Fraud

Consultancy.Org Estimates UK Suffers Over £1Billion in Serious Fraud

The latest from the Consultancy.org website makes for grim reading within the insurance sector. Fraud is still increasing, and cyber attacks are growing in severity and sophistication. After major cases of fraud declined drastically in […]

Insurance Brokers

Marsh Rolls Up Commercial Broker Operations Into One Network

Marsh Commercial, a leading UK adviser in insurance, risk management and employee benefits and part of Marsh, recently announced that it is to combine its three broker networks – Marsh ProBroker, Bluefin Network, and Purple […]

HR & Employment

Generali Aims To Make Healthy Lifestyle Mandatory for Employees

More companies are realising that employees are suffering a heavy toll simply commuting to work, with many in major European cities spending 2-3 hours per day travelling on overcrowded trains, trams and buses. Then there’s […]

Insurance Brokers

Jobs: Kevin White Joins AFL Brokers

Independent Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd (AFL) today announces the appointment of experienced broker Kevin White to head up its Professional Indemnity division. Most recently Director of Professional Risks at Ed., Kevin began his […]

Technology

Software Suppliers: SBI Holdings Make Investment in OpenLegacy

Tokyo-based SBI Holdings, the leading Japanese financial services company, has made a $20 million strategic investment in OpenLegacy, the market leader in microservice-based APIs for legacy and core systems. SBI has made the investment based on OpenLegacy’s long-term technology […]

Global insurance trends

India: State Owned Insurers Losing Share, As Insurtech Changes Everything

India is a rapidly changing insurance market, as IE has reported in the past.The old ways of buying life or crop insurance from a local agent face-to-face are declining. New start-ups, and outside companies, are […]

UK Insurance Trends

Legal & General Invests in Build-To-Rent Apartments in Manchester

Legal & General (LGIM Real Assets) announces that it has exchanged contracts on a new Build to Rent (BTR) tower “North Tower” in Deansgate Square, Manchester. The acquisition, which is in line with LGIM Real […]