Emerging Risk

Allianz Report Looks at Cyber Risks in Detail

External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses but it is employee mistakes and technical problems that are the most frequent generator of claims by number, according to a new report […]

Travel Insurance

Some Travel Insurers Now Offering Covid-19 `Fit To Fly’ Test Kits

The latest from GlobalData; A handful of travel insurers have started to offer COVID-19 PCR tests as an add-on to their policies as consumers begin to travel again. This enables them to issue Fit to […]

News

Staycation Or Jet Away? Holidaysafe Adds Covid-19 Cover to Its Travel Insurance

British families are refusing to be put off by ever-changing travel advice as research by travel insurance provider Holidaysafe reveals the growing desire for alternative holiday destinations. Analysis of policies sold in the weeks after […]

Legal

Covid-19 Claims: Markel Faces Legal Action By Gym Owners in The USA

Leading plaintiffs’ law firm Grant & Eisenhofer has filed suit against Markel Insurance Co. for failing to accept claims from franchisees of national fitness chain Anytime Fitness that were shuttered and lost business due to state-imposed COVID-19 […]

News

Totus Re Calls For UK Govt to Address All Risks, Not Just Covid-19

Totus Re urges the UK government and insurance industry to consider the whole panoply of perils catalogued by the National Risk Register rather than focusing solely on pandemic risk. Commercial insurance will only ever be […]

Insurance claims

Russell Scanlan Partners With Fenchurch Law on Claim Refusal Product

Russell Scanlan, Nottingham’s leading independent insurance broker has joined forces with insurance disputes specialists Fenchurch Law, to offer policyholders added protection against having an insurance claim refused. Working in partnership with Fenchurch Law, Russell Scanlan […]

Insurance Brokers

Small Biz Hit Hard by Cyber Attacks, Spying, Ransomware & More

Crisis incidents, such as cyber-attacks, extortion, industrial espionage and terrorism, are costing UK SMEs billions of pounds a year. Furthermore, subsequent trading paralysis is putting thousands at risk of collapse in their aftermath. UK SMEs […]

Insurance Brokers

Liberty Mutual Revamps Political Violence Coverage for Modern Era

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, today announces that it has developed its existing Political Violence coverage to include a range of news risks, offering much more expansive cover under one […]