Motor Insurance

Marmalade Offers PAYG Cover to Drivers Under 25

Peterborough-based young driver insurance provider, Marmalade has announced a new insurance solution in response to customer feedback and seeing the changes in young people’s driving habits. The new Marmalade ‘Pay As You Go’ (PAYG) offering will allow […]

HR & Employment

Unlock Welcomes Changes To DBS Checks on Childhood Cautions

Unlock, a national independent advocacy charity for people facing obstacles, stigma and discrimination because of their criminal record, welcomes changes to the rules on criminal record disclosure which come into effect today.  The changes are […]

Motor Insurance

Case Study: By Miles Saves Accountant a Bundle on Car Insurance

By Miles PAYG insurance is winning over many UK customers as we head into Lockdown Part Two. Here’s a case study from the disruptive insurance brand; Alan Bruford, 68, Accountant: Quote from previous insurer – £804 per […]

Motor Insurance

BIBA Calls For Zero IPT On Telematics Car Cover for Under 25s

BIBA’s Executive Director, Graeme Trudgill, called for Government to zero-rate Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) for young driver telematics policies while giving oral evidence at the Transport Committee’s Inquiry into Road Safety and Young and Novice […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Urges Insurers to Pay Corona Claims, Where There is Pandemic Cover

The FCA has published an open letter today to all UK insurers, which notes that most Business Interruption policies do NOT have pandemic cover included. But the regulator states that where there is pandemic or […]

Global insurance trends

CoronoVirus Cover in India? Digit Are Insuring The Risk – For The Under-60s

India’s Digit Insurance has launched a new policy that specifically covers some risks associated with the CoronaVirus, or COVID-19 as some organisations call it. How does it work? If the test for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) […]

Legal

Legal: Clarity on Smart Contracts & DLT Could Be Good News for Insurers

A landmark “Legal Statement” published this week provides long-awaited clarity on how cryptocurrencies, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and smart contracts might be treated under English law. Following several rounds of public and private consultation, the […]

Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time To Regulate Commercial Building Valuations

In this Opinion piece, Rebecca Fuller, Managing Director, Valuation Advisory at Duff & Phelps, looks at the problem of under-insurance and how to solve it. The days of getting a rebuild valuation done once, and […]