News

Lockdown Love Handles? Survey Reveals Staying In Means Piling On The Pounds

Laka, the community-driven insurance technology company, has today released new research identifying Britons’ worries about the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown on their mental and physical health. Commissioned by YouGov, the research shows that weight […]

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Yellow Jersey Partners With Allianz on Bicycle Insurance Product

Specialist cycle insurance firm, Yellow Jersey (part of the Plan Group), has selected Allianz Partners UK to provide underwriting services for its bicycle insurance offering. The new partnership sees Allianz Partners provide the bicycle insurance, to cover […]

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Road Safety: Ford Launches Emoji Jacket for Cyclists

Our roads are busier than ever with drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, and pedestrians all vying for space. One group of road users who feel especially vulnerable are cyclists, and although cyclist fatalities are relatively static, more […]

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Laka Raises Another $4.7m in Funding, Expanding into Europe in 2020

Laka, the community-driven insurance technology company, has successfully raised $4.7 million equity funding. The round was led by early-stage venture capital firms LocalGlobe and Creandum. The round closed on 30th January 2019. Following on from Laka’s pre-seed round […]

Opinion

Opinion: IAM Roadsmart Says Total Ban on Pavement Parking is Wrong Solution

A blanket ban on pavement parking could lead to a need for thousands of new car parking spaces that towns and cities are simply not equipped to provide, warns IAM RoadSmart. The warning has come […]

Opinion

Opinion: Compulsory Electric Bike Insurance Misses the Bigger Problems

From the Editor’s smokin’ laptop, comes this predictable grumble about compulsory insurance for electric bicycles, due to come into law across the UK, once some type of Danegeld deal is struck with the EU in […]

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Insurance claims

Claims Research: NW Leads The Way for Claims with 21% of Total

Data released by mmadigital has revealed the key reasons behind wide-ranging clinical negligence, personal injury and industrial disease claims – as well as how much claimants can expect to receive in damages. The two most […]