Opinion
C-Suite - Insurer: Reducing risk, increasing safety
Telematics can bring down premiums for young drivers, but also alter behaviour in all segments.
C-suite - Insurer: Apocalypse now?
As long as there is choice in the market, it would take a brave insurer to write off Lloyd’s just yet, says Aegis head of broker relations Nigel Roberts.
News Editor's Comment: Countdown to the election
With just three weeks until a general election where the only certainty looks set to be the absence of an overall majority, business leaders across the UK are clamouring for a combination of progress and stability.
C-suite - Broker: Preparing for cyber attacks
Many SMEs are ill-equipped to deal with the threats they face from hacking, says Marsh's Julie Page.
C-Suite - Broker: From price to advice
The agenda of the broker must change, with a renewed focus on understanding customers, says Phil Barton, chief executive, Jelf.
C-suite - Insurer: How to talk to customers
The threat to the insurance industry from ‘disruptors’ can be nullified with good communication, says Alasdair Stewart, Axa Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary.
Editor's comment: Do as I say, not as I do
Insurers and brokers have been warned to be on their guard after the Financial Conduct Authority set out its stall for 2015 and set its sights on a general insurance shake-up with another series of reviews – despite many thinking this might be the year…
C-Suite: Singapore’s ambitious work safety goal
Collaboration is needed to help Singapore's government reach an ambitious national workplace fatality rate of zero by 2018.
C-suite - Insurer: The balance of responsibility
Key changes will need to be made by insurers and brokers due to the Insurance Act 2015, says Jeremy Miles Chubb UK & Ireland manager.
C-suite - Insurer: It’s legal, but is it right?
The CMA’s lack of action over subrogated claims means the industry itself must act, says Adrian Furness, claims director, Covéa Insurance.
Editor's comment: Moving with the times
Cyber is the watchword of this generation and it’s hard to image how our world would function without all the technology we use every day.
Technology: Unfathomable figures from Facebook?
Why do we struggle to measure the return on investment of social media?
Trade Voice: Taking the first steps
Can the UK insurance sector learn anything from the Irish Consumer Protection Code 2012?
C-Suite - Broker: Reinsurers in this new world
Reinsurers should stick to their core values of serving stakeholders, says David Flandro executive vice-president – global head of strategic advisory at JLT Re.
Europe C-Suite: A judgment call - the PI market in Germany
The market for professional indemnity cover is growing in Germany - so how can insurers keep up with demand?
Editor's comment: Learning from the whizz kids
My six year-old is a whizz on the iPad and has been since he was four. While I carefully follow the instructions to the apps we download, he learns as he plays and instinctively works out when he needs to tap, tilt or shake the tablet.
C-Suite: Risky business
Ace’s Toby Merrill outlines the risks of employees being allowed to access company data on their own devices.
North of the Border: No balance on bereavement awards
Two appeal cases have highlighted the inconsistencies between fatal claims awards
C-Suite - Insurer: Cyber risk suffers from clouded thinking
Businesses, insurers and government must work together to provide resilience to cyber attacks
Editor's comment: A woman's work
In the week we celebrated International Women’s Day, the UK’s intelligence agencies were told by MPs to vary their traditional recruiting of white males and instead recruit middle-aged mothers because they are ‘emotionally intelligent’.
Fraud Focus: We know what fraud looks like, don’t we?
Fraud detection techniques may just be picking up the same old scams, which are dying breeds
C-Suite - MGA: Actuaries: The MGA’s secret weapon
Although among the less understood roles in the insurance industry, actuarial skills are of enormous value
C-Suite - Insurer: Time to hear deafness reform ideas
Changes are needed to make genuine industrial deafness claims quicker and easier to settle
Europe C-Suite: Making it happen for International Women's Day
RSA's Melanie Steel on why more needs to be done by the global insurance industry to attract women into the sector.