All articles by Yiannis Kotoulas – Page 4
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UK Budget: Rachel Reeves makes no mention of IPT in speech to Commons
The chancellor has elected to not raise IPT in the Autumn budget today
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Fantasy Football: RSA’s Hayden Williams Q&A
Insurance Times speaks to RSA’s apprentice trading underwriter about his top performance in this year’s Fantasy Football league
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Home Office launches ‘major new crackdown’ on insurance fraud
’Fraud is an appalling crime and we are determined to crack down on these callous criminals,’ says government minister
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IT Interview
Ian Summers: Insurance firms should ‘do the simple stuff first’ with data journeys
’Long projects in technology have very bad track records,’ says global business leader
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SNP urges Labour government to ‘get a grip on the costs’ of motor insurance
’Inflation might be easing, but the crippling costs of car insurance are only getting worse,’ says party’s economy spokesperson
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News Analysis
The rising prominence of moped crash for cash fraud
‘This is the physical manifestation of that type of modern fraud that anybody can become a victim of,’ says detective inspector
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Palestine Action protestors attack multiple Allianz locations and occupy Guildford HQ
The protest group says the insurer is a major financial backer of Israel’s arms and weapons industry
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News Analysis
Paul Anscombe: Seventeen Group’s independence means culture is the ‘number one priority’
After a healthy dose of M&A this year, the broker chief executive is keen to slow down purchases and showcase an organic growth focus alongside making larger, fewer buys
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Fantasy Football: Gallagher’s Chay Thornborough Q&A
Insurance Times speaks to Gallagher’s account director for London corporate and UK retail about his top performance in this year’s Fantasy Football league
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Howden acquisition sees broker target ‘leading position’ in health, wellbeing and beauty insurance
’Our teams are now perfectly positioned to become the broker of choice in [these] areas,’ says managing director
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Ifig members vote to form UK chapter of international organisation as it celebrates 25th anniversary
’The insurance counter fraud industry now has a truly agnostic body that has the capability to collaborate across borders and world wide,’ says chair
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Fantasy Football: MX Underwriting’s Niall Casey Q&A
Insurance Times speaks to MX Underwriting’s lead liability underwriter about his top performance in this year’s Fantasy Football league
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Ecclesiastical posts underwriting profit of £20.4m for H1 2024
Ecclesiastical put the improved profitability of its underwriting partially down to a ’more stable claims environment’
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News Analysis
Latest broker schemes data hints at ‘slightly improved’ trading period
’While premiums have seen increases across the board, commissions have increased at multiples of this,’ explains chief executive
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Fantasy Football: Burns and Wilcox’s Phil Jarvis Q&A
Insurance Times spoke to the Burns and Wilcox development underwriter about his top two performance in this year’s Fantasy Football league
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Consilium appoints new COO
The appointee ’has spent her career delivering operational excellence,’ says joint chief executive
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‘Gap in perception’ exists in industry’s understanding of cyber risks – Lockton
‘The possibility that you could have this sort of global outage is extremely remote,’ says cyber practice leader
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Reinsurers increasingly directly deploying capital into primary insurance market
‘It’s not an existential moment for the industry, but it does highlight that primary markets will question whether they’re getting value for money or sufficient coverage,’ says managing director for analytics
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IT Interview
Chris Rolland: ‘Doing the right thing’ as a competitive advantage
’That flight to quality that we’ve seen across the insurance industry in the past few years has become more important, especially in travel insurance,’ says chief executive
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Fraud in H1 2024 being driven by casualty and ‘large increase’ in commercial claims – Allianz
’There’s a dire need for us to keep raising awareness, because brokers are almost crying out for support [from insurers],’ says head of counter fraud