Blogs
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Guest blog: Everywhere and nowhere – culture from the FCA’s perspective
21/11/2016
“I want to start with what I intend as an unambiguous statement; namely that the culture of firms and the people that make them up – and of course therefore the culture of industries insofar as it…
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Guest blog: Credit Insurance: Let’s stop #uncertainty from trending
17/11/2016
By Trevor Williams, Head of Credit & Surety Europe at QBE and Chair of the ABI Trade Credit Committee After #Brexit, #uncertainty is arguably the top trending word for UK businesses in 2016. And…
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Insurers need to go back to the future
16/11/2016
Insurance is an industry that is defined by its resilience. We have withstood physical and financial catastrophes and have played a vital role in enabling people to invest in their future. From the…
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‘Improving Lives’ through income protection
11/11/2016
How a society treats its disabled and sick workers is increasingly an economic as well as a social issue. So it is encouraging to see the Government start to address both with its recent Green paper…
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SOLVENCY II : I Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghost
04/11/2016
Since the Referendum there has been a UK debate, some of it well informed, about the influence of EU bodies on British regulation. The opposite debate takes place in Europe and ghostbusters, armed…
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In the first of a new series of employee blogs, Stuart Kaye tells us what drew him to the Public Affairs internship at the ABI and what he learned from the internship experience…
28/10/2016
Stuart Kaye joined the ABI as a Public Affairs intern in May 2016. Stuart shares what drew him to the internship at the ABI and what he learned from his internship. I found out about the ABI public…
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Taking the Offensive – Disrupting Cyber Crime
24/10/2016
Businesses across all sectors are waking up to the importance of cyber insurance in today’s increasingly complex and high risk digital landscape. The world’s biggest companies are facing an…
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Attitudes to Genetic Testing - How Much Do We Really Want to Know?
21/10/2016
A Gen Re survey of attitudes to genetic testing found that most people are open to being tested for genetic conditions, believing that it will help them to manage their health better. Many indicated…
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3 Challenges in the Emerging Cyber Risk Market
21/10/2016
In the many years that it has been around, the property insurance market has evolved standard terms and policies that are offered by most insurers. Today’s immature cyber risk market, however…
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Trade in financial services: clear the right obstacles
11/10/2016
Financial services are among the UK’s most successful exports, totalling 3.5% of GDP in 2015. How can the UK most effectively open markets for trade in financial services?