Legal

Property: Yourkeys Cuts Exchanging Contracts Time to Just 11 Days

Yourkeys have just taken a massive step towards dramatically changing the way property is bought and sold by completing the first fully digitised end-to-end property transaction. The company, backed by The Mortgage Advice Bureau amongst […]

Insurance Brokers

Hi-Tech Sensors Can Help Insurers Manage Historic Building Risks

Specialist insurer Ecclesiastical is working with English Heritage to pilot cutting edge technology to monitor and manage building services at 18th century Kenwood House. In the first scheme of its kind, Ecclesiastical and English Heritage, […]

News

UK Govt Announces Extra Flood Relief Package for Uninsured Farmers

The government has announced today (13 November) it will extend its Farming Recovery Fund to support farmers badly affected by the recent flooding across Yorkshire and the Midlands. Through this scheme, farmers and land managers […]

News

Marsh Report Shows 8% Rise in Commercial Insurance Premiums

Marsh today released its Global Insurance Market Index for the third quarter of 2019. Key findings include: Average commercial insurance pricing increased 8% in the third quarter of 2019, the largest increase since the survey began in 2012, […]

News

Home Insurance Costs Up 25% Over Last Three Years

Quarterly data released today by the UK’s leading price comparison website, MoneySuperMarket, reveals that the average combined (buildings and contents) home insurance policy has increased by 25% over the last three years. The Home Insurance Price […]

Insurance Regulation

Regulatory: EIOPA Publishes Climate Change Enhanced Solvency II Guidelines

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today an Opinion on Sustainability and Solvency II. The Opinion addresses the integration of climate-related risks in Solvency II Pillar I requirements. While Solvency II – as […]

Opinion

Briefing: Technical Assessment of Power Outage Risk in The UK

This BRIEFING NOTE offers unique insights for insurers and underwriters active in the commercial sector, who need to know more about potential National Grid failures: Resilience vs Reliability: are we measuring the right things for […]

Insurance Brokers

Policy Expert Notches Up 500K Home Cover Deals via Its Online Book

Policy Expert, the digital home insurer, has passed the landmark of 500,000 live home insurance policies following eight years of sustained annual growth. Established in 2010, the business has grown rapidly since selling its first […]