Personal Lines related articles – Page 60
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Car insurance premiums see biggest annual drop since 2014 - Willis Towers Watson
However, prices could creep up again due to ’the easing of lockdown rules, UK summer staycations and other changed driving patterns’, says Willis Towers Watson consulting lead
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Credit hire company pays defendant’s costs in fundamentally dishonest PI case
The judge found this type of dispute to be ‘a convenient camel for hire companies to ride across the plains’
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Government explores underwriting home insurance for flammable cladding risk
Home insurance premiums have soared from £8m to £29m in a year, according to the Association of Residential Managing Agents
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Neo-insurer Getsafe secures multimillion pound cash injection
The money will help expand the business, to reach more millennial buyers and fund its own insurance licence
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Analysis
Briefing: Unpicking industry challenges at BrokerFest 2021
On Monday, brokers will hear a pandemic case study from commercial wheels broker McCarron Coates, as well as have the option to learn about the current lay of the land in high net worth
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IT Interview
Richard King: Ticker soon to become a unicorn amid latest insurtech partnership
Ticker’s founder and chief executive hopes to bring connected insurance to a wider market
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LexisNexis data solution supports home insurance market amid FCA pricing reform
The new solution aims to help home insurers better assess risk
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Airmic 2021: Cyber market still perceived as ‘hard’
Insurance buyers are facing rising cyber risk and insurance challenges, but are there green shoots of a market softening more generally?
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Direct Line and Churchill remove Covid cancellation restriction for travel insurance policies
The approach aims to support the recovery of the travel insurance industry
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Ecclesiastical urges brokers to speak to heritage clients after UK ‘smash and grab’ raids
The insurer’s customer segment director says ’brokers play an important role in helping clients understand the risks’
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Micromobility and e-scooters fall outside new claims portal criteria
Two law firms relay their concerns about micromobility and e-scooters as the new Highway Code is set to be unleashed
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Ghost broking losses amount to £786,700 in 2021 so far - Action Fraud
Students identified as ‘a prime target’ for ghost brokers
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Analysis
Briefing: Size is important when it comes to being resilient to the FCA’s GI pricing reform
Webinar panellists emphasise that firms cannot assume how their customers will behave post-reform, with switching still rife even if consumers are offered lower prices
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Minster Law buys Irwin Mitchell’s fast track personal injury business in ‘perfect’ deal
The deal kickstarts the ‘inevitable’ post-reform consolidation of the personal injury market, says law firm chief executive
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Independent broker partners with ThingCo for first telematics propositions
This is the eighth broker partnership the telematics insurtech has made in 10 months
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Features
Fraud Charter: Online Injury Claim portal could be ‘fraud hotbed’ but figures down
The data from the new OIC portal could be a ’real positive’ for the insurance industry, but it needs to be handled with care
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Labour backs motion to fight cladding risk scandal as professional indemnity prices soar
Insurers are showing ‘cautious willingness’ to underwrite fire safety risks on defective cladding
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Analysis
Green parts strike environmental and economic gold – so why are insurers holding back?
As the UK focuses on minimising CO2 emissions, the insurance industry can contribute and ’reset the goalposts’ around repair processes and parts manufacturing
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Vehicle car leasing service warns of click-to-call Google spoofing scams
The IFB, IFED and the ABI have issued a warning about click-to-call scammers misrepresenting insurers
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Post-lockdown theft claims see 171% surge over summer months – Urban Jungle
The home insurance provider has therefore provided seven top tips to curb criminals