Articles by Stephanie Denton
Editor's Comment: I want that one!
I imagine Google is a bit like a child after opening all its presents on Christmas day.
Claims Club: Industry should be prepared for online court to become a reality in the near future
Insurers and their lawyers have been warned to take the prospect of an online court seriously and advised that the pace of change is likely to take many by surprise.
Claims Club: Late payment legislation to add ‘new pressure’ to difficult fraud cases
Insurers have been urged to prepare a late payment strategy now, after an insurance barrister warned the late payment clause, due to be introduced with the Enterprise Bill, will add additional pressures in suspected fraud cases.
Editor's Comment: The gloves are off
Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s relationship with London’s corporate sector has featured both highs and lows during his tenure so far.
Editor's comment: Be prepared
With the very definition of insurance being something that provides protection against a possible eventuality, I like to imagine that all insurers must have been scouts.
Gallagher pleased with injunction success
Arthur J Gallagher has said it is pleased with a court order granted in the Portsoken case, which it stated ensures "valuable and confidential information" belonging to the firm is located and deleted from Portsoken's systems.
Torrance joins Novae board as NED
Former Allianz CEO Andrew Torrance has been appointed as independent non-executive director to the board of Novae Group, effective 1 March 2016.
The Post Power List 2016
In a year where regulation, natural disasters, consolidation and cyber/digital again look set to make waves, and when the country could learn if it’s in or out of the European Union, Post had a mind mapping session – with a bottle of wine – to see who…
Brit opens Singapore office on Lloyd’s platform
Brit is to open a Singapore office on 1 March 2016 after receiving approval to begin underwriting from both Lloyd’s and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
The Post Power List 2016 is revealed
Post is delighted to reveal its 2016 Power List, a carefully (wine) crafted list of movers and shakers both within and without the insurance industry who we at Post Towers – with our experience, knowledge and independent view – believe will either have…
Editor's Comment: Gaining an equal footing
I believe that women are – and should be treated as – intellectual and social equals to men.
Career Development: Axa Insurance secures industry first for customer experience
Axa Insurance has become the first insurer to secure a three star Investor in Customers ‘Exceptional’ rating across both its personal and commercial lines broker businesses.
CII's Fisher to tackle direct personal lines and independent broker professionalism
Direct personal lines and the independent broker sector are two areas where new CEO Sian Fisher will aim to raise the professional agenda after taking up her new role this month.
Penny Black's Social World - 4 February
All the latest from the world of social media.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 4 February 2016
To emphasise the work put in to move the broking industry ‘lightyears into the future’ at the launch of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association 2016 manifesto, chairman Lord Hunt compared the trade body’s CEO and executive director – Steve White and…
Penny Black's Social World - 28 January 2016
All the latest online news.
Market Moves - 28 January 2016
All the latest movers and shakers in the industry.
Trade Voice: Fair’s fair
The call to action for #FairnessForAll is not an unattainable ideal.
Editor's Comment: Writing a new chapter
A new year and a new start; time to ring in the new; the new year is like a blank book and you have the pen to fill the pages – you probably heard all of these and more as Big Ben chimed in the New Year and you planned your resolutions.
Market Moves - 21 January 2016
All the latest movers and shakers in the industry.
Barbican Insurance group merges capabilities into single brand
Barbican Insurance Group has launched Barbican Protect, which brings together the underwriting expertise and service capabilities of Barbican Underwriting Limited, PI Protect and Barbican Channel Islands into a single brand.
Reinsurance pricing floor remains elusive at 1 January renewals
Despite the signs of pricing stabilisation in peak property catastrophe zones at the June/July 2015 renewals, the forecasts for a “softening in the softening” in reinsurance pricing have proved illusory, according to Willis Re.
Airmic urges a 'pragmatic and flexible' approach for corporate customers following flooding
The current flooding in the north of England has underlined the need for businesses to buy insurance that is fit for purpose, and to support it with effective crisis planning according to the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers.