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Webinar: Attracting and retaining talent in broking
How can the broking sector make talented graduates aware of the fulfilling and varied career opportunities the industry has to offer? This webinar explores whether brokers are doing enough to attract the highest calibre people and how they can develop…
Why 'unhackable' blockchain could revolutionise the insurance industry
Everyone’s talking about it, but is anyone really doing it? There’s a continuous chatter surrounding blockchain, so isn’t it about time more firms used the distributed ledger system?
My other life: Steve McPherson, Ignition Connect, football chairman
In his free time, director of non-standard insurance McPherson is a football chairman
BIA 2016: General insurer, personal lines insurer, commercial lines insurer
Commercial Insurer of the Year; Personal Lines Insurer of the Year; General Insurer of the Year
Advertising video: A new approach to handling flood claims
The floods in Cumbria last winter seem long forgotten to those who were fortunate enough to only witness the dramatic footage on television. But for those caught up in the disaster the floods have been truly devastating – and for many the prospect of…
Career file: Amanda Blanc, Axa UK and Ireland
Amanda Blanc has been promoted to CEO of Axa UK and Ireland, replacing Paul Evans.
Expertise from A-Z: Casualty - All you need is patients
The casualty insurance area witnesses changes to legislation all the time, so insurers and brokers must be on top of their game when it comes to educating and communicating with the employers they work with
Video: Post docu-video: European Windstorm
In recent weeks, European windstorms have been very topical. With Abigail and then Barney causing significant damage across the UK, this peril is very much on the insurance agenda. This docu-video looks at how insurance companies currently assess…
Europe: Telematics - Boxing clever
In the UK, telematics is seen as a way for young drivers to get covered, but other countries take different approaches.
Penny Black's Christmas questions 2015: What does an insurer's Christmas look like?
What are insurers and brokers up to at Christmas? Post has asked them how they celebrate the festive season and found out a lot of them like to hear the bells ringing out for Christmas Day.
Supersonic Cars: The need for speed
Ask a meerkat or a moustachioed opera singer for a quote for a supersonic car and you would be met with bewilderment and a rapid search for the exit door. Yet it is not as unusual a question as you might think.
Video: Introducing cyber cover
As digital technologies accelerate, so do cyber risks. From hacking and malicious attacks to stolen laptops and data, cyber criminals attack indiscriminately. But online attacks are only a part of it.
Video: Research highlights necessity of legal expenses insurance as LASPO limits access to justice
In this video, Paul Hurley director & head of ATE at ARAG talks through the insurer's research study into LASPO's affect upon access to justice and ATE premiums.
Video: Q&A with Aon on increased competition and trends in public sector insurance
In this video, Post’s content director Jonathan Swift talks to Nigel Cooper at Aon Risk Solutions.
Claims Club: Insurers urged to be proactive in industrial stress claims
Insurers have been told they have the opportunity to be proactive and "not only address the balance sheet but show they care" about industrial stress.
Claims Club: Next government must address young driver issue
The insurance industry has a "friend" in Europe in the shape of Lord Jonathan Hill, the EU commissioner for financial services and capital markets, no matter what happens in May.
Polish regulator KNF to look at conflicts of interest
The Polish regulator's focus on insurance is shaking up the sector, reports Iain Batty
In Focus: Public Sector - The importance of business continuity planning
Risk management and business continuity planning is an essential part of running a commercial business. But while it can help to protect profits and ensure a business's future, there is no less of a need for robust BCP in the public sector.
In-Focus: Public Sector - Business continuity management standing up to scrutiny
With the Civil Contingencies Act requiring public sector organisations to have robust business continuity management in place to ensure they can continue to provide key services in an emergency, failure to do so can have serious repercussions.
Hong Kong's healthy innovation
Hong Kong’s health insurers are showing signs of innovation as the marketplace becomes increasingly crowded writes Nicky Burridge.
Is Singapore becoming more attractive than Hong Kong?
In recent years the industry has seen a slew of insurers announce that Singapore would now be their regional headquarters while more could be in the pipeline writes Justin Harper.
The blossoming Asian D&O market
The market for directors and officers’ insurance in Asia is booming as local companies become increasingly aware of the litigation risks they face writes Nicky Burridge.
Hong Kong's growing but competitive broking market
As the total amount of insurance premiums rise, brokers are seeing the benefits, however intense competition, recruiting talent and increased regulation are on brokers' minds. Nicky Burridge speaks to some leading brokers in the city.