Insurance Brokers

McCarron Coates Launches `Van Excellence’ Insurance Product

Agile and innovative commercial insurance broker, McCarron Coates, has developed a bespoke insurance solution for all the dedicated van drivers keeping Britain’s economy motoring in a compliant and professional way. The Leeds-based insurance brokerage has […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker News: County Group Buys Stoke Based Eric Rawlins Ltd

The County Group (County), part of Global Risk Partners (GRP), has completed the acquisition of Eric Rawlins & Company Limited (Rawlins), an insurance broker with over 70 years trading in the Stoke on Trent area. Rawlins is […]

Insurance claims

Home Insurance: L&G Partners With Mortgage Advice Bureau on Tenant Cover

Legal & General has announced a foray into tenant protection insurance, carried out in conjunction with Mortgage Advice Bureau. According to press reports, L&G is the first major insurer to offer a protection type product […]

Insurance claims

Legal & Claims News: MIB Fund IS Liable for Incidents on Private Land

Here’s some interesting legal news we spotted on the Keoghs website recently; On 5th June 2019 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Motor Insurers’ Bureau v Lewis [2019] EWCA Civ 909. […]

News

Broker Update: Ecclesiastical Report Looks at Risks to Charity Sector

A new report revealing the biggest risks facing the charity sector will help brokers support their charity clients through uncertain times. Ecclesiastical, insurer of more than 45,000 charities in the UK, has published its first Charity […]

InsureTech

Start-Up News: Getsafe Raises 15m Euros in Series A Funding

Heidelberg-based Getsafe is a mobile-first insurtech startup, offering range of digital insurance products that users can instantly buy on their phone. Customers can get coverage or file a claim, all through Getsafe’s app. The startup has raised €15 […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Events: ACORD Meet-Up Looks at Reinsurance, From Placing to Settlement

Straight-through processing is the only viable long-term solution to tackling the re/insurance industry’s ongoing challenge with out-of-control expense ratios, but is about people as much as technology, was one of the key takeaways from ACORD’s […]

Opinion

Opinion: Insurtech Revolution? Yes, But Customer Satisfaction Still Number One

This Opinion piece is by Vijaykumar Mahendrakar, Senior Vice President, Insurance Solutions, UK & EMEA at Mphasis and it takes a look at how the insurance landscape has been changed by technology, yet still has customer […]