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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

2024-11-01T15:00:00+00:00By

Insurance Times rounds up the biggest stories from 28 October to 1 November

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Fantasy Football: Time to drop Haaland?

2024-11-01T14:49:00+00:00By

As we head into GW10, is it time to drop Manchester City’s eye-wateringly expensive frontman?

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Extinction Rebellion target multiple Howden offices

2024-11-01T10:59:00+00:00By

The group have carried out a range of protests across London this week

Nikki Lidster Head of SME & Trading Zurich

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: Zurich Insurance delivers 70% improvement in service levels to brokers

2024-10-31T15:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Nikki Lidster, head of SME and trading at Zurich Insurance, talks about the firm’s entry for the Excellence in Professional Development – Broker/Insurer/MGA award

Joanne Hastings, head of customer, assurance & capability at Aviva

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: Aviva’s Commercial Lines Academy delivers 46,000 hours of training in 2024

2024-10-31T14:30:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Joanne Hastings, head of customer, assurance and capability at Aviva, discusses the firm’s entry for the Excellence in Professional Development – Broker/Insurer/MGA award

Kelly Lane, operations director at Clegg Gifford

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: Clegg Gifford seeks to nurture up-and-coming talent

2024-10-31T12:30:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Kelly Lane, operations director at Clegg Gifford, talks about the company’s entry for the Excellence in Professional Development – Insurer/Broker/MGA award

Tina Higgins, Head of Claims Development, AXA Commercial

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: Axa Commercial’s ‘The Claim Game’ training programme meets with great success

2024-10-31T11:30:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Tina Higgins, head of claims development at Axa Commercial, discusses the company’s entry for the Excellence in Professional Development – Broker/Insurer/MGA award

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Briefing: Industry must pull together to tackle unsurprising record high broker stress

2024-10-31T10:00:00+00:00By

Heavy workloads, regulatory change and staff shortages are among the reasons why brokers remain so stressed and suffering from poor mental wellbeing, according to insurer research

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​Extinction Rebellion climb outside of insurance office building as protests continue

2024-10-31T09:29:00+00:00By

Footage shows protesters using a ladder to climb the building

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Which are the most complained about insurers?

2024-10-31T08:00:00+00:00By

Market intelligence firm emphasises that ‘insurers need to do better to prevent complaints from happening’ as redress payments increase

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Extinction Rebellion say six protesters arrested after WTW office defaced

2024-10-30T12:07:00+00:00By

WTW is among many insurance firms to have been targeted by the group

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Extinction Rebellion occupy AIG office as protests continue

2024-10-30T10:52:00+00:00By

’Unless insurers meet our demand to stop insuring new oil and gas, we will keep targeting them,’ says protester

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The final frontier: Insuring the rise of space tourism

2024-10-30T08:00:00+00:00By

Although appetite for commercial space tourism is gaining more traction, a lack of historical data and uniform regulation leaves insurers interested in this line of business stalling

David Orrell, Director of Agriculture and Rural Specialist Services, Sedgwick

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: Sedgwick and NFU Mutual partner to deliver ‘fast and effective response’

2024-10-29T15:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

David Orrell, director of agriculture and rural specialist services at Sedgwick, talks about the firm’s partnership with NFU mutual and combined entry for Claims Partner of the Year

Paul Taylor, Minster Law’s Chief Operating Officer

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: Minster Law discusses partnership with The AA

2024-10-29T14:30:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Paul Taylor, chief operating officer at Minster Law, talks about the company’s entry for Claims Partner of the Year in partnership with The AA

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Financial services leaders expect employees back in the office – KPMG

2024-10-29T14:00:00+00:00By

C-suites are ‘still trying to find the hybrid working sweet spot’, says global and UK head

Emma Fuller Partner and Head of Motor and Casualty Market Strategy at DAC Beachcroft

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: DAC Beachcroft seeks to work in ‘true partnership’ with insurers

2024-10-29T13:30:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Emma Fuller, partner and head of motor and casualty strategy at DAC Beachcroft, explains why the organisations put themselves forwards for the Claims Partner of the Year award

Manjit Rana, Executive VP - UK, EMEA & APAC Clearspeed

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Insurance Times Awards 2024: Clearspeed’s partnership with Allianz Personal and Allied Universal ‘showcases a pioneering approach’

2024-10-29T12:30:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Manjit Rana, executive vice president at Clearspeed, talks about the company’s partnership with Allianz Personal and Allied Universal and why it merits the Claims Partner of the Year award

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Extinction Rebellion blockade Gherkin as more insurance firms targeted

2024-10-29T10:43:00+00:00By

Video footage shows protesters inside the lobby of the building

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New digital marketplace launched to help brokers acquire exclusive online leads

2024-10-29T09:36:00+00:00By

Chief executive says he sat on the idea ’for the best part of 15 years’