Insurance & Reinsurance

Allianz sponsors global drone racing series

The partnership will enable Allianz to connect with consumers of the fast-growing drone industry, while reminding customers of its increasing use of the technology in regards to property claims assessment and agriculture insurance. […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

European insurance leaders driving innovation: Report

With seven out of ten of Europe’s largest carriers appointing new CEOs in the last 18 months, a new breed of leadership are laying the foundations for innovation, says the report from PAC and BAE Systems […]

Emerging Risk

QBE eyes full picture of cyber catastrophes with RMS system

  QBE Insurance Group has licenced the RMS Cyber Accumulation Management System as it attempts to model potential cyber catastrophes on a massive scale. As a proximate cause of loss, cyber risk has the potential to impact […]

Insurance claims

Crawford joins gig economy with $36m WeGoLook acquisition

Insurance claims management specialist Crawford & Company has stepped into the ‘gig economy’ marketplace with a $36m acquisition for 85% of WeGoLook.

The online and mobile platform based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma deploys thousands of people from a nationwide network to inspect and verify information, helping clients make real time decisions.
Crawford announced the acquisition of a majority interest as a strategic investment to help it revolutionize, automate and expedite the claim handling process “by utilizing a large mobile workforce for automotive and property inspections.” […]

Motor Insurance

“Driverless cars must share crash data if something goes wrong” Insurers make call for international data standards

Cars of the future will need to collect a basic set of core data to prevent drivers being unfairly blamed if technology goes wrong, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Annual Conference will hear today. […]