InsureTech

Insurtech: Voom Secures $5m Funding for On-Demand Insurance Offer

Voom, the world’s first on-demand, telematics-based insurance platform for specialized mobility, today announced that it has emerged from stealth and closed a $5M Series A funding round. The round was led by Arbor Ventures with […]

Global insurance trends

US News: Next Insurance Now Covering 1000 Lines, Launching SME Liability

Next Insurance, the leading digital insurance company for small businesses, announced today that it now supports over 1,000 classes of business (CoBs) across the country including Contracting, Construction, Consulting, Fitness, Cleaning, Beauty, Therapy, Entertainment, Education, […]

HR & Employment

Appointments: Cal Spessard Joins Beazley as Environment Risk Specialist

Specialist insurer Beazley has hired Cal Spessard to head the team responsible for handling claims arising from the company’s fast growing environmental liability business. Mr Spessard joins Beazley’s NYC office from environmental risk management specialists […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

US News: Greenlight Re Invests in FairClaims Online

Greenlight Re Innovations, part of Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd, a specialist property and casualty reinsurance company headquartered in the Cayman Islands, has announced it has made a strategic investment in FairClaims, an online insurance and […]

Global insurance trends

US News: Next Launch Online Insurance Cover for Trade Specialists

 Next Insurance, the leading digital insurance company for small businesses today announced they will offer simple, affordable, and tailored insurance policies to HomeAdvisor’s network of home improvement pros. This announcement further indicates the appeal of fully digital […]

Insurance claims

J D Power Survey Looks at US Claims Market & Customer Satisfaction

Against a backdrop of deteriorating property loss ratios and low premium growth, property insurers are earning high marks for overall customer satisfaction, but there are still some components of the claims process that are falling […]

Emerging Risk

RMS Release USA Wildfire Risk Modelling Tools & Analytics

Recently RMS announced the release of the RMS U.S. Wildfire High Definition (HD) Model, which they claim is the only model solution available to equip the industry with the latest data and science, to enable accurate […]

News

Brexit: Skiers Take Out Insurance as Project Fear Ramps Up

Nearly one in three skiing holidaymakers have bought insurance early to beat the risk of a Brexit fallout hitting their plans, new research from award-winning data analytics company Consumer Intelligence shows. Around 30% of regular […]