van insurance news

Maybe Hydrogen is a Better Bet For Commercial Fleets?

Hey maybe when it comes to commercial fleets of delivery vans battery power is NOT the answer? Multiple stop-start routes tend to hammer battery power, restricting range, then there are heavy loads to consider in […]

InsureTech

Automate Your Workflow, With Digital Follow

The latest from Whitespace, who are launching Digital Follow; Whitespace, the fully digital e-trading platform and a Verisk business, is pleased to announce Digital Follow, the first of its workflow automation solutions. Developed with brokers […]

Motor Insurance

Learners Looking for Auto Tests, as Manual Gearchange Becomes a Relic

This research is interesting, although google searches don’t always translate into actual buying decisions of course; Over the past 12 months, Google Trends has reported searches for ‘automatic driving lessons’ skyrocketing by80 percent, with a 120 percent increase […]

Insurance Brokers

Deals: Acrisure Buys WH&R McCartney

It’s a busy day on the deals front so far and not even lunchtime, here’s the latest; Acrisure, a global fintech leader, today announced its acquisition of Scottish insurance broker, WH&R McCartney. Based in Motherwell […]

Insurance Brokers

IHT Receipts Hit £7.5 Billion, HSBC Says Tax Planning is Essential

One for the HNW brokers; Recent HMRC data shows that total IHT (inheritance tax) receipts for April 2023 to March 2024 climbed to £7.5 billion – £0.4bn higher than the same period last year. Government […]

Legal

MHS Homes Fined £528K After Employee Hit Electrical Cable

The latest case report from the HSE; A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns to his face. The […]