Opinion

When It Comes to Data, There’s Still Room for Radical Insurer Innovation

Insurers are innovating. But Mark Eastham, CEO at Avantia, the technology-enabled insurer behind HomeProtect, argues that when it comes to risk pricing, only those who simultaneously innovate on multiple fronts will realise the value required […]

UK Insurance Trends

Appointments: PIUA Hires Caroline Fisher

Property Initiatives Underwriting Agency (PIUA) has hired Caroline Fisher into a strategic account management role. Fisher, who joins the business from Commercial Express, will report to MD Wayne Tonge and has a brief to expand […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Corporate: Guernsey Win-Win with Hybrid Insurance/Investment Licence

Innovations including the introduction of 30-day rollover and the introduction of the ‘hybrid’ – a combined licensed insurance company and a regulated investment fund – have kept Guernsey high profile in the insurance-linked securities sector […]

UK Insurance Trends

LV Launches Pure Electric Car Cover, Including Charging Equipment/Batteries

LV is launching electric car insurance, with features like recovery to the nearest charging point as standard. Better still, a call-out to rescue your lifeless electric vehicle will NOT affect your NCD. For those owners […]

UK Insurance Trends

Motor Insurance Sector Doing OK, Challenges Ahead, Says Ernst & Young

The UK motor insurance market has reported impressive underwriting profits for the second consecutive year, according to EY’s Annual UK Motor Insurance Results. The Net Combined Ratio (NCR) for 2018 was 94.8%, the best result for 33 […]

Global insurance trends

Global Trends: CNA Hardy Study Finds Eastern Optimism, Western Gloom

CNA Hardy’s 2019 Global Risk & Confidence Survey published recently finds that as global, interconnected risk becomes a reality, reputational risk is rising and business confidence is on the slide. Research for the latest edition of the […]

Insurance Brokers

Travel: Europ Assist Survey Reveals Holidaymaker Budgets Are 2K Average

Europ Assistance today released the findings of its 19th Annual Holiday Barometer, conducted by Ipsos, which looks at the summer holiday plans and travel preferences of respondents in twelve countries across the globe. This year’s survey […]

Motor Insurance

How Many Vans Are on UK Roads? Over 3.9 Million, As Online Delivery Soars

There has been a 19 per cent increase in new registrations of licensed light goods vehicles over five years, according to new analysis of Department of Transport data by Direct Line for Business. There are […]