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

Broker Survey Finds More Credit Use is Likely This Year

New research reveals the insurance intermediary market expects clients to make greater use of credit this year when it comes to buying their cover. The findings are from Premium Credit, the UK’s leading premium finance […]

Global insurance trends

Global Trends: Marsh Risk Map Sees Stormy Waters Ahead

Rising geopolitical tensions and protectionist sentiments, coupled with ongoing trade disputes, are leading to increased uncertainty and risk for multinationals with direct foreign investments, according to a new report from Marsh, a global leader in […]

InsureTech

Insurtech: Oxbow Report Identifies Top 25 Players in EU Market

Oxbow Partners has today launched its InsurTech Impact 25 2019 report, revealing the 25 technology led businesses it believes to be well positioned to have a major impact on the European insurance industry. The report, […]

Artificial Intelligence

Broker News: Hummingbird Lets You Spot Data Changes Inside Quote Engine

Online quote manipulation has become a growing problem for insurance retailers and one that has historically been difficult to detect and address pre-sale. In response to this challenge, the Hummingbird Syndicate was launched, bringing together […]

Opinion

Opinion: Chatbots Are The New Victorian Steam Engine of Customer Service

As digital technology evolves and changes, the fourth industrial revolution is going to make a great many of us redundant. But in some ways, that’s a good thing; tedious jobs like reciting the same script […]