Emerging Risk

RSA Looks to Cover Complex Risks With Specialty Unit

One we missed from last week; Following Intact’s acquisition of RSA’s UK & International business (UK&I) in June this year, teams from both organisations will develop an integrated global proposition for brokers and customers with […]

UK Insurance Trends

IoT Trials Can Offer Insurers Valuable Insights Too

Six Scottish local authorities alongside Scotrail, Blackwood Homes and Care and Borders College are conducting an Internet of Things (IoT) trial, which has the potential to transform the experience of people who live within communities. […]

UK Insurance Trends

Consumers Using Social Media Instead of Call Centres

New data out today reveals that 1.4million UK consumers spend two working days over their lifetime on hold to their life insurance providers – with over a third (36%) saying they have had to give up getting through on […]

UK Insurance Trends

L&G Announce Another Social Housing Project

Legal & General are continuing their strategy of becoming a social landlord, with the latest announcement of another 80 modular homes. The greener housing certainly ticks the ESG box and follows the WEF model of […]

Pet Insurance

PetsScore Aims to Solve the Tenant-Landlord Problem

A new impact start-up, PetsScore launches today on a mission to help pet owners globally secure rental properties and to help landlords analyse the risk of a pet tenant at the click of a button. Millions of pet […]

News

Social Care Announcement: IFoA Reaction

Responding to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on the reform of social care funding in England, Louise Pryor, President at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, said: “Last week, the IFoA called on the Government […]