Opinion

Opinion: IPT is A Tax on Doing The Right Thing, It Has to Be Scrapped

IE COMMENT; It’s very telling that no mainstream political party is promising to do anything about Insurance Premium Tax. If anyone suggested that buying a battery car or bicycle should attract an extra tax there […]

News

Allianz Report Warns of Increasing Civil Unrest & Protests

Allianz says that anger over growing social inequality and the cost-of-living, foundering faith in governments and institutions and increasingly polarized politics, together with a rise in activism and environmental concerns, may cause more civil unrest […]

Opinion

Capital, Profit & Net Zero in World War Woke

From the Editor’s keyboard; The backlash in the USA against ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), such as legal moves in the State of Texas to restrict financial institutions from using ESG investing criteria, raise questions […]

Insurance Regulation

ABI Keen to Promote Big Society Issues

The latest from the ABI; Hannah Gurga highlighted the essential role of the insurance and long-term savings industry in tackling the major challenges facing the UK and underlined the positive impact that can be achieved […]

Global insurance trends

Microloans Marketing Offers Lessons For Life Insurance Brands

This news regarding microloans has lessons for every single Life and Healthcare plan insurance brand. When you empower the consumer to share their lived experience, tell their unique truth, you give them an emotional stake […]

News

Food Security: Agritask Attracts $8.5m in Series A Funding

At a time of explosive population growth worldwide, mass migration and climate change, there are two trends that will come to dominate politics in many countries very soon; food security and fresh water supply. Insurers […]

Insurance Regulation

Forrester Predicts Uncertainty as Brexit Shambles Continues

Here are some extracts from the Forrester report on EU economy developments in 2020, including the tricky matters of regulatory issues, data protection rules and Brexit. Enjoy all you Compliance officers! If Europe in 2019 […]