Motor Insurance

“Driverless cars must share crash data if something goes wrong” Insurers make call for international data standards

Cars of the future will need to collect a basic set of core data to prevent drivers being unfairly blamed if technology goes wrong, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Annual Conference will hear today. […]

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Insurance & Reinsurance

MPs call time on whiplash claims

“The Government has claimed that the UK is the ‘whiplash capital of the world’, but without reliable data on road accidents we cannot say whether that statement is true or not,” added Louise Ellman MP, chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee. […]

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Insurance claims

UK insurers predicted to maintain market-leading dividends

By Ralph Savage The UK’s leading insurers can maintain their market-leading dividend payments to shareholders despite tough conditions, analysts at Markit said today. However, in a separate note, Investec maintained its ‘sell’ advice on one […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Will 2013 be insurers’ year of austerity?

By Ralph Savage After a Channel 4 dressing down by Dispatches, the insurance industry’s relationship with UK motorists is likely to be a defining issue for 2013. The alleged role in which some insurers themselves have […]

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Insurance Regulation

S&P predicts challenging 2013 for UK non-life market

The UK non-life insurance market is facing a range of significant challenges which will make 2012-2013 ‘difficult’ for companies, according to Standard & Poors ratings services. In its latest report on the market, S&P highlights […]

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Motor Insurance

CII reacts to BBC’s ‘unfair underwriting’ taunt

Young Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) members are pushing for a thorough analysis of the effect of speed awareness courses on driver safety and how they should influence the premiums insurance companies charge motorists. The recommendation […]

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Insurance & Reinsurance

UK motor insurers’ underwriting results rebound 14%

A 10% rise in gross written premiums failed to put UK motor insurers in the black during 2011, according to Deloitte. The market experienced “greatly improved financial results in 2011 but need to do more […]