UK Insurance Trends

Recruitment: Insurance Sector Struggles to Shake Off `Boring’ Image

Is insurtech cool? Maybe so, but for other students the insurance sector as a whole seems to be a bit dullsville. To be fair many students regard any private sector employment as being inherently unethical, […]

Opinion

Oil Activists Campaigns Open The Door For Chinese Insurers

The latest target for anti-oil activists is the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline, which is a $3.5billion project, involving the governments of Uganda, Tanzania, plus CNOOC and Total Oil, the State owned French firm. As […]

News

Targeted By Activists? There’s Now a Policy For That

Volante Lloyd’s Syndicate 1699, managed by Asta Managing Agency Ltd, has announced the launch of a pioneering new insurance product – Shareholder Activist Protection Insurance (SAPI). As climate activists continue to wage war on all […]

Emerging Risk

RSA Looks to Cover Complex Risks With Specialty Unit

One we missed from last week; Following Intact’s acquisition of RSA’s UK & International business (UK&I) in June this year, teams from both organisations will develop an integrated global proposition for brokers and customers with […]

News

Activists Plan to Target Baden-Baden Conference

Latest warning from the coal/carbon insurance activist faction; On Sunday, October 17th, climate campaigners from a number of groups, including the Insure Our Future campaign and Fridays for Future, will gather to call on attendees […]

Legal

More Predictions For 2021: Cyber, Deep Fakes & Insurer Reputations

We have a few extra Predictions 2021 for you; Matthew Newton and Brittany Damora, crisis response experts for London’s reputation and privacy firm Schillings, have provided the following insurance predictions the sector could face this year: […]

Emerging Risk

Willis Towers Sets Up Climate Risk Hub For Clients

Increasingly, insurers and brokers need to advise their clients on climate change policies. There are government funds available for green strategies, varying regulations on carbon related industry around the globe, plus activists keen to damage […]

insurance marketing

Direct Line Goes Carbon Neutral

As part of Direct Line Group’s commitment to take responsibility for its environmental impact, the Group is proud to announce that it is now carbon neutral through offsetting. This commitment is part of its three-step […]