Global insurance trends

Dubai Conference Highlights Overseas Workers Life/Health Planning

As the UAE continues to set standards against the highest global benchmarks in every field, it should be no surprise that the trend is continuing into employee wellness generally and the end of service benefits scene […]

Global insurance trends

Tata Expands Partnership with Life & Pensions Provider, Phoenix Group

 Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, today announced an expansion of its ongoing 12-year old partnership with the Phoenix Group, Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator. As part […]

Insurance Regulation

Budget 2018: ABI, RAC and BIBA Reaction to IPT Freeze

For the insurance industry the Budget was something of a non-event, with no change announced in Insurance Premium Tax. On the upside, there was no rise, but on the downside this remains an undeniable punishment […]

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Global insurance trends

Aspirin effect equivalent to eradicating smoking says RMS

Financial modelling experts have confirmed the potential impact of daily Aspirin doses on life expectancy and said UK pension liabilities could rise by £100bn. Recent medical reports have confirmed the growing body of evidence that […]

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Insurance & Reinsurance

Referral fees – cash in while you can

Understandably the insurance industry reacted negatively to the news, but in the end cold, hard cash did the talking some days later. on 31st May, stock market analyst Collins Stewart was bullish about the prospects of FTSE 100 darling Admiral Insurance precisely because of the LSB’s protectionist stance. Referral fees are to continue and Admiral will carry on earning a tidy sum from them; a fact that won’t have gone unnoticed by the many pension funds with holdings in the motor insurer. […]

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Insurance & Reinsurance

Something for personal injury lobbyists in 2011?

It took the insurance trade media a couple of weeks to notice that the Discount Rate was officially under review but this certainly got the defendant lobby talking amongst themselves with the actuaries pulling out their calculators first off. […]