Digital Insurance
SME digital insurer gets £2.5m funding round
Digital insurance provider Digital Risks has raised £2.25m in an investment round led by Beazley as it sets its sights on the SME and digital start-up markets.
Norwegian insurtech start-up plots London base and funding round
Norwegian insurtech start-up Cloud Insurance is looking to establish an office in London in 2019 as it prepares for a funding round to help it grow the business.
British Insurance Awards 2018: Full list of winners, their stories and photos
Former Churchill and LV general insurance boss John O’Roarke took home the Achievement prize last night at the British Insurance Awards, where his new employer Aviva was among the big winners.
Blog: What legacy will Lloyd's CEO Inga Beale leave behind when she departs in 2019?
Jonathan Swift looks back on how Inga Beale's time as Lloyd's CEO Inga Beale might be remembered using a jukebox stacked with her own Desert Island Disc selection
Analysis: Lloyd's of London going electronic
The challenges of bringing Lloyd’s trading into the 21st century
Blog: Why partnering is the only show in town for insurtechs
For most insurtechs the question no longer seems to be whether to partner up with an incumbent, but what the nature of the partnership should be. Marketing Eye CEO Neil Edwards explains what could be learnt from fintechs such as Revolut, Monzo and…
Insurers falling short of expectations with digital services
Insurance companies are failing to meet their customers’ expectations when it comes to digital interactions, according to a recent report.
Content director's comment: Insurtech eyes for straight guys
What does being ‘more like an insurtech’ mean? Recruiting people with facial hair and skinny jeans is only the start of the journey.
Analysis: Is Lemonade losing its fizz?
Will Lemonade’s losses see its success go flat?
Roundtable: The future of insurance in the digital age
Insurers feel they need to adapt to the digital age but they don’t all agree on how to drive technological change. What culture should they nurture? Post invited a number of industry experts to discuss the challenges ahead
This month in Post: lessons learned, space travel and why every insurer wants a time machine
Following the collapse of Danish insurer Alpha hundreds of black cab drivers were left unable to work and without any insurance cover. With little communication from the insurer the drivers took matters into their own hands and besieged the offices of a…
This week: The power of the collective
The Post team is feeling proud this week, having not just reached our fundraising target of £500 for our charity run through mud but having exceeded it well before deadline date. Thanks to all that have supported us so far.
Analysis: Back to the insurance future
The starting question had far reaching implications: “In 2030, what will the world need protecting from?” To answer that, five cross-industry teams explored the issues involved in an industry innovation challenge.
Interview: Patrick Tiernan, Aviva
Aviva Global Corporate & Specialty's new managing director Patrick Tiernan is confident of profitable growth. He tells Jonathan Swift how he hopes to take the business to the next level.
Roundtable: Digital innovation in commercial lines
The terms commercial lines and digital aren't often spoken together - is the problem that the industry doesn't talk about it or is it really not happening in the market?
Video: HPE's Mark Tritton on the potential of IoT in the insurance sector
HPE Internet of Things and emerging technology practice director Mark Tritton explains the benefits of IoT.
Lemonade to ditch traditional insurance policies
Lemonade has created an ‘open source’ insurance policy and will eventually stop offering traditional insurance policies to its customers.
Week in Post: Picking up the pieces after Biba 2018
The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Ageas uses full weather reserves on 'Beast from the East'
Ageas used its full weather damage claims allowance for the year during Q1 2018 after the fallout experienced by the Beast from The East.
Interview: Ali Crossley, BGL
In less than a year in her new role as managing director for Junction and BGL Customer Services, Ali Crossley has helped implement more than 100 digital improvements across the group's brands.
Analysis: Turning incumbents into insurtechs
Innovation labs, investment vehicles and strategic partnerships; Edward Murray looks at the ways in which insurers are facing up to the challenges of a digital future
Analysis: Travel insurance in a digital world
For so long seen a laggard in terms of embracing the potential of digital, travel insurance is changing. Rachel Gordon reflects on some of the latest developments that might halt to the downward trajectory in premiums that has been a reality since 2014.