Legal

FCA Motor Finance Compensation: Comment and Analysis

Some comments on yesterday’s FCA announcement; OSBORNE CLARKE Rachel Couter, Head of UK Contentious Financial Services, Osborne Clarke: “The final scheme is likely to be met with real disappointment by the industry, as it appears […]

News

M&A Activity 2024 in Review, More to Come in 2025, Says Willis Towers Watson

The word from WTW as they look back on the M&A activity in the insurance sector in 2024 – another busy year ahead as tech enables the streamlining of more admin, claims and quote processing? […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Extends Deadline on Respones to Motor Finance Complaints

Interesting extension from the FCA on car lease interest rates and finance, which suggests that the new Labour government will be seeking to amend, or cap the level of interest on things like EV car […]

News

Crowdstrike Outage: Comment and Reaction From the Software Sector

Some comment and reaction to the Crowdstrike online outage/attack; CYBERCUBE CyberCube’s Cyber Aggregation Event Response Service (CAERS) has been activated as a result of the CrowdStrike/Microsoft event. CAERS provides up-to-date intelligence on major cyber catastrophes […]

Motor Insurance

Bridgestone Sees More EVs, Plus Recycled OEM Tyres

What’s happening in the world of tyres, apart from more punctures due to potholes? Are heavy EV cars and vans wearing out their tyres very quickly and will insurers start fitting more recycled tyres to […]

Opinion

Organisations Should Not Delay AI investment, Despite The ‘Unknown Unknowns’

Will Larcombe, Co-founder and Director of Stellarmann , insists organisations can safely pioneer AI-enabled Insurtech investments, if they can identify (and draft in) the expertise needed to manage the associated risks and stakeholder expectations. Few […]

Motor Insurance

Deadly Tyre and Brake Pollution: The Downside of The Green EV Dream

Will new emissions taxes appear on EV or battery powered cars in the future? Most likely they will, as evidence mounts of excessive brake pad and tyre wear emerges. Rapid tyre wear can mean rubber […]