Insurance Brokers

Broker News: Insurance Emporium Wins Best Insurer Award

York-based insurance company The Insurance Emporium was crowned ‘Best Insurer’ at the prestigious Yorkshire Financial Awards 2019 recently. These awards celebrated Yorkshire-based companies who had excelled in the financial services sector.  Commenting on the winner […]

Emerging Risk

Cyber Scout Uses Partnerships to Boost Offer in Asian Markets

CyberScout, the gold standard in identity and data defence services, is pleased to announce two new global partnerships that will introduce accessible cyber insurance solutions in Southeast Asia.   Individuals and small to medium-size businesses will receive CyberScout’s award-winning, best-in-class […]

Opinion

Opinion: Car Ownership Is Over, But The Insurance Industry Didn’t Get The Email

From the Editor’s keyboard; Peak car ownership in the UK was probably about a decade ago and by ownership I mean people actually buying a car, not leasing one for three or four years and […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Reinsurance: Willis Towers Watson Takes Position on Catastrophe Cover in Italy

Willis Towers Watson Securities, the securities arm of Willis Re, acted as Lead Structuring Agent and Sole Bookrunner on a €45 million catastrophe bond for UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A (“UnipolSai”), the multi-business insurance company of the […]

News

First 2019 Cars at Thatcham Research Win 5 Star Safety Ratings

Car safety is arguably one of the factors growing in importance with many drivers, as our pot-holed roads cope with an increasing number of illegal, uninsured drivers, plus cutbacks in Police patrols. The net result […]

Opinion

Head in The Clouds? That’s a Great Place To Be for Brokers, MGAs & Insurers

In this latest Opinion piece Craig Olivier from Genasys Technologies looks at the benefits of cloud-based insurance systems. He’s got ten damn good reasons why the Cloud rocks for insurance companies, plus a magic laser […]

Technology

Europ Assist Finds 46% of Consumers Concerned About Cyber Crime

Europ Assistance’s Cyber Barometer, conducted by LEXIS, exploring consumer sentiment on Cyber Security across 9 countries has found that 46% of consumers are worried about cybercrime. This number rises to 49 percent for respondents with […]