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Deals: Beech Tree Takes a Stake in Avid Insurance Services

Avid Insurance Services Ltd [‘Avid’], the specialist MGA, has sold a majority stake to Beech Tree Private Equity [‘BTPE’]. Avid managing director Stephen Gibson, who will continue to run the business with commercial director John […]

Insurance Brokers

RAC Partners Up With 1st Central Insurance on Breakdown Add-On

RAC and 1ST CENTRAL have today announced a new partnership that will make RAC breakdown cover available to the car insurer’s 500,000 customers from 12th September 2019. The leading car insurance supplier, has partnered with RAC, Britain’s most […]

InsureTech

Tech: Talking Sodinokibi Ransomware & More with CFC Underwriting

Insurance Edge caught up with Tom Bennett from CFC Underwriting recently, who had some useful tips and advice regarding the Sodinokibi ransomware attacks on companies of all types. The key takeaway as they say in […]

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E-scooters/Rentals: What Are the Rules for Urban Riding Across Europe?

Associated Press has just published a handy guide to the current (no pun intended) rules surrounding electric scooter use in European countries. If you’re on holiday, travelling for business and still think you’re down with […]

InsureTech

ThingCo Launches `Little Theo’ Telematics Gadget – With Solar Power

Mike Brockman, CEO of Insurtech 100 firm ThingCo and the pioneer of telematics insurance in the UK has launched ‘Little Theo’, a solar powered, self-installed telematics device. Incorporating intelligent voice, sim card and crash detection, […]

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Travel Insurance: Cost Of Medical Treatment Overseas is Rising, Warns ABI

Travel insurers are now dealing with the equivalent of one new claim every three minutes from UK travellers needing emergency medical treatment while overseas, with the medical bill at its highest for eight years according […]

Travel Insurance

RAC Says Dodge Those Car Hire Insurance Excess Charges – Buy in Advance

Seven in 10 drivers who have hired cars abroad describe the ‘excess’ insurance that rental companies offer to cover the agreed amount which has to be paid in the event of a claim as ‘expensive’. […]

Insurance Brokers

Credit Hire Organisation Makes Two Key Appointments

The Credit Hire Organisation (CHO), the trade body for the UK’s credit hire industry has announced two new senior hires. Peter Gomes is the new head of business, with responsibility for administering the various CHO […]