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The Association of British Investigators represents investigations in the private sector in the UK and throughout the world. The intention of the Association is to heighten standards for using an investigator.The UK government has been looking into regulating this activity, especially since the recent phone hacking scandals.Tony Imossi, president of the Association, outlines how the scandals have led to public opinion being struck by the methods used by investigators.The Association has set up a strict selection process, which has been presented to the government to use as official regulation. Tony Imossi highlights the association's will to obtain the Chartered Institute Status, which is a way for the government to control the activity.Since the Internet and the widely used social networks, the methods used by professional investigators have deeply changed.View all our Interviews here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/blog/category/video/interview-video-interviews-3View all videos here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

Since the European Court of Justice has prohibited the use of gender to determine insurance premiums, motor insurance providers have turned to technology to better adapt their offerings. Geoffrey Finley is the Executive Chairman of Lysanda, which develops driving behaviour technology used in telematics insurance.Lysanda was founded in 2005 to develop technology that would monitor driver behaviour to help reduce fuel consumption and to reduce C02 emissions. Today, the technology developed can be easily installed to vehicles and the data can be transmitted to the insurance company.The use of this technology is today focused on driver behaviour as it provides empirical evidence to motor insurance providers on the individuals they insure. “This technology can identify speeding, hard breaking, hard cornering, heavy acceleration, these kind of activities all of which can contribute to a negative driver performance or profile,” says Geoffrey Finlay.Lysanda is also readying for future regulations by developing eCall and bCall technology. In 2014 manufacturers will need to equip their vehicles with these systems. These allow breakdown services to have a diagnostic of the failure before dispatching a unit or an engineer. Also, in case of an accident, emergency services will be informed of the severity of the incident and know if an ambulance or a fire engine is needed.View all our interviews here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/blog/category/video/interview-video-interviews-3View all our videos here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

In an interview with News Insurances, Jesus Carmona, CEO of Axa Travel Insurance, discusses the financial results of 2010 and the companies ambitions for 2012.The year 2010 was an important year for Axa Travel Insurance. The business share of the AXA Assistance group unit increased from 19% in 2009 to 25% in 2010, leading to an increase in profit of 5.2% for 2010.To be proactive on a global scale, the Axa Travel Insurance relies on the efficiency and uniformity of its IT platform. “We can standardize the level of quality provided to customers in the whole market,” said Jesus Carmona.The year 2012 was marked by an increased presence in emerging markets, and will also focus on profitability in mature markets exposes the CEO of Axa Travel Insurance.View all of our videos here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

Luxury vehicle owners present different needs when it comes to motor insurance. High value motor insurance, specifically designed to offer more than a standard policy, has multiple features, which correspond to the expectations of a luxury car driver.Ashley Cole, Head of Motor at Hiscox, outlines for News insurances what makes that difference, and explains whom their average customer is. High net worth motor insurance is designed to cover vehicles such as the famous Bugatti Veyron, said to be the fastest car, or maybe century old antique cars that make the pride of collectors.High net worth motor insurance is available to household insurance policy holders at Hiscox, and then to owners of a vehicle that had a price of at least GBP 30,000 when new.The cover provided by Hiscox presents a certain form of complexity, so the distribution is done through brokers exclusively. This is the best way to gather the needed information as brokers may have a more privileged contact with customers.Find all News Insurances videos here : http://live.news-assurances.com/And here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

Recently, the Transport Select Committee has gathered and produced a report on motor insurance in the UK. The UK is one of the European countries where there are the most uninsured drivers; maybe resulting from expensive motor insurance policies.Graeme Trudgill, Head of Corporate Affairs at BIBA, outlines for News Insurances the main topics developed in this report.The continuous insurance enforcement law, which came into effect in June of this year, is set up to reduce to number of uninsured drivers. These uninsured drivers add an average GBP 30 to every motor insurance policy price. To help reduce, or at least slow the rising costs of motor insurance premiums, new insurance products are available such as the telematics insurance. This is a fitted policy which could reduce the cost of up to 50 per cent. Also in the scope are the drivers training programmes. These could be reviewed in order to gain better knowledge of the dangers of driving a vehicle.Find all News Insurances videos here : http://live.news-assurances.com/And here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

Friends Life has become a strong player on the pensions market with the recent merger with the Axa UK Life and Pensions business. We have met with Martin Palmer, Head of Corporate Pensions Marketing at Friends Life, who outlines the challenges the pensions market faces today.Clearly Auto enrolment is today the major challenge for employers when considering pension contributions. Martin Palmer outlines the difficulty businesses will face when dealing with a surge in the numbers of contributors. Providers will have solutions ready to help with the process such as platforms that will make that process much more streamlined and take out the manual effort employers have to carry out.Providers are also looking into ways to communicate to contributors about the different schemes. The idea is to communicate to them in a language and through a media that will allow them to better understand as well as engage with the pension plan. The plan to use social networks is a neat way to get this done. Social media platforms only allow a limited amount of characters such as in Twitter, thus making providers develop a more user-friendly terminology that can fit in. This is currently the sector's focus.Find all News Insurances videos here : http://live.news-assurances.com/And here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

Professional insurance brokers face a tricky regulatory environment. Some insurers, such as Aviva, offer to help insurance brokers better understand the requirements and help them deal with these. The main idea is to offer them access to documentation and expert advice to ease the time spent on regulatory issues. We have met with Aviva's regional broker directors, Gareth Hemming and Jonathan Neill, who share with us about how Aviva helps brokers and explain to us why commercial lines are exclusively distributed through brokers.Find all News Insurances videos here : http://live.news-assurances.com/And here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

Les applications mobiles sont devenues incontournables chez les assureurs. Mais fonctionnent-elles vraiment?Quels sont les services les plus pertinents vers lesquels les assureurs doivent se tourner? Les réponses dans cette interview vidéo d' Arnoul Dyevre, consultant spécialisé sur la question chez Novedia.

Standard & Poor's held a conference in the last week of June about the challenges and opportunities of the insurance markets in Europe.We have had the chance to meet with Karin Clemens, Managing Director and Lead Analytical Manager at S&P, and asked her if she could outline for us the key elements S&P are monitoring. The industry continues to face a number of challenges, she outlines the main ones : investment markets, regulatory environment, intense competition in the property casualty market and the sovereign risk exposure.The main difficulties that large companies face in view of Solvency II mainly concern capital requirements, which are subject to change as they may increase significantly. 2011 may still hold challenges in terms of ratings, although the number of negative outlooks has reduced when compared to the previous year. Overall the main ratings challenges for 2011 remains interest rate environment, financial market volatility and sovereign exposure .Find all News Insurances videos here : http://live.news-assurances.com/And here : http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/toutes-les-videos

Jeudi dernier, Fabrice Sauvignon, le président de l'Institut des Actuaires, revenait au micro de News Assurances Pro sur l'actualité de la profession. L'occasion pour ce dernier de préciser ce que va changer Solvabilité II pour les actuaires et de parler des enjeux à venir.Retrouvez également l'ensemble de nos vidéo sur News Assurances Live (live.news-assurances.com)

Sterling Insurance Group is a specialist insurer which operates in different market sectors and offers a diverse range of products and services. This year Sterling announced the creation of a North East region with new appointments of Regional Development Managers throughout the UK.We have met with David Sweeny, Household and Commercial Director at Sterling, and asked him to outline the company’s objectives for being present at the BIBA conference. He also outlines the financial results for 2010 explaining how weather affected in a positive way and in a negative way these results. Future objectives for the rest of 2011 are to keep the positive growth the group has known until today. Find all News Insurances videos here : live.news-assurances.com/category/interview-uk/And here : newsinsurances.co.uk/blog/category/video-interviews

Motor insurance premiums have been rising to a point where Members of Parliament have taken the question into consideration. We have met with David Powell, Underwriting Manager at the Lloyds Market Association who outlines for us recommendations that have been made to advise Parliament. Find all News Insurances videos here : live.news-assurances.com/​category/​interview-uk/​ And here : news-insurances.com/​category/​video-interviews

The insurance sector in the UK deals with 2,3 million pounds a day of losses due to fraudulent claims. Glen Mar,director at the Insurance Fraud Bureau outlines for us they key role the IFB plays within the insurance sector.To determine fraud the IFB uses specific technology and informs insurers of any suspicious activity. Find all News Insurances videos here : live.news-assurances.com/​category/​interview-uk/​ And here : news-insurances.com/​category/​video-interviews

Insurance fraud in the UK is of growing concern and is being dealt with by more sophisticated techniques. Malcolm Tarling, spokesmen for the Association of British insurers outlines for us the wide range of fraud the British insurers face. Insurers are getting better at detecting fraud as they use more and more sophisticated techniques. Find all News Insurances videos here : live.news-assurances.com/​category/​interview-uk/​ And here : news-insurances.com/​category/​video-interviews

On March 21 BIBA has presented a report to Members of Parliament concerning the cost of regulation in the UK. We have met Steve White, head of training and regulation at BIBA, who outlines this report for us. It appears that direct and indirect contributions for insurers and brokers in the UK represent 1% of GDP. These costs are three time higher than the second costliest country in Europe: Ireland. Find all News Insurances videos here : live.news-assurances.com/​category/​interview-uk/​ and here: news-insurances.com/​category/​video-interviews