News

Budget 2017: Insurance Sector Reaction

Here’s a round up of the reactions from the insurance and finance sectors to the Chancellor’s Budget Statement earlier today; There’s £400 million for electric car research and a more substantial £2.5 billion for tech […]

Insurance Regulation

Analysis: Are Motor Insurance Premiums Rising or Falling?

Insurance-Edge.Net thought we would analyse the data and opinion, to try and nail down why motor insurance premiums are rising rapidly. Yesterday we ran a story on van insurance, which identified fraud, increasing van deliveries […]

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Insurance claims

ABI key facts 2014 reveals £452m paid every day in claims

Revealing a range of data on claims payments and funds under management, the ABI’s latest key facts are led by the figure of £452 million which it says is paid every day to customers in the UK. […]

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Insurance claims

Property investors encouraged by new DEFRA Flood Re promise

The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed a change to Flood Re scheme which will see leasehold properties in blocks of three or fewer flats included, but has warned that this still does not offer security to a high number of homeowners […]

Household Insurance

Westminster should probe comparison sites

If yesterday’s hearing at the House of Commons Environment select committee on floods proved anything, it is that they must include comparison web sites and major distributors within their probe. Aggregators’ low-fi approach to selling […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Will 2013 be insurers’ year of austerity?

By Ralph Savage After a Channel 4 dressing down by Dispatches, the insurance industry’s relationship with UK motorists is likely to be a defining issue for 2013. The alleged role in which some insurers themselves have […]

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Household Insurance

ABI repeats flood challenge to UK Government

The Association of British Insurers has released a statement, calling on the Government to commit to a joint solution to ensure long term affordable flood insurance for high-risk households. The ABI described the current state […]