Global insurance trends

UIB Launches Broker Business in Colombia

International (re)insurance broker UIB has launched a retail broking business in Colombia. The new company, UIB Seguros will be headed by CEO, Yolanda Guerra, reporting directly to Tony Dilley, CEO of parent company, UIB International. Dilley commented: “Colombia […]

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 […]

Insurance Brokers

Insly Raises £2.2 Million Investment as it Goes For Growth

Insly, a cloud-based insurance platform, announces an investment of € 2.2 million led by Concentric and Black Pearls VC. Insly is a rising star in the global effort to bring the traditionally bureaucratic, paper based […]

News

Insurance Software: Genasys Tech Opens London Office

South African tech giant, Genasys Technologies, has opened its first international office in London aiming to shake up the provision of software solutions to the UK insurance industry. “We’ve built our reputation by delivering every […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

London Market: AEGIS Syndicate Posts Healthy Results

AEGIS London has delivered a combined ratio of 99% in 2017 for Syndicate 1225 – this was 15% better than the result announced for the Lloyd’s market overall. At £462m, gross written premium was ahead […]

Business

Liberty Specialty Announce Two New Appointments

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has promoted Joanna Hitchcock to the newly-created role of Paris-based Terrorism Underwriter. The move is part of LSM’s plan to grow its European Terrorism account. Although […]

Opinion

Opinion: Brighton’s Engineerium Would Make an Ideal InsurTech HQ

The Editor has a vision of InsurTech products of the future being forged in the Victorian splendour of the past. Plus the insurance industry needs to get out of the London bubble frankly. Sometimes fate […]

Business

Wyelands Acquires Trans-World Credit

Wyelands Capital has acquired London-based worldwide insurance solutions provider Trans-World Credit Corporation, which becomes a full member of the GFG Alliance.  The Trans-World team has a broad track record in the provision of insurance broking […]