Global insurance trends

Allianz Partners Looks at the World After Corona; Dull, Regulated Life Ahead

With the end of the global pandemic predicted to come in December 2021, a new way of living will emerge and the world will be very different, says Allianz Partners. They commissioned Futurologist Ray Hammond […]

InsureTech

Insurtech: Hammond Launches FinTech Alliance, Aims to Enable Start-Ups

The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently announced the FinTech Alliance, an organisation designed to bring together the UK’s and the global FinTech sector through one online destination. Announced by Her […]

Insurance Regulation

Budget 2018: ABI, RAC and BIBA Reaction to IPT Freeze

For the insurance industry the Budget was something of a non-event, with no change announced in Insurance Premium Tax. On the upside, there was no rise, but on the downside this remains an undeniable punishment […]

News

Budget 2018: ABI Urges Freeze on £6bn Insurance Premium Tax

The Government is being urged to freeze Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) at the forthcoming Budget, after HMRC figures revealed that taxpayers are now paying record amounts of the tax. Official tax receipts for August show IPT […]