Insurance claims

Zurich Highlights Facilities Flood & Theft Risk to UK Universities

As over 150 Universities and research laboratories remain empty for the foreseeable future, new figures from Zurich insurance reveal the risk of flooding and water damage is rising every day for these organisations. Something as […]

News

Could Covid-19 Dogs Provide a Track & Trace Method in Care Homes?

Everyone knows that the elderly, especially those who are ill or in care homes, are most at risk from Covid-19. The government is busy conducting an expensive smartphone based app, track & trace experiment on […]

Opinion

Ending Lockdown: Advice for Companies, Managers & Business Travellers

All those canapes not devoured, all the schmoozing events after the main conference – the world of insurance has changed forever in the wake of Coronavirus. Will every show and event come back from this? […]

News

Commuters Wary of Using Public Transport After Corona

According to the latest consumer research by Auto Trader, nearly half (48%) of UK public transport users said they would be less likely to use it once the current restrictions have been lifted. ‘Transport distancing’ was even […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Oscar’s Online Corona Test & GP Advice Blazes a Trail for the NHS

Last Friday, Oscar, an insurtech health insurance company based in the USA, launched the first testing center locator for COVID-19 in the U.S., featuring more than 100 centres where the public can get a Corona […]

Global insurance trends

India: State Owned Insurers Losing Share, As Insurtech Changes Everything

India is a rapidly changing insurance market, as IE has reported in the past.The old ways of buying life or crop insurance from a local agent face-to-face are declining. New start-ups, and outside companies, are […]

News

About 100K Pure Electric Cars on UK Roads in 2020, Says DriveElectric

How fast is the UK electric car market growing? Well fairly rapidly it seems, if these estimates from the industry association are accurate. At least 98,500 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be registered in […]