Motor Insurance

Brexit: No Change on Car Insurance Rules For UK Drivers on EU Holidays

Government sets out approach on motor insurance for drivers post Brexit In its 2018 Manifesto, the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) called for a practical approach to enable more than 2.5 million private and commercial motorists to […]

Global insurance trends

Brexit: AIG Sets Up UK and Luxembourg Operations

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced the authorisation of new insurance companies in the United Kingdom (UK) and Luxembourg that will see all business transferred to the new entities ahead of the UK […]

Insurance Regulation

Brexit Update: Guernsey Signs Memo with Bank of England

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of England. The new agreement is a reaffirmation of a long-held relationship between the Guernsey regulator and the Bank’s Prudential […]

Global insurance trends

Zurich Assures UK Customers That Brexit Will Actually Change Very Little

Zurich are upbeat about the UK insurance landscape after Brexit, and have posted a statement on their website, to reassure customers that in the short term at least, there will be very little change in […]

News

House of Lords Warns on End of EHIC Rights For UK Citizens

The House of Lords EU Committee has today published its report Brexit: reciprocal healthcare. The Committee warns that in the absence of an agreement on reciprocal healthcare, the rights of UK citizens to hold an EHIC card […]

Business

Accenture Report on Insurtech Investment Shows UK in Strong Position

Insurtech is THE buzzword across the insurance sector right now. Big companies are teaming up with disruptive start-ups, or acquiring smaller companies with niche expertise. Regulation such as GDPR is changing the way insurers, and […]

Conference report

BIBA and World Broker Network Partnership on Brexit Solutions

Some good news on the Brexit front, just in from BIBA: The British Insurance Brokers’ Association  (BIBA)  has reached an agreement with the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) which will facilitate the introduction of BIBA member […]

Insurance Brokers

MCE Insurance Pulls Out of Ireland, Blaming Brexit – Will Others Follow?

One of the bigger names in motorcycle insurance, MCE, has announced that it intends to withdraw from the Republic of Ireland market, at the end of this month. In a statement on the MCE website […]