All articles by Clare Ruel – Page 114
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NewsFOIL welcomes e-scooter inquiry – should the vehicles be insured?
Using e-scooters could help the UK reduce its carbon footprint, but many safety aspects like speed limits and insurance need to be considered before they are legalised on UK roads
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News AnalysisHiscox Action Group pins hopes on Enterprise Act as it bids to force BI Covid-19 claims payouts
The action group speaks to Insurance Times about the claims against Hiscox and how a specific area of the law could come back to haunt insurers incorrectly refusing claims
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News AnalysisBusinesses risk underinsurance due to differing unoccupied property exclusions
Some insurers have lifted this exclusion by lengthening the unoccupancy period, but what will happen to the rest?
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News AnalysisCall centres: Rising to the challenge of home working amid Covid-19
What are the obstacles that call centres in the insurance industry face in transitioning to working from home and what are some firms that have done this successfully doing right? Insurance Times find out
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NewsPandemic steering group a ‘cynical ploy and PR gimmick’ – Mactavish
A reform agenda was launched prior to the crisis
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NewsInsurtech honcho reveals 2020 growth plans as it closes £1.2m funding round
The current funding round will help the insurtech grow its marketplace
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NewsFM Global warns insurers could pay dearly for neglecting idle properties amid Covid-19
Losses at vacant properties are preventable believes the insurer
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NewsHiscox fights back after BI claims avoidance accusation
The insurer says it could pay up to $175m and that it is “proactively paying claims”
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NewsHastings to pay reduced dividend amid 'no Covid-19 exposure'
The group has no business lines with direct claims cost exposure resulting from the pandemic
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NewsWimbledon set for coronavirus windfall in huge pay-out from pandemic insurance
It has learnt from the SARS outbreak, taking out pandemic insurance since 2003
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NewsHiscox faces legal action over rejecting coronavirus BI claims
Customers have written to the business secretary, Alok Sharma with their concerns
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NewsInsurtech MGA Loadsure secures £1.1m in funding setting sights on spot freight market
Stephen Catlin is the insurtech board’s advisor, it is also one of twelve to be selected in Lloyd’s Lab’s fourth cohort
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News AnalysisAviva, RSA, Direct Line and Hiscox suspend dividend payments amid Covid-19
The uncertainty over the duration of Covid-19 has left many insurers unable to forecast a clear outlook for 2020
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NewsLloyd’s Lab reveals fourth cohort of insurtechs
The global (re)insurance market accelerator has unveiled twelve new insurtech disruptors to join its programme
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News AnalysisMorrisons wins landmark liability ruling for employee data breach
A clear case for covering exposures as good risk management has been highlighted
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NewsNew chief executive international appointed as QBE’s Richard Pryce set to retire
Pryce’s career in insurance spans 35 years, seven of which were spent at QBE
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NewsInsurers remove unoccupied property exclusions during pandemic
Commercial policy wording has been amended to extend the period of non-occupancy
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NewsUK insurers brace as bosses could face coronavirus-related D&O claims and legal action
An uptick in litigation targeting directors and officers is a likely consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic
