Trade and Industry Bodies
135 whitepapers and resources
Trade and Industry Bodies
FOIL Digest April 2016
FOIL's digest provides an overview of the latest legal issues impacting the insurance industry. Topics covered: insurance fraud and bribery; EU VAT Directive for claims handling services; legislation updates; latest Court of Appeal cases; MedCo; Brexit.
FOIL Update - Brexit: The issues for insurers and their lawyers
Reading the press at the moment you’ll see that the outcome of the Brexit vote is predicted to affect everything from premiership football teams to the safety of pharmaceuticals. This article looks at the key issues from an insurance industry perspective.
The broker magazine: Issue 1 2016
Geared towards brokers, BIBA's latest magazine covers the latest developments within the insurance industry and provides strategic advice to managers. In this issue: BIBA's parliamentary reception; under-insurance special report; regulatory update; the advantages of proactive broking.
Insurance Fraud Task Force: The problem and the overall conclusions
In this CII Thinkpiece, former Law Commissioner and now Chair of the CII Professional Standards Board David Hertzell sheds light on the work of the Insurance Fraud Taskforce and its recommendations on how fraud can be tackled.
Apres mon deluge: Flood Re and creating a sustainable solution to large-scale flood risk
Flood Re is a flood 're-insurance' scheme to help support households at highest flood risk. In this CII Thinkpiece, Mark Hoban describes how the scheme works and how it is a temporary solution until the industry can develop more reflective pricing.
Reputation risk in a social media culture: How well is the insurance market responding?
Companies are looking to insure against reputation risks, but they need better and more robust measures to work from. This whitepaper considers: the need for brand and reputational risk cover; barriers to insurer participation; available coverage; how the insurance industry should respond.
Trust in insurance campaign: SMEs - all things unequal
Last year’s FCA thematic review found a gap between what SMEs expect of their insurers and the service they actually get. What can insurers do to make SMEs feel more valued? Download this article to find out.
Trust in insurance campaign: Time to show our pride
This two page article highlights why the insurance industry needs to do more to highlight its true value to customers any why being more risk averse than many other sectors has left the industry unpopular with customers.
Price optimisation for insurance - optimising price; destroying value?
Price optimisation is on the rise in UK insurance, driven by the insight that underwriters gain from big data. In his latest Thinkpiece, Duncan Minty considers how these events might influence the FCA’s current market study on big data, and how insurers might prepare for the regulator’s response.
Maintaining the momentum on auto-enrolment
Should the Government exploit the success of auto-enrolment by increasing savings amounts or extending it to include life and protection insurance? In this CII Thinkpiece, Nick Hurman, FCII Chartered Insurer explores the issues.