Insurance & Reinsurance

Mercer Advises on UBS Pension Scheme Longevity Swap

Mercer acts as the lead commercial and investment adviser to the Trustee of the UBS (UK) Pension and Life Assurance Scheme (the “Scheme”) as the scheme enters into £1.4 billion longevity hedge. The swap covers roughly £1.4 billion […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Beazley Launches Online Booking For Brokers

Specialist insurer Beazley has launched an online booking system to make it easier and quicker for brokers to arrange virtual appointments and share relevant documentation securely with underwriters. Built in collaboration with Microsoft and IT […]

Insurance Regulation

UK P&I Club Calls for Action on Crew Changes at Sea

Stuart Edmonston, Loss Prevention Director at UK P&I, discusses the issue of crew changes, mobility and repatriation, calling on governments to implement special exemptions to ease the burden on seafarers: “COVID-19 has paralysed supply chains […]

InsureTech

Koala Raises £1.6m Funding, Aims to Expand Travel Insurance Offer

Paris based insurtech Koala announces an investment of €1.6m, led by London based incubator and fund Insurtech Gateway alongside Playfair Capital, Techstars Ventures, and private investors. Koala is reinventing travel insurance. Their data-driven products proactively […]

InsureTech

Seedrs And Insurtech UK Team Up on Start-Up Funding Project

Insurtech UK, the trade body for UK startups in the fast-growing field of insurance-related technology, and Seedrs, the UK’s leading online investment platform, have today announced a new partnership to connect emerging insurtechs with investors who […]

InsureTech

Insurtech Board Calls For Industry-Wide Innovation Strategy

The latest from the Insurtech Board UK, who are looking for long term investment in innovation from big brand insurers right now. The impacts of COVID-19 on the insurance industry are immediately pressing, and come […]

Global insurance trends

MAPFRE Partners Up on Social & Ethical Investment Project

In today’s global economy, big insurance companies have to tick the correct boxes on publically supporting the right causes and ethical investment. One area that activists are looking at in detail is green investment and […]