Opinion

Brokers; Know Your Enemy, Raise Your Cyber Game – Win Better Rates

In this latest Opinion piece, Cate Wright, Global Head of Customer Success, Financial Services, at BAE Systems, takes a look at fraud from a broker or MGA point of view. It’s always good to identify […]

Insurance Brokers

LexisNexis Offers Risk Analysis That Does The Business

As the impact of ongoing political and economic uncertainty on small businesses becomes evident in slowing productivity, there is a heightened need for the insurance market to support the small business community with premiums that […]

News

End of Loyalty Penalty Doesn’t Mean End of Switching, Says Go Compare

As the government seeks to end the high premiums charged for loyalty on car or home insurance, which hits customers who prefer not to shop around every year, Go Compare sees life in the comparison […]

News

Personal Finance: FCA Plans to End the Unauthorised Overdraft Fees Gravy Train

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed it is introducing reforms to fix a dysfunctional overdraft market. These changes will make overdrafts simpler, fairer, and easier to manage and will protect the millions of consumers […]

Global insurance trends

Global News: Marsh Report Suggests Commercial Rates Are On The Up

Marsh has released its Global Insurance Market Index for the first quarter of 2019. Key findings include: ·         Average commercial insurance prices increased 3% in Q1 2019, the largest increase since the survey began in 2012. ·         Q1 2019 represents […]

InsureTech

Insurtech: Azur Joins Forces With Logical Glue on Machine Learning Project

Azur, the Managing Digital Agent, has today announced it has partnered with technology firm Logical Glue to implement algorithms that will enable better risk analysis, moving towards straight through processing on simpler risks. As a […]

Conference report

BIBA Update: Broker Insights Offers Wealth of Opportunities

BIBA’S newest associate member, Broker Insights provides regional commercial insurance brokers with new opportunities to be seen and heard by leading insurers. The Broker Insights search platform went live in October 2018 and now hosts […]

Motor Insurance

Telematics Can Reduce Road Accidents, Says Latest LexisNexis Research

New analysis of the latest UK road casualty statistics by LexisNexis Risk Solutions has begun to uncover compelling evidence that telematics insurance has played a role in cutting claims costs for insurers amongst the youngest, […]