Global insurance trends

Can Autonomous Drones Speed Up Insurance Claims? Probably

Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight technology, today announced the upcoming availability of a new autonomous drone platform for enterprise and public sector, the Skydio X2. The potential for insurers […]

Insurance Brokers

Will Drones Provide a New Opportunity for Insurers in the 2020s?

We have all seen the sci-fi future, where drones deliver food, deter crime and er…fight wars using lasers. But let’s not go there. Let’s think of drones that gauge flood damage, help with major construction […]

Insurance claims

Wingcopter Trials `Beyond Line of Sight’ Drone Tech & Raise More Funding

Darmstadt-based drone startup Wingcopter has announced a second seven-digit financing, led by the Singapore-based Corecam Capital Partners. Only three months after its initial funding round, the multi-family office Corecam Capital Partners has increased its investment. […]

Technology

Drone Delivery & Taxis Soon? Maybe. VoloCopter Raise Extra £72m in Funding

Volocopter and DB Schenker have announced an investment into the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility, Volocopter, with Series C funding to now total € 87million. Besides DB Schenker, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, TransLink Capital join […]

News

Drone Insurance; Test Areas Urgently Needed, Says Industry Group

One of the UK’s leading drone experts today urged British property owners and business leaders to leverage the opportunity of their under-used land for drone testing, to help accelerate the rate of growth of the […]

Legal

DAC Beachcroft Looks at Insurance Sector Potential in the 2020s

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has published over 80 insurance predictions, aimed at supporting the global insurance market in preparing for the opportunities and challenges ahead. The decade ahead should see the final stages of […]

Flood Insurance

Escape of Water Claims Given a Kick Up The Butt by Pen & Davies

Let’s be brutally honest shall we? Cleaning up after a flood of water has turned your kitchen into a Lido, or transformed your shagpile living room carpet into a swamp, is a total pain. When […]

InsureTech

Insurtech News: Telematics For Commercial Use Drones? You Got It

 SkyWatch.AI, the world’s first on-demand, telematics-based insurance platform for commercial drones, today launched in the United Kingdom. The use of drones is something that many insurers, underwriters and MGAs are getting to grips with, as it […]