Opinion
View from the Top: Opportunities for intermediaries
Brokers can strengthen their position by harnessing the data their insurer partners demand, says Will Price.
View from the Top: Difficult break-ups
Expect more insurers to terminate relationships with partners that yield insufficient returns, says Karen Hogg.
Your Say: Barriers to change
There are barriers to be broken down before the market can fully embrace entirely web-based systems, says Phil Race.
Editor's comment: End of the world as we know it?
As 2012 draws to a close, the latest confident prediction from the doomsayers is upon us: the world will apparently end on 21 December 2012, marking the terminus of a 5125-year cycle in the ancient Mayan calendar, which abruptly ceases on that date.
Europe View from the Top: Turning the telescope around
Research by Ernst & Young entitled Turning risk into results, launched at the Federation of European Risk Managers Association, brings positive news.
View from the Top: Mind the credibility gap
Insurers must live up to their advertising slogans or risk leaving the general public even more disillusioned, says Annabel Venner.
Website review: Echoice
RSA car insurance site is among the poorest-performing across the board.
Ask the expert: Recruitment salaries
I am interested in a new opportunity but want to wait until I see a role with a substantially bigger salary – however, it seems to be taking some time. Are salaries really that flat for people moving from competitors?
Editor's comment: Grading the government
With the UK economy still struggling to recover from one of the deepest recessions in generations, expectations were rising fast as Post went to press on Tuesday that a somewhat dejected George Osborne would be addressing the nation come Wednesday…
The emerging business travel risk
Global travel is an important part of today’s business world, but as Pat Drinan explains increased compliance issues can come with insuring risks across borders.
Asia View from the Top: Realising growth in higher growth markets
There are three trends that are becoming increasingly evident in the changing global economic landscape.
Your Say: A step in the right direction
The tentative approval by the Forum of Insurance Lawyers regarding the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers’ proposal for eliminating fraudulent whiplash claims (‘Apil urged to put words into action on whiplash fraud elimination plan’, www.postonline…
Editor's comment: Making a stand at last
The Association of British Insurers finally decided this week to reveal the detail of exactly what it is asking government to commit to that will secure affordable flood insurance for 200 000 homes currently facing exorbitant or zero cover come next July.
View from the Top: Back to the future
The insurance industry must look to the past and return to a client-focused approach, says Martin Owens
View from the top: Adapt to survive
The ban on gender as a rating indicator simply means insurers will have to look to other factors instead, says Paul Geddes
Europe View from the Top: Sweden's art seriously underinsured
The Swedish fine art market has traditionally been insured by a few large, London-based insurers. But as the value of local artwork increases, huge swathes of Swedish art are grossly underinsured.
Your say: McLarens clarification
While congratulating McLarens on its recent name change, I feel it is important to point out that, contrary to the misleading implication in the timeline included in the article, there is no business relationship whatsoever between the company now…
Solvency II saga: Time for a rethink
The EU should adopt a more principles-based approach in order to move forward with Solvency II, says Simon Kirby.
View from the top: Overcoming environmental issues
From ash tree disease and rapidly melting Arctic ice to man-made disasters such as toxic sludge, the list of worrying environmental issues is long, says Tony Lennon.
View from the top: Changing for the better
Increased regulation may be taxing for the industry but will ultimately make it stronger, says Stuart Reid.
Editor's comment: Dread of devolution differences
The inherent skill and unifying philosophy of the insurance industry is based on a fatalistic acceptance that even the most unlikely event has a nasty habit of happening when you least expect it.
Your say: Walk-away fraud must be proved
Claimants who withdraw or do not pursue claims are not necessarily fraudsters, says Steve Jackson.
View from the top: Keeping up with the times
The industry must take social media seriously to keep pace with competitors and improve its reputation, says Adrian Brown.