UK Insurance Trends

LV Launches Pure Electric Car Cover, Including Charging Equipment/Batteries

LV is launching electric car insurance, with features like recovery to the nearest charging point as standard. Better still, a call-out to rescue your lifeless electric vehicle will NOT affect your NCD. For those owners […]

InsureTech

Future Tech: Driverless Cars Must Be Resistant to Cyber Attack, Says ABI

Vehicles should have a sufficient level of security to guard against cyber attacks before they are allowed to be used in fully autonomous mode, the insurance industry urged at a conference. Setting out suggested criteria […]

News

Notre Dame Fire: Governments Are Ultimate Underwriters of Heritage Sites

The terrible fire at Notre Dame in Paris highlights how vulnerable a large part of our heritage buildings are to fire damage. But although many stately homes, castles and art galleries carry commercial insurance, when […]

Insurance claims

ABI Warns on Driverless Vehicle Liability – Drivers Shouldn’t Be Blamed

Drivers of fully automated vehicles should not be held liable for accidents involving their cars while the technology is in charge, the insurance industry is warning. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has submitted its […]

Liability/Casualty

MIB Mutually Funded Cover Will Be Offered to Terror Attack Victims

Most car and van policies exclude damages or claims arising as a result of terror attacks. But now things are changing, as the UK insurance industry accepts vehicles may be used as weapons, and so […]

InsureTech

RSA Launches Autonomous Vehicles Report Looking at Driverless Insurance

These are interesting times for engineers and designers involved in driverless, or semi-autonomous vehicles. There are many test projects and pilot schemes underway and government cash is being pledged to support the development of driverless […]