All Issue archive articles
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News AnalysisIn Focus: What role do broker schemes play in supporting affinity and membership groups?
Membership groups often have very specific insurance needs that brokers seek to address through scheme propositions – but how is this approach beneficial for brokers?
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News AnalysisBroker schemes data reveals lines with ‘consistent growth in earning value’
The commission brokers earned from commercial combined lines increased 33% year-on-year, equivalent to an uplift of £1.24m
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News AnalysisBriefing: Ifed celebrates 2024 custodial sentence success as it firms up 2025 operations
Tom Hill, detective chief inspector at the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, rounds up the department’s 2024 activity and spotlights its focuses for 2025
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Sponsored ContentInsurance takeovers signal major motor opportunities – E2E
Eddie Longworth, chief executive at E2E Total Loss Management, discusses how value chain suppliers must have a more focal role in M&A considerations
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Sponsored ContentDemystifying machine learning – Open GI
Damian Baxter, chief executive at Machine Learning Programs (MLP) – part of software company Open GI – breaks down what UKGI needs to know about artificial intelligence and machine learning
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Sponsored ContentEducating the next generation against ghost brokers – Carpenters Group
Kevin Perkins, technical lead and operations manager at Carpenters Group, explains the importance of informing young people about insurance fraud
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NewsBackchat: December 2024
Insurance Times delivers a bumper Backchat segment in time for Christmas, including a parade full of traditional British pageantry, editor Katie Scott offering public speaking advice, an underwriter sharing a philosophy podcast and a cyber risk management firm celebrating a new office opening in Leadenhall. What has the insurance industry ...
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News AnalysisOpinion: Supercycle has fuelled ‘abusive’ returns for UK brokers – but has it also caused ‘complacency’?
Consultancy chief executive notes strong economic growth over the past 15 years has supported broker valuation boost – but warns that supercycle tide can’t keep brokers afloat forever
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News AnalysisIn Focus: New public-private partnership opens door to new counter fraud capabilities
’The government did talk about whether they might be able to do something about minimum levels of sentencing for convicted fraudsters,’ says chief fraud and financial crime officer
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IT InterviewJason Harris: Connectivity, people and agility are the key pillars for QBE International
’Clearly, my predecessor did a fabulous job and a key goal was to keep the good things from his era. But, when he retired, it was time for a different approach,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisWhy Ageas, Aviva and QBE were named insurers of the year at 2024’s Insurance Times Awards
Market intelligence firm Insurance DataLab explores the financials behind the big insurer winners from this month’s Insurance Times Awards ceremony, hosted by Claudia Winkleman
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News AnalysisTechTalk: Insurers still grappling with legacy system challenges
If legacy technology is not updated coherently across the supply chain, this could ’create inconsistent customer experiences at different points in the customer journey’, says law firm chief executive
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NewsBroker CEO Forum 2024: Insurers ‘heart’ MGAs as they seek to place risks in ‘fragmented’ world
Carriers acknowledge that MGAs are ‘much quicker’ than them ‘from a service perspective’ – however, they do not believe these firms will ‘entirely take over’ underwriting to replace them
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News AnalysisIn Focus: How are ghost brokers utilising social media to commit fraud and what can be done to mitigate this approach?
Insurance Times asks industry experts how fraudsters are exploiting social platforms and what measures can be taken to tackle this growing threat
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News AnalysisThe Big Question December 2024: What trends do the UKGI market need to be cognisant of heading into 2025?
With the new year fast approaching, Insurance Times quizzes industry experts on what the insurance sector should watch out for in 2025
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News AnalysisJohn Warburton and Vicky Ferrier: Konsileo committed to ‘secret sauce’ as broker comes of age
‘Motivating people in an organisation just boils down to providing them autonomy, mastery and purpose,’ says chief people and commercial officer
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News AnalysisBriefing: Data reform bill treads privacy fine line, but insurer opportunities ahead
New data access bill has the power to ’drive efficiency and economic benefits’, says head of analytics, claims and underwriting
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Sponsored ContentUKGI braces for winter amid global supply chain disruptions – Gallagher Bassett
As winter approaches, the UK insurance sector is preparing for a dual challenge – ongoing global supply chain interruptions and the impending impact of severe winter weather. Gordon Vater, managing director at GB Technical, provides an overview of the situation
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NewsBackchat: November 2024
A mummified cat, a third birthday, a golden retriever and a new video series on reinvention. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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News AnalysisOpinion: ‘Industry’ versus ‘profession’ – are we selling ourselves short?
Editor Katie Scott digs into the differences between these two descriptors and explores which best defines insurance
