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 & 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 […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Channel Syndicate & Canopius Joins Liberty in Toredo Project

The Channel Syndicate and Canopius will join Liberty Specialty Markets in forming a consortium to provide capacity for Toredo, an online platform for single situation trade credit insurance.  The London Market Credit Consortium (LMCC), will provide […]

Big Data

FICO Launch Cyber Security Risk Modelling Tools for Underwriters

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced that the FICO® Enterprise Security Score is the first cyber security rating to include powerful risk assessment and modelling capabilities to help insurers make better underwriting, pricing and portfolio decisions, and […]

Insurance Brokers

London Brokers Association Sets Out Post-Brexit Strategy

The London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association (LIIBA) and EY today published a report to help deal with the significant uncertainty about the ability of intermediaries to place and service European risk from the UK […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Liberty Speciality Gearing Up to Launch Toredo Trade Platform

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, will soon launch Toredo, a web-based platform for transacting specialised trade credit insurance for banks, corporates and commodity traders.  The new LSM platform will allow underwriters, brokers […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

January is Peak Month For Cutting Family Out of Your Will

Had enough of the family over Christmas and New Year? You’re not the only one. Data from Co-op Legal Services shows that for some people, keeping it lean this January may also include cutting beneficiaries out of their […]

Motor Insurance

Opinion: Why The Classic Insurance Sector is Ripe for Disruption

Some straight talking, direct from the Editor’s keyboard: First, let me declare an interest in that I spent a decade working for Carole Nash Insurance, and also have two vehicles insured with them. But that […]