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Novae Group launches first industry survey – ‘Looking Forward’
Novae Group is pleased to announce the launch of its first industry survey, which provides direct insight from the market on the market about...
MoneySupermarket : sales directors and surgeons speed towards expensive car cover
Sales directors, surgeons and operations directors are most likely to hold a conviction for speeding, according to analysis from MoneySupermarket.
The UK's number one comparison...
Partnership : Aon Benfield team up with Ambiental
Aon Benfield has expanded its Aon Benfield Research academic and industry research collaboration with new partner Ambiental to enhance the firm’s flood model development...
Good to know : scientists study ‘hammock’ effect on sleep
A team of Swiss and French scientists published a study on Monday that suggests the rocking motion of a hammock improves sleep quality and...
Aon Benfield partners with Shanghai Typhoon Institute to boost China research
Aon Benfield and Shanghai Typhoon Institute (STI) of China Meteorological Administration – the only state-funded typhoon research institute in China – have entered into...
Families in Britain are smaller in size because of rising costs
The UK family size could be set to shrink as the cost of bringing up a child spirals to more than £270,000.
New research from...
BIBA joins up with Broking now! to provide voice for brokers
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has joined up with Broking Now! the leading insurance broker omnibus research panel from FWD Marketing. The research...
Study : Bedbugs resistant to pesticide
Bedbugs have terrorized homeowners and tourists around the world, but US researchers say their genetic analysis of the beasts may lead to better ways...
Research : does Competition benefit health insurance subscribers?
Uwe E. Reinhardt is an economics professor at Princeton. He has some financial interests in the health care field.
How does competition work in the...
Study : Health care blamed for US slump on global longevity scale
Life expectancy is shorter in the United States compared with other wealthy nations because of its health care system -- and not obesity, smoking,...
Study : Insurance Cheats Running Out of Time
Insurance cheats stand a greater chance of being identified and truth-tellers vindicated as a result of new research into detecting lies.
Dr Sharon Leal,...
Good to know : Churchill warns households not maintaining their home could be costly
New research from home insurer, Churchill, has revealed that householders face big repair bills as they are not maintaining their homes. The results show that 49 per...
Aon Benfield announces academic and industry research collaboration
Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, is broadening its capabilities and bringing together its academic and industry research relationships under...
What is the the future of risk management
Increased demand for in-house risk managers, ERM exploring opportunities and better risk data will characterise the future risk world, according to Aon.
Building upon the...
Consumers reject auto-enrolment as Personal Accounts take another blow
Research shows that less than one in five would stick to proposed pension reforms.
Personal accounts are under threat as the political consensus that established...
Solvency II: the principal challenge for Europe’s insurers
On an economic basis, many insurers experienced a drastic slump in their equity capital in 2008. The first signs of a recovery were only...
U.S. homeowners insurers face further setback
Aon Benfield, the world’s reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today releases its 2009 analysis of the US Homeowners insurance market, which reveals that the...
“Crash for cash” scammers earn an average of £16,000 per accident
"Crash for cash" scammers earn an average of £16,000 per "accident", according to the body set up to combat this type of fraud.
Richard Davies,...
U.S. – Frequency of hospital professional liability claims increasing after years of declines
After a decade marked by decreases in Hospital Professional Liability claims, the frequency of claims is on the rise and is expected to continue...
