Opinion
Postbox: European model unworkable in UK
Why is [DAS chief executive] Paul Asplin sounding the death knell for the UK legal expenses model (www.postonline.co.uk/1567531), when alternative UK business models are already demonstrating that add-on legal expenses can deliver both a responsive…
Penny black's insurance week
Penny is getting sick of this cold weather, although the freak blizzards in Kent on 17 December added a surreal element to Towergate's Moroccan themed soiree that saw marketing boss Marc DonFrancesco kitted out as a camel and CEO Andy Homer masquerading…
The SME squeeze
Never hold a major planning meeting just before Christmas. Psychologists tell us that in the run up to the festive season most people can only focus their minds on the 25th itself; beyond that is a just a blank.
View from the top - Aleksandr Orlov: Business made simples
Greetings insurance peoples, and welcome to The View from Top with me, Aleksandr Orlov. I am very honour to give advice to you big cheeses.
Reinsurance Reader Awards 2009
And the winners of the 2009 Reinsurance Readers’ Awards are...
The green imperative
The entire spectrum of insurance takes environmental change seriously and has made great strides, though more can still be done, writes Toby Stubbs.
Mexico made simple
Concerns about regulating reinsurance contracts continue to deter potential entrants to the Mexican market, write Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly and Carlos Fan.
Legal review 2009
Ling Ong reviews the most influential legal cases of 2009, many of which have centred around disputes over binding jurisdictions.
Cash and capital
Richard Booth speculates on how the industry can make best use of its rediscovered financial muscle in 2010.
Penny black's insurance week
Not wishing to jinx RSA's Marc Charlton, who is due to exchange on his property imminently, but Penny was fascinated to hear the external comms manager is set to become the latest arrival on Albert Square — well, almost.
In the front row
Peter Whitehead discusses why the application of a front-loaded claims investigation process in most cases could result in settlement in less than 12 months of instruction by the insurer.