All Insurtech UK articles – Page 47
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Q&A: All people can be innovative, says TMK's Tom Hoad
Tokio Marine Kiln head of innovation Tom Hoad on creativity in insurance
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Innovation blog: the future of autonomous driving
The technology is there, but it will take time before autonomous vehicles hit the roads, DAC Beachcroft LLP parter Peter Allchorne says
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Ripe for disruption: is excess waiver cover one of the most over-priced products in insurance?
New investigation reveals high charges for excess waiver insurance
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RSA to launch digital front-end for motor as it tackles 109.7% COR
Insurer will also apply technology to new Nationwide business
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Analysis: Probing FCA's Project Innovate
The FCA launched Project Innovate to help new technology and new products navigate the byways of regulation. We look at how it works, how effective it is and what’s new. What is it? Project Innovate was launched in November 2014 to foster competition and growth in ...
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Back Me Up insurance product aims to court millennials
Ageas outlines Back Me Up insurance cover
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Zurich teams up with smart tech company
Zurich hopes the partnership will bring smart tech into British homes
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Innovation blog: Insuring the future - can we put a price on smart technology?
New smart technology will soon be a part of everyday life, says Experian director of insurance Martyn Matthews. But how will the insurance industry keep up?
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Innovation blog: The future of insurance might just come from ... within the industry
The insurance industry has previously not been keen to innovate but has now woken up, says Konsileo co-founder John Warburton
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Industry must ‘look past the hype’ of blockchain
PwC UK insurance leader Jonathan Howe says technology will not be the best solution for all insurance processes
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Innovation blog: InsTech 2016 - when the rubber hit the road?
It’s difficult to say what the future holds for InsTech. But insurers must get involved in order to keep up, says COO of Charles Taylor Managing Agency, Paolo Cuomo
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Hiscox UK and Europe profits up 42.4%, appetite for larger risks grows
Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox’s UK and Europe division made a profit before tax of £65.2m in the first half of 2016, up 42.4% on the £45.8m in the same period last year. The division’s combine ratio improved by 6.9 percentage points to 79.9% (2015: 86.8%). Gross premium ...
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Use of big data risks making some people uninsurable - CII
The increasingly sophisticated use of data could create an “underclass” of people who cannot afford insurance, a report from the Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII) has warned. And as a result consumers could miss out on some types of cover altogether if insurers deemed them too ...
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Innovation blog: Driverless cars – a road to nowhere…
Autonomous vehicles makers have all got it wrong, planes and drones are the future, says Now4cover chief executive Michael Muzio
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Innovation blog: Innovation in the board room
Dr Edmond Smith of Kent University’s Centre for the Study of the Political Economies of International Commerce (PEIC) examines why companies need a new approach to keep up with innovation.
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Innovation blog: Five ways to solve the data skills gap
Insurers are losing the war to attract the data analysts they need to grow. But the challenges are surmountable, says Startupbootcamp managing director Sabine VanderLinden
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Insurers unprepared for driverless vehicles - KPMG
Insurers are unprepared for the arrival of driverless vehicles, a new study from KPMG says. The Autonomous Vehicle Insurer report found that many of the UK’s largest insurance companies agreed that driverless vehicles would touch every area of their business model. Key points: But ...
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Tech & Innovation Awards finalists on challenges and successes they have faced
As the insurance market becomes increasingly digitised established firms find themselves trying to keep up with the pace of customer demand, while disrupters rush into the market. In the run-up to this year’s Tech and Innovation Awards our shortlist of finalists presented their submissions in front ...