News

Need a Helping Hand? ThingCo’s Jonny Valentine is On The Case

This we like, this is brilliant thinking; Jonathon Valentine, (pictured below) CTO at insurtech ThingCo has launched The Helping Hand Project to provide a secure way of connecting those in isolation with volunteer groups/foodbanks/take-away services […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Dinghy Highlights How Corona Hits Self Employed Much Harder

The world has been plunged into sudden uncertainty as a result of coronavirus, and despite the measures announced yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, it appears that millions of freelancers, sole traders and many self employed […]

Insurance claims

What Cars Are Most Likely to Be Stolen In The UK? New Survey Reveals All

A new survey by Rivervale Leasing has found that the humble Ford Fiesta is the most stolen car in the UK, withĀ 2,384 models pinched last year. As one of Britain’s best-sellers, these superminis are a […]

InsureTech

Commercial: PlanRadar is Looking to Digitize Construction Process

AustrianĀ PlanRadar, a startup digitalising documentation and communication in construction and real estate projects, has secured a €30 million Series A funding, led by Insight Partners. PlanRadar, founded in 2013, is a cloud-based SaaS solution for […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

PSD2 Regs Just One Month Away, Authenticating Customers is Essential

In one month’s time, the UK will reach the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) six-month delayed deadline for the implementation of PSD2, and Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) will finally be enforced for online banking. Strong Customer […]

Opinion

Is There a Value in Joining Insurance Industry Associations?

Associations are great. There we said it and here are three good reasons why your insurance related biz should get involved: The first is networking of course. As wonderful as Google is, you cannot get […]

News

Mactavish Warns Companies to Check The Small Print on Cyber Policies

Mactavish, the leading independent expert on commercial insurance placement and disputes, is seeing a significant increase in UK commercial property insurance policies removing all elements of cover that relate to technology such as data loss […]

News

Driverless; New 230 Mile Record by Nissan Leaf

A British-based research project into the latest autonomous vehicle technologies has successfully completed a 230-mile self-navigated journey on UK roads. The project, HumanDrive, is jointly funded by UK government through the Centre for Connected and […]