Insurance Brokers

Lansdown Brokers Supports James Hopkins Trust

The James Hopkins Trust has been Lansdown’s chosen charity for the last twelve months and on 12 September 2018 the broker presented £6,000 to the Trust, taking their total donation up to £14,818.  This amount […]

Travel Insurance

Blink Joins With Blue Cross Canassurance on Travel Insurance Products

Blink is pleased to announce a major product launch in Canada with Blue Cross® Canassurance. Through this partnership with Blink, who were acquired by CPPGroup Plc in 2017, Blue Cross Canassurance will expand its product […]

Flood Insurance

Escape of Water Claims: Geo Partners With inet3 on Waterlock Project

Following the launch of Waterlock, the connected ”escape of water” prevention system, at the BIBA Conference in May, the product’s developer, geo has announced a formal strategic partnership with inet3, the property underwriting agency and specialist in property insurance. Sending a […]

InsureTech

Opinion: Wejo Purchase of Carjojo Highlights Value of Data to Insurers

Editor Alastair Walker looks at the implications of Wejo’s acquisition of Carjojo: Recently Cheshire based start-up Wejo bought an American company called Carjojo. No, this isn’t the opening line from a bizarre limerick, but an […]

Opinion

Opinion: AI Can Power Customer Engagement

Martin Linstrom, MD at IPsoft is today’s guest columnist, with a viewpoint on how Artificial Intelligence can improve comms between customer and insurer, or broker. The future is virtual. If your company handles insurance-related customer […]

Conference report

BIBA 2019 Manchester: Brexit & Insurtech are Leading Themes

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) announces that the theme for its 2019 conference and exhibition, to be held on 15 and 16 May in Manchester Central, will be Leading the Way. The theme reflects the […]

News

More UK Drivers Claiming for Pothole Damage to Their Cars

The UK’s perennial pothole problem shows no sign of ending any time soon, according to the latest breakdown data analysed by the RAC. While, as is customary, the total number of pothole-related breakdowns, such as […]

Insurance Brokers

Brokers Often Choosing Inadequate Cyber Insurance Protection

New research from Cyber|Decider (www.cyberdecider.com), the cyber insurance comparator, shows that broker’s own cyber insurance fails to cover many of the common threats – leaving them with costly bills should they fall victim to hackers: […]