Articles by Stephanie Denton
Editor's Comment: Fighting for recognition
Last week Post, with its sister title Insurance Age, launched its first online Oxford-style debate, asking readers if insurance will ever match medicine, law or accountancy as a profession.
Career development: Microfinance drives surge in financial inclusion
Research has found both microfinance providers and mobile carriers are driving a surge in financial inclusion for the unbanked populace in developing nations, through the provision of sophisticated mobile finance services.
Career file: Ian Muress: Expanded role for Muress as Crawford restructures
Crawford Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific CEO Ian Muress is to take on additional responsibility for Canada and Latin America after being named international operations CEO as part of a group-wide restructure.
Market Moves - 3 December 2015
All the movers and shakers in the market
Insurance Debate: Insurers will only truly meet customers’ needs when they become innovative says Airmic
According to Airmic there are reasons to be optimistic as there has been a significant improvement over the past ten years in customer care, driven by commercial and regulatory pressures, and these can only continue to have a beneficial effect.
Insurance Debate: Last chance to vote
Will insurance ever be a viewed as a true profession? The debate closes at 4pm so there is still time to have your say.
Fraud 2015: Fraud 'mountain' too much for Ifed to handle
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department is currently seeing just the “snowy bit” of the insurance fraud mountain and there is too much fraud for the 28-strong department, according to its deputy head.
Fraud 2015: Publicising anti-fraud measures key to tackling opportunistic fraud
Insurers need to do more to publicise the anti-fraud measures they have in place as it can act as a deterrent to opportunistic fraudsters, according to criminologist Janice Goldstraw-White.
Career development: LMG tackles skills gap with market-wide survey
The London Market Group is aiming to tackle the skills gap with a market-wide survey designed to identify existing skill gaps and gain better insight into the talent requirements of the market of the future.
Video: Expertise A-Z: Q&A with John Dunn
The London property market is experiencing high levels of competition at the moment with lots of brokers and insurers seeking business and striving to provide the best service and products possible.
Editor's Comment: A significant loss for AIG?
The news that AIG’s UK managing director Jacqueline McNamee is among those implicated in the cost-cutting and restructuring initiative for the insurer, which is expected to cost $500m (£326.9m) but also create annualised savings of $400m to $500m, has…
Editor's comment: Join the digital revolution
It’s fair to say that most people wouldn’t describe the current UK insurance industry as digitally innovative.
Career Development: Insurance profession diversifies to meet skills shortage
The skills shortage in UK general insurance has reached worrying levels, according to the latest annual Skills Survey from the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Aon opens global HQ in London's Cheesegrater
Aon has officially opened the Aon Centre at 122 Leadenhall Street, London, commonly known as the Cheesegrater.
Cobra Holdings acquires BKG West
Cobra Holdings has acquired independent commercial insurance broker BKG West.
Collingwood receives PE backing to grow new product lines
Collingwood Insurance Company has confirmed private equity firm JZ International has become a majority investor in the business to help accelerate its growth plans.
Companies warned to prepare for steeper fines and custodial sentences for H&S breaches
Companies and individuals convicted of health and safety offences will respectively face steeper fines and be subject to custodial sentences when new sentencing guidelines come into effect in February 2016, according to law firm Kennedys.
Arista's Earle joins Advent Solutions as non-executive chairman
Advent Solutions Holdings has appointed former Arista chairman Charles Earle as non-executive chairman.
Helvetia concludes withdrawal from Belgian market
Swiss insurer Helvetia has completed the sale of its subsidiary Nationale Suisse Belgium and the two underwriting agencies owned by the latter to Enstar Group.
Editor's comment: Man on the moon
This week John Lewis released its Christmas advertisement – the Man on the Moon – causing even the most stiff-upper-lipped Brit to shed a tear.
Editor's comment: Great Scott!
Last week was Back to the Future day – 21 October 2015 – the date film character Marty McFly travels to in the second instalment of the sci-fi trilogy.
Questgates loses out as Zurich reveals its loss adjusting panel
Questgates is the main loser on the Zurich loss adjusting panel, which features Criterion for the first time.
ABI defends position on diverted profits tax after Insurer Nation criticism
The Association of British insurers has defended its actions on diverted profits tax after coming in from criticism from insurers.
Editor's Comment: The Down Under conundrum
I’m all for encouraging the global imports and exports trade and, over the years, us Brits have adopted several Aussie traditions – such as throwing shrimps on the barbie, Kylie, Foster’s, Uggs, and, my favourite, Hugh Jackman.