Opinion
View from the top: Taking a stand over PI
There is a crisis brewing in the solicitors' professional indemnity market and finding the culprits is an open and shut case: the handful of rogue lawyers who cost their insurers millions of pounds each year and all too often, disappear into thin air.
Penny Black's insurance week
Last week RSA continued to celebrate its 300th anniversary with a bash on the Thames, which was attended by the great and the good of the firm from group CEO Andy Haste downwards.
Postscript - 10 years ago: Claims Direct plans shock industry
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight form 10 years ago reveals.
Postbox: Tweeting isn't just a popularity contest
Natalie Gyte of Greenlight is right about the importance of social media for insurers.
View from the top: Discretion is dangerous
With the dust settling on the emergency budget, individuals and businesses are working out what this means for them.
Penny Black's insurance week
Last week, Post reported how the Association of British Insurers' director of general insurance and health, Nick Starling, attended a conference for fire and rescue specialists in Harrogate.
Postscript - 50 years ago: Fire losses mount up
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 50 years ago reveals.
View from the top: The approved model
The Australian capital requirements and the Dutch pension funds experience show that few insurance companies have achieved the Holy Grail of an approved internal model. However, as Solvency II approaches, insurers are looking beyond the standard formula…
The European insurance sector in focus
Post Europe is the latest initiative from the team behind the UK's market-leading general insurance weekly Post.
Penny Black’s insurance week
Remember Big Brother? Penny was taken aback to discover the series is still trundling through its final series and drawing in big enough viewing figures for Go Compare to choose a slot in tomorrow’s eviction night extravaganza as the place to launch its…
Post script – 10 years ago: Garwyn in limbo as QBE goes to Limit
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 10 years ago reveals.
Postscript – 10 years ago: Ex-Churchill boss leaves RBSI post
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 10 years ago reveals.
Postscript – 30 years ago: Losses rise as large fires take hold
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 30 years ago reveals.
Automated systems to negate driver error
I read with interest the letter from Jack Brownhill regarding the article 'Safety First and Last' which covered Thatcham's vehicle testing.
View from the top: Stand up to EC on renewal
The law of unintended consequences dictates that on occasion some of us will suffer from the well-meant actions of others. This certainly appears to be so in the case of the Consumer Rights Directive currently being debated at the European Parliament.
Postbox: Training rules
I read Patrick O'Connell of Oval recently on the role of qualifications in promoting greater professionalism in our industry.
Postbox: Time to use hindsight
I read with interest earlier this week that, despite a decline in foreign travel, the number of available travel insurance policies has risen by 9.5% in the last year as new policies, covering strikes and volcanic ash cloud disruption, have come onto the…
View from the top: The new watchword
Efficiency has become the watchword of the new government, as it looks for savings to combat the UK's budget deficit. The same watchword could be applied to businesses. While the likelihood of a double dip recession has lessened, we are still at a…
Comment - Industry regulation: A massive eruption
The media slaughtered the insurance industry over the volcanic ash incident. Merryn Myatt explains why the sector needs to listen to the criticisms and make some much needed changes.
Postbox: Not the best view of Manchester
I think the photographer may have been facing in the wrong direction when he shot the photograph for the 'Regional Review'.
Postbox: A Budget tax warning
With the new coalition government currently reviewing spending and revenue, many forecasters believe that the 5% tax rate on general insurance will be at least doubled in the emergency Budget due on 22 June.
View from the top: Keeping the team onside
Compensating those who suffer injury at work and returning them to employment as fast and as safely possible is not only the morally right thing to do, but it is also in the best interest of the insured and their insurer. Nevertheless, average claims…
Comment - ERM & Solvency II: Staying flexible
Liz Taylor warns about taking a mechanised approach to Solvency II and enterprise risk management, claiming an organic and flexible stance is better.