Horwich Farrelly has highlighted the importance of striking the right balance between quickly settling claims and investigating potentially fraudulent activity.
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Top news from the wider insurance industry, including major insurance trends, company news, and industry issues.
12 April 2019
Lloyd’s of London has announced wide-ranging plans to deal with an epidemic of sexual harassment, as well as rampant alcohol and drug use.
12 April 2019
Fintech Breakthrough has named its 2019 Fintech Breakthrough Awards winners, including those making waves in the insurtech space.
11 April 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority in the UK has warned general insurance firms that many are neglecting to consider the value of the services and products that they sell to consumers.
10 April 2019
DBRS, an independent international ratings agency, has published a commentary on the bancassurance channel in Spain, detailing its dominant position in the Spanish life insurance market and its predicted contribution to the growth in Spanish banks’ earnings.
03 April 2019
German reinsurance group Hannover Re has created an online platform that connects insurers to insurtechs, enabling them to pitch their solutions online.
02 April 2019
It’s time to talk about Brexit again, but in this instance there’s a little light at the end of the tunnel. French insurer La Parisienne Assurances (LPA), which provides travel, property and casualty and other insurance services, is looking to ensure it can continue providing underwriting services to the UK, even after the country leaves the European Union.
02 April 2019
Matt Bevin, Governor of the US state of Kentucky, has signed into legislation a new law that, it is hoped, will boost the state’s position as a hub of innovation for insurtech.
28 March 2019
Affinity specialist SPB UK, a subsidiary of SPB Group, has announced that it has acquired the insurtechs Loyal Insurance Services Ltd and Square Pound Ltd.
27 March 2019
UK-based multinational insurer Aviva has signed a new five-year capacity deal with up and coming UK insurtech Ripe Insurance.
26 March 2019
An expert from Climate Change Risk Management has chastised insurance companies, claiming that they do not consult climate scientists often enough and so can’t comprehend the risk that extreme weather poses.
