Opinion

Opinion: FCA Business Plan Will Prompt Big Changes in GI Market

What does the FCA’s new Business Plan mean for GI? In this Opinion piece, Mark McDonald, Consultant at Altus, looks at the possible directions that general insurance is going to take, given the criticism of pricing […]

Insurance Regulation

Market Snapshot: South Africa is Ripe For Change Via PAYG Insurance Apps

In this series of features, Insurance Edge will be looking at different countries and trying to find out what the big trends are in local terms, the major companies active and the popular types of […]

Technology

Europ Assist Finds 46% of Consumers Concerned About Cyber Crime

Europ Assistance’s Cyber Barometer, conducted by LEXIS, exploring consumer sentiment on Cyber Security across 9 countries has found that 46% of consumers are worried about cybercrime. This number rises to 49 percent for respondents with […]

Conference report

Broker Update: BIBA Warning on Bigger FSCS Levy Bills This Year

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) is warning members to prepare for an additional Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy bill which is due to arrive in early February. This supplementary levy is in addition […]

News

Altus Snapshot Reveals Increasing Digital Migration Within Insurance Sector

Altus Consulting have updated our General Insurance Digital rankings for 2018. The focus is on key areas of GI Digital Customer Experience across major brands’ Home and Car Insurance. Undertaking desktop research to identify the […]

Opinion

Highway Code Change on Cyclists Rights Will Create Insurance Claim Test Case

From the Editor’s smoking laptop: The proposals to introduce a Dutch style driver liability for UK car drivers, so that when turning at junctions cyclists or pedestrians automatically have right of way, are worthy, but […]

Insurance Regulation

GDPR Act Gets Rubber Stamp from UK Government

The latest news from the Association of British Insurers: The Data Protection Act, which received Royal Assent today, overhauls how businesses and other organisations process and handle customer data. The Act implements the EU General Data […]