Insurance & Reinsurance

Catch Up: Matthew Reed from Equipsme on the Joy of Crowdfunding

Insurance Edge caught up with Matthew Reed, founder and MD of Equipsme, who have just closed on a round of investor fundraising on Crowdcube. Disclaimer: Your IE Editor has bought some shares in this offering. […]

InsureTech

YAS Launches On-Demand, Micro-Insurance Platform

Some interesting news from Hong Kong, as YAS launch parametric insurance that kicks in automatically when you’re out hiking, at a theme park, playing golf and more activities. On-demand cover just got slicker. YAS Digital […]

Opinion

Pet Insurance Market is Evolving: On-Demand, Data Driven & Online

Chris Blatchly, Chief Digital Officer & Consulting Leader for Insurance, Cognizant takes an in-depth look at pet insurance and how it is changing. In the midst of COVID-19, puppies and kittens have emerged as go-to […]

News

Guidewire Survey Finds Consumers Want Online ID Theft & Illness Insurance

Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE), the platform general insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently, today announced the results of a UK consumer survey that shows how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting attitudes towards insurance and insurers. […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Loadsure Teams Up With Transship, On PAYG Freight Cover

Getting commercial cargo insurance – especially for perishable goods like food and beverages – on demand, and at the exact location you need it, can be tricky. But Loadsure and Transship are working on solutions; […]

UK Insurance Trends

Run Out of Buttons? John Lewis Reveals Today’s Hot Items as Shoppers Return

OK, this isn’t insurance news. But in our little world it’s interesting to know what people are buying now that non-food/pharmacy stores are opening up again on the High Street. Hands up who guessed buttons? […]

Insurance Brokers

SchemeServe Offers Insights into Insurance Demand During Lockdown

SchemeServe, a leading UK based InsurTech specialising in insurance schemes software, has released new data from its Schemes Premium Index, highlighting how schemes have been affected during Covid-19. The Index spans 29 separate lines of […]