Motor Insurance

BIBA Calls For Zero IPT On Telematics Car Cover for Under 25s

BIBA’s Executive Director, Graeme Trudgill, called for Government to zero-rate Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) for young driver telematics policies while giving oral evidence at the Transport Committee’s Inquiry into Road Safety and Young and Novice […]

Global insurance trends

Aon Launches IP Capital Financing & Insurance Product

Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has announced the launch of its Intellectual Property (IP) Capital Market Solution along with the […]

Motor Insurance

RAC Report Highlights Young Drivers Social Media Obsession

The rise in popularity of FaceTime, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Snapchat for video calls is posing a new and present danger on the UK’s roads, with almost one-in-five (18%) of drivers aged 17-24 admitting to […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Willis Towers Watson Sees Rising Healthcare Costs For Employers

As everyone in the UK who has any sort of serious medical condition knows, the NHS has basically hidden behind closed doors since late March, making it very difficult for anyone to see specialists or […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Bans Cryptoassets ETNs Sale To Public

The FCA has published final rules banning the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) that reference certain types of cryptoassets to retail consumers. The FCA considers these products to be ill-suited for retail […]

News

Its4Women Teams Up With CompareNI Site

Its4women.co.uk has announced it will partner Northern Ireland’s number one insurance comparison platform CompareNI.com.  The local online car insurance specialist, launched in Northern Ireland in 2019 with an award winning £1million advertising campaign. Its4women.co.uk has been operating […]

Technology

Markel Chooses Concirrus Marine Underwriting Tool

Markel International has adopted Concirrus’ Quest Marine Hull, leveraging the potential of behavioural insight to accurately assess and monitor marine risk as an additional underwriting tool. The platform complements Markel’s strategy to examine digital data, […]