Digital Insurance
Blog: From AIG to Zurich, five predictions for insurers in 2016
Now that we have all had a chance to get back into our pre-Xmas routines; quit our cous-cous diets and break our new year’s resolutions, I thought it would be a good time to look into my crystal ball and predict how the year might pan out for insurers.
Europe: What the new privacy regulations mean for insurance services providers
It's almost upon us. After an epic journey, the much vaunted overhaul of European data protection rules has arrived, placing a tougher compliance burden not only on insurers, but also on companies that provide services to them.
FCA urges further improvements on mobile phone insurance
The Financial Conduct Authority’s follow-up review into mobile phone insurance found while some firms have improved, there were still many who were not providing fair outcomes for customers.
Europe: What's driving telematics growth
Alongside North America, Europe so far represents the vast majority of all insurance telematics policies, with Italy and the UK leading the pack.
Insurers shifting towards wholly digital sales process, Accenture finds
More than half of insurers globally expect to have a wholly digital sales process in the next three years, according to research from Accenture.
Six UK finalists in London start-up programme
Technology incubator Start-up Bootcamp has announced the 10 international start-ups that will join its London programme in 2016, including six from the UK.
Impact Forum: Apple to launch electric car in 2019 predicts government adviser
Technology giant Apple has been tipped by a government adviser to launch into the motor market by 2019.
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?