Opinion
Agreement over combined fraud approach
Cunningham Lindsey fraud management director Mike Boon and I are in broad agreement given his reply ...
In defence of legal survey methodology
In the recent article 'Stick or twist' (PM, 14 April, pp19-20), Sandra Neilson of Marsh queries whet...
Highway holding out for a hero
And so Highway refused to get into bed with Chaucer after its shareholders decided that the deal und...
The insurance cycle keeps coming back to training
As we try to integrate some of the best insurance broking businesses in the UK, I regularly evaluate...
BTE reducing claims costs is no bad thing
I read, with interest, Tom Jones of Thompsons' views about choice of legal counsel being that of the...
Flushed faces over card hand
I would like to draw your attention to the error that was made in last week's Post Magazine (14 Apri...
Offensive rather than defensive on smoking
Rather than pouring money into defending passive smoking claims (PM, 7 April, p1), Norwich Union sho...
A single market still needs agreement
The news of a proposal that could ultimately lead to a single European market for insurance, without...
Mobile communication the way forward for contractors
Emergency repair requirements are, by their very nature, extremely stressful. Long gone are the days...
Six months after Spitzer ..
Today marks the six-month anniversary of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's price fixing and ...
Industry must work together to treat customers fairly
In its Treating Customers Fairly paper, published last July, the Financial Services Authority recogn...
Brokers have benefited from Direct Line legacy
Norwich Union Direct may have started writing business in 1996 (PM, 7 April, pp14-15). Of course, th...
Technology use could see insurers drop fraud guard
I have a brief contribution to make to the debate about using technology or skills to identify suspi...
Lloyd's looks forward
Lloyd's results
More than another plea for industry unity
It was good to see British Insurance Brokers' Association chief executive Eric Galbraith call for gr...
The high price of bureaucracy
Election 2005: The Liberal Democrats' insurance plan
The consolidation conundrum
It is always interesting to read a viewpoint from Robert Hiscox. He enjoys all the classic Lloyd's ...
NU moves to stub out flurry of smoking-related claims
Given the talk about a potential avalanche of smoking-related claims in the future it is no surprise...
Results
Barometer News
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was most interested to see which of her insurance industry chums were in The Sunday Times Rich...
MID classic car poser
Barry Smith rightly outlines the necessity of motor insurers moving forward with the Greenaway recom...
A vote for the future of the FSA
With the General Election now set for 5 May, it is time for the political parties to get on with the...
Claims floodgate warning
While passive smoking causes irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, and epidemiological evidence s...
Let sleeping dogs lie and move on with regulation
I've been looking forward to this week for some time, due to my second British Insurance Brokers' As...