News

UK Inflation Creeping Up: Reaction & Commentary

Some comments on the recent official UK inflation stats; WEALTH CLUB Isaac Stell, Investment Manager at Wealth Club said: “Headline inflation continued its reacceleration in November to the highest rate since March 2024. This second consecutive […]

Opinion

How Insurance Providers Can Navigate the SME Market During a Recession

Some thoughts here from Andy Brownsell, Commercial Director at Starpeak, on how SMEs can weather the recession ahead – and insurance brands can support them. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, are predicted […]

Global insurance trends

Allianz Trade Insolvency Report: Trends & Insights

The global trade outloook is volatile this year, for a whole stack of reasons. Continued tension in the Middle East, a series of elections which may polarise activists, regardless of the results, plus a general […]

News

Allianz Commercial Reports 11% Rise in Fraud

Allianz Commercial has detected £70.7m worth of insurance fraud in 2022, up from the £63.6m in 2021. This amounts to a £7.1m or 11.2% uptick. Property and casualty (P&C) saw the greatest increase in fraud savings against the […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Reminds Insurance Brands to Help Struggling Consumers

The latest advice from the FCA; Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is concerned that as pressure mounts on household budgets some customers may cut-back on the insurance they need, leaving them without protection. The government has […]

Opinion

Cost Of Living Crisis: Make Insurance Payments Painless as Possible

Andy Stalsberg, chief commercial officer at Access PaySuite, looks at how digital payments can help insurers protect customers, and themselves, as household budgets are stretched.  News that insurance premiums may go up couldn’t have come at […]

News

Resilience First Panel Sees Rise in Online Fraud

The Covid-19 global pandemic has created new opportunities for economic crime and has highlighted the need for better funded and co-ordinated action against organised crime gangs (OCGs) engaged in fraud. This was the conclusion of […]

News

Car Finance Payment Holiday: FCA Asks Lenders For More Debt Solutions

Coronavirus is pushing the UK into a deep recession, as millions of jobs vanish, small businesses go bust and lots of self employed people are reduced to claiming for benefits as the lockdown continues. Furlough […]