All articles by Matt Scott – Page 15
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Ghost broking a 'significant problem' - Hill Dickinson
The sheer volume of operations is causing the most problems for insurers
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Online onlySolvency II: what next for insurers?
The launch of Solvency II has been rumbling on for 13 years, but the finishing line now appears to be in sight. But with so many twists and turns along the way, many insurers are still unsure of what the European regulations mean to them
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Online onlyWho is committing motor fraud?
Motor insurance fraud is most commonly committed by males aged 20 to 40, and 13% of fraudulent claimants will have committed insurance fraud before, according to the Hill Dickinson Claims and Fraud Index
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'Plebgate' could cause rise in professional indemnity premiums
Solicitors could face higher rates as costs appeal rejected by the courts
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Online onlySolicitors are 'abusing' the RTA portal - Zurich
Delaying tactics from claimant solicitors are pushing up portal fees and putting pressure on insurers to accept claims
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Online onlySolicitors have a 'catalogue' of ways to get personal injury referrals - MASS
FOIL president Rod Evans says it was obvious solicitors would find a way to get around April’s referral fee ban
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Online onlyInsurers have 'overdone it' with motor rate cuts
Towers Watson’s Karl Murphy says industry could suffer next year as lower premiums deepen losses
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Online onlyIs credit hire fraud the new personal injury?
Fraudsters are moving to credit hire fraud after motor legal reforms push them on to an easier target – Craig Dickson, DAC Beachcroft
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Europe approaches agreement on Solvency II
European Commissioner Michel Barnier is personally attending talks to push through an agreement
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Special Reports
The Knowledge Live: risk management
Participants at our most recent Knowledge Live event in Bristol considered the changing nature of risk and the global effect of technology
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RSA dogged by 'considerable uncertainties' as share price plummets
Shares fell 12.7% yesterday as market responds to profit warning
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Online onlyRTA settlements have almost doubled since portal launch
Average damages have increased by 12% over 2013
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Online onlyWhat could the competition watchdog recommend for motor?
As the industry awaits the publication of the provisional findings of the Competition Commission probe into motor claims Insurance Times looks at what recommendations the commission might make, and what that could mean for motor claims costs
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EL and PL portal claims soar in second month
But 36% are still exiting without a settlement
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Online onlyAviva on course for £400m cost savings
But Wilson says the insurer’s turnaround is still in its infancy
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Solvency II: 'Big improvements despite high cost' - Andy Briggs
But 2016 timetable is ambitious - German Insurance Association
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Solvency II: 'We're still dancing around the solution', says MEP
US remains sticking point ahead of 2016 implementation, says Sharon Bowles
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Claimant solicitors blame insurers for driving up costs of medical reporting
But Aviva’s Andrew Wilkinson says insurers are just looking for quality reports for a reasonable price
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22% of personal injury CMCs closed since Laspo
MoJ blames ban on referral fees and incentives for closures
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Online onlyMotor legal reforms: are falling claims volumes sustainable?
The number of claims entering the RTA portal has fallen year-on-year, but will the motor legal reforms succeed in keeping claims down over the long term?
