News

Riskline Snapshot Offers Latest COVID-19 Advice & Restrictions

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic on 11 March. The outbreak has had a major impact on international travel; disruptions to flights and other modes of transport as well […]

News

#CancelEverything: Travel Insurers Begin to Exclude CoronaVirus Risk

Updated 13.03.2020; Admiral, Churchill and Direct Line have suspended the sale of travel insurance until further notice. Existing policyholders ARE covered, no new policies are being offered. AXA, CoverWise and Insure & Go have all […]

InsureTech

Zego Expands into France; PAYG e-Scooter Partnership With Dott

Insurtech Zego has been growing fast over the last year or so, with extra staff joining its London HQ, new investment and now the company say they have future-proofed the business, by securing an insurance […]

News

Brexit Day – Will Anything Change in The Insurance Sector? Not Yet

Some comments from Ivor Edwards, Clyde & Co Partner, London It will be pretty much business as usual during the transition period and attention will focus on the details of the future trade deal that […]

Business

Appointments: Gilles Beneplanc Joins Adelaide

In January 2020, Gilles Bénéplanc will join the Adelaïde family holding company, which brings together the brokers Verlingue, Génération and Coverlife, as Group CEO and CEO of Verlingue. He is tasked with steering the ambitious […]

Insurance Brokers

Deals: ICB and Finch Merge to Become Verlingue Ltd

ICB Group and Finch Insurance Brokers and Employee Benefits are to merge to form Verlingue Limited, rebranding under the name of their French parent company. ICB Group will rebrand to Verlingue Limited on 1st December 2019, […]

Global insurance trends

Deals: Acturis Acquires Add Value Assurances France

Acturis Group, the award-winning SaaS provider of insurance technology solutions, announced today that it has acquired Add Value Assurances the first and largest commercial eTrade platform in the French insurance market. This partnership gives Acturis […]

News

Brexit: 23% of Brits Still Plan to Visit EU Without Insurance

Brexit may be on hold, but a worrying number of Brits planning to visit the EU risk potentially financially crippling bills according to the findings of consumer research commissioned by the Association of British Insurers […]