Insurance Cares campaign
Thirty plus firms confirmed for the Insurance Day of Giving
Insurance Cares: Insurance United Against Dementia hopes the event on 7 November will raise more than last year’s total of £70,000.
Blog: Helping vulnerable customers travel further
Insurance Cares: Chris Rolland, of AllClear the specialist medical travel insurance provider, discusses what the insurance broker industry, and specifically travel providers, can do to help vulnerable customers access insurance.
Personal Finance Society responds to FCA vulnerability study
Insurance Cares: CEO Keith Richards reminds the market that understanding vulnerability is a long learning process.
FCA pledges tough action for vulnerable customers amid consultation launch
Insurance Cares: Watchdog says it will implement measures to ensure consumers are treated fairly.
Government urges regulators to work together to help vulnerable customers
Report slams the loyalty penalty among other issues to be tackled in the financial services, water, energy and telecoms sectors.
Insurance Cares: IUAD teams up with the Insurance Charities
The organisations have developed a support service for people in the insurance industry who are struggling with dementia.
Insurance Cares: Commit to three pledges to help vulnerable customers
Insurance Age has worked with Insurance United Against Dementia to develop the pledges as the CII launches a dementia friendly guide.
Insurance Cares: SJL Insurance CEO Simon Lancaster recruits mental health nurse for staff
As of June 2019 the nurse will be in the firm’s HQ two days a month to talk to the staff.
Insurance Cares: Charity begins at home?
Ahead of Biba’s 2019 conference, which has mental health at the top of the agenda, Steve White considers how the broker sector can foster wellbeing for its workforce.
Citizens Advice slams home insurers in dual pricing report
Charity calls for the FCA to identify concrete solutions to the loyalty penalty as part of its insurance market study, after survey reveals home insurers make 100% of their profits from loyal customers.
Insurance Cares: Liberty’s McNulty named mental health leader
Pauline McNulty is part of the InsideOut LeaderBoard which is designed to help break down the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace.
Insurance Cares: Tool developed for self-assessment
The tool, developed by Altus, enables firms to benchmark the work they are doing for vulnerable customers.
Insurance Cares: Staysure launches winter sports accessibility guide
The travel broker has developed the guide for people with pre-existing medical conditions.
Insurance Cares: Zurich introduces service for customers with hearing difficulties
The provider has partnered with British Sign Language Specialists, Sign Live.
Insurance Cares: Guide sets out how insurance can help dementia patients
The Alzheimer’s Society has published a document for dementia-friendly insurance to help businesses support staff and customers with the condition.
Insurance Cares: Helping vulnerable clients
Jonathan Davison, of the BDMA, outlines how to work with high-risk and vulnerable customers to ensure better insurance solutions
Insurance Day of Giving kicks off
The Day sees insurance CEOs go back to the floor as the sector unites to raise £25,000 for dementia research.
Ghost brokers targeting the vulnerable through social media
The Insurance Fraud Bureau and The AA have warned of a sharp rise in fraudsters focusing on victims via sites like Twitter and Facebook.
Join over 30 firms and sign up to Insurance Day of Giving on 8 November
Still time to get involved as the industry targets raising £10m for research into dementia.
InsureTrek18: Day Three – the final climb
The trekkers face their last mountain challenge in their quest to raise £100,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society charity.
InsureTrek18: Day Two
Another challenging day for the trekkers as they raise money for Insurance United Against Dementia.
InsureTrek18: Day One
Editor Siân Barton reports from the start of the gruelling trek as the insurance industry raises funds to help increase awareness, support treatment and find a cure for dementia.
InsureTrek18: Trekkers smash £85,000 fundraising target
Insurers and brokers are taking on the Mont Blanc Massif to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The Blog Spot: The right thing to do
The InsureTrek takes place next month. Siân Barton argues for the insurance world to do even more to help vulnerable customers.