News

Modelling: PwC Looks at Various Property & Weather Risks

Sustained heat, floods and heavy rainfall could see insurers hit with further increased costs, with subsidence related insurance costs swelling to over £1.9bn by 2030 according to new analysis by PwC. The fresh analysis shows […]

Insurance claims

What is Cementitious Grouting? Case Study Reveals Answers

The ground never really stops moving, which means at some point buildings suffer cracks, subsidence or heave. It’s a common problem for insurance brands and underpinning has been the default solution for decades. But this […]

Technology

Trees Can Damage Property, So Mapping Is Good

WhenFresh has teamed up with tree mapping specialists Bluesky to make its National Tree Map™ (NTM™) data available to insurers and other Big Data users, via the UK’s property ‘Data Supermarket’, the WhenFresh API,to address […]

Household Insurance

Terrafirma Launches Property & Land Risk Data Tools

Terrafirma, the leading experts in ground risk assessment, today launches the National Ground Risk Model (NGRM): Climate™. This provides insurers with an expertly modelled, ground risk dataset, to help them understand how ground risk may […]

Insurance claims

The Interview: How Does Settling a Claim 12 Months Quicker Sound?

Insurance Edge caught up with the team at Geobearrecently to learn a bit more about how subsidence claims can be streamlined by using geopolymer, resin-based solutions. Now, before you skip onto something else consider this; […]

Insurance Brokers

Questgates Launches Subsidence Claims Development Academy

Leading specialist loss adjuster QuestGates has today announced that it is to establish a subsidence claims development academy which in due course will be based within its Northampton office. This will form part of a […]

Insurance Brokers

Summer of 2018 Causes Increase in House Subsidence Repair Claims

That long, hot summer last year was fantastic for convertible car sales showrooms, ice cream vendors and sunscreen makers. But the dry spell did cause some problems in the property and home insurance market, with […]