Insurance claims

Over 40s Adopting Telematics in Big Numbers

Traditionally favoured by younger drivers, blackbox (or telematics) insurance is now becoming increasingly popular across all demographics, especially with the over 40s. New customer research from blackbox insurance leaders, Coverbox, shows how much the demographic […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Prudential Say New Business Life Profits Up by 17%

Prudential issued a statement to investors today that life insurance new business profit rose 17% in the first nine months of the year, reflecting higher sales and more favourable economic conditions. In a statement via the London […]

Big Data

Charles Taylor Launches Cloud Based Insurance Product Platform

Charles Taylor InsureTech has launched the world’s first Cloud-based life, health and protection insurance platform. Using InsureTech’s cloud-based platform, life, health and protection insurers can now launch and scale-up new products in a matter of […]

Fraud

Stolen Porsche Recovered Using Covert Tracker Device

Theft of prestige vehicles is on the rise across the UK. Some drivers have their keys stolen, others find that complex electronic locking and engine activation codes can be hacked. Either way, many high performance […]

Business

Swinton Launch New Quote System for Self-Employed & Small Biz

National insurance broker, Swinton Group, is launching a new online ‘quote and buy’ system aimed at speeding up business insurance quotes for tradesmen, who are self-employed or run small businesses. The system which has been […]

Emerging Risk

LV Warning on Internet of Things Fraud

The internet of things brings new opportunities for the insurance industry to assess risk, price more accurately and detect more fraud, but it also gives fraudsters new creative ways to commit fraud against us. Leading […]

Investment

Aviva Acquires Friends First Life in £116m Deal

The latest news from Aviva; Aviva plc announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire Irish insurer Friends First Life Assurance Company dac (“Friends First”) for a cash consideration of €130m (£116m). As a […]

Investment

Zurich Completes Transformation Project with CapGemini

The insurance industry is changing at a rapid pace and those companies who don’t integrate and modernise their software systems risk being left behind. IT isn’t something that the customer can see, but it is […]