Insurance claims

Over 40s Adopting Telematics in Big Numbers

Traditionally favoured by younger drivers, blackbox (or telematics) insurance is now becoming increasingly popular across all demographics, especially with the over 40s. New customer research from blackbox insurance leaders, Coverbox, shows how much the demographic […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Prudential Say New Business Life Profits Up by 17%

Prudential issued a statement to investors today that life insurance new business profit rose 17% in the first nine months of the year, reflecting higher sales and more favourable economic conditions. In a statement via the London […]

Fraud

Stolen Porsche Recovered Using Covert Tracker Device

Theft of prestige vehicles is on the rise across the UK. Some drivers have their keys stolen, others find that complex electronic locking and engine activation codes can be hacked. Either way, many high performance […]

Business

Swinton Launch New Quote System for Self-Employed & Small Biz

National insurance broker, Swinton Group, is launching a new online ‘quote and buy’ system aimed at speeding up business insurance quotes for tradesmen, who are self-employed or run small businesses. The system which has been […]

Emerging Risk

LV Warning on Internet of Things Fraud

The internet of things brings new opportunities for the insurance industry to assess risk, price more accurately and detect more fraud, but it also gives fraudsters new creative ways to commit fraud against us. Leading […]

Insurance Brokers

Monday Briefing 13.11.17. £2000 Diesel Car Tax, Ripe Broker Expands & More

Here is your essential start-the-week round up; Insurance-Edge has learned from a source inside a leading BMW dealership that the Chancelleor is likely to introduce a new set of VED tax bands for diesel cars, […]

Motor Insurance

RAC Critical of Government’s Anti-Diesel Stance

Any surcharge on diesel cars could impact the insurance sector, making replacement like-for-like vehicles more expensive to buy or hire following an accident. Then there are the huge numbers of diesel-engined fleet vehicles being used […]