Tech: Avantia Updates HomeProtect Retail Pricing Model
Avantia, the technology-enabled insurer behind HomeProtect, today announces a major update to its retail pricing model: employing Bayesian optimisation as an alternative [...]
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Start-Ups: Hero Labs Hires New CTO, Looks to Bring EOW Product to Market
Hero Labs, the London based start-up with a mission to solve real-life problems with truly smart technology, has named Daniel Knight as its new chief technology officer. [...]
Broker Update: Questgates Warns on Highways England Fixed Costs Plan
Leading specialist loss adjuster QuestGates has issued a word of warning to the insurance industry that the new Highways England process for dealing with ‘Green Claims’ [...]
Broker News: CLS Risk Solutions Apoints Vanessa Babington-Monegard
CLS Risk Solutions, a leading MGA for legal indemnity and transactional property risk solutions, has announced the appointment of Vanessa Babington-Monegard as in-house [...]
Motor Insurance Sector Doing OK, Challenges Ahead, Says Ernst & Young
The UK motor insurance market has reported impressive underwriting profits for the second consecutive year, according to EY’s Annual UK Motor Insurance Results. The Net [...]
TT Club Results – Doing a Bit Better Than That Woodford Bloke
TT Club, the leading international transport and logistics insurance provider, today announces its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2018, and A.M. Best [...]
Opinion: Robust Inspections Needed to Assess Construction Site Fire Risk
In this article, Richard Forrest Smith, CEO, ECIC, takes a look at the fire risks inherent in the construction sector, the number of causes involved and how insurers can A [...]
Appointments: Eleonora Geamanu is Head of Willis Towers Watson Romania
Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ:WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, has named Eleonora Geamanu as the new Head of Willis Towers Watson in Romania. [...]