Schemes
MCE targets entrepreneurs
Budding insurance entrepreneurs, with a proven track record in sales, will be offered the chance to establish their own business as part of a new scheme created by biker broker MCE.
Career development & CSR: CII game transforms student opinion of 'boring' insurance
An increasing number of youngsters are considering a career in insurance, according to research carried out by the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Fraud - Household: Opportunity knocks
Household fraud is on the rise according to insurers. Callum Brodie attempts to find out why and what the industry can do to prevent it.
Brokers warned of HSE consultation implications
Insurers and brokers need to make clients aware of a new government-backed system for recovering costs from those who break health and safety laws, an industry expert warned this week.
Postbox: Mediation is a viable alternative
The various debates surrounding the future of referral fees and the resulting impact on the costs of insurance — 'TSC re-opens premiums inquiry as referral fee furore escalates' and 'Referral fees a 'red-herring', claims CSC' - overshadow the fact that…
Amicus to close Colchester office in efficiencies push
DAS-owned Amicus Legal is to close its office in Colchester, making 21 people redundant.
Public sector - Insurance procurement: Strength in numbers?
Will the Insurance London Consortium succeed where its predecessor failed and provide the blueprint for public sector procurement? asks Edward Murray.
Roundtable - Claims: The claims game
The expert panel at our recent roundtable on the claims process got their teeth into technology and staffing issues, how to tackle fraud and the impact of telematics. Leigh Jackson reports.
News analysis - RTA scheme extention: Statistically speaking
With the MoJ consultation on extending the RTA personal injury scheme now closed, Lynn Rouse asks how an evidential basis can be put forward with no sign of statistics on success to date.
Career development & CSR: Huge appetite for Allianz internships
Allianz Insurance has received more than four times the amount of applicants for its summer internship scheme compared to last year.
British Insurance Awards 2011: Driven by ambition
PERSONAL LINES BROKING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR – WINNER – PROVISIONAL MARMALADE
British Insurance Awards 2011: Cream of the crop
CLAIMS INITIATIVE AWARD - WINNER - NFU MUTUAL
Cash-back schemes eat into aggregators
The growing popularity of online cash-back schemes among personal lines customers is posing a threat to aggregator profits.
Broker networks: Member merits
Brokers often highlight the merits of network structures but is their enthusiasm shared by insurers? Peter Knowles reveals what underwriters really think about the membership model.
Affinity: 'Sticky' challenge faced by affinity in bid to boost business
Insurers must "tap into partner loyalty" within affinity arrangements if they are to stay one step ahead of mounting outside pressures, according to Ageas' partnerships director Ian Wardle.
TSC re-opens premiums inquiry - Insurance News Now – 7 July 2011
Post news editor Mairi MacDonald outlines this week's major general insurance stories which include chair of the Transport Select Committee, Louise Ellman telling Post that motor insurers will be called back to parliament for further questioning…
Household - Flood risk: Removing the safety net
In two years, the insurance industry's pact with central government to provide flood cover for at-risk properties will cease to exist. Ralph Savage reports on how insurers are planning to meet the challenge post-2013.
Green Insurance plants one millionth tree
Scotland's Environment and Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson planted a sapling Rowan tree to commemorate one million trees planted by The Green Insurance Company as part of a carbon offsetting scheme.
Solicitors' professional indemnity: Turning off the life support
Potential sweeping changes to the solicitors' professional indemnity market could see the controversial assigned risks pool scrapped. Jakki May investigates the effect on qualifying insurers hoping to turn a profit.
UKG launches GAP product
UK General has developed a hybrid insurance product that helps motor trade dealers avoid financial penalties arising since the Association of British Insurers published guidelines on guaranteed asset protection insurance cover in February.
Professional indemnity – the growth market
Professional indemnity was worth almost €6bn across Europe in 2010 and with changes to Italian legislation and increasing negligence claims Alan Leach explains how this market is sure to expand.
Solvency II - Post implementation: Capital consequences
In the second instalment of a two-part article, Steven McEwan examines what will happen if the all-important capital requirements under Solvency II are breached.
Cyber risks - Liability update: Privacy policed
Public and political awareness of cyber risks is on the rise as high-profile cases hit the headlines. Patrick Hill and Hans Allnutt review the effectiveness of existing cover options and detail unconventional developments.
Airmic 2011: Airmic launches risk management mentoring scheme
A mentoring scheme to help give young risk managers a boost in their careers has been launched by Airmic at its annual conference in Bournemouth.