Technology
Google looking for further investment in insurtech
Google is actively looking for further investment in the insurtech space, following its acquisition of a minority stake in Applied Systems.
Relationship building ‘surely the end goal’ of analytics
Insurers need to do more to build on their data and analytics capabilities to address customer needs, a conference heard.
Blog: Your dick is not in my job description
Amanda Blanc once told me off, as a journalist, for relying on her and others to call out sexism. Well Amanda, here you go. I hope this helps.
Blog: Aspirational insurance – a new idea for the sector to consider
The current insurance model is 'failure' oriented - paying out on something negative happening. Should the industry reconsider this and reward 'success' instead, asks Geoff Knott, a director at Ninety Consulting
This Week in Post: Telematics and other technologies
A new telematics provider is about to enter the motor insurance market, targeting the lower-premium segment, beyond just young drivers.
Aviva claims director does not expect digital strategy to change with Mark Wilson’s departure
Andrew Morrish, claims director at Aviva, has said that he doesn’t foresee Aviva’s digital push changing with the departure of CEO Mark Wilson.
Telematics broker My Policy names Roger Ramsden as group CEO amid wider restructuring
Telematics motor insurance broker, My Policy Group has appointed Roger Ramsden as group CEO.
Analysis: AI's hidden risks
Artificial intelligence will have unexpected consequences, which will raise tricky liability questions and will probably change the nature of claims
Start-up to bring pay-as-you-go commercial insurance to the UK's SME "heartland"
A new insurtech business launching in the first quarter of 2019 will provide flexible pay-as-you-go commercial insurance to SMEs.
Guidewire marketplace to 'stimulate' insurtech economy
Guidewire’s insurtech marketplace will bring benefits for both insurers and insurtechs, members of the press heard at its annual conference in Las Vegas.
Crawford’s 'We Go Look' app comes to the UK
Crawford-owned We Go Look is bringing its self-service on demand inspection app to the UK.
Ex-Ingenie CEO King reunites with Lineker to launch Munich Re-backed insurtech Ticker
Former Ingenie founder and CEO Richard King has teamed up with Munich Re Digital Partners to launch a new telematics motor provider Ticker in the new year.
Q&A: Alzheimer's Society's Tim Shakespeare on why the Insurance Day of Giving is so important
With under a month to go until the first ever Insurance Day of Giving on behalf of Insurance United Against Dementia and Alzheimers’ Society, IUAD board member Jonathan Swift spoke to the AS research information manager Tim Shakespeare about why it is…
AIG's Anthony Baldwin on improving PPL
Only by using Placing Platform Limited can insurers and brokers make electronic placement work better, argues Anthony Baldwin, CEO of AIG Europe.
Applied gets ‘nine figure’ investment from Google VC
Applied Systems has secured a “nine figure” cash injection from a Google investment firm in a move that will further drive growth at the company.
UK insurers in talks to tackle mobile use while driving
Several UK insurers are in discussions over the possible adoption of a device that blocks the physical use of a phone by the driver in a moving vehicle.
Evolving technology makes cyber risk pricing ‘challenging’ to predict
The rate at which technology is evolving makes it difficult to predict cyber risk pricing, members of the press heard at a conference in Las Vegas.
Bureau Veritas unveils holographic training aid
Bureau Veritas has unveiled a new training aid using mixed reality technology that could drastically reduce training time on large industrial boilers.
Axa's David Williams on why insurers need to drive autonomous car initiatives
Motor insurers must play an active part in the schemes that develop and test autonomous vehicles, despite the many issues that need to be ironed out, writes David Williams, technical director at Axa.
Brokers shouldn’t fear job losses through AI
Brokers don’t need to fear job losses through automation, a conference heard.
GDPR filings a potential parametric insurance trigger
General Data Protection Regulation filings could be used as a potential trigger for payouts from cyber parametric insurance policies, a conference heard.
Most downloaded content by insurers using Insurance Hound during August and September
Brexit, regulation and loyalty catch the eye of insurers.
Blog: The death of the chief digital officer
As dead as a CDO-do; terrible pun, but with Andrew Brem departing as chief digital officer at Aviva and not being replaced, Jonathan Swift mulls whether this job title will soon be going the way of this flightless bird
Less than a third of Lloyd’s brokers using PPL
Exclusive: Fewer than a third of the brokers that operate through Lloyd’s are signed up for Placing Platform Limited.