All articles by Clare Ruel – Page 46
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NewsHoncho is ‘packing up’
The business found ’it difficult to acquire customers in a highly competitive space’ as well as rising inflation
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NewsRipe Thinking’s £23.3m turnover for 2021 signals insurtech’s growth
The insurtech now has plans to grow its staff numbers and will be launching new products later this year
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NewsBrokerFest and Insurance2025 in pictures
The photos are in for BrokerFest2022! Can you spot yourself? You can also catch up on the full coverage here
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AnalysisBackchat July/August 2022
Biba dishes out journalism awards, Wimbledon’s upcoming ball fetchers, Mary Poppins and an unusual car insurance claim. What has the insurance industry been up to this month? You heard it here first…
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NewsMusic streaming giants’ success is cautionary tale for Future at Lloyd’s – Altus
’Proper playbooks’ are needed to help Lloyd’s regain competitive edge
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NewsRising cost of living provides ‘opportunity’ for industry to tailor products – Guidewire Software
Ever increasing inflation is causing consumers to choose between putting food on the table or buying insurance - however, the industry is in a key position to adapt products to suit changing demands
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NewsRevealed: Insurance Times’ Technology and Innovation Awards 2022 Finalists
Winners to be revealed at an in-person ceremony at the Royal Lancaster hotel in London
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NewsComing months will pose ‘further challenges’ for the insurance sector – GlobalData
Global public insurance firms saw a “revival” in revenue in 2021 that almost hit pre-pandemic levels
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NewsBoris Johnson resigns as Tory leader
He intends to remain in his position as prime minister until a replacement is elected in an upcoming leadership contest, however
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NewsBiba’s increased membership pushes 2021 turnover up by 19%
The trade body’s ethos of being ’knowledgeable, approachable and passionate about brokers’ remains unchanged
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NewsTwo-day FCA staff strike postponed as further talks get under way
The regulator says it is looking ’forward to an open conversation’ with employees about union representation
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NewsMP and economic secretary to the Treasury John Glen resigns
Financial services sector representative says he has a ’complete lack of confidence’ in the prime minister
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NewsPWC names high expense ratios as the biggest driver for technology transformation in London market
Only 19% of respondents said that aligning their technology strategies with Lloyd’s Blueprint Two was ‘very important’
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NewsLaw firm merger completes and creates ’biggest casualty practice in the UK’
The deal is important because ’size matters’ for end-to-end client support, says law firm partner
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AnalysisTechTalk: A short history of Lloyd’s Lab
Technology editor Clare Ruel takes a look back at Ed Gaze’s time at Lloyd’s Lab and the birth of the insurtech accelerator
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NewsAxa Partners reveals multimillion-pound partnership extension with underwriting agency
The underwriting agency’s managing director says that Axa Partners shares its ’key value of putting customers at the heart of everything’
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NewsBrokers call for mandatory qualification requirements – CII
The CII’s president backs brokers’ call to action because it would ‘improve the image and professionalism of the sector hugely’
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NewsJensten Group combines businesses to reveal new London market operation
The broker’s wholesale managing director believes its new division is an example of how it provides ’our people and partners with greater opportunities than the status quo’
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News‘There will always be a need for insurance’ – Lloyd’s boss John Neal
The insurance industry provides ’a framework for bouncing back’, as risk can never completely be eliminated and ’we cannot just look to politicians for answers’
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AnalysisIndustry’s lack of ethnic minority senior leadership is ‘everybody’s problem’
Although the representation of ethnic minorities in senior insurance roles has improved, the industry still has a long way to go
