Big Data

Charles Taylor Launches Cloud Based Insurance Product Platform

Charles Taylor InsureTech has launched the world’s first Cloud-based life, health and protection insurance platform. Using InsureTech’s cloud-based platform, life, health and protection insurers can now launch and scale-up new products in a matter of […]

Emerging Risk

GlobalData Sees Travel Insurers Take a Knock After Monarch Collapse

The disruption of Ryanair flights was one of the biggest shocks the airline industry  experienced in 2017, however the collapse of Monarch Airlines arguably superseded this, with over 750,000 holiday bookings being cancelled. Monarch’s demise was […]

Fraud

Stolen Porsche Recovered Using Covert Tracker Device

Theft of prestige vehicles is on the rise across the UK. Some drivers have their keys stolen, others find that complex electronic locking and engine activation codes can be hacked. Either way, many high performance […]

Business

Swinton Launch New Quote System for Self-Employed & Small Biz

National insurance broker, Swinton Group, is launching a new online ‘quote and buy’ system aimed at speeding up business insurance quotes for tradesmen, who are self-employed or run small businesses. The system which has been […]

Emerging Risk

LV Warning on Internet of Things Fraud

The internet of things brings new opportunities for the insurance industry to assess risk, price more accurately and detect more fraud, but it also gives fraudsters new creative ways to commit fraud against us. Leading […]

Investment

Aviva Acquires Friends First Life in £116m Deal

The latest news from Aviva; Aviva plc announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire Irish insurer Friends First Life Assurance Company dac (“Friends First”) for a cash consideration of €130m (£116m). As a […]

Investment

Zurich Completes Transformation Project with CapGemini

The insurance industry is changing at a rapid pace and those companies who don’t integrate and modernise their software systems risk being left behind. IT isn’t something that the customer can see, but it is […]