News

#CancelEverything: Travel Insurers Begin to Exclude CoronaVirus Risk

Updated 13.03.2020; Admiral, Churchill and Direct Line have suspended the sale of travel insurance until further notice. Existing policyholders ARE covered, no new policies are being offered. AXA, CoverWise and Insure & Go have all […]

Insurance claims

Will CoronaVirus Cause a Spike in Fake Travel Sickness Claims?

Horwich Farrelly, the insurance industry fraud experts believe that COVID-19 could bring a different threat for the holiday and insurance sector as David Scott, Partner, Horwich Farrelly explains: ā€œHistory tells us that it will only […]

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Business: Barclays Offers SMEs Single Invoice Insurance Option

In a high street banking first, Barclays has announced a partnership with Nimbla, a pioneer of single invoice insurance. For many smaller businesses, having one big client fail to pay, or drag the payment process […]

Fraud

Fraud: Fake Insurance Claim Wins Director a Suspended Sentence

A company director has been sentenced after he doctored a ā€˜Form of Acceptance’, which he’d used previously, in an attempt to bypass his policy’s claim limit and falsely gain Ā£405k from the insurer. On Tuesday […]

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Travelex Attack Highlights Need For Cyber Cover & Expert Advice

Updated 13.01.2020: Here’s the latest from Reuters, as Travelex gets back on track, but will its customers be so keen to trust them with their money and their data in future? Foreign exchange firm Travelex […]

News

Winter Potholes Warning for New Drivers

As winter sweeps across the country and causes further damage to already worn roads,Ā  drive like a girl, is warning that young, inexperienced drivers could be particularly vulnerable to potholes.Ā  Despite the Department for Transport […]

Legal

Legal Update: Interesting Judgement on Replacement Hire Car Case

An important judgment was handed down last week at Nottingham Crown Court involving which potentially has significant implications for the insurance industry. The case centres on a car accident in 2016 and the claimant had […]