UK Insurance Trends

NFU Mutual Financial Results; High Renewal Rates, Discounts & More

NFU Mutual, the UK’s leading rural insurer, is rewarding loyal members with Mutual Bonus rates of up to 17.5% after its 2018 financial results marked eight consecutive years of underwriting profit. However, the strong performance […]

UK Insurance Trends

GlobalData Says Contents Insurance Shopping is Migrating Online

The share of UK consumers that purchased contents insurance online via a smartphone or tablet increased from 2.5% in 2016 to 16.0% in 2018 according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The increase was […]

UK Insurance Trends

UK Insurtech Board Launches Legal Toolkit for Start-Up Companies

The UK Insurtech Board – an initiative facilitated by Tech Nation as part of the Fintech Delivery Panel (FDP) convened by HM Treasury – has announced the launch of a new toolkit of legal documents, […]

UK Insurance Trends

Aviva In Strong UK Market Position, Says GlobalData

Following last week’s release of Aviva’s preliminary results for 12 months ended 31 December 2018, Ben Carey-Evans, Insurance Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view: “Aviva’s 2018 preliminary financial report indicates that its UK business performed […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Consumer Intelligence Survey Highlights Trust Levels Within Insurance Sector

Trust in motor and home insurers has slipped slightly, unique customer research from award-winning data analytics company Consumer Intelligence shows. Its study reaching nearly 50,000 home and motor insurance customers has identified the top 10 […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Brexit: Existing Pensions and Life Insurance Rules Unchanged

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued Recommendations for the insurance sector in light of the United Kingdom (UK) withdrawing from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement.  The Recommendations addressed to […]

UK Insurance Trends

G&M International Launch Cyber Insurance Offer

London based insurance broker G&M International have announced the launch of their new Cyber Insurance solution. Over the last couple of years there’s been an enormous surge in cybercrime activity both in the UK and […]

UK Insurance Trends

Broker News: Kingsbridge Buys Up Freelance Specialist Dinghy

Freelance specialist broker Kingsbridge has acquired on-demand insurance start-up Dinghy in a move that looks set to ignite innovation in the broker sector, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Dinghy offers UK freelancer’s […]