News

Help To Buy Loans Reaching Maturity, Just as Interest Rates Set to Rise

A specialist team of conveyancing solicitors and property lawyers have extended a helping hand to homeowners facing looming interest rates by offering an expedited route to redeeming their Help to Buy loan, as thousands of […]

Insurance Brokers

Direct Line Sets Minimum Wage at 18K a Year – Will Other Insurers Follow?

The minimum wage in the UK is set to rise to £7.83 per hour for employees aged 25 and over, with 21-24 year olds receiving £7.38 per hour. But some companies are going beyond the […]

Motor Insurance

County Durham Has Highest Percentage of Uninsured Drivers

When you say uninsured drivers, many of us would imagine it is largely an urban problem, but the reality is that a largely rural part of North East England, County Durham, has the highest percentage […]

Global insurance trends

Insurance Market Trends: Soft pricing will remain #1 challenge in 2018

Stephen Netherway, Partner and Head of Law firm CMS’ Insurance Sector Group provides pick of the key issues concerning the industry in 2018, leading with a familiar foe; rates. Making a profit in a soft market Cycle […]

Insurance Regulation

Analysis: Are Motor Insurance Premiums Rising or Falling?

Insurance-Edge.Net thought we would analyse the data and opinion, to try and nail down why motor insurance premiums are rising rapidly. Yesterday we ran a story on van insurance, which identified fraud, increasing van deliveries […]

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Insurance & Reinsurance

UK motor insurers’ underwriting results rebound 14%

A 10% rise in gross written premiums failed to put UK motor insurers in the black during 2011, according to Deloitte. The market experienced “greatly improved financial results in 2011 but need to do more […]

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Global insurance trends

Lloyd’s emerging market expansion given thumbs up

The Lloyd’s insurance market’s planned expansion into emerging markets is a net positive, even though writing insurance outside of established markets carries additional risks, according to Fitch Ratings.

Fitch said it expects the economic development of emerging market economies to boost demand for insurance and reinsurance. Lloyd’s already writes 25% of its business outside of Europe and North America, with the growth of insurance premiums outpacing that of developed markets. […]