News

What’s Going On With That LV & Royal London Deal?

Very good question. Lots of Liverpool Victoria policyholders were hoping that fellow mutual Royal London would acquire the business, thus maintaining the traditional mutual with-profits policy model. But that utopian dream seems more unlikely today […]

Global insurance trends

WTW Looks at With-Profits Policy Market

An increasing number of insurers are taking steps to rationalise their with-profits products and funds in order to simplify complex portfolios and address associated rising costs, according to a new industry study by WTW (Willis Towers Watson, […]

Opinion

Royal London Deal Probably Best Way Forward For LV Mutual Membership

We missed this one from the 10th December, but it’s worth looking at now. After the Christmas break IE expects a resolution to this thorny question of mutuality at LV’s Life policy book. Either the […]

Technology

Sapiens Signs Up Beneva to Underwriting Pro v11

Sapiens Americas, a fully owned subsidiary of Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced today that Beneva, Canada’s largest mutual insurance provider, has successfully upgraded […]

Fraud

Scams, Fraud and Insurance Crime Round Up August 2020

Just some interesting cases we spotted online recently; DORSET Dorset Police stopped a speeding Range Rover recently, posting a photo to their Twitter account with the following comments; “The driver of this £70,000 Land Rover […]

Motor Insurance

Learner Drivers Are Collecting Points Like It’s a Pokemon Go Game

New research by Moneyshake, a start-up car leasing comparison website which struck a deal with MoneySuperMarket last year, has found that learner drivers are racking up plenty of points before they have passed their test, […]

Opinion

Opinion; Covid-19 & Bitcoin Interest Means Increasing Cyber Risk

Insurance Edge spotted this blog post authored by Joanne Cracknell at Willis Towers Watson. We thought it was worth sharing because there are lots of people right now in the UK, currently flush with furlough […]