Analysis

Solicitors' PI: Taking a gamble

While their low prices make unrated carriers an attractive option for solicitors seeking professional indemnity insurance, are they worth the risk? And do small law firms have any alternative?

The Asian reinsurance story so far

The reinsurance market has great potential for growth in Asia as insurers, brokers and banks try to address a chronic deficit in insurance cover across the continent writes Andrew Tjaardstra.

Europe: Russia round-up

In the latest quarterly on the Russian insurance market, Paul Koshik reviews the motor sector, a busy period for recruitment and the big legal decisions.

Outsourcing: Need a hand?

While some in the insurance industry associate outsourcing with cutting jobs and costs, others are keen to extol its virtues. So when is it right to outsource, and how can it benefit the sector?

Travel: In rude health

The refusal of some Spanish hospitals to accept EHICs sparked anger in the insurance industry, but will the scandal impact premiums?

Europe: A Rock and a hard place

The row between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar may have put insurance firms in the country in an unenviable position. Mark Sands explains.

IUMI Preview: Charting a course

With the sector suffering major losses, long-term sustainability is high on the agenda at this year’s International Union of Marine Insurance conference. Can the market navigate the choppy waters?

Piper Alpha: 25 years on

A quarter of a century on from the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, how has the industry learnt from the difficulties it faced in the aftermath – and what has been done to stop such a tragedy occurring again?

SME: On board the enterprise

The SME space is a key battleground for the future of the industry. But if SMEs can do business direct online, where does that leave brokers? By Mark Sands

Investment: Diminishing returns

Insurers are predicted to find it increasingly difficult to make high yields from investments, so what can the industry do to turn the tide and increase returns?

Europe: A pen for Europe?

Managing general agents have seen a resurgence of popularity in the UK, but has there been a similar renaissance across the continent? Tim Evershed investigates.

Ethics: Do the right thing

The insurance industry may need a root and branch overhaul of its approach to ethics. But with claims that companies don’t actually understand the issue, the road to restoring trust is set to be rocky.

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