Life/Health/Critical illness

Do Insurers Pay Out on Protection Claims? I’m Insured Did Some Research

New analysis by financial protection experts I’m Insured has revealed that the UK’s leading insurers paid out the overwhelming majority of personal protection claims in 2021. The research goes a long way to debunking the common […]

Global insurance trends

Geneva Association Joins UN Sustainable Insurance Initiative

Following The Geneva Association’s 2022 General Assembly last week, the organisation announces two key developments: The election of four new members to its Board of Directors: Lard Friese, CEO, Aegon; Xi LUO, Chairman, People’s Insurance Company of China; Hiroshi Shimizu, […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Marine: UK Govt Invests in Greener, Cleaner Shipping

Zero emission ferries and vessels are one step closer to being a reality, as Maritime Minister Robert Courts recently confirmed £12 million funding to accelerate the research and development of zero emission maritime technologies. The […]

Global insurance trends

Oil & Gas Industry Calls For Global Cyber Defence Strategy

This is actually a good idea. Closer co-operation amongst gas and oil producers on cyber attacks can only be a good thing, especially for insurers. Here’s the word from the WEF; For the first time, […]

InsureTech

Automatic For The People: Bdeo Snapshot 2021

Bdeo, the scaleup specialized in Visual Intelligence that optimizes and automates processes of insurance companies, closed 2021 with 43 clients in its portfolio, 26% more than in 2020. Among its clients are important insurance companies […]

Legal

Insurer Knowledge Base: Risks Associated With e-scooters

We asked Horwich Farrelly for some thoughts on e-scooters and their associated risks, because as the better weather arrives in the UK the chances of accidents, thefts, vanadlism, damage to third party vehicles etc increases. […]

Technology

Coherent Closes on $75m Series B Round

Coherent, a global no-code software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, recently announced it has closed a $75 million Series B funding round led by Maverick Capital, including Maverick Ventures, with participation from Owl Rock, a Blue Owl division, GreatPoint Ventures, and existing investors Cathay Innovation and Franklin […]