Digital Insurance
Alibaba-backed Chinese internet insurer raises $931m
Zhong An Insurance has raised 5.78bn yuan ($931m) in its first private round of financing according to a report.
Tech blog: New Insurance shall exit ‘The Trough of Sorrow'
In the first of Post's exciting new tech blogs, James York explains that while ‘Old' Insurance was in trough of sorrow, ‘New' Insurance can be very different - but both need each other.
Blog: The threat in the skies - have cyber attackers boarded the plane?
The aviation industry is fast becoming one of the hottest areas of interest among the cyber community - particularly insurers - as the risk profile to airplanes and carriers increases.
C-suite - Broker: Why I sleep soundly at night
It is not worth losing sleep worrying if you are doing enough digitally, says LV managing director, Phil Bunker.
Europe: Affinity insurance
Quality, simplicity and price are the ingredients for a successful affinity space in Continental Europe, says Brokerslink's Jacqueline Legrand
Biba: Conference Speakers
This year’s British Insurance Broker’s Association conference, on 13 to 14 May, will see more than 5500 attendees descend on Manchester. Post caught up with some of the speakers to find out a bit more about them and what they thought this year’s talking…
Roundtable: Building a 21st century insurer
With new technologies emerging all the time and a generation of early adopting clients, insurers are going to have to keep up to date if they are going to compete and survive in the future
Head to head: Is it inevitable that SME will go automated?
This year’s Biba conference has the theme ‘Delivering our promise’. With that in mind, Post asked some leading industry figures to go head-to-head on SMEs.
Insurers failing to deliver multi-channel customer service, study finds
UK insurers are failing to deliver multi-channel customer service and are answering just 40% of routine questions asked via the web, email and Twitter, according to the 2015 Eptica multichannel customer experience study.
Europe C-Suite: Big data - a real game changer
Big Data is fundamentally changing the world, and while insurers have been quite tardy in coming to the Big Data table compared with others, there is an increasing appetite surrounding the topic.
Ex-RSA CDO Hood resurfaces in asset management sector
Former RSA chief digital officer Ian Hood has resurfaced in the asset management sector after joining Fidelity Worldwide Investment as head of digital for the UK business.
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?
Digital strategy key for Co-op after 'transition' year
The 2014 financial year was “a transition year” for The Co-operative’s general insurance business as it took action to improve its loss ratio, according to chief financial officer Kieran O’Keefe.
Interview: Chris Voller - Keeping up with the digital revolution
More than doubling your workforce pretty much overnight would cause some people a degree of panic, but not Chris Voller, head of claims for Axa Insurance.
RSA's Hood resigns two months after taking on CDO role
RSA chief digital officer Ian Hood has resigned from the insurer just two months after taking on the role and has set his sights on a move to a different sector.
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.
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…
Technology: Unfathomable figures from Facebook?
Why do we struggle to measure the return on investment of social media?
Blog: The Frozen middle told to "Let it Go" to boost digital insurance innovation
Last week Post held the Digital Insurance Strategies 2015 conference.
RSA strikes Amazon cloud computing deal
RSA has signed a contract with Amazon Web Services to use its cloud computing services across the group.
Webinar - The data difference: How analytics can help insurers maximise customer value
In a market as competitive as general insurance, it is imperative that companies have as accurate a view of their policyholders or prospective customers as possible.
Q&A: Allianz Asia-Pacific CEO
Post speaks to Allianz's Asia-Pacific regional CEO George Sartorel.
Trade Voice: Living in a fast-changing world
The ABI sets out the issues it is looking to tackle over the upcoming year — and beyond
Drivers who text at the wheel could face higher premiums, warns AA
The AA has welcomed the launch of new technology that is being trialled by police that will catch drivers using mobile phones at the wheel.