Opinion

Opinion: BA Data Breach Fine Highlights Cyber Protection for All Companies

As companies are being fined tens of millions of pounds for breaches of GDPR regulations, it is essential to check your data security systems, says Simon Viney, Financial Sector Cyber Consulting Lead, BAE Systems Applied […]

Opinion

Opinion: No Excuse for Insurers to Take 20+ Days to Pay On Claims

In this Opinion piece, Angus McDonald, Co-Founder and CEO of insurtech company Cover Genius, the parent company of XCover, looks at how quicker payments are an absolute necessity in a global insurance marketplace. A rise […]

InsureTech

DevOps Round Table Debates Digital Strategies & Transformation

A roundtable attended by C-suite executives from leading insurance organisations indicates that legacy behaviours and processes are a major barrier to transformation, according to event host DevOpsGroup. The 12 delegates shared the opinion that evolving how […]

Opinion

Opinion: AI Can Transform The Insurance Sector & Add The Human Touch

In this article, Dr. Gege Gatt CEO at EBO.ai argues that virtual assistants and Artificial Intelligence can free up humans to work smarter, not harder. Freeing up staff from resolving those mundane admin tasks can […]

Opinion

Opinion: Time’s Up For The e-Scooter Circus, Tax & Insurance is On The Way

The latest from the Editor’s smoking keyboard. The tragic death of a young woman on an e-scooter has brought the safety issues and legal status of these vehicles into the mainstream media, which can only […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker Update: Questgates Warns on Highways England Fixed Costs Plan

Leading specialist loss adjuster QuestGates has issued a word of warning to the insurance industry that the new Highways England process for dealing with ‘Green Claims’ shows a hardening of approach by the government company […]

Opinion

Opinion: Insurers Can Build the Human Touch Into Automated Systems

Russ Hubbard, Chief Revenue Officer at Ephesoft looks at the impact of automation and AI within insurance and sees great potential in the time-saving element. In short, insurers and brokers can spend more time sorting […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker Update: Willis Re Has US Fire Risk Underwriting Data

Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, has deployed a wildfire risk solution that can be used throughout the U.S. to assess location […]