Motor Insurance

Camplify Teams Up With RAC on Breakdown & Recovery

Peer-to-peer caravan hire and RV-sharing community, Camplify, has partnered with The RAC to offer roadside and recovery assistance cover solutions for customers. The RAC will be able to provide roadside vehicle repair, arrange the recovery of […]

Business

Latest Insurance Industry Appointments

Carrie Trudeau has been hired by Lloyd’s managing agent AEGIS London to manage claims notified by its Canadian coverholders. Based in Toronto, Carrie will focus on strengthening relationships with London market brokers while supporting AEGIS […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Channel Syndicate & Canopius Joins Liberty in Toredo Project

The Channel Syndicate and Canopius will join Liberty Specialty Markets in forming a consortium to provide capacity for Toredo, an online platform for single situation trade credit insurance.  The London Market Credit Consortium (LMCC), will provide […]

Travel Insurance

One Third of Brits Struggle to Get Travel Insurance, Says Co-Op

A third (32%) of UK holidaymakers say they struggle to get travel insurance and of these, 60% say this is due to a pre-existing medical condition, according to a new study released by Co-op Insurance. Cancer […]

Big Data

FICO Launch Cyber Security Risk Modelling Tools for Underwriters

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced that the FICO® Enterprise Security Score is the first cyber security rating to include powerful risk assessment and modelling capabilities to help insurers make better underwriting, pricing and portfolio decisions, and […]

Insurance claims

Allianz Adds On-Scene Digital Imagery to Speed Up The Claims Process

More insurance companies are switching to digital photos as the primary means of assessing damage, and establishing a certain level of evidence as regards blame, following an accident. Some do this via telematics, with the […]

Insurance Brokers

Markel Gives EC Insurance a Rebrand

Following the acquisition of EC Insurance Company Limited (ECIC), the specialist insurer for the contracting market, by Markel International in November 2017, ECIC has begun the process of transferring business over to Markel International Insurance […]