insurance marketing

Finance Durham Puts 150K into Honcho Insurance Start-Up

The Finance Durham fund, established by Durham County Council and managed by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity firms, has helped raise £850,000, providing £150,000 of the total investment […]

Business

AXA Results Summary: Strong Performance on Commercial Lines

Insurance giant AXA posted financial results today and here is a quick highlights summary: Following the publication of the full year 2017 results for AXA Group (www.axa.com), AXA UK & Ireland announces another year of […]

Global insurance trends

InsurTech News: Start-Ups, Sales and Bosch Bluetooth Telematics

Here’s a news round-up of investment fund and insurer activity in the InsurTech sector, including a very handy plug-n-play Telematics gadget from Bosch electronics; MetLife US insurer Metlife announced it is launching two Insurtech investment […]

Investment

David Lundgren Joins InsurTech Specialist Quantemplate

Quantemplate, an InsurTech firm which uses machine learning to help re/insurers grow their business through data transformation and analytical insights, today announced that David Lundgren has been appointed CEO and Board Director. The company has also […]

Investment

Honcho Car Insurance App Seeks Crowdfunding Support

New tech business, honcho, is turning to crowdfunding after EU funds allocated to support the launch of its new app designed to reduce costs for young drivers, were put on indefinite hold. honcho will create […]

News

BGL Group Attract £675m Investment from Canada Pension Board

Insurer BGL Group, has a new stakeholder, subject to regulatory approval. The owner of Beagle Street and Compare The Market has attracted a sizeable investment from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which today announced […]

Administration

German Research Suggests Online Pensions Could Provide Better Returns

In a test by independent rating agency Morgen & Morgen, the online pension provider My Pension came out top in terms of financial performance, according to a German finance website. The research compared a total […]

Insurance Brokers

Ascentric Upgrades Bespoke Software for Insurance & Investment Advisers

Ascentric, part of the Royal London group, is offering advisers a new enhanced client reporting service which enables advisers to create bespoke, branded client reports using detailed transactional data feeds from the Ascentric platform. Partnering […]