Finalists revealed: UK Claims Excellence Awards 2012

February 27th, 2012

Find out who is in the running to scoop a claims award this year

Insurance Times is pleased to announced the shortlist for the 2012 UK Claims Excellence Awards.

The finalists in each category are as follows:

 

Claims Technology Initiative of the Year

RSA

Liberty Syndicate Management

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Fraud Prevention Initiative of the Year | Sponsored by Clyde & Co

Legal & General Insurance

AXA Insurance Commercial Lines

Zurich Financial Services

Hastings Direct

Broker Customer Care Initiative of the Year | Sponsored by ACE European Group

Knowlden Titlow Insurance Brokers

R K Harrison Insurance

Moneywise Investments Plc

 

Insurer Customer Care Initiative of the Year

RSA [Pet Operations]

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RBS Insurance

RSA [Personal Motor Claims]

Claims Training Initiative of the Year | Sponsored by Merlin

RSA

Liberty Syndicate Management

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Motor Claims Initiative of the Year

The Brownsword Group

Provident Insurance

Chartis Europe

Hastings Direct

Outstanding Claims Management Team of the Year

Gelder Group

Davies Group

QuestGates

Tesco Underwriting

Merlin

Outstanding Broker Claims Team of the Year | Sponsored by Ageas

Keelan Westall / Cadogan Keelan

Lockyers

Simply Business

Romero Insurance Brokers

Outstanding Insurer Claims Team of the Year | Sponsored by Xactware

AXA Personal Lines – The Lifestyle Claims Management Team

Sterling

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Chubb Insurance

AXA personal Lines – Direct Motor Claims Claimant Team

Outstanding Broker Individual of the Year: Personal Lines | Sponsored by AXA Personal Lines

To be announced shortly

Outstanding Broker Individual of the Year: Commercial Lines

To be announced shortly

 

Outstanding Insurer Claims Individual of the Year | Sponsored by AA AutoWindshields

AXA Commercial Lines – Graham Plumb

AXA Personal Lines – Malcolm Fletcher-Jones

LV= – Helen Crosbie

 

Congratulations to all of our finalists. The

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Moderate rise in rents expected in 2012

January 19th, 2012

Landlords should expect to see rents rise moderately in 2012, according to predictions from Belvoir Lettings.

Managing director Dorian Gonsalves predicted that there will be large fluctuations in income across regions, with the south-east expected to benefit from high prices in London pushing people out of the capital into the home counties.

Elsewhere, he predicted “relatively stable rents”, with increases that were “very modest”, perhaps leading landlords to reduce their outgoings in other fields, such as their landlords insurance.

“I predict that increased rents and stable or decreasing house prices will result in increased rental yields in 2012. However,

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