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Deals: Beech Tree Takes a Stake in Avid Insurance Services

Avid Insurance Services Ltd [‘Avid’], the specialist MGA, has sold a majority stake to Beech Tree Private Equity [‘BTPE’]. Avid managing director Stephen Gibson, who will continue to run the business with commercial director John […]

InsureTech

Insurtech: Lloyd’s Lab News & Comment from Start-Ups and Graduates

This latest piece is by Joseph Higgins, who is working within the Lloyd’s Lab start-up and innovation centre. As insurtech begins to transform established insurance institutions, it’s useful to get a little view from the […]

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Home Insurance: Allianz Teams Up with Lloyds Bank on 24/7 Emergency Cover

Lloyds Banking Group is providing a new added-value benefit for home insurance customers by giving them 24/7 Home Emergency Services (HES) through an extended contract with Allianz Partners, one of the world’s leading providers of […]

InsureTech

Insuretech: Trov is Back! And They’re Packing Some Lloyd’s Bank Heat

Trov, a global leader in insurance technology, is launching a portfolio of end-to-end digital, white-labelled insurance products designed to be rapidly deployed by financial organisations and insurers. Lloyds Banking Group, the UK’s largest retail financial […]

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Lloyd’s Market: SSL Endeavour Launches Cyprus/Greece Subsidiary

Specialist independent Lloyd’s broker and delegated authority expert SSL Endeavour Limited (“SSL Endeavour”) today announces that a wholly owned subsidiary, SSL Endeavour Insurance Brokers Ltd Cyprus & Greece (“SSL Endeavour Cyprus & Greece”), is now […]

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Lloyd’s Market: G&M International Add IP Cover to Portfolio

Lloyd’s accredited broker G&M International are pleased to announce the addition of Intellectual Property (IP) Insurance to their growing product portfolio. The IP cover has been designed to protect those intangible assets from potential infringement […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Marine: Hiscox Develops New Product to Combat Shipping Seizures by Nations

Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has developed a new security product to help protect shipping targeted by nation states. Malicious Vessel Seizure will respond to a single peril of a ship taken by a foreign […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Lloyd’s Market: Beat Syndicate Announces Pre-Approval Invoice Deal

Beat Syndicate 4242 of Lloyd’s has become the first globally to insure the instant payment of business to business invoices against dilution risk, creating a brand new category of insurance for pre-approval invoice payments. Working […]