Opinion

Will IPT Rise in The Budget? Broadstone Calls For Calm Thinking

Not long now until Labour’s first Budget in over 15 years. Everyone is expecting more taxes on all kinds of things, plus thresholds frozen, or cut, which is another tax grab basically. Will IPT be […]

Legal

Clyde & Co Comment on PI Claims Discount Rate Review

Things could change next year on PI claims, depending on the legislation brought forward by the incoming Labour govt. Reacting to the Personal Injury Discount Rate formal review beginning, Alistair Kinley Director of Policy & […]

News

Personal Lines Rates Are Higher in the UK, Says Bloomberg Intelligence

This is an interesting note from Bloomberg, which suggests that some premium rate rises in the UK and Ireland are significantly higher than mainland Europe. Here’s the word; Price increases for personal lines in the […]

News

Rate of Car Insurance Premium Inflation is Falling, Says Confused.com

Car insurance continues to rise in cost as EV repair, salvage infrastructure, the number of uninsured drivers and other factors help to drive up insurer costs. But the rate of inflation appears to be slowing, […]

News

MPC Holds Steady on Interest Rates: Comment & Analysis

Some comment and analysis on today’s UK interest rate announcement from the MPC; IEA Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The Bank of England’s Monetary […]

Motor Insurance

Motor Premiums Up 48% Year-on-Year, Says Pearson Ham

Everyone knows that motor premiums are rising but there is some varying data on by what percentage exactly. Here’s the latest view; Motor insurance prices rose by only 2.8% in October 2023 but the movement […]

InsureTech

Research Shows Insurers Are Jumping All Over AI

Data released by insurance claims automation provider Sprout.ai has found that 59% of insurers with over 100 employees are already using generative AI in their organisation. The findings refute the widespread assumption that insurers are […]