Digital Insurance
Europe: Cyber thieves - the nightmare before Christmas for insurers
The nights are drawing in, Christmas is coming, and retailers are getting fat on the back of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which have boosted annual high street sales this year to record levels.
Blog: Why Lloyd's is losing out on insurance technology innovation - and how it can fix this
While the founder of Lloyd's might be amazed by how far Lloyd's of London has come in a little over 300 years, this insurance market is no longer the pioneer of the industry that it once was.
Claims Club: Mobile phone payments key to improving satisfaction scores
Insurers need to wake up to the growing trend of customers using their mobile phones as a “unique” ID, which could help speed up claims payments and improve satisfaction scores.
Claims Club: Ex-Lloyd's CEO Ward urges wider tech focus
Insurers are too interested in “hygiene” factors at the expense of how technology might impact their business.
Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Hoad as head of innovation
Tom Hoad, an underwriter in Tokio Marine Kiln's emerging risk division, has been appointed as head of innovation at Tokio Marine Kiln's London office.
BGL opens digital, tech and media hub in Shoreditch
The BGL Group has opened a new office hub in London in the form of its Shoreditch digital, data, technology and media hub.
Blog: £700m earmarked for court efficiency reforms in the Spending Review
Chancellor George Osborne yesterday brought to an end speculation about whether funds for radical technology-driven reform to the court service would be made available.
Allianz teams up with Chinese internet giant for digital venture
Allianz is to create a digital insurance company for the Chinese market, a joint venture with local internet giant Baidu and Asian investor Hillhouse Capital Group.
Benefits of blockchain championed to slow starters in the UK
The UK insurance industry is "woefully behind" in its take up of blockchain technology, which commentators say will radically change the way insurance contracts and settlements are handled as well as potentially reducing insurance fraud.
Asia: The complexity of cyber exposures
Businesses in Asia need to brace themselves for a new generation of cyber risks, as threats go beyond traditional ‘hacktivist’ attacks.
Data, Analytics & Technology Awards 2015: The Winners
Industry technology experts scaled the heights at the Millbank Tower’s Altitude 360 venue yesterday afternoon (19 November) for Post’s Data, Analytics & Technology Awards for Insurance 2015 where the winners toasted their success in the skies.
Digital Insurance Collective: Hack to the Future: The Digital Activists taking disruption in their stride
There is a lot of talk about the need for the sector to adapt to changing consumer demands but are tensions between the anti-risk culture of insurance companies and the nature of digital transformation holding back progress? The newly launched Digital…
#Wakeupinsurance: What is the Post Digital Insurance Collective?
This week Post launches a new exciting initiative, backed by a host of major players in the digital insurance space from start-ups, brokers and forward thinking composites.
Innovation Group rebrands software products
Outsourcing provider Innovation Group has rebranded its suite of software products as 1 Insurer.
State of Insurer Nation Blog: Understanding risks and improving operating results in the digital era
The digital age is truly upon us, with consumers looking to both research and purchase products using a wide range of devices, wherever and whenever it suits them.
Blog: What the Data & Tech Awards entries reveal about the state of the insurance sector
I was thrilled to be invited by Post to help judge the Data, Analytics and Technology Awards for Insurance 2015. The process provided a welcome opportunity to broadly assess how the insurance has adopted new technology and to review a number of best-in…
Self-Driving Vehicles: Key to success
It is only a matter of time before fully automated vehicles start appearing on our streets. How can insurers help manage the transition with liability products?
Blog: How insurers can harness 'Big Data'
The amount of data out there is astronomical, with as many digital bits as there are stars in our universe - and it's rapidly expanding.
Roundtable: Technology: Are insurers ready for the next technology revolution?
What are the forthcoming trends insurers are likely to face?
Insurers urged to step up pace of innovation with low-cost experiments
Tech giants Amazon and Google have warned insurers must increase their digital innovation with low-cost experimentation and that senior executives must recognise the need for dedicated digital investment to achieve this.
Online SME insurer champions advice over price
New online insurer Quote Dave is promising to offer SME's insurance based on the "right advice" rather than the cheapest quote.
State of the Insurer Nation Blog: Working in unison to combat insurance risks
Government and insurers need to cooperate against cyber crime as they already do against traditional risks.
C-Suite - Insurer: Innovation can be Uberdisruptive
Is the insurance industry vulnerable to new technological developments?
State of the Insurer Nation Blog: The impact of regulation on insurers and policyholders
Strong regulation of the insurance sector is a necessity that safeguards customer interests, but this needs to be balanced with protecting the commercial viability of insurers.