Insurance & Reinsurance

Mergers & Acquisitions Drop in EU, But Accelerate Across Rest of World

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry rose in the first half of 2018 with 186 completed deals worldwide, up from 180 in the second half of 2017, according to Clyde & Co’s Insurance […]

Insurance Regulation

Opinion: Stop Misleading Drivers Over Autonomous Vehicle Capability

Driverless cars is one of those buzzword phrases which domiates the automotive media right now – but how close are we to truly autonomous cars? Not very, according to Thatcham Research, and we have posted […]

Emerging Risk

Allianz Publish Report on Environmental Risks for Companies

Natural resources such as clean air and fresh water are vital for businesses – and at the same time massively at risk across many industry sectors today. Failure to manage the earth’s natural resources or […]

InsureTech

Talking Telematics: Savings Ahead for Drivers and Car Insurers

Telematics is rapidly changing from being a basic black box tracking device, to something altogether more versatile. The extra functions that new AI-powered tech offers is also broadening the appeal of the black box from […]

Big Data

Opinion: In a Digital World Customer Engagement is Crucial for Brokers

In this Opinion piece, Vijaykumar Mahendrakar, (pictured) Vice President, Insurance Solutions, UK & EMEA at Mphasis, takes a look at how our digital economy is transforming the broker business. Online competition is driving down commissions […]

News

Co-op Says Majority of Staycationers Travel Without Insurance

Stay at home holidaymakers are three times more likely to risk going away without insurance than those travelling to Europe, according to a new study released today by Co-op Insurance. Co-op’s new study highlights the current risks […]

Global insurance trends

Direct Line CEO Sees a Driverless Future

Driverless car technology is rapidly advancing. The UK government has committed around £51 million in research funds and in the USA, companies like Google and Apple are well along the road in terms of testing […]