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Events: ACORD Meet-Up Looks at Reinsurance, From Placing to Settlement

Straight-through processing is the only viable long-term solution to tackling the re/insurance industry’s ongoing challenge with out-of-control expense ratios, but is about people as much as technology, was one of the key takeaways from ACORD’s […]

Opinion

Opinion: Three Tactics for Tackling Insider Cyber Threats

In this piece, Mark Rayner, Head of Financial Services Consulting at BAE Systems offers some useful advice for those in the insurance industry, and the wider workplace, on the tricky matter of data breaches and […]

Opinion

Opinion: Rare Classic Cars Need a Truly Specialised Insurance Valuation

In this Opinion piece Bernard Hayden, Head of Risk Management at Azur, looks at avoiding underinsurance in the collectable car market. Classic car values are always changing and a limited edition, race version or prototype, […]

Opinion

Opinion: UK Govt Wants to Replace Buy-to-Let Landlords With Companies

Straight talking from the Editor’s laptop: The last twenty years or so has seen an explosion in property prices, and the buy-to-let rentals market. Quite a few people have got very rich indeed, like infamous […]

Opinion

Lloyd’s Future: Will The Digital Transformation Happen Fast Enough?

The Future at Lloyd’s prospectus presents more questions than answers according to DevOpsGroup CEO James Smith. Here, he outlines key considerations for the insurance sector as it transforms for enduring relevance in the digital economy. […]

News

Industry Insights: 42% of Income Protection Consumers Choose Fully Comp

Comprehensive cover was the leading consumer choice in the UK in 2018, accounting for 42% of income protection purchases, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report: ‘How Customers Purchase […]

Opinion

Opinion: FCA Business Plan Will Prompt Big Changes in GI Market

What does the FCA’s new Business Plan mean for GI? In this Opinion piece, Mark McDonald, Consultant at Altus, looks at the possible directions that general insurance is going to take, given the criticism of pricing […]

Opinion

Opinion: Agile Tech is The Key to Fighting Insurance Fraud

In this piece, Steve Paton, Head of Anti-Fraud Services (EU), Verisk Claims takes a look at how fraud is evolving and how the switch away from legacy systems to something altogether more flexible, and customisable, […]