Opinion
Synergy looks to innovate with long-awaited launch
It took five years to get off the ground and began as a product for high-net-worth personal lines, w...
New ATE model a blessing in disguise
I write with reference to Paul Asplin's comments (Post, 26 April 2007, p1 - "ATE threatened by refor...
FSA faces consolidation or divestment quandary
The 1982 Lloyd's Act was primarily introduced to improve the governance of Lloyd's and, in doing so,...
The Claimant's View
The Department of Constitutional Affairs' much-delayed claims process consultation was widely welcom...
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Clearing the confusion
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VAT among the pigeons
I agree with Morag Heighway that notice 701/57 really clarifies, rather than alters, the position on...
Revisiting old debates
Brokers are often seen as a suspicious breed, especially regarding regulation. But it appears that ...
It's not what you say
The general insurance industry is burdened with a negative reputation that its current customer perf...
Counting the cost of ATE reforms
As an experienced personal injury claims handler, who has worked both on the defendant and after-the...
Pricing, commission and consolidation
The words "extraordinary" and "crazy" are being used this year to summarise market prices for commer...
Willis bolsters message with McManus swoop
This week Royal and Sun Alliance broker managing director Brendan McManus announced that he was to l...
A chance for the industry to seize the day
The Government's proposals to reform the personal injury claims process recognise what the Associati...
Technology is a tool not a cost-cutting exercise
There's a hoary old saying with more than a ring of truth about it that a couple of my colleagues ar...
Snowball will pack a punch
If there had been one criticism levelled at Towergate, it was that it lacked a real City heavyweight...
Website clarity needed
Every day brokers meet the challenge of keeping up to date with new products, to be able to advise t...
The risky world we live in
In the discussions my Marsh colleagues and I have with chief executive officers, chief finance offic...
FSA is starting to justify enforcement war chest
The news that the regulator has once again opened the door marked 'underwriting' at a broker and fou...
Industry still dazed and confused
I think the letter from Debra Williams, managing director of Confused.com, (Post, 5 April, p13) perf...
Repairing the damage done
Agreement with the views of Bronek Mosojada (View From The Top, 22 March, p6) an Peter Barrett (Post...
Has S&C finally cracked?
It seems fitting that the Easter period should hail the breaking down of Smart and Cook's resistance...
Spinning a winning tale
As practitioners of mergers and acquisitions, we are often struck at how misleading the headlines su...
No personal motor plan in place at present
It was good to see Adding1's launch of five new products reported in Post (UK News, 29 March 2007, p...
Give midwives support to support mothers
I was shocked to read Post's article about the need for external funding for midwives' PI insurance ...