Insurance Regulation

GDPR Act Gets Rubber Stamp from UK Government

The latest news from the Association of British Insurers: The Data Protection Act, which received Royal Assent today, overhauls how businesses and other organisations process and handle customer data. The Act implements the EU General Data […]

Big Data

GDPR Clock is Ticking Says Beazley International – Fines Could Hit Hard

Raf Sanchez, Beazley International Breach Response Service Manager, comments ahead of the introduction of GDPR on 25 May: “Regulators and individuals are on the cusp of acquiring enhanced tools to hold organisations to account for poor […]

Insurance Brokers

Ark Insurance Partners Up With SSP

SSP has partnered with underwriting agency Ark Insurance Group (Ark) to expand the tradesman offering available to its brokers. The enhanced panel enables brokers to benefit from wider acceptance criteria, so they can write a […]

Motor Insurance

Half of All Theory Candidates Fail Test: Solution? Scrap The Difficult Road Signs

Half of potential new drivers are failing their theory test – just as thousands of road signs around the country are facing the axe after they were labelled “humiliating”. A report by Department for Transport […]

Insurance claims

Alpha Goes Bust, Leaving UK Taxi Drivers Without Insurance

The Danish FSA has announced that Alpha has been declared bankrupt. UK policyholders need to find alternative cover as soon as possible. The FCA here in Britain have issued the following advice; Existing Alpha insurance […]

Insurance claims

Industry Stats Show £5 Billion Worth of Protection Claims Paid in 2017

New figures released by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group Risk Development (GRiD) show that the insurance industry paid out a record £5 billion in protection claims in 2017 – representing an increase […]

insurance marketing

Insurancefair Launches Bespoke Wedding Cover Product

Insurancefair is passionate about providing customers with quality insurance products and they are pleased to announce the launch of Insurancefair Wedding, which provides an innovative product in the wedding insurance market. One of the main […]

Insurance Brokers

PEX Insure Chooses SSP Pure Broking for its Motor Product

PEX Insure, the managing general agent (MGA) founded by Byron Shepherd, has chosen two separate SSP platforms to distribute its insurance products. Shepherd was formerly one of the heads of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), […]