Global insurance trends

Willis Towers Watson Releases Renewable Energy Report

Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today launched its inaugural Renewable Energy Market Review for 2020. The Review identifies several new realities that the industry needs to face up to […]

Insurance Brokers

MetLife Pays Out a Record £11m on Accident/Sickness Claims

MetLife UK’s innovative MultiProtect policy continues to provide value for money for customers as 2019 claim figures hit a record high, new data shows. MetLife UK paid on average 56 protection claims every working day […]

News

Does Unilever’s Drone Delivery Demo Showcase The Future For Takeaways?

As the UK sets about banning petrol and diesel cars, many insurance brokers specialising in classic vehicles will need to look for new product lines in the 2020s, or face gradual bankruptcy. So here’s an […]

News

Keoghs Warn On Spoof Claims Co Adverts Online, After Court Case Victory

Claims management companies are presenting car crash victims with bills for tens of thousands of pounds after posting advertisements made to look like they lead to legitimate insurance websites on search engines. Last month, a […]

Legal

Partnerships: WBD Law Firm Teams Up With Virtualfiles

Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has partnered with claims and risk management solutions provider Virtualfiles to support the firm’s claims handling offering. WBD Claims, established as WBD’s bespoke claims handling operation to support insurance and corporate clients, […]

Conference report

BIBA & ABI Comment on FCA Signposting for Travel Insurance Consumers

The FCA has been looking at the regulations surrounding the sale of insurance to those travellers who have pre-existing medical conditions, plus any extra charges, or limits on cover, for holidaymakers aged 65 plus. Here’s […]

Insurance Regulation

Commercial Radio Seeks to Minimise Ts&Cs Blurb On Adverts

The UK commercial radio industry is tackling lengthy terms and conditions at the end of radio advertising, which make it harder for consumers to absorb and recall information. Radiocentre, the industry body for commercial radio, […]

Technology

Sapiens Launches Updated Property & Casualty Software Suite

Sapiens International Corporation, a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced today that release 9.7 introduces two new modules that support digital document management and producer management, extending the functionality of […]