Technology
Briefing: Tesla CEO Musk warns incumbents it is building a 'great, major insurance company'. Should they be worried?
On last week’s Q2 briefing call Tesla CEO Elon Musk told insurers he is coming for their actuaries, to help him start an insurance ‘revolution’. But could his obsession with data and math have blinded him as to where the real battle in motor insurance…
Claims Apprentice 2020: Episode two - Podcast challenge part one
Now that the six contestants have been split into teams and decided on their names, it is time for the apprentices to tackle their first challenge.
Post Magazine celebrates 180th birthday
This weekend Post Magazine celebrated its 180th birthday given the first issue appeared on Saturday 25 July 1840.
Telematics thwarts thieves to save £300,000
Dedicated telematics tracking devices have led to the quick recovery of three stolen high-end vehicles and saved London-based car hire company nearly £300,000.
Blog: Holding the line - how networks are helping insurers manage the pressure
Millions of people around the world continue to work from home as part of measures to restrict the spread of coronavirus. But with social restrictions easing in many countries across Asia and Europe, thousands of brokers who swapped the physical trading…
Claims Apprentice 2020: Episode one - Meet the teams
After a rigorous week interviewing rising insurance stars up and down the country, the field has been whittled down to six candidates, all competing for the prize of becoming the 2020 Claims Apprentice.
FCA register hit by further cloning attempt
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned of a second fake website purporting to be its financial services register in the space of two months.
Insurance Covid-Cast: How has staff productivity been impacted by remote working?
For the 35th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a panel of senior insurance managers to discuss how productive staff have been since Covid-19 lockdown, and whether it has changed as restrictions have eased?
Updated: SME specialist Coverly becomes latest UK insurtech casualty as it closes
SME insurance specialist insurtech Coverly closed for new business on Friday 17 July, Post can reveal.
Blog: Micro-business motor policies - using data to make better pricing decisions
Many small, local retailers have diversified and pivoted to take phone and online orders for home delivery during the pandemic. Jonathan Guard, director of commercial insurance for UK and Ireland at Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, believes more needs to be…
Virtual Roundtable: Has Covid-19 helped speed up the digitalisation of insurance customer communications?’
Post gathered a group of experts together for an interactive digital roundtable at which we discussed how insurers and their partners can maximise satisfaction, despite policyholders being in lockdown; and build long-standing relationships that will…
Wunelli and Smart Driver Club founder Penny Searles joins Trakm8 as NED
Trakm8 has appointed Penny Searles as a non-executive director to help lead on the vehicle technology specialist’s strategic vision and commercial growth.
Aventus' Peter Goodman on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for MGAs
With a hardening market, competition for capacity will intensify for managing general agents. As MGAs face new challenges and opportunities ahead Peter Goodman, CEO and founder of Aventus, asks if digitisation will become a regulatory requirement post…
Amazon advertises senior insurance vacancy
Amazon is advertising for a senior product manager for its product insurance team.
Blog: Covid-19 - time to re-evaluate
The coronavirus pandemic has hit people hard in a manner that the insurance industry can’t compute. Bundeep Singh Rangar, CEO of Premfina, looks at what lessons insurers can learn from the crisis.
Profits and turnover shrink at CDL in 2019
CDL Group has reported a 5.1% fall in turnover to £52.9m along with a 31.4% drop in post-tax profit to £4.7m for the year ended 30 September 2019.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Future of Insurance Work – Lesson learned to help Gen Y employees adjust to a new work/life balance post-pandemic
For the 33nd episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a panel of senior HR and talent managers to discuss the feedback they have had from millennials about how they have experienced lockdown and how insurers might adapt in…
Blog: Dealing with a hardening market - risk management and loss control during and post Covid-19
With the current insurance market hardening at a rate not seen in over a decade, Risk Solved non-executive Richard Thomas argues those firms that drive improved risk profiling and begin to fully appreciate the quality of the risks within their portfolio…
Insurance Covid-Cast: Future of Insurance Work - What do millennials want from their employers; and has it shifted due to Covid-19?
For the 32nd episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a panel to discuss how millennials have experienced lockdown and what temporary practices they would like to see made permanent.
Concirrus raises $6m from Commerzventures
Insurtech Concirrus has raised $6m (£4.8m) through an investment from Commerzventures, Post can reveal.
Blog: Electric vehicles - the risks associated with lithium batteries
With their ultra-low emissions, electric vehicles are a key part of the UK’s greener future. However, after reports of cars spontaneously catching fire, Andy Miller, technical risk control manager, Allianz UK, explains safety concerns could put the…
Insurance Covid-Cast: Insurtech 100 special – Tencent We Sure CEO Alan Lau
For the 31st episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we returned once more to the Insurtech 100 compiled by Sonr Global to spotlight the number two ranked start-up We Sure.
Spotlight: Lloyd's and the London market: Covid-19 – jump-starting a tech revolution in the London market
Covid-19 has forced the insurance sector to take a long hard look at how it uses technology. Handing over back office functions is allowing firms to tackle what they do best – pricing and underwriting