Business

Appointments; Zurich Hires Graham Wood to Fill Accident/Health Role

Zurich announces the appointment of Graham Wood to the newly created role of Head of Regional Business Development for Accident & Health (A&H). He was recruited from Chubb where he was A&H Business Development Manager […]

InsureTech

Quotezone Launches Insurtech Scholarship Scheme

Quotezone.co.uk, a UK-based insurance aggregator, has announced the launch of a new scholarship programme that has been specifically designed to help address the sector’s looming talent shortage, an approach that has been hailed by politicians, […]

Insurance Brokers

Lycetts Launches DNA Coding for Agri Insurance Sector

Agricultural insurance specialist Lycetts has invested in an advanced forensic coding system to help their farming clients protect farm equipment and premises. Lycetts DNA+ combines an adhesive solution with uniquely coded micro particles registered exclusively […]

Insurance Regulation

Construction Insurance Specialist Offers Post-Brexit Advice

Worried construction sector bosses are being offered bespoke advice by specialists in Britain’s first ever Brexit Insurance consultations. Insurance experts ConstructionInsure.co.uk are offering free one on one advice sessions for builders and contractors concerned about the impact […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Mergers & Acquisitions Drop in EU, But Accelerate Across Rest of World

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry rose in the first half of 2018 with 186 completed deals worldwide, up from 180 in the second half of 2017, according to Clyde & Co’s Insurance […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Allianz Completes Acquisition of Ensure Insurance

Allianz Group announced today the completion of the acquisition of 99.03 percent of the shares in Nigerian insurer Ensure Insurance plc from its core shareholder Greenoaks Global Holdings Ltd. (GGH). Ensure Insurance plc offers life and […]

Emerging Risk

Call for Tighter Regulation of Comparison Websites in Construction Sector

Government officials have thanked an insurance industry leader for raising concerns about the effects of price comparison websites in the UK construction industry. But officials from HM Treasury stopped short of agreeing to Mark Herbert’s […]

Business

Digital Risks Raises $2.5m in Fresh Investment Round

Digital Risks, the digital-first insurance provider for fast-growth technology and media businesses, has raised £2.25m in an investment round led by Concentric, with participation from Atami Capital, Seedcamp, London Co-Investment Fund and Beazley. The insurtech […]