Insurance Brokers

Broker Update: CFC Launches New Free Tool to Help Sell Cyber Cover

Selling cyber cover to company directors, Tech Officers or start-ups can be a difficult process. But what if we told you that there’s a set of free tools available that can assist your brokerage in […]

Opinion

Opinion: Tech Can Help Insurers & Brokers Assess Climate Change Risks

This latest Opinion piece is by Gareth Williams, CEO of Yellow Dog, and it looks at how technology can offer everyone in the insurance industry a better understanding of the risks posed by climate change. […]

Opinion

Brokers; Know Your Enemy, Raise Your Cyber Game – Win Better Rates

In this latest Opinion piece, Cate Wright, Global Head of Customer Success, Financial Services, at BAE Systems, takes a look at fraud from a broker or MGA point of view. It’s always good to identify […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Lloyd’s Market: LMG Launches EventWatch Service

As Hurricane Dorian tracks steadily towards the USA, it’s useful to know that the LMG have launched a 24/7 events monitoring service via smartphone app, which will be of interest to underwriters, MGAs and brokers. […]

Technology

Tech: Avantia Updates HomeProtect Retail Pricing Model

Avantia, the technology-enabled insurer behind HomeProtect, today announces a major update to its retail pricing model: employing Bayesian optimisation as an alternative to traditional A/B testing.  The pioneering new approach uses machine learning to more quickly identify the […]

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 […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker Update: Questgates Warns on Highways England Fixed Costs Plan

Leading specialist loss adjuster QuestGates has issued a word of warning to the insurance industry that the new Highways England process for dealing with ‘Green Claims’ shows a hardening of approach by the government company […]

Legal

Broker News: CLS Risk Solutions Apoints Vanessa Babington-Monegard

CLS Risk Solutions, a leading MGA for legal indemnity and transactional property risk solutions, has announced the appointment of Vanessa Babington-Monegard as in-house Underwriting Counsel. Vanessa qualified as a Barrister in 2008 and has been […]