All articles by Clare Ruel – Page 105
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FeaturesHow telematics can serve the boat insurance market
Telematics guru tells Insurance Times how the boat insurance market could benefit from telematics as she reveals plans in her latest partnership and role as interim chief exec
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NewsMotor Insurers’ Bureau to cut 10% of staff
As part of its transformation programme, the MIB has revealed some changes to its staff base
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NewsLloyd’s of London expecting to pay out £5bn in claims, despite reporting stronger solvency position
Lloyd’s of London announces its half year results for 2020, but says its in a ’strong solvency position’ despite Covid-19 claims and ongoing pandemic
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IT InterviewAston Lark boss gives predictions of FCA BI test case result
Peter Blanc, Aston Lark’s group chief executive, tells Insurance Times his predictions as the date for the verdict of the FCA business interruption test case approaches
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News AnalysisGender pay gap reporting must be ‘robust’ before moving onto ethnicity
During a webinar yesterday, Anthony Horrigan chief executive at Spktral discussed why ethnicity pay gap reporting is more complicated than gender and why the insurance industry still has a long way to go
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NewsBritish theatres and live music venues can no longer get commercial insurance
Two brokers have joined forces to address the problem that British theatres and live music venues are facing due to the pandemic
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News AnalysisOnline fraud and cyber scams soar during pandemic lockdown but insurance for it 'fairly new'
A spike fraud and cyber scam in cases has exposed a new risk for the cyber insurance market, Insurance Times looks at what the industry is doing to protect vulnerable customers during the pandemic and why some many not be covered if they work remotely
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NewsBackchat September 2020
Puppet shows, furry friends and a spot of gardening. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? And who made a cameo appearance on 360Globalnet’s video call? You heard it here first…
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NewsBennetts Motorcycling Services joins the Ardonagh Group
The Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation in July on Ardonagh’s acquisition of Bennetts - this formed part of the purchase process
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NewsArron Banks hunting down Noel Edmonds over alleged £1.3m insurance debt
Banks has hired private investigators to track down the former Deal or No Deal host as he apparently owes Banks £1.3m
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NewsMunich Re-backed insurtech raises extra £1.6m for growth in new markets
With its second fund raise this year, Urban Jungle is not showing any signs of slowing down, even though the Covid-19 pandemic is a financial obstacle for most of the sector
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AnalysisThe Rooney Rule: Could it improve the recruitment and retention of ethnic minorities in insurance?
After one Lloyd’s syndicate might be adopting such a strategy, Insurance Times examines whether the Rooney Rule might solve the ongoing recruitment and retention issues of black, Asian and minority ethnics in the insurance industry
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NewsInsurance broker accused of ‘forgery’ to win commission
Although an official figure for the commission is unknown it has been estimated at £1.5m
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NewsIUA open letter calls for right to cancel professional indemnity cover for solicitors
The IUA is concerned that professional indemnity insurance could become “unsustainable” if underwriters cannot cancel policies if premiums go unpaid
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NewsMarkerstudy cuts compulsory redundancies for proposed Co-op Insurance deal
Markerstudy says that employees are of ’utmost importance’, earlier in the week an Early Day Motion was filed in a bid to reassess the deal with Co-operative Insurance
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NewsRochdale MP lodges Early Day Motion urging Co-op to reassess Markerstudy deal
A protest was held on the same day the motion was launched in order to draw attention to the amount of job losses in the proposed sale of Co-operative Insurance
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NewsTrue impact of lockdown reductions not shown in ABI's claims data says By Miles
The insurtech says that the coronavirus pandemic has clearly shown that the way car insurance works is unfair
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NewsRevealed: Insurance Times Awards finalists 2020
Winners will be revealed at a glitzy awards ceremony on Wednesday 9 December, did you make the short-list?
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IT InterviewAon’s Dominic Christian on bringing diversity to the insurance industry
With diversity and inclusion being hot on the agenda following the death of George Floyd in the US and the subsequent Black Lives Matters protests, Dominic Christian at Aon UK explains why ethnic minorities are so important to the insurance industry
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NewsAXA Partners extends long-term partnership with travel insurer
The global insurer has entered a collaborative partnership with a travel insurer to cater to customer needs more closely
