Lloyd's/London Market

Liberty Speciality Gearing Up to Launch Toredo Trade Platform

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, will soon launch Toredo, a web-based platform for transacting specialised trade credit insurance for banks, corporates and commodity traders.  The new LSM platform will allow underwriters, brokers […]

Emerging Risk

Allianz Partner With Flock on Drone Insurance

Allianz Global and Corporate is teaming up with Flock, an app-based insurance provider, to promote drone insurance cover to a wider market. Drone use, especially in the commercial sector is growing rapidly, and has obvious […]

Business

Liberty Speciality Plans to Expand Operations

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, is to broaden the range of product lines underwritten by its French operation and increase the size of its team there. It will also make a series of […]

Motor Insurance

February is Cheapest Month for Car Insurance, Says Moneysupermarket

New research from comparison site Moneysupermarket has revealed that February is the month when drivers can obtain the lowest quotes on car insurance. The findings are based on research from quotes generated between January 2015 […]

Insurance Brokers

Industry Jobs Round-Up: Latest New Hires

Here is a round-up of the latest new faces at various insurance companies and industry suppliers. If you have a press release on a new hire, then send it to editorial@insurance-edge.net Laird Assessors Expands Team […]

Global insurance trends

Aon Sets Up Biggest Ever Catastrophe Insurance Bond

Aon Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has assisted the World Bank in structuring the largest ever catastrophe bond covering earthquake, providing the organisation with USD1.36 billion […]

Business

Insurers Looking For Trade Deals With Non-EU Countries

UK insurers aren’t waiting for the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, but instead are taking action to secure their business future by setting up a framework for overseas development. A template for future trade agreements […]