Global insurance trends

Marsh Says Commercial Cover Costs Are On The Rise

Global commercial insurance prices increased 15% in the third quarter of 2021, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released today by Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, the same rate of increase recorded […]

InsureTech

Insurtech Investment Boom Still Going Strong

The insurtech investment just keeps on coming, says a new report; Consolidated global investment into the InsurTech sector continues to reach new highs. Capital invested in insurance technology start-ups surpassed the US$10 billion mark for […]

Insurance claims

HSE Issues Warning on Waste/Recycling Centre Risks

Britain’s safety regulator has today, 25 October, issued a safety notice on the use of wheeled loading shovels, widely used in the waste and recycling sector. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) notice follows nine fatal […]

News

COP26 Will Increase Pressure on Companies to Change Direction

The mood music from COP26 is one of increasingly detailed reporting, strategies aligned to green and social good goals, an end to insuring heavy carbon use activities and the social justice narrative. It is likely […]

van insurance news

Deals: Lightfoot Teams Up With Volpi Capital

Lightfoot announces its partnership with specialist European technology investor Volpi Capital (“Volpi”). With the investment, the company and its new shareholders aim to expand the unique proposition of Lightfoot geographically, commercially, and functionally. Founded in […]

InsureTech

Data Stack Probs? Qlik Launches Hybrid Cloud Service

Qlik® has announced the debut of Qlik Forts™, a new hybrid cloud service based on the Qlik Cloud® platform, that securely extends Qlik’s cloud analytics capabilities to wherever data and compute needs to reside. Whether data […]

Motor Insurance

Who Ya Gonna Call, Ghostbusters? No, AXA, Say Which? Readers

AXA has been named this year’s top recommended provider in the Which? Car Breakdown Report. The breakdown service, which is provided by AXA subsidiary AXA Partners UK & Ireland, was compared against 11 other providers including […]

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Boost Your Chances of a Competitive Professional Indemnity Quote

With the market continuing to harden, sourcing competitive professional indemnity insurance remains difficult. Former underwriter and insurance broker Alex Roebuck shares tips for struggling businesses. Your renewal quote is in and it’s going to cost […]