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Kofax's Ong on innovations to enhance customers’ digital experience
From e-signatures to smart capture, Alson Ong shares innovations insurers can use to retain tech-savvy, omnichannel and increasingly demanding customers.
Blog: Brokers need to tap the Gap potential
Guaranteed asset protection insurance presents a largely untapped opportunity for brokers.
Russian insurance market expected to grow in 2017
As Standard & Poor's is revising its outlook on Russia upwards, local insurers are predicting the market will grow in 2017.
Roundtable: How to connect with the Millennial market
Penetration into the under-30s market remains low despite new app-based products and innovative solutions. Post, in association with GMC software, hosted a roundtable to find out what more the industry can do to address this
In Depth: Unrated insurers: The Biba Litmus Test Report
The downfall of Enterprise and most recently Gable has again raised the thorny issue of unrated insurers.
Motor trader jailed in £10,000 crash for cash scam
A motor trader who tried to claim almost £10,000 for a staged crash for cash accident has been sentenced to 20 months in prison.
Q&A: Simon Stanfield, Motor Accident Solicitors' Society
Simon Stanfield was elected chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors’ Society the day before the Ministry of Justice published its consultation paper on whiplash reform.
Blog: Leadership in a short-term world
Short-termism is the hallmark of our era. We live in a disposable, transitory society - as evidenced everywhere from the fate of the England football manager and the last leader of the UK Independence Party to the fickleness of government policies. The…
Covéa's Carol Geldard on why a child's perspective can be helpful
It’s slightly galling, but at the same time strangely satisfying, when your 11-year-old points out the glaringly obvious.
UK's IPT now 6th highest in Europe
The UK now has the 6th highest standard rate of insurance premium tax in Europe, coming after Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland.
Tackling flood risk needs a collaborative effort, says Flood Re chairman
Insurers, environment agencies and government need to collaborate if they are to tackle the threat of flooding effectively, said Mark Hoban, chairman of the board of directors at Flood Re.
High-net-worth fraud: A real rarity?
Many believe fraud in the high-net-worth market is rare. Is this the case, or are insurers just remaining tight-lipped about the problem?
Aviva's Stephen Pond on why prevention is the best possible cure
Embracing technology is the way forward for insurance companies
Ageas sees profits fall on back of summer storm damage
Ageas has seen profits of £43m in the third quarter, a fall 8% from £46.9m in the same period last year.
Post November 2016: Start-ups, autonomous cars, future claims, and broker gossip
They look like rock stars but they're insurtech entrepreneurs.
Editor's Comment: Shout out to the start-ups
Several times in my life I've stopped and taken stock and upon realising things weren't quite as they should be, I've chosen a new path.
Women entrepreneurs: Insurance start-ups
Five female insurance entrepreneurs give Jonathan Swift the lowdown on the start-up sector
Top 30 Asia insurers: Asia remains in a stable condition
There has been little change in the rankings of the top 30 Asia insurers since 2014, with China still dominating the rankings, despite a decreasing growth rate
State of the Broker Nation: Professionalism and staff
Michèle Bacchus finds out how David Beckham’s legs can help make broking more enticing and attract talent to the sector
State of the Broker Nation: Regulation
In the second part of Post’s research, brokers talk candidly to Michèle Bacchus about the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, the Financial Conduct Authority, the government and the European Union
Aston Scott's Peter Blanc on challenging assumptions on client needs
What brokers believe clients want can be far from the reality
Why the government was aiming its arrows in the wrong direction on whiplash
News broke recently that the Ministry of Justice has no appetite to go ahead with proposed whiplash reforms at the moment.
Bluefin's Kenny Hogg on why drones can't replace human contact
In the uniquely information-obsessed world we now inhabit, the personal transactional nature of an insurance broker has never been more in the spotlight.
Hurricane Matthew could cost insurers $8.8bn
Hurricane Matthew may cost insurers as much as $8.8bn, according to AIR Worldwide.