Life/Health/Critical illness

Corona: Will Virtual PMI GP Appointments Become the New Normal?

ActiveQuote, the UK’s leading protection insurance comparison website and broker, has seen a sharp rise in the number of people with Private Medical Insurance (PMI) accessing virtual GP services in recent weeks. The number looking […]

Global insurance trends

Can Crypto Assets Go Mainstream Without Insurance?

Money, religion and love are all abstract concepts. They only have a value when enough people believe in them, which is one reason why the adoption of banknotes – or promissory notes as the fledgling […]

Opinion

Coronavirus and Insurtech: Quo Vadis?

Christian Wiens, CEO and Founder of GetSafelooks at the future landscape for insurtechs after the Corona epidemic; The coronavirus crisis is halting large parts of economic life. Some industries are suffering more, others less from […]

Conference report

BIBA is Cancelled, Insurance Events Landscape Has Changed Forever

The BIBA show is cancelled, just as everyone in the insurance industry expected. The organisers statement is below. Will the impact of the Coronavirus fundamentally change things for the better by bringing about more remote […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Oscar’s Online Corona Test & GP Advice Blazes a Trail for the NHS

Last Friday, Oscar, an insurtech health insurance company based in the USA, launched the first testing center locator for COVID-19 in the U.S., featuring more than 100 centres where the public can get a Corona […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

AIG Reveal Customers Choosing Online GP Appointments

Customers are turning to a virtual GP to diagnose cough, cold, flu and fever from the comfort of their own home rather than attending their local surgery, data from AIG Life Limited has revealed. As […]

Opinion

The Interview: Talking Healthcare, App Overload, Virtual GPs & More

Insurance Edge caught up with Tim Boyce, Healthcare Practice Leader at CFC Underwriting, to find out how rapidly the healthcare market is changing for insurers and brokers alike. IE; One thing that is happening right […]