Life/Health/Critical illness

Smokers & Their Partners Can Face Extra Insurance Costs

If you’re struggling to convince your partner to quit smoking, you’re not alone. Despite health concerns related to smoking and second-hand smoke inhalation, new data from Quotezone.co.uk shows that 16% of couples in the UK […]

Household Insurance

Consumer Intelligence Offers Home Insurance Insights

Homeowners across the country have seen a 1.2% drop in in average home insurance premiums thanks to a reduction in break-ins and water damage claims resulting from the Government’s stay-at-home directive, analysis from acclaimed insight […]

InsureTech

$556bn of GWP Will Go Through Insurtech Platforms by 2025

A new study by Juniper Research has found that the total value of premiums generated by insurtech platforms – platforms with technology supporting insurance at the heart of their design – will exceed $556 billion in […]

Motor Insurance

MoneySuperMarket Records More EV Quotes, But Percentage Still Tiny

The proportion of car insurance enquiries for electric vehicles (EVs) increased by more than two-thirds (69%) in 2020, according to research by MoneySuperMarket. Data from millions of MoneySuperMarket car insurance enquiries shows that between July and December 2020 around five out of every 1000 enquiries were for EVs (0.54%), up from four (0.37%) between January and June. […]

Insurance Regulation

Inclusiveness: BIBA Travel Directory Gets FCA Approval

The FCA has confirmed that BIBA’s Travel Medical Insurance Directory meets their criteria for a ‘medical cover firm directory’ and will be listed on the FCA website from today, Wednesday 27 January 2021.  This, therefore, […]