Opinion

Opinion: Rare Classic Cars Need a Truly Specialised Insurance Valuation

In this Opinion piece Bernard Hayden, Head of Risk Management at Azur, looks at avoiding underinsurance in the collectable car market. Classic car values are always changing and a limited edition, race version or prototype, […]

Opinion

Opinion: IAM Roadsmart Says Total Ban on Pavement Parking is Wrong Solution

A blanket ban on pavement parking could lead to a need for thousands of new car parking spaces that towns and cities are simply not equipped to provide, warns IAM RoadSmart. The warning has come […]

Opinion

Opinion: UK Govt Wants to Replace Buy-to-Let Landlords With Companies

Straight talking from the Editor’s laptop: The last twenty years or so has seen an explosion in property prices, and the buy-to-let rentals market. Quite a few people have got very rich indeed, like infamous […]

Legal

Opinion: Driverless Tech Will Turn Car Insurance Market On Its Head

In this piece Heidi Lawson and Michael Coburn from law firm, Cooley, take a look at how disruptive driverless vehicles will be for insurers and brokers. How will risk be assessed, fault attached after an […]

Opinion

Opinion: Lloyd’s Modernisation Process Needs to Address Three Key Issues

Tomorrow morning, Wednesday 1 May, John Neal, Chief Executive of Lloyd’s of London will outline plans to digitise and modernise processes. Ahead of the reveal Tony Tarquini, Director of Insurance, EMEA at Pegasystems, reveals three things […]

Opinion

Opinion: Fake Goods Can Often Carry a High Insurance Risk Factor

This latest Opinion piece by Richard Houseago, Head of Property Risks and Coverage Team at Keoghs, looks at the risks surrounding counterfeit goods for insurers and businesses alike, within the commercial sector. Depending on the […]

Opinion

Opinion: Future of Finance is 100% Digital & Powered by Blockchain

In this piece Oliver Belin, CMO at TradeIX takes a deep dive into blockchain tech, the benefits of digital provenance and the security of knowing payments are rapid, encrypted and compliant in all markets. The […]