News

Rock Insurance Launches Covid-19 Cover – Including Trip Cancellation

In light of impending government announcements around easing travel restrictions, ROCK Insurance Group has launched two new COVID-19 protection products to protect travel businesses and travel agents should customers need to cancel or postpone their […]

News

Wimbledon Foresight Noted by GlobalData. Can Pandemics Be Covered?

Following the recent news that Wimbledon, a prestige UK tennis tournament, is set to receive over £100m from its pandemic insurance, Ben Carey-Evans, Insurance Analyst at GlobalData, shares his insights on the events preparations for […]

News

ABI Issues Advice on CoronaVirus and Travel Insurance Cover

The ABI (Association of British Insurers) is reassuring people that its member travel insurers are offering enhanced help and support to all their customers who may be understandably concerned about travelling overseas due to the Coronavirus. The […]

Technology

Issta Teams Up With Setoo on Ski Holiday Insurance Product

Israeli travel agency, Issta, the largest in Israel, is offering a first-of-its-kind pre-bought service that protects its customers against poor ski holiday experiences. The service is operated by Setoo’s insurance and protection-as-a-service platform. The Ski Protection Guarantee is offered to Israeli consumers on the Issta website when […]

Insurance Brokers

Need Event Insurance? CFC Launches New Product for Live Gig Promoters

Live gigs, concerts, conferences and other events are often high risk. The weather, especially in Northern Europe can be a big factor when it comes to festivals actually happening or not. Then there are bands […]

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As Auto Admin Becomes The Norm, Why Are Consumers Being Charged £30 a Time?

Every week Insurance Edge receives another batch of press releases announcing insurtech partnerships, AI claims settlement, plus automated admin and chatbots. So why are brokers, MGAs and insurers busily hiking their policy admin charges, when […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Beazley Launches Charity Event Cancellation Insurance

Beazley, the specialist insurer, has launched bespoke event cancellation insurance for registered charities to protect them against the costs and/or loss of revenue associated with events that they stage. Most notably, the coverage includes income […]