Technology
Blog: Five benefits insurers could gain from the connected home
Post explores the main benefits insurers could derive from the connected home, if they play their cards right.
International: Insurers to the rescue - exposed computers in Latin America
Latin American companies and individuals are waking up to their cyber vulnerabilities - and as markets dictate, where there is demand, service must follow, say Alex Guillamont, director, and Andres Avila, associate lawyer at Kennedys Latin America &…
DLG names Dixons Carphone boss as non-exec
Direct Line Group has recruited the group chief executive of Dixons Carphone to serve as a non-executive director.
Share and share alike?
With the 'sharing economy', a form of peer-to-peer lending, gaining traction in the US, what would be the impact on UK insurers if the same occurred here?
Data and Analytics Asia Q+A: Michael Lamb, CCW
Ahead of the upcoming Insurance Data Analytics Asia 2014 conference in Hong Kong, Postonline interviews a key speaker.
15% drop in large-scale terror attacks prompts RMS model update
A 15% reduction in the frequency of large-scale terror events in many cities has prompted RMS to release an update version of its probabilistic terrorism model.
Legal Update: Cyber Essentials - a major step forward for insurers
Nick Gibbons explains why the government’s recently launched Cyber Essentials Scheme – aimed at improving protection against cyber attacks – is so significant for the insurance industry.
Cyber Insurance: Variety in cyber
With cyber insurance a relatively new market, issues are arising in various areas – many from the non-standard wordings in policies themselves.
Trade voice: A driverless future beckons
Driverless vehicles have until recently been the stuff of scary fiction – from Stephen Spielberg’s menacing apparently driverless truck in the cult 1970s film Duel, to Stephen King’s demonic Chevrolet in Christine.
Aviva recruits from Progressive for global analytics boss
Aviva has recruited Progressive’s vice president of big data to helm its own analytics operations.
Blog: Telematics update
How does the UK telematics market compare with markets in other parts of the globe? Sarah Wenham explains
Admiral weighing up bid for UK's leading telematics player Insure the Box
Admiral is evaluating a bid for telematics firm Insure The Box just months after announcing a £200m cash raise, Post understands.
Quindell update fails to halt tumbling share price
Quindell's share price has fallen by almost 25% over four days of trading, in spite of optimistic trading updates issued by the firm.
One third of motorists favour mobile devices for quotes
Around a third of UK motorists want to receive car insurance quotations on their tablet or smartphone, according to a survey from software provider SSP.
C-Suite - MGA: At the crossroads
The industry is at a fork in the road regarding customer expectations as technology changes the game
Motor sector told to brace for new era as autonomous cars edge into view
Trials of driverless cars on UK roads set to commence early next year
East England drivers UK’s worst says Aviva
Drivers in Aviva’s home territory of the East of England are among the UK’s worst according to figures produced by the insurer’s Drive smartphone app.
Miller replaces Clarke as SSP's head of Asia-Pacific
UK-based technology firm SSP has appointed Paul Miller as general manager, Asia-Pacific after Michael Clarke left the firm.
Lancashire Group goes live on Sequel Impact
Lancashire Group has bought and gone live on Sequel's risk exposure and aggregation product Impact.
SSP offers telematics mobile app in Australia and New Zealand
Technology house SSP is to offer a smartphone telematics app via technology from Wunelli.
Xchanging sees £65.6m drop in net revenue
Net revenue at business processing provider Xchanging dropped to £205.1m in the first half of 2014 down from £270.7m in the same period for 2013.
UK Government offers £10m for driverless car road trials
The UK Government has offered a pot of £10m to help fund public road trials of driverless cars in up to three cities from January 2015.
Claims Club Missive: Will loss adjusters be the guardians of the digital galaxy?
You cannot go on the Post home page at the moment without seeing an article or video relating to “digitalisation”; and how insurers need to adapt to a market where consumers are ever more dependent on mobile devices.
Brokers risking profit through missed calls
Brokers are risking £1.3m of profit by failing to answer customer telephone enquiries quickly enough, technology firm Callstream says.