Global insurance trends

Munich Re Automation & Lincoln Financial Team Up on Pre-Fill Tech

Munich Re Automation Solutions Ltd, a leading insurtech specialist and subsidiary of the Munich Re Group, has announced the first-ever go-live of its pre-assessment processing tool ALLFINANZ SPECTRA for customers of Lincoln Financial Group. The […]

Insurance Brokers

CoronaVirus Sparks Increased Demand for Income Protection Quotes

ActiveQuote, the UK’s leading protection insurance comparison website and broker, saw income protection insurance enquiries peak in the last week of February, due to ongoing fears and media coverage around the coronavirus outbreak. ActiveQuote is also […]

Insurance Brokers

Moody’s Report Highlights CoronaVirus Risks to Insurers

Global insurers and reinsurers are exposed to the coronavirus outbreak directly through a potential spike in claims, and indirectly through the impact on economic growth and the resultant financial market volatility, says Moody’s Investors Service […]

InsureTech

Ephesoft Launches CDP, Bringing Context to Automated Data Systems

Ephesoft, a leader in content acquisition and data enrichment solutions, today unveiled Context Driven Productivity (CDP), a discipline designed to cultivate the contextual data needed to optimise process automation initiatives. CDP addresses the challenges of […]

News

BIBA Memo to Chancellor: Freeze IPT, Exempt Telematics & More

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) had highlighted four areas relating to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) which the Government and the new Chancellor should heed. The rate of IPT on most insurance policies sits at […]

Technology

Issta Teams Up With Setoo on Ski Holiday Insurance Product

Israeli travel agency, Issta, the largest in Israel, is offering a first-of-its-kind pre-bought service that protects its customers against poor ski holiday experiences. The service is operated by Setoo’s insurance and protection-as-a-service platform. The Ski Protection Guarantee is offered to Israeli consumers on the Issta website when […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

The Future of Driving?`OK Honda, Find Me Some Yorkshire Tea!’

Honda are keen to embrace the new world of totally connected cars, and so have announced today that all forthcoming models will feature advanced connectivity technologies.  There’s in-car WiFi, simpler touchscreen dashboards, EV charging status […]