HR & Employment

Allianz Appoints Kate Walker Head of Direct Business

Allianz Partners UK appoints Kate Walker as the Head of Direct Business, a newly created role that sees the company renew its focus on offering insurance and assistance solutions to consumers under the Allianz Assistance […]

Opinion

Opinion: Agile Tech is The Key to Fighting Insurance Fraud

In this piece, Steve Paton, Head of Anti-Fraud Services (EU), Verisk Claims takes a look at how fraud is evolving and how the switch away from legacy systems to something altogether more flexible, and customisable, […]

Insurance Brokers

Commercial Broker Sector: RSA Launches Five Specialist Risk Teams

RSA UK&I (“RSA”) has launched five industry practices within its Global Risk Solutions business. The practices – Rail, Chemical, Food and Beverage, Real Estate and Renewables – cover areas where RSA already has strong expertise […]

Global insurance trends

Asia-Pacific Market News: Sapiens Teams Up With King Wai Insurance

 Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS), a global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced recently that King Wai Insurance (KWI) – a major provider of business, personal and professional insurance solutions – has selected Sapiens […]

Insurance Brokers

Appointments: Richard Beaven is New COO at Brightside Group

Brightside Group has appointed Richard Beaven as Group Chief Operating Officer (COO). Richard began his new role on 15 April and will report to Group CEO Brendan McCafferty. The move, which was announced at the […]

Insurance Regulation

ABI Proposes Reforms To Salvage System to Prevent Write-Off Fraud & Theft

Six loopholes in the salvage system which need to be addressed are being set out by the ABI’s Director of General Insurance Policy, James Dalton, at a speech to the salvage trade body today. The […]

Technology

Tech: Big Name Insurers Can Outfox The Insurtech Disruptors

In this piece, Garry Larner, Regional Director for Financial Services UK& Ireland at OutSystems, takes the view that the big insurers can compete with the disruptive, new start-ups offering a range of app-based products. Interesting […]