News

McKenzie Intelligence Upgrades Online Portal for Insurers

Tech is helping insurers and brokers build up their data insights, and assess risk better. Filtering that raw data is the key to understanding all kinds of insurance niche markets; marine, oil/gas, commercial property, flood […]

Global insurance trends

Can Autonomous Drones Speed Up Insurance Claims? Probably

Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight technology, today announced the upcoming availability of a new autonomous drone platform for enterprise and public sector, the Skydio X2. The potential for insurers […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Willis Towers Reinsurance Deal With Achmea

Willis Re Securities in collaboration with Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced that it has structured and placed EUR 100 […]

News

Aberdeen Standard & Cambridge University Form Strategic Alliance

Aberdeen Standard Investments’ (“ASI”) Private Markets Solutions team and the Centre for Risk Studies at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School (“Cambridge”) today announced a strategic collaboration. In order to deal with the complex […]

Flood Insurance

Willis Research Teams Up With Cloud to Street, On Flood Maps Project

The Willis Research Network (WRN) announces a new partnership with Cloud to Street, a global flood-mapping and monitoring platform designed for governments, humanitarian organisations and private sector actors to manage flood risk, underpin risk financing, […]

Insurance claims

Wingcopter Trials `Beyond Line of Sight’ Drone Tech & Raise More Funding

Darmstadt-based drone startup Wingcopter has announced a second seven-digit financing, led by the Singapore-based Corecam Capital Partners. Only three months after its initial funding round, the multi-family office Corecam Capital Partners has increased its investment. […]

Global insurance trends

Aon Global Weather Report Highlights Growing Catastrophe Risks

Aon plc (NYSE:AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today launches its Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2019 Annual Report. This evaluates the impact of global natural […]

Insurance Regulation

LIIBA Launches Broker Placing Committee

The traditional way of selling insurance in the City of London is rapidly changing, and to reflect this transformation LIIBA is setting up a new team to help everyone deal with the ever-fluid digital landscape. […]