All Issue archive articles – Page 19
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IT Interview
Ian Millard: Clear Group is ‘by far the best home’ for Morrison Insurance Solutions
Generalist brokers must specialise to effectively advise clients, recommends broker managing director
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Analysis
SMEs conducting ‘severe gross exaggeration’ on claims has ‘gone beyond a joke’
Small businesses are still suffering cash flow constraints following the coronavirus pandemic, leading to potential claims exaggeration or high value vehicle thefts, reports fraud experts
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Analysis
Remote working drives broker E&O claim leap
UK regional brokers must consider how they can better manage the move to a hybrid or fully remote working model amid increasing errors and omissions claims
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News
Backchat December 2021
Insurance as a ’silent hero’ in Christmas movies, Christmas tree woes and a lot of birds - what has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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Sponsored Content
Gallagher Bassett: What can the insurance industry expect in 2022?
Looking to next year, Gallagher Bassett’s director for loss adjusting and claims consultancy Gordon Vater expects a continuation of acclimatising to the new normal, against the backdrop of ongoing uncertainties
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Analysis
The Big Question December 2021: What is on the insurance sector’s wish list for 2022?
Insurance Times asks the industry what’s on its wish list for 2022 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and an unprecedented 2020 and 2021
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Analysis
In Focus: How can the insurance industry tackle ghost broking?
Experts on insurance fraud debate how the industry can tackle the ongoing issue of ghost broking in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Analysis
Why Aviva and Ageas are insurers of the year
After being crowned at this year’s Insurance Times Awards, data insight service Insurance DataLab explores the figures behind Aviva and Ageas’ successes in 2021
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News
Revealed: Which firms came out on top at 2021’s Insurance Times Awards?
It was certainly a night to remember, with 36 industry awards being presented at a lavish ceremony in a swanky London hotel. But which firms were declared the evening’s winners?
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IT Interview
Andrew Johnston: Insurtech sector still on upwards trajectory thanks to incoming capital
But, sector expert has concerns that ‘insurtech’ label could constrict future investment if used too broadly or to encompass widely varied business models
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IT Interview
Matt Munro: Taking IGO4 to the next level
Insurance Times gets the low down on the broker boss and finds out more about the future plans for his firm, IGO4
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Analysis
Aviva likely to box clever if it chooses Lloyd’s entry
Opting to create a syndicate in a box could add another string to the insurer’s bow
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Analysis
Credit hire companies ‘on notice’ that they are in the crosshairs for defendants’ costs
After a road traffic accident-based case heard by Leicester County Court hit headlines this year, law firm partner emphasises that legal ‘rule change is a gift to insurers wanting to fight fraud claims’
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IT Interview
Incoming Hiscox chief exec plans to build on broker relationships and boost digitisation
The current CFO says no ’radical changes’ are on the agenda for 2022, but digitisation will impact how the insurer executes its overarching strategy next year
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Analysis
Where next for MCE following Gibraltar shake up?
MCE’s Gibraltar insurance arm is putting business into run-off. What does that mean for the Rushden-based company?
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IT Interview
Charles Manchester: Mum ‘can’t ask for a much bigger, better parent than Gallagher’
MGA chiefs plan to capitalise on ‘period of commonsense underwriting’ to expand their firms’ distribution, using ‘the resources of the Gallagher group to support us’
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Analysis
Parametric products will have role to play in closing protection gaps
Broker and insurer collaboration will be vital to create parametric ‘products that will meet the challenges of new risks and rising demand’
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Analysis
Opinion: Competition concerns thwart Top 50 Brokers switch up
Editor Katie Scott reviews some of the predictions around this year’s Top 50 Brokers report, also considering the acquisition that could change the lay of the land next year
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Analysis
Machine learning ‘is part of the answer’ in improving insurance services
MGAs are leading the pack to invest in machine learning, working to ‘deploy it far quicker into their distribution and into their business than insurers will’
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Analysis
In Focus: How will the increasing price yet declining availability of car parts affect the claims process?
Industry experts discuss how car part avaliability issues are affecting the claims process