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Blog: Legal expenses insurance in a post-reform world
Handl Group chief commercial officer Chris Chatterton considers the effect of whiplash reforms on legal expenses insurance.
Blog: Insurers alert to the insurtech movement stand to be the biggest winners
Earlier this month former Admiral CEO David Stevens suggested insurers were well placed to see off the challenge posed by some insurtechs. Floodflash CEO Adam Rimmer argues that insurers that rest on their laurels may be in for a rude awakening.
Blog: Gearing up for the FCA’s pricing reforms
Tony Tarquini, director of insurance EMEA for Pegasystems, considers the IT hurdles that insurers face in getting ready for pricing practises reforms – and why he believes they need to be ready to make rapid changes in the future.
Blog: Loss adjusters and loss assessors face enhanced professional indemnity risk after BI test case verdict
Professional indemnity claims against loss adjusters are rare, and against loss assessors they are even rarer, but there is a cauldron brewing following the business interruption test case, Trafalgar Risk Management head of marketing Bill Lumley cautions.
Blog: Do NDAs stop insurance staff from flagging workplace discrimination?
Claire Dawson, partner at specialist employment law firm BDBF, considers how employers are using non-disclosure agreements – and what insurance employees should do if they have been harassed or discriminated against at work.
Blog: How technology will help insurers shift the claims experience for customers
Amy Brettell, Zurich head of customer, UK claims, considers the evolving role of technology in claims handling.
Blog: Choice will drive hybrid model for claims assessment visits post-pandemic
High-net-worth adjusting will move to a hybrid model of physical and virtual claims assessments post Covid-19, says Mark Pierce, Criterion operations director.
Blog: Tech partnerships help predict and prevent not just repair and replace
Technology is changing the way insurers can access claims data and partnerships that harness this technology offer the potential to significantly improve customer experience and shift insurers' traditional focus of repair and replace onto a more…
Blog: MGAs and the shift in the insurance industry distribution ecosystem
The number of delegated underwriting authority enterprises has grown rapidly over the past 10 years. David Blades, associate director of industry research and analytics at AM Best, explains why this is and what this means for the market.
Blog: Why 'in theory' is not enough - sexual abuse claimants and the insurance industry
Tensions between abuse survivors and insurers have always been high. Dr Julie Macfarlane, a distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law (Emerita) at the University of Windsor and the Director of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project…
Blog: A wrong turn on the road out of lockdown?
The resumption of outdoor sports from 29 March is perhaps surprising given the risk that it creates for the spread of Covid-19, says BLM's partner for occupational disease Simon Morrow.
Blog: Insurance implications of the Uber Supreme Court ruling
In February the Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers are considered to be workers rather than self-employed, with potentially serious implications for insurance, says Stuart Toal, Allianz casualty account manager, technical.
Blog: Lessons from lockdown – a ‘generational’ shift in attitudes to mental health
Bupa Global CEO Sheldon Kenton considers the impact of lockdown on how leaders view and understand mental health.
IWD Blog: Progress requires not half but the whole
On International Women's Day, Alexandra Foster, director of insurance at BT, explains why we should choose to challenge men.
IWD Blog: A breakthrough is needed in leadership roles for women in insurance
This year’s International Women’s Day campaign, #ChooseToChallenge, is focused on tackling gender equality and promoting a more inclusive world, says Vicky Wills, chief technology officer of Zego.
Blog: Inefficient methods have hamstrung how we do business for decades – there’s no going back now
Coronavirus has kickstarted a digital drive for businesses in the City and with light now at the end of the tunnel the insurance sector cannot revert to old ways, blogs Xceedance head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa Justin Davies.
Blog: Changing attitudes in consumer travel
Kelly Ward, sales, marketing and distribution director at Axa Partners UK & Ireland, considers Covid-19 driven changes in the travel industry – and the future of travel insurance.
Blog: The digital healthcare risk landscape
Telemedicine has surged during the Covid-19 pandemic and insurers and brokers need to be aware of the risks, blogs CFC Underwriting healthcare underwriter Rob Panza.
Blog: Wildfires and the rising risk of ‘cascading’ natural disasters
Hélène Galy, managing director of Willis Towers Watson’s Willis Research Network, considers the growing threat of cascading risks.
Blog: Underinsurance in a hardening market
Alistair Steward, Questgates director, mulls the problem of underinsurance for businesses facing a hardening market.
Blog: Defining property flood risk protection can help build flood resilience
Reparation and protection, not just post-event payouts, are key to how the insurance industry must look at flood risk, says Richard Toomey, senior manager for commercial insurance, Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions.
Blog: The business interruption imbalance – and the role of advice
Bruce Hepburn, CEO of Mactavish, argues that the business interruption fallout stems from an imbalance, and questions broker accountability over advice.
Blog: From small acorns - brokers need to heed the pandemic start-up boom
The impact of an unstable 2020 is not completely bleak, with an increase in the number of UK start-ups since the pandemic began. Oliver Leyens, a director at Heath Crawford, argues brokers need to highlight the benefit of an advised sale to make sure…
Blog: Technology at the forefront of claims management
Covid-19 has impacted all areas of life but for the insurance market the fundamental shift to remote working has created new challenges and nowhere has this been more evident than in claims management, blogs Tony Russell chief commercial officer at…