UK Insurance Trends

SMEs Struggling With Supply Chains and Cashflow

Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in the UK believe that, despite the disruption they have experienced since the beginning of 2020, their business continuity plans responded well to both the COVID-19 pandemic (71%) and […]

UK Insurance Trends

Marine: North P&I Report Highlights Rising Premiums

Describing 2021 as “one of the most challenging years on record”, North P&I Club’s latest Pre-Renewal Report, published recently, calls for “robust action” in the form of increasing mutual P&I rates at the forthcoming renewal […]

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 […]

Global insurance trends

Deals: Coalition Buys Attune MGA

Coalition, has announced that it has acquired Attune, a managing general agent (MGA) and technology-powered broker platform for commercial insurance. The acquisition of Attune creates the world’s largest commercial insurtech and positions the combined entity […]

News

Anansi Raises £1.5m, Aims to Expand Logistics Product

Anansi Technology, the embedded insurance platform for goods-in-transit, shippers’ interest and cargo insurance, today announces it has raised £1.5million seed funding led by Octopus Ventures.  Global parcel volumes reached 103 billion in 2019, yet less […]

Legal

Supply Chain Problems: Industry Reaction & Comment

Jonathan Moss, Head of Marine and Trade, at DWF.law, comments on the shipping container crisis and how it is affecting businesses, consumers and insurers. He said: “The supply chain has faced major disruption globally due […]