Domestic insurer turning into international super hero?
By Niels Zijderveld, regional sales director, Europe at Guidewire Niels Zijderveld Understanding why Superman can fly and ..
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Finance And Insurance Sectors Have Below Average Absence Rates
The finance and insurance sectors have one of the lowest rates of absenteeism, it has been revealed. David Hope Drawn up f..
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Neos Selected For Silicon Valley Insurtech Trade Mission
Neos, the UK’s first smart home insurance provider, has been selected by the Department of International Trade (DIT) as one of six inn..
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Travel insurance lessons from the Ryanair cancellation issue
Thousands of tourists have been left with cancelled flights, or stranded in airports around the world after a staff holiday mix up by ..
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Waiting for an Uber – Adapting insurance for the digital age
By Tim Dimond-Brown, VP Sales and Operations at Quadient. After several years of, at best, stagnation, the insurance industry’s growth..
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Hurricane Harvey highlights magnitude of insurance protection gap, according to Aon outlook report
Over-capitalized insurance industry at odds with environment of global under-insurance Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermedia..
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Record ILS figures highlight abundance of alternative capital, according to Aon ILS report
Annual catastrophe bond issuance 20 percent higher than previous record set in 2014 Aon Securities, the investment banking division of..
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Top claims company recovers £128m for UK customers
First Target Recoveries (FTR), one of the UK’s leading financial solutions companies, has successfully recovered more than £128m for t..
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The New Normal: Cyber Security Insurance
By Kevin Cunningham, president and founder at SailPoint You may not have realised it, but in 2014 the IT security industry hit a tippi..
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The future of insurance is data driven
Dr. Richard Harmon, Director, EMEA Financial Services, Cloudera A perfect storm of rapid technological advances and changing customer ..
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How to get insurance as a young / inexperienced driver
For young and experience drivers, your first car insurance policy can be expensive and overwhelming. Subsequently more and more young ..
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On the road to success: technology changing motoring insurance
By Paul Ridge, Banking & Insurance Specialist, SAS UK & Ireland Disruptor, innovator, challenger. These are all words associat..
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A quarter of UK consumers would trust a robot for some form of insurance advice
New research from CenturyLink EMEA, an IT Services company specialising in digital transformation, indicates that consumers are becomi..
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Changes to the Insurance Model – Prevention and Cure?
What is Insurance? An old boss of mine articulated it nicely when he said it’s about putting customers lives back on track when things..
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Understanding the value of regtech
Graham Elliott, CEO of Azur The insurance industry is behind the times when it comes to using new technology. A recent report by the E..
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Travel insurance small print – what you need to know Loopholes in policies that could cost you a packet
According to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, last year, Brits made 65 million trips abroad*. The Association of British Insure..
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What does GDPR mean for insurers?-Magazine
By Andrew Bridges, Data Quality and Governance Manager at REaD Group Andrew Bridges It’s not often that data protect..
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FICO Survey: Nearly One-Third of UK Firms Don’t Have Cybersecurity Insurance
Most UK firms in survey by FICO and Ovum say insurance industry should improve explanations of cybersecurity insurance pricing Highlig..
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What digital means for the insurance sector-Magazine
Mark Boulton, Insurance Sector Lead in UK & Ireland at Fujitsu Mark Boulton Insurance companies face many challenges –..
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Severe US weather expected to cost insurers more than $2bn in March, according to Aon catastrophe report
Cyclone Debbie hits Australia resulting in minimal $310m insurance payout Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model d..
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Why the insurance industry must tailor communications strategies
Sam Madden, Director at Wiraya, describes why insurance companies must move beyond batch and blast campaigns to entice bombarded prosp..
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Early start to severe weather season takes its toll on US economy in February
Insurers face USD1.0+ billion toll from severe weather events in Australia and the US Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastr..
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How Artificial Intelligence is Simplifying Sanctions Screening for Insurers
By ComplyAdvantage Sanctions screening is one of the most time consuming and painful elements of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) complianc..
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How can the insurance industry avoid having a ‘Kodak Moment?’
Mark Lusted, managing director at financial experience design agency Dock9 Will the insurance industry really be disrupted? And what c..
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Samsung Users 53% More Likely to Make an Insurance Claim than Those with Apple Devices
New policy and claims data from mobile phone insurance provider, loveitcoverit, reveals that during 2016, 20% of Samsung customers mad..
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Global Medical Costs Expected to Increase in 2017 Despite Lower Rates of Inflation
New Aon analysis reveals non-communicable diseases continue to be primary drivers of cost increases While global inflation rates appea..
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Billion-dollar economic cost from New Zealand earthquake as insurance claims breach 15,000, according to Aon catastrophe report
Insurance losses from earthquake likely to range between $705mn and $3.5bn Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model ..
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Predictive analytics: a new way of insuring success
Stuart Rose, Market Strategy Director, Predictive Analytics at Guidewire The concept of “predictive analytics” has been a vital part o..
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Should insurers buy data direct from their customers?
By Scott Logie, Managing Director at REaD Group Insight Scott Logie I recently attended an excellent conference hosted by ..
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How technology can support insurance business growth
Simon Michie, CTO at Redcentric In the fast-paced business world we live in, it’s never been more important for companies to utilise t..
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Being aware of the insurance blind spot when it comes to driverless cars
By Paul Davies, head of business diversification at Audatex UK A few years ago, the idea of a driverless car was akin to having a robo..
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New Healthcare Market Review reveals elderly personal care sector creating exciting investment opportunities and defying Brexit
Personal care sector occupancy at 91.7% in H1 2016 (Colliers International) Long-term stability and excellent prospects are a win wit..
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Aon data empowers Unica to offer flood insurance for $5.2bn Canadian peril
WATERtight™ provides a single-solution coverage for water damage losses Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model developme..
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September tropical cyclones cost global economy more than $4bn, according to Aon catastrophe report
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, today launches the latest edition of its monthly Global ..
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Amid Evolving Cyber Risks, Aon Introduces First-Of-Its-Kind Enterprise-Wide Cyber Solution For All Industries
Expanded approach offers integrated single form to address rapidly emerging needs of organisations As cyber risk continues to evolve b..
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Health Care Systems Show Moderate Decrease in Liability Claims, Find Correlation Between Worker Safety and Patient Safety
Nationwide, health care systems continue to experience a moderate decrease in the frequency of professional liability claims according..
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Reinsurance demand increasing as growth opportunities emerge, according to Aon outlook report
New study highlights key opportunities for re/insurance capital across diverse sectors Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermedia..
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