Opinion
Fostering healthy market convergence
The current, growing capital market involvement in the insurance and reinsurance industries through ...
Cutbacks: will the big shrink lead to a sink?
Last week two of the largest UK insurers announced plans to streamline their businesses in moves tha...
Industry can do more to stop fraudsters in their tracks
In response to last week's web story 'Fraud prevention low priority for UK' (Postonline, 2 June) I w...
What do you think?
Subscribers to Post and Post Online can now let off steam or pass on their pearls of wisdow to the r...
The claimant's view: adding insult to injury for mesothelioma victims
The tribute paid by Charles Gordon, DLA partner, to those involved in the mesothelioma trigger issue...
Ombudsman report shows FSA witchhunt is wrong
I have just browsed through the Financial Ombudsman report for 2007/8 to see if there were any clues...
Snowball exit closes door on IPO avenue
When Patrick Snowball was unveiled as deputy chairman of Towergate last year it was seen as somethin...
Three blind underwriters
Dear friend, (With apologies to Jane Austen) It is a truth perhaps not universally acknowledged tha...
Hothouse must cool for compliance
While I cannot comment on the internal issues regarding Willis' cold-calling campaign ("Willis divid...
The challenge of change
Solvency II
Biba: hypocrite or in line with change?
Having criticised aggregators in the past for their less than ethical tactics, on face value the Bri...
Don't take second best
If the research and insurance media coverage is to be believed, a constant thorn in the side of the ...
Repair dialogue will only help matters
The recent roundtable discussion looking at the issue of cash settlement, the benefits of this metho...
Rehab referral fees concern
I read with some trepidation the article entitled 'What lies beneath' (8 May, p20). I fear that the ...
Hidden hazards
Business continuity
GTA agreement masks much deeper divisions
The recent history of the insurance industry has been littered with delays. Whether it is the Minist...
Even greater expectations
As an industry we talk about how important the customer is to us. Yet, as an industry, we are often ...
The streets with no name
A fortnight is a long time in the world of insurance. No sooner had Barclays Private Equity given h...
More Jaws than Jaws 2?
The strapline for Jaws 2 says it all really - "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the w...
Beyond reasonable doubt
Commission disclosure
Mortgage holders must be protected
The Council of Mortgage Lender's director general Michael Coogan's call for reforms to income suppor...
Time to address the ugly issue of premium rises
There is a palpable sense of gloom and despondency pervading the UK economy right now and many of ou...
Biba 2008: a reflection
Kicking off with chief executive Eric Galbraith's impassioned call for a "market solution" for commi...
Breaking borders
Global programmes