Emerging Risk

FYI: Seven Cyber Security Questions Every SME Should Be Asking

Here is one we missed from the National Cyber Security Centre; UK businesses have been given access to the National Cyber Security Centre’s first-ever advice on taking out cyber insurance. The new cyber insurance guidance published […]

Technology

Hurricane Isaias Costs Could Be $5bn, Says RMS

RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk solutions company, estimates that total insured losses from Hurricane Isaias will be between US$3.0 and US$5.0 billion. The estimate includes estimated losses to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which […]

Global insurance trends

Partnerships: Sompo GI Joins With BSE Ebix on Indian Covid-19 Cover

Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd, a joint venture between Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Karnataka Bank, Dabur Investment Corp and Sompo Japan Insurance Inc, has announced its alliance with BSE Ebix Insurance Broking Private […]

Fraud

Scams, Fraud and Insurance Crime Round Up August 2020

Just some interesting cases we spotted online recently; DORSET Dorset Police stopped a speeding Range Rover recently, posting a photo to their Twitter account with the following comments; “The driver of this £70,000 Land Rover […]

Insurance claims

Insurance Problems in Cosmetic Surgery Sector Highlighted by BBC

A cosmetic surgeon whose patients went uncompensated for unsatisfactory surgery because he lacked the correct insurance has been struck off the UK medical register. The action followed a BBC TV documentary which highlighted the problems […]

Flood Insurance

Storms Ahead? Be Ready For Flash Floods, Says Ecclesiastical

With heavy rain expected to hit the country this weekend, specialist insurer, Ecclesiastical is advising people to prepare for flash flooding. Following a lengthy spell of hot weather, thunderstorms have swept across the UK causing […]

InsureTech

Duck Creek IPO Launches Today at $27 Per Share

Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. (“Duck Creek”), a provider of SaaS-delivered enterprise software to the property and casualty (“P&C”) insurance industry, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 15,000,000 shares of its common […]

Insurance Brokers

Just Travel Cover Partners With L&G On Home Insurance Offer

Just Travel Cover (JTC) have partnered with Legal & General Insurance, part of LV= General Insurance, to launch JustHomeInsurance.com, providing Home Insurance quotes in just 90 seconds thanks to SmartQuote technology. After helping more than one million passengers take […]