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There’s More to Online Delivery Than Deliveroo. Meet Glovo.

Spanish on-demand delivery service Glovo has announced raising a further €150 million, led by Abu Dhabi based Mubadala. This new funding places Glovo as the 2nd Spanish startup to attain the much-coveted ‘unicorn’ status. Glovo has already […]

InsureTech

honcho Look To Crowdfund More Investment for 2020 Expansion

honcho – the Durham-based insurtech startup – has announced the launch of their second equity crowdfunding campaign on leading crowd platform Crowdcube as they prepare for further growth – including the creation of new marketplaces for […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Bulk Annuities Market Getting Back to Normal in 2020, Says Willis Towers

The bulk annuity market is set to return to ‘normal’ levels in 2020 with £30bn worth of deals expected over the course of the year, according to Willis Towers Watson. This is down from an anticipated […]

InsureTech

India: Icertis Hackathon Winners Improve Crop Failure Claims Process

Icertis, the leading provider of enterprise contract management in the cloud, today announced the winners of Icertis’ AI/ML and Blockchain Hackathon, at the grand finale held in Pune. The winning team’s innovative solution utilized machine learning […]

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Drivers Choosing Low Emissions Cars Might Lower Insurance Costs

The number of new cars registered in the third quarter of the year recorded a year-on-year decline, but sales of low emission cars increased strongly over the same period, according to new figures from the […]

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Good News Story From Edam Group

EDAM Group, the UK’s market leading service provider of credit hire and post-accident services, is showing its philanthropic side this Christmas. While customers across the country have been preparing for the festive break, EDAM has […]

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As High Street Retailing Dies, Online Fraud is On The Rise

There are valuable lessons for the insurance industry within the decline of UK High Streets. As people shop online for just about everything, then things like face scan logins for apps, voice analytics tech or […]

Global insurance trends

US News: Liberty Appoints New Terrorism Risk Specialist

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Jennifer Rubin to a newly created role as Senior Underwriting Executive and Head of Terrorism Underwriting in North America. Rubin, who reports to […]