Opinion
The long-term strategy is still key
Henry Keeling sees the newcomers from the hedge fund world as conferring respectability on the reinsurance industry
The Indian Ocean tsunami: lessons for the future
The tsunami of December 26 2004 is one of the worst disasters in human history. While our thoughts a...
Market needs a steady hand
The new year finds the reinsurance market wearing a poker face, waiting to see which of the many fac...
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To diversify or not to diversify?
It is interesting to see that loss adjuster Ashworth Mairs Group has announced that it is set to div...
Industry purpose is to help get customers' lives back on track
Only a few short weeks into the year and 2005 is already presenting difficult challenges for the ins...
The value of business advantage is priceless
Why are so many businesses happy to shell out £100,000 for an enterprise resource planning solution ...
The industry is streets behind
It is interesting that Post Magazine should highlight the scam by the devious Charlie in Coronation ...
15 years ago
Looking back
CSC rides into town, guns blazing
IT appears last week's rallying call from the Claims Standards Council that it may call time early i...
Will FSA change again?
John Tiner's comment at the 2002 Financial Services Authority conference that "smarter insurance reg...
Has industry the capacity to cope?
The floods a fortnight ago have once again brought to the fore the issue of how the industry could r...
Biba irons out interim confusion
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has become aware of some uncertainty among intermediaries...
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In defence of unsung IT heroes
Budgets are expected to rise this year but board level expectations of IT projects are still tempere...
New ABI head makes all the right noises
Although he has only been in the post for two weeks, the new director of general insurance at the As...
UK PLCs in the dark over e-mail compliance
E-mail compliance issues may well be receiving a great deal of attention from UK public limited comp...
Insurers face IT challenge
The raft of compliance requirements now affecting UK business is a minefield for the IT expert, and ...
Come the day, come the resolution?
And so General Insurance Day is upon us. After literally scores of roadshows, heaps of advice and re...
GI Day should herald a new start
This week marks probably the biggest change in the insurance industry in a long time, maybe in its h...
Sign removal could see claims soar
I was interested to read reports that road signs, barriers and even traffic lights could disappear f...
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EC knows nothing about insurance
With regards to the Equal Treatment (Gender) Directive, what has been achieved is undoubtedly an imp...
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