Legal

Legal Update: Interesting Judgement on Replacement Hire Car Case

An important judgment was handed down last week at Nottingham Crown Court involving which potentially has significant implications for the insurance industry. The case centres on a car accident in 2016 and the claimant had […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker Update: Edam Wins Customer Experience Award

If you are an insurance broker, MGA or general insurer, then it pays to know which accident and claims management companies deliver the best service for the customer. Policyholder feedback on social media, or sites […]

Legal

Fraud: Footballer’s Dodgy Claim Wins Him a Red Card

Semi-professional footballer Richard (Richie) Allen, aged 37, has scored a spectacular own goal after a court ruled he made a dishonest claim for whiplash following a car accident. Horwich Farrelly, the leading specialist insurance law […]

Insurance Brokers

Revealed: 90% of Small Businesses Have NO Cover for Cyber Crime

Almost 90% of SMEs are not insured for cybercrime despite recognising it as the biggest threat to their business, a new study has found. A survey of more than 500 small business owners across the […]

Motor Insurance

Is An Electric Jag, Merc or Alfa Still a Classic Car? Nope, Says FIVA

One new feature within the classic car market that brokers and specialists are going to have to come to terms with, is the electric conversion trend. Many cities are probably going to ban petrol and […]

Technology

Partnerships: Swiss Re Team Up With Pioneer on Telematics App

If telematics is to become truly mainstream, the answer surely lies in offering smartphone app based gadgets for drivers. That way, each journey can be tracked via GPS, the gyro can measure braking and cornering […]

Motor Insurance

Allianz Equips Recovery Operators with Specialist EV Training Courses

As the SMMT reveals sales of battery electric cars (BEV) and plug-in hybrid cars (PHEVS) continue to buck a declining new car sales market,  Allianz Partners in cooperation with the Institute of Vehicle Recovery (IVR), […]