All Opinion articles – Page 14
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Paul Muir: Get the network you deserve
With insurers demonstrating a renewed focus on the high street, and customers demanding the personal service that local brokers can provide, there’s never been a better time to leverage the power of a network to grow your business
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AXA UK chief Philippe Maso out in shake-up
AXA UK restructures general insurance business
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People & Opinion
Interview: Mike McGavick
The former Republican candidate Mike McGavick has a huge reputation after turning round XL Group and Safeco. But will his next challenge be in business or politics?
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Claims
Nick Patterson:: Don’t be a soft touch on claims costs
Good risk management, swift responses and proactive investigation are tough on claims and tough on the sources of claims
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Ian Clark: The motor value chain is close to broken
Why are claims management companies and personal lines intermediaries showing healthy profits while motor insurers are losing out?
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Barry Fehler: The regulator brokers need and deserve
Now is the moment for the broking community to win the government to its cause
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Leader: Stay strong, Aviva
The insurer's turnaround has put it in acquirers' sights
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UK General raids Junction for senior hire
Neil Martin appointed director of new business sales at UK General
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Interview: Tim Johnson
The nosedive of the mortgage market and PPI’s public image problem has meant a tough year at Towergate’s Paymentshield. We talk to one of the group’s top-three heirs apparent about rehabilitation and his persistent hankering for deal-making
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People & Opinion
Lord Hunt: Restore sanity and set the people free
The timing is right to cut red tape, curb the compensation culture and tackle claims farmers
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Peter Smits: The cost of low prices and high expectations
The banks’ record in the Financial Ombudsman’s report on complaints is no surprise
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Director denies wrongdoing in fraud case
Frank Harrold “strenuously denies” insurance fraud allegations
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People & Opinion
Interview: Phil Barton
Knee surgery won’t get in my way, says Jelf’s new chief executive as he prepares to integrate the business. He tells us why teamwork is so important – and reveals he once played football with two England stars
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People & Opinion
Opinion: We can’t hang around, we have to act now
Income has dried up and too much is being taken from reserves. Now is the time for change
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Branko Bjelobaba: We must learn from our errors and sin no more
With yet another broker banned by the FSA, it’s time to go back to the sourcebooks
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Ashwin Mistry: Nothing succeeds like good succession
Every broker should be planning ahead for the day when they retire and their company sails smoothly into a new dawn
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Leader: No easy answer to this Irish question
As Quinn is banned from UK commercial lines, will anybody be prepared to take on the insurer's baggage?