Flood Insurance

Opinion: Tech Can Save Homeowners Time & Money on Water Damage Claims

With the cost of claims for escape of water rising, how can smart home tech make an impact and transform the insurance industry? In this Opinion piece, Craig Foster, CEO, LeakBot, looks at how tech […]

Flood Insurance

Escape of Water Claims Given a Kick Up The Butt by Pen & Davies

Let’s be brutally honest shall we? Cleaning up after a flood of water has turned your kitchen into a Lido, or transformed your shagpile living room carpet into a swamp, is a total pain. When […]

InsureTech

Start-Ups: Hero Labs Hires New CTO, Looks to Bring EOW Product to Market

Hero Labs, the London based start-up with a mission to solve real-life problems with truly smart technology, has named Daniel Knight as its new chief technology officer. Knight brings expertise from Samsung SmartThings and award-winning […]

News

Home Insurance: 43% of UK Homes Suffer Water Escape, Says Leakbot Survey

Almost half (43%) of domestic properties in the UK have suffered water leaks, according to new figures released from LeakBot, the smart water leak detection system which is trusted by leading insurers including Aviva, Hiscox, […]

Insurance Brokers

Claims Specialists Auger Expand Their Engineer Network

Expanding tech specialist for the insurance industry Auger has further grown its UK network with the appointment of nine more recruits. The new employees include six engineers, taking the dedicated engineering network to more than […]

Insurance claims

Landlord Insurance: Survey on Claims Reveals Highest Risk is Flooding

A detailed report analysing 10 years of property claims, released by Hamilton Fraser Total Landlord Insurance (specialist insurance provider to the private rented sector), has identified escape of water as the most likely property insurance claim, […]

Flood Insurance

Escape of Water Claims: Geo Partners With inet3 on Waterlock Project

Following the launch of Waterlock, the connected ”escape of water” prevention system, at the BIBA Conference in May, the product’s developer, geo has announced a formal strategic partnership with inet3, the property underwriting agency and specialist in property insurance. Sending a […]

Household Insurance

RSA and Hood Team Up on More Efficient Water Leak Detection Project

Escape of water is one of the biggest concerns for insurers but a new report based on joint research undertaken by insurers RSA, insurance intermediary Hood Group and home automation technology company Lightwave RF, has revealed […]