Should The EU Look at Impact of GDPR on Insurers & Tweak the Rules?
The official EU-wide federation for reinsurance is hinting that GDPR and its implmentation may need further tweaking. Here’s the official statement, issued recently; On [...]
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Getsafe Launches Smartphone Accident Insurance, Eyes Life Sector Too
As of today, Getsafe offers its customers a digital accident insurance product. This marks an important step for the company towards life insurance and shows that even [...]
Pacific Life Re Appoints New MD For Europe
Pacific Life Re is pleased to announce the appointment of Vincent Lepez as Managing Director, Pacific Life Re Europe. Darren Spriggs has decided to step down as Managing [...]
Underwriting/Risk Management: Corax Signs Up QBE Europe
Corax, the world’s leading and largest source of cyber exposure data and loss analytics for insurance, is pleased to announce its newest customer QBE European Operations. [...]
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 [...]
Partnerships: Kasko2go Teams up With OKKO Group on Ukraine Project
The Swiss startup kasko2go has entered into a partnership with the Ukrainian OKKO GROUP, thereby reaching 4.5 million drivers. kasko2go’s disruptive approach caused a [...]
Marsh Report Offers Advice On Rising Warranty & Indemnity Risk
New research from Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser, has found that warranty and indemnity (W&I) claims notifications across Europe, the [...]
Deals & Mergers Continue To Thrive, Says New Report from Clyde & Co
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry rose in the first half of 2019 with 222 completed deals worldwide, up from 196 in the second half of [...]