Opinion
Valued relationships to get through tough times
While all the indicators suggest that we are on the verge of a hard insurance market, there is littl...
Credit-hire assistance could be beneficial
I read with interest the debate on the credit hire industry in last week's Claims Supplement (27 Nov...
2008: quite a year
It was quite a year in 2008. If hurricanes weren't battering the Gulf Of Mexico, then floods were t...
Customer loyalty - how do we protect it?
One of the most remarkable aspects of the UK commercial market is the loyalty of customers; research...
Extending indemnity periods applauded
As a chartered loss adjuster and chartered accountant, frequently involved in the negotiation and ad...
QBE's motor U-turn
With QBE poised to acquire the Lloyd's motor business Equity Red Star, it marks an interesting chang...
Rehab standards - let's have your views
I was delighted to read ('Handle with Care', Post, 13 November 2008, p34) that our draft rehabilitat...
Slow and steady wins the race for survival
There are similarities between the financial troubles at Lloyd's in the 1990s and the current financ...
New cold costs war
Ten years after the Woolf reforms drove through drastic changes to the way civil litigation costs ar...
CII name change clarified
I would like to clarify an aspect of the article of 6 November concerning the 1991 member vote to ch...
Cutting cover is a false economy for businesses
As I write, the International Monetary Fund has predicted how - next year - the global credit crisis...
If at first you don't succeed
While the insurance industry does not enjoy a reputation for cutting-edge innovation, it is pleasing...
CII seeks backing over campaign for change
As expected, the recent announcement of the Chartered Insurance Institute's proposed name change - a...
Underhand measures show motive behind new name
David Bishop wrote an excellent piece against the Chartered Insurance Institute name change ('Name...
No place for risky bets
So it's official, we are in recession. Asset values are dwindling, the need for raw materials has di...
Name change a nonsense
As an associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, and having previously worked for a major insur...
BGL to get its paws on rich pickings as prices tumble
If a bear market is defined as a prolonged period in which investment prices fall, accompanied by wi...
In an uncertain world
What now? As our front cover this month reflects, this is a question that has been pinging around Re...
Crunch time for industry
As the credit crunch has taken hold it has become evident how intertwined the whole financial servic...
Surviving the global downturn
Global financial meltdown and looming recession has resulted in major impact to the insurance sector...
A good deal for Swiss Re
The most interesting aspect of the touted CVC Capital Partners deal for Royal Bank of Scotland Insur...
At the tipping point
Profitability in the UK motor market has been in steady decline since underwriting returns peaked, w...
Divided but not yet fallen
The announcement by the London Market Insurance Brokers' Committee that it plans to set up an indepe...
Happy to be boring
Turmoil in the financial services markets is understandably at the front of the insurance industry's...