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Claims Apprentice 2022: Episode five - ESG/sustainable claims challenge part two
Having scripted and filmed the videos to promote their ESG/sustainable claims solutions - and polished the accompanying leaflets - Team Build and Team Unite get to find out who pocketed the most investment at the Insurance Post Claims Leaders Summit.
Penny Black's Social World: July 2022
An OBE, charity fundraisers, supporting small businesses and sustainability
Claims Apprentice 2022: Episode four - ESG/sustainable claims challenge part one
Having raced around London taking part in a marine insurance treasure hunt in the last episode, the final six claims apprentices are set for their biggest challenge yet for their third task.
Stonegate alleges 'obliteration of cover' while insurers say it has got policy terms 'fundamentally wrong' in closing submissions
The trial in the case of Stonegate v MS Amlin and others, drew to an end this week, with the UK’s biggest pub group and its insurers exchanging arguments in written closing submissions.
Claims Apprentice 2022: Episode three – Marine insurance treasure hunt
After the claims handling task in episode two, Teams Build and Unite regroup and, following a short rest, are ready for the next challenge.
Claims Apprentice 2022: Episode two – Claims handling challenge
Now that our final six contestants have been put into teams and decided upon names, it is time for the apprentices to tackle their first task.
Claims Apprentice 2022: Episode one - Meet the six finalists
After a year wait Claims Apprentice is back and the field has been whittled down to six candidates, all competing for the prize of becoming the 2022 champion.
Insurers pick at Stonegate’s causation and aggregation arguments as Covid BI trial continues
The High Court battle between the UK’s biggest pub group and three insurers – MS Amlin, Liberty Mutual and Zurich – continued on Tuesday with the insurers taking issue with the pub group’s submissions regarding causation and aggregation.
Stonegate underscores varied pandemic impact on individual establishments as £1.1bn Covid BI trial gets underway
Stonegate kicked off its Covid-19 business interruption suit against its insurers on Monday, claiming that “the story of no two venues during the pandemic is the same”.
Meet the 2022 Claims Apprentice contestants
Ahead of the new series of Claims Apprentice, which goes live on Wednesday 15 June at noon, we introduce you to the final six contestants who will be featured in the Kennedys' sponsored show.
Spotlight: Cyber - Small businesses need cyber insurance now more than ever
There’s a growing market need for cyber insurance for small and midsize businesses, but too few insurance providers offer policies — and that should change.
Spotlight: Surety Bonds - The importance of bonds and guarantees and their effect on the UK construction market
Uncertainty is difficult to navigate for many companies and, in the face of several ongoing and escalating challenges, Edward Murray finds the construction sector is leaning more on the use of surety bonds to create certainty in turbulent times.
Corbin & King verdict leads to ‘dusting off’ of BI claims as Premier League teams issue court action
The legal sector is revisiting business interruption claims that might have been mothballed after the Financial Conduct Authority Test case as the Corbin & King verdict reopens the possibility of policyholders being able to bring claims under their non…
Tower Brook acquires Premium Credit; ABI reports motor premiums have fallen 5% in Q1; Aston Lark buys UK Global; and Seventeen snaps up broker
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Marsh/Volante launch shareholder activism product; insurance sector launches flood directory; GRP buys Hamilton Fraser; Liberty rolls out real-time flood warning solution
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Three BI cases collectively seeking up to £960m to be heard back-to-back by court
The Commercial Court is set to hear three cases relating to Covid-19 business interruption claims made under the Marsh Resilience wording back-to-back over five weeks in June and July.
Analysis: Covid BI disputes rage on a year after Supreme Court judgment
The final bill for coronavirus-related business interruption claims could yet run much higher than the £1.3bn paid out so far depending on how issues left unanswered are resolved in the months – and possibly years – ahead.
Allianz in regional commercial restructure; GRS extends global reach with adjuster tie-up; Movo buys three; and Tractable strikes two new deals
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week.
Pub chain's £845m BI claim set to be heard by Commercial Court in June
An £845m lawsuit brought by pub chain Stonegate against insurers MS Amlin, Liberty Mutual and Zurich is to be heard by the Commercial Court next June.
Advertising feature: How using surety guarantees can enhance your client’s liquidity
Banks are not the only place to turn to when you need a guarantee. Andrew Evans, head of Liberty Mutual Surety, UK and Ireland highlights why insurance companies could be a better option.
COP26 Briefing: A tale of two insurance climate reports
Two reports released on COP26's finance day highlight mountains insurers – and others – have yet to climb in the climate challenge.
Oil and gas cover undermining climate efforts, says Insure Our Future as it scores insurers' climate policies
The global insurance industry is undermining efforts to meet climate targets by continuing to insure and invest in oil and gas production, the Insure Our Future campaign has said.
Intelligence: 11 September 2001 - 20 years on
With this week marking the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, Post looks back to see how the insurance market handled the claims and how terrorism cover has adapted since then.
All Clear acquires Insure & Go; Liberty supports WTW sustainability accreditation; PIB buys again; Zurich enters UK PMI market
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.