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AI usage in insurance is an ‘evolution, not revolution’ – Hiscox

2025-04-16T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurer’s head of technology emphasises that AI is ’a tool to enhance existing practices’, rather than act as a replacement for current people and processes

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Backchat: April 2025

2025-04-09T12:00:00+01:00By

T&Cs you can’t put down for World Book Day, confirmed cricket collaboration, PAS provider paints the town with projection and one software firm pranks the industry with April Fool’s Day joke – what has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…

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Broker Insights updates decision intelligence platform

2025-04-08T13:00:00+01:00By

‘Our primary focus has been on creating a scalable, unified infrastructure that supports rapid future development,’ says chief executive

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Broker schemes data shows overarching commission growth stutter

2025-03-27T08:00:00+00:00By

‘The latest set of data presents a mixed bag,’ says SchemeServe chief executive

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Insurance Times launches 2025’s exclusive Digital Adoption Report

2025-03-13T09:00:00+00:00By

Insurance Times has once again teamed up with software house Applied Systems to explore digital trends, risks and opportunities impacting UKGI

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Allianz UK to deploy digital developments in 2025’s Q2

2025-03-13T07:00:00+00:00By

Chief executive confirms that insurer’s new platforms are driven by desire to be ‘increasingly efficient and simple’ for brokers to trade with

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Rebecca Gambrell: Aviva seeks to ‘raise the bar’ on eTrading service following 2024’s five star success

2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00By

As Insurance Times’ 2025 eTrading survey is currently being completed by UKGI brokers, Aviva’s SME and delegated authorities managing director says the insurer ‘constantly [feels] pressure to improve and make sure that we’re not standing still’ around digital trading

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Aviva to launch new digital products and modularise eTraded commercial combined offering

2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00By

The eTrading product update is designed to give brokers greater flexibility and increased confidence to place larger, more complex risks online, says SME and delegated authorities managing director

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Aventum to invest $12m into technology over two years

2025-01-21T12:35:00+00:00By

’Just like the development of an F1 car, there will be a lot of resilience testing, but at the end of it, we’ll have a high performance vehicle and no one will catch us,’ says chief executive

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Insurance Times launches 2025 eTrading survey for UKGI brokers

2025-01-21T07:00:00+00:00By

Insurance Times’ annual eTrading survey is now open for UK brokers to share their views on their eTrading experiences with insurers and software houses over the last 12 months

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Demystifying machine learning – Open GI

2024-12-24T13:00:00+00:00By Damian Baxter

Damian Baxter, chief executive at Machine Learning Programs (MLP) – part of software company Open GI – breaks down what UKGI needs to know about artificial intelligence and machine learning

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Laura Drabik: Spotlighting the ‘hottest new insurtechs’

2024-12-13T12:00:00+00:00By

’Carriers don’t have time to investigate’ up and coming insurtech propositions, so software firm offers incubation scheme to do the hard work for them

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Jo Sykes: Markel UK set ‘to invest in future growth’ for 2025

2024-12-10T08:00:00+00:00By

In particular, schemes with brokers will be a ‘focus’ for the ‘end-to-end’ insurer next year, says divisional director

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TechTalk: Insurers still grappling with legacy system challenges

2024-12-06T09:00:00+00:00By

If legacy technology is not updated coherently across the supply chain, this could ’create inconsistent customer experiences at different points in the customer journey’, says law firm chief executive

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Insurtech 50 cover

In 2023 we launched our inaugural Insurtech 50 report, produced exclusively by Insurance Times and based on data provided by business management consultancy Oxbow Partners.

This report collates a portfolio of the 50 most innovative UKGI insurtechs that insurers and brokers should have on their partnership radar, based on specific criteria defined by Insurance Times to reflect the needs and interests of our readership.

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