News

Wimbledon Foresight Noted by GlobalData. Can Pandemics Be Covered?

Following the recent news that Wimbledon, a prestige UK tennis tournament, is set to receive over £100m from its pandemic insurance, Ben Carey-Evans, Insurance Analyst at GlobalData, shares his insights on the events preparations for […]

Global insurance trends

Munich Re Automation & Lincoln Financial Team Up on Pre-Fill Tech

Munich Re Automation Solutions Ltd, a leading insurtech specialist and subsidiary of the Munich Re Group, has announced the first-ever go-live of its pre-assessment processing tool ALLFINANZ SPECTRA for customers of Lincoln Financial Group. The […]

Business

Mergers & Acquisitions: Where Is Insurance Sector Headed in 2020?

The volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the insurance sector increased 10% in 2019 with 419 deals completed worldwide, up from 382 in 2018. Activity was driven by an exceptionally strong first half of the […]

Investment

Munich Re & Swedbank Go Live on Insurance Business Platform

Munich Re Automation Solutions Ltd, a leading insurtech specialist and subsidiary of the Munich Re group, has announced the successful implementation and go-live of its digital underwriting solution, ALLFINANZ, by Swedbank Försäkring. The successful installation […]

InsureTech

Hannover Re Keen to Develop Insurtech Innovators, Says GlobalData

‘Hannover Re’s’ new innovation pool, ‘hr | equarium’, aims to play matchmaker for digital innovators and incumbent insurers, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. By enabling insurers to partner up with start-ups, that […]

Global insurance trends

Insurance Financial Results; Munich Issues Profits Guidance

The latest news from Munich Re on their financial performance; Jörg Schneider, Chief Financial Officer: “This good Q3 result puts us on track to achieve our profit target for 2018 – despite a series of […]

Household Insurance

Buzzvault Partnership with Munich Re on Home Insurance App

The rise of devices like smart fridges, TVs, cheap tablets, web-enabled security cameras, plus personal assistant gadgets like Amazon Echo and Google Home is bringing the Internet of Things to many homes across the UK. […]