All articles by Clare Ruel – Page 88
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NewsJohn Lewis unveils flexible home insurance via Munich Re partnership
The offering is designed to reflect changes to customers’ lifestyles since the Covid-19 pandemic
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News AnalysisCovid-19 pandemic exacerbates fine art insurance’s hard market conditions
The art sector is heavily reliant on social contact, so the uncertainty of the coronavirus lockdowns have created added risks and challenges from pushing sales online
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News AnalysisThe Big Question April 2021: How can the insurance industry apply the key learnings from Lloyd’s most recent culture survey?
In March, Lloyd’s of London published its 2020 culture survey. While it revealed some progress on gender – race and ethnicity still needs to be addressed. Insurance Times asks the industry how they could apply the survey’s key learnings within their own organisations
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NewsBupa axes travel insurance due to Brexit
The insurer plans to instead ’focus on our health, cash plan and dental insurance businesses’
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NewsDespite current ‘trickle’ of home working claims, fraud ‘inevitable’ – Clyde and Co
Panellists at March’s Fraud Charter event agreed that fraudulent claims linked to home working were ’inevitable’ and that the rise in spoofing needs to be dealt with, either by the CMA or the Online Harms Bill
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NewsLockdown accelerates Aviva’s online trading by 20%
The insurer hopes to continue investing in its direct business, as well as its commercial, broker and bank channels
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FeaturesThe Building Safety Bill – what insurers and brokers need to know
With the Building Safety Bill set to pass in 2023, law firm Weightmans debates the changes this will bring and the resulting impact on the insurance industry
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NewsPeach Pi reveals its first broker etrade platform
It hopes to better support small community businesses during challenging times, such as the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsSteve Jenkins to leave CII after 15 years
He is the longest standing board member of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s executive team
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NewsInigo buys StarStone Managing Agency and Syndicate 1301
The startup was launched by three ex-Hiscox bosses and it has capital of $800m thanks to a consortium of global investors
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NewsPrestige Underwriting expands relationship with Markerstudy’s retail division
The MGA has a long-term trading partnership with Markerstudy’s retail team
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NewsAston Lark buys Irish broker
Aston Lark has made four acquisitions this month – its latest purchase precedes a rebrand for its Irish division
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NewsSabre puts drop in GWP down to recurring lockdowns
The insurer believes that it is well positioned as lockdown unwinds
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NewsGovernment commits to working towards state-backed PI for surveyors
The lack of affordable and available professional indemnity insurance for surveyors has been identified as a barrier by the government
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News AnalysisTop women in insurtech weigh in on diversity and inclusion debate
Insurance Times speaks to some of the top women in insurtech in honour of International Women’s Day this month, spotlighting individual contributions to the sector as well as unpicking the value of having a diverse workforce
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NewsGoogle hires new managing director of insurance for North America
Former Deloitte partner, who has previously specialised in insurtech, joins Google - industry voices describe this as ’a very smart move’
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NewsWunelli co-founder joins IMS
The firm aims to expand beyond its core markets to become a global leader in connected vehicle data
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Features‘Unintended consequences’ of whiplash reforms inevitable says MoJ
At Insurance Times’s first Fraud Charter event of the year - held virtually - delegates debated the ins and outs of the new whiplash portal
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News AnalysisNo code technology – an untapped opportunity for the insurance sector?
No code technology could be an untapped opportunity for the insurance industry and the London market at a time when digitalisation is vital due to homeworking.
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NewsSports broker accused of denying group of Football League clubs business interruption payouts
The clubs allege that they have lost millions of pounds as fans have been kept off football grounds since June last year
