses to make cutbacks during the downturn, so the pressure is on to safeguard that line of business by giving firms added value
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SupplementsCommercial lines: Post-recession world order
The recession may be declared over, but hard times are still being felt by brokers and insurers in the commercial market
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SupplementsDriving forces
The twists and turns of the motor fleet market are proving tricky to navigate. Insurance Times takes soundings from insurers about their view of the road ahead
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SupplementsFeeling the squeeze
Predictions of a general spike in rates for PI cover have not been realised. Surveyors and solicitors are suffering as more claims are made against them but, elsewhere, competition means that the market is underwriting for income rather than profit
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SupplementsIn the frame
New laws, financial scandals and recessionary strategies are all playing their part in creating a volatile climate for D&O insurers. Insurance Times finds out how the market is reacting
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SupplementsUnited front
Brokers and loss adjusters have buried their differences in recent years. These former adversaries can also become a business-winning double act
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SupplementsSigns of growth?
Don’t be fooled by the first signs of an upturn in the property and construction markets. The challenge for insurers may be only just beginning
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SupplementsWalk this way
Personal insurance customers have been buying online for years, but the business market has so far kept its distance. Insurance Times reports on steps towards e-trading that brokers cannot ignore
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SupplementsBiba 2010: Changing times
A new government may be at the helm, but other changes are at the top of most delegates’ lists for next week’s Biba conference
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SupplementsFive calls for change
Following last week’s general election, we offer the soapbox to senior industry figures to say how they’d like the new government to regulate general insurance
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SupplementsStanding out from the crowd
Small brokers may be the flavour of the month, but for how long?
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SupplementsGrand designs
Europe’s Insurance Mediation Directive is about to be updated. How will the changes affect brokers in the UK? And who gains from mandatory disclosure?
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SupplementsInsider's guide to the Docklands
Want to venture further than the ExCeL Centre? East London is full of treasures – and horrors – most of them within a 20-minute journey on the Docklands Light Railway. We guide you around the coolest areas (and the less salubrious), and showcases the fantastic restaurants and pubs that are ...
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SupplementsQ&A with Eric Galbraith
Biba's chief executive talks about his achievements and disappointments, and what Biba can do to further the interests of the broker
