Global insurance trends

Next Insurance Expands Workers Compensation Scheme

Next Insurance, the leading digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, today announced the availability of its Workers’ Compensation offering to 24 additional states across the nation, including Alabama, Iowa, Louisiana and Virginia (see the […]

Global insurance trends

Aon Launches Coronavirus Employee Impact Tool for Companies

Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has designed a tool to help employers anticipate medical costs, absenteeism and potential needs to shift work operations […]

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: “History tells us that it will only […]

News

Freelancer Market: Dinghy and Allianz Team Up to Offer Flexible Cover

Allianz Insurance and on-demand insurtech pioneer Dinghytoday announced a partnership to provide business insurance into the fast-growing freelancer market. Dinghy offers flexible on-demand business insurance for freelancers where cover is charged by the second and […]

Fraud

Landmark Appeal Win For Horwich Farrelly in Travel Sickness Claim Case

This judgement makes very interesting reading for everyone in the insurance and legal sectors. No longer can claimants simply `try their luck’ with a bogus sickness claim. By making false statements they leave themselves open […]

News

Are Unhygenic Workplaces Causing Employee Sickness?

UK employees are getting ill due to their workplaces being dirty, according to new research. The survey of 1,012 UK workers conducted by household appliances e-tailler, AppliancesDirect.co.uk, found that almost half (46%) believe that an unhygienic working […]

Insurance Brokers

Research Finds One Third of Staff Have Taken Stress-Related Time Off Work

Research by a leading Suffolk-based digital insurance broker has shown that nearly a third of people have taken sick days as a result of mental health issues. PolicyBee, based in Ipswich, undertook research into staff […]