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Healthcare SME: MIAB Signs Up Lorega As Claims Handlers

Medical sector insurance specialist MIAB have just announced an add-on benefit with their policies, via specialist firm Lorega. Running a small business is time-consuming, so help in dealing with a claim can be vital. Lorega […]

News

GG Insurance Opens US Office, Expands Gaming Creator Options

The London based insurance company, GG Insurance, was launched in the UK in 2018 after seeing a requirement for specialist gaming solutions within the market. Following growing success they have recently extended their business overseas […]

Emerging Risk

US Market: Will CBD Sector Expand Following November Election?

The upcoming US election has started nation-wide conversations around the legalisation of cannabis, both recreational and medicinal. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing, demand and use of medical cannabis has increased in the US. For insurers, […]

Insurance Regulation

LIIBA Calls For Private-Public Partnership on Future Pandemics

Creating an insurance solution capable of responding to a future pandemic will be ‘a series of trade-offs’ designed to maintain the involvement of private insurers without making the product so restrictive that it fails to […]

News

EIOPA Report on Financial Stability & Reinsurance Published

Today the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its July 2020 Financial Stability Report of the (re)insurance and occupational pensions sectors in the European Economic Area. During the last months, the Covid-19 outbreak […]

Insurance Regulation

Thatcham Research Highlights The Problem of Selling `Autopilot’ Cars

Thatcham Research has highlighted the importance of accurately defining what self driving, or autonomous mode, actually means to real world car driving consumers. A court in Munich has ruled that Tesla has exaggerated promises about […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Mercer Advises on UBS Pension Scheme Longevity Swap

Mercer acts as the lead commercial and investment adviser to the Trustee of the UBS (UK) Pension and Life Assurance Scheme (the “Scheme”) as the scheme enters into £1.4 billion longevity hedge. The swap covers roughly £1.4 billion […]