Legal

Fraud: Dodgy Compliance Officer Convicted After FCA Investigation

Fabiana Abdel-Malek was sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment and Walid Choucair sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment recently, in respect of five offences of insider dealing. Fabiana Abdel-Malek and Walid Anis Choucair were each convicted  following […]

Insurance Brokers

European Update: Verlingue Buys Swiss Broker MEEX

Less than a year after buying London firm ICB Group, Verlingue has announced a new operation in Switzerland as part of its external growth: the acquisition of Bern-based insurance broker MEEX. In March, Verlingue introduced […]

News

Insurance Fraud: Is Hide & Crash the New Crash-ForCash Scam?

Motor fraudsters have adopted a dangerous new tactic to trap unsuspecting drivers in ‘crash-for-cash’ scams according to anti-fraud experts at AX, the provider of intelligent vehicle protection and management technologies for the automotive and insurance industries. […]

Insurance Regulation

Regulatory: Guernsey Gets the IAIS Seal of Approval

Regulation of Guernsey’s insurance industry is meeting current international standards, according to a report published by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). The report states that Guernsey has “a high level of observance of […]

InsureTech

Cyber News: Intelligence Network Aims to Combat Online Fraud & Hacking

The Intelligence Network, a coalition of 1,500 global members from academia and industry, has unveiled its vision to tackle the growing issue of cyber fraud. The vision follows an intensive six month research programme, collating […]

Household Insurance

Tenant Insurance: Reposit Partners Up with X1 Lettings

The UK’s original tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit, announces its latest partnership with X1 Lettings, a prominent provider of student and residential lets across the North of England. X1 is a privately held, award-winning residential […]

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News

IAM Roadsmart Calls for More Long Term Commercial Driver Training

IAM RoadSmart believes that many businesses are missing out on opportunities to improve road safety for their drivers, by relying on technology alone to solve the problem for them. That is one of the conclusions […]

Global insurance trends

Marsh Announces Deal with El Al on Aircraft Finance Insurance

Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser, today announces that EL AL Israel Airlines Limited (EL AL) is the first airline to access its Japanese Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (Japanese AFIC) to support […]