News

Budget 2024: IPT Tax Stays, 2p NI Cut & Pensions Tweaks

It was another do nothing Budget from Chancellor Hunt, as no announcements on long term energy production, roads, social housing or high speed internet infrastructure were made. The regressive IPT remained unchanged and a measly […]

Insurance Brokers

Deals: Russell Scanlan Buys BLG

The latest deals news from Russell Scanlan FYI; Russell Scanlan, one of the UK’s longest established insurance brokers, has acquired Leicester based specialist insurance firm, Building & Land Guarantees (BLG), in a move that will see both […]

UK Insurance Trends

Consumer Intelligence Finds Home Quotes Up by 40%

The latest data from Consumer Intelligence, who have been tracking typical home insurance quotes during the recent time of inflation; The average quoted price of home insurance rose by 40.6% in the 12 months to […]

Global insurance trends

Is Paying a Ransom Demand Ever The Right Decision?

It depends. When it comes to cyber outages the UK public sector officially does not pay ransomware hackers at all, although UK governments – of all types – track records on honesty and financial probity […]

News

Allianz Trade Pay Offers Online Retailers a Comprehensive Package

The latest from Allianz Trade, who are looking to add value for online businesses, with their Trade Pay product. Here are the details; Supporting the rapidly growing B2B e-commerce space has been an integral part […]

InsureTech

Hastings Direct Chooses Verisk UKBuildings Product

The latest partnership news from Hastings Direct and Verisk; Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics and technology provider, is pleased to announce that Hastings Direct, the technology driven UK insurance provider, is enhancing […]

InsureTech

Greater Than Helps Develop Fleet `Taster’ App

The latest partnership news from Greater Than; Greater Than (GREAT.ST), the global provider of driver crash probability and climate impact intelligence, is pleased to announce that its artificial intelligence (AI) technology has enabled its customer […]