Business

Broker News: Athora Holdings Completes on 540m Euro Generali Belgium Deal

Athora Holdings, an insurance group based in Bermuda, announced the completion of the acquisition of Generali Belgium for 540 million euros recently. Generali Belgium will be renamed Athora Belgium in June 2019 and is the third acquisition […]

Mobile

Smartphone Insurance: Harvey Norman Partners With Allianz in Ireland

Leading Irish retailer, Harvey Norman, has selected Allianz Partners Ireland to provide quality mobile phone insurance for its customers. With 14 stores across the island of Ireland and 300 stores worldwide, Harvey Norman is a […]

Fraud

Fraud News: Ireland Kicks Insurance Database Idea Down The Road

The cost of insurance keeps rising rapidly across Ireland and in the motor sector in particular costs are very high, especially for younger drivers or riders. Some companies have left the Irish market completely and […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker News: GRP Acquires Digney Grant

GRP continue on their acquisition trail, buying a majority stake in Ulster based Digney Grant. Abbey Bond Lovis (ABL), GRP’s retail broking hub in Northern Ireland, has acquired a majority share in Digney Grant Ltd […]

Mobile

Gadget Insurance: loveit coverit Launches in Republic of Ireland

loveit coverit, one of the market’s leading specialist mobile phone and gadget insurers, are launching in Ireland, with the arrival of their new site, http://www.loveitcoverit.ie. Drawing on almost thirty years’ experience within the mobile phone […]

Opinion

Opinion: Setanta Levy Will Not Fix Ireland’s Broken Car Insurance Market

Insurance-Edge Editor Alastair Walker takes a look at the reaction to the Setanta collapse in Ireland, the proposed two percent levy to cover the bailout costs, and the reforms needed to modernise the motor insurance […]

Global insurance trends

Zurich Assures UK Customers That Brexit Will Actually Change Very Little

Zurich are upbeat about the UK insurance landscape after Brexit, and have posted a statement on their website, to reassure customers that in the short term at least, there will be very little change in […]

News

House of Lords Warns on End of EHIC Rights For UK Citizens

The House of Lords EU Committee has today published its report Brexit: reciprocal healthcare. The Committee warns that in the absence of an agreement on reciprocal healthcare, the rights of UK citizens to hold an EHIC card […]