Technology
Career File: Richard King to leave Ingenie
Ingenie co-founder and CEO Richard King will step down in June, following a transition process that will see chief operating officer Chris McKee take over the controls at the telematics firm.
Axa claims tool launched to broker market
A digital claims tracking tool is now available to the entire broker market following the completion of pilot projects with Bluefin and Brokerbility.
Synthetic Biology: The dark side of DNA
For all the good that synthetic biology could do, concerns persist that in the wrong hands, it could also be a potent weapon.
Blog: A driverless commercial future?
As the population increases and room on our roads becomes a scarce commodity, driverless cars could hold the answer to our prayers. Google expects driverless cars to be on the road within 5 years.
C-Suite - Insurer: Reducing risk, increasing safety
Telematics can bring down premiums for young drivers, but also alter behaviour in all segments.
Interview: Malcolm Lee and James Sharp: Ten glorious years for Ten
Celebrating the company’s 10th anniversary, Malcolm Lee and James Sharp explain how Ten has become successful, how they have avoided being bought and what the next 10 years will bring for the network.
Blog: Why is there a lack of capacity in the cyber market?
In this digital era, why are so many businesses still unaware of the cyber threat?
Post magazine – 2/9 April
The latest issue of Post Magazine is now available for Post subscribers. Download the latest Post iOS App Edition on the App Store or read the Post Digital Edition online.
Business Insight unveils risk analysis tool
Technology provider Business Insight has launched Resonate, a new risk analysis model that classifies every address and neighbourhood in the UK.
Digital Literacy: Let’s get digital
It’s good to talk – but it helps if you know what you’re talking about. Insurers need to be confident in their digital innovations or risk losing out to more literate competitors.
Interview - Gilles Galludec: Learning to share
Index insurance has come of age from its humble beginnings but more knowledge sharing is required if the market is to reach its potential, according to Gilles Galludec, program manager for the World Bank’s Global Insurance Index Facility.
Blog: New directions for distribution
Mark Bates looks at digital distribution and the emergence of a disruptive hub technology
Blog: Things we should learn from Post's Hackathon
The insurance industry's reputation for innovation leaves a lot to be desired. When describing the speed with which new technologies are adopted in the industry, references to oil tankers and dinosaurs are much more appropriate than those to jet planes…
Editor's comment: Moving with the times
Cyber is the watchword of this generation and it’s hard to image how our world would function without all the technology we use every day.
Diverse recruitment required if London is to secure global cyber dominance
Greater cross-industry collaboration and a significant recruitment drive are needed if London is to fulfil its ambition to become a global cyber insurance hub, according to London market firms.
Blog: What they don't tell you about PCI compliance
Payment card industry compliance has been around for a number of years, yet there is still an attitude amongst businesses - especially smaller ones - that it doesn't apply to them and that the threat of a breach is far less than that facing larger…
Technology: Unfathomable figures from Facebook?
Why do we struggle to measure the return on investment of social media?
Driverless cars commitment and reinsurance backing prominent in 2015 Budget
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has pledged £100m to the development of driverless cars in a bid to make the UK "a centre of excellence" for the technology.
Spotlight: Big data: Insurers must embrace the wider use of data
Insurers must embrace the wider use of data in order to interact with customers or risk being left behind
Spotlight: Big data, big opportunities
Imagine having access to a digital record of potential customers’ daily lives. The information is there – it’s just a question of how insurers can use it
C-Suite - Insurer: Cyber risk suffers from clouded thinking
Businesses, insurers and government must work together to provide resilience to cyber attacks
Brokerbility next to pilot Axa claims tool
A web-based claims tracking tool for brokers is entering its second pilot phase with members of the Brokerbility network with a wide release planned for the second quarter of this year.
Blog: The Frozen middle told to "Let it Go" to boost digital insurance innovation
Last week Post held the Digital Insurance Strategies 2015 conference.
Lloyds' private equity house backs SSP management buyout
Lloyds Banking Group's private equity arm LDC is backing a £207m management buyout of technology house SSP.