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News AnalysisBriefing: New angel investing rules could worsen ’existing disparities’ for female insurtech bosses
’The recent changes to the high net worth threshold in the Treasury startup coalition angel investment rules are concerning,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is the FCA getting its own house in order?
The regulator’s newly released service metrics demonstrate its commitment to becoming more assertive
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News AnalysisBriefing: What next after Gap?
The FCA’s latest target could be the start of more to come
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News AnalysisBriefing: Partnership working to raise awareness of insurance fraud
’Publicising work and successes is an important part of our strategy’, says Ifed’s detective chief inspector
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News AnalysisBriefing: Industry and government debating old issues shows not much has changed
It always seems to be the same issues popping up – but that doesn’t mean they’re resolved, says Guy
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News AnalysisBriefing: Amazon exit is further evidence of insurance sector’s resilience
The tech firm just ’wasn’t on par’ with the existing ’pretty slick’ UK price comparison offering
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News AnalysisBriefing: ESG metrics plan requires careful thought to navigate complex challenges
As calls for unified ESG metrics increase, Guy asks whether this is something that underwriters and the wider industry would benefit from
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News AnalysisBriefing: Post Office scandal reawakens AI concerns
AI-powered chatbots have been known to hallucinate and spit out ‘unpredictable’ results, but could faulty software accounting systems from the late nineties be a sign of what’s to come with the technology?
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News AnalysisBriefing: Who are the valuable organisations in our industry?
The benefits of the industry’s trade bodies are all too great to take for granted, says Stuart Reid
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News AnalysisBriefing: Role models, work life balance and self-belief vital to improving representation for women
In the first of her new monthly columns for Insurance Times, Kelly Ogley lays out three steps the sector should take to increase female representation in c-suites
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is 2024 the year the FCA gets tough on insurers?
All the signs point towards further regulatory activity this year
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News AnalysisBriefing: Public pressure could see Biba’s IPT demands finally fulfilled
With an election rearing its head and major political parties keen to win over voters, insurance premium tax could be due a cut
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News AnalysisBriefing: UKGI optimism is high, but some of the usual problems persist
While 2024 will undoubtedly continue to set fresh challenges alongside the usual suspects, there is certainly space for optimism
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News AnalysisBriefing: Insurers feeling a little off centre over UK’s role
Just 47% of surveyed insurance leaders said they were confident that the UK would be where it is now in 2027, so is the UK’s optimism beginning to slip?
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News AnalysisBriefing: 1 January 2024 renewals evidence of the end of the world’s ‘holiday from history’
’The higher costs of goods and capital, civil unrest, deglobalisation and heightened security threats have ended the world’s holiday from history,’ says new report
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News AnalysisBriefing: Where does the industry stand on the biggest insurance stories of the year?
Contributor Stuart Reid highlights where progress has been made and where more needs to be done
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NewsBriefing: Attracting new talent key to boosting innovation
Aon warns that there are firms ’struggling to innovate’ and ’implement necessary changes’
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News AnalysisBriefing: Insurers on red alert as FCA looks set to bare teeth over Consumer Duty
At a recent webinar, a compliance expert claimed the regulator had ’20 enforcement notices sat on their desk ready to go to insurers over the next quarter’
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News AnalysisBriefing: Educating policyholders on pet health could reduce claims
’Nobody wants a sick pet, it’s bad for the pet and it’s bad for pet parents,’ says chief marketing officer
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News AnalysisBriefing: COP28 becoming all fund and games for insurers
Hillary Clinton has called for insurance to be reformed in a speech at the UN’s climate conference, but her requests are not so simple
