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  • Hacking/cyber attack
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    UK financial services industry is ‘perfect target’ for cyber attack - report

    2016-05-18T07:24:00Z

    Financial services companies vastly overestimate how much insurance they have against a cyber-attack, Marsh UK and Ireland chief executive Mark Weil has said. This means the UK financial services industry is ‘perfect target’ for attack, according to lobby group TheCityUK’s Cyber Taskforce report co-written by Marsh. ...

  • Aviva
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    Aviva to invest millions in tech start-up enabler

    2016-05-18T07:19:00Z

    Aviva is to invest millions of pounds in Founders Factory, a technology incubator, to forge a new wave of financial service start-ups, Sky News reports. The deal, due to be announced today, will make Founders Factory an exclusive services partner with Aviva. Ben Hoberman, who set ...

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    Jaime Swindle, NIG: ‘Brokers are now setting the e-trading agenda’

    2016-05-18T05:30:00Z

        Delivering what brokers want has helped NIG retain its place at the top of the Insurance Times e-Trading Broker Insight rankings. E-trade director Jaime Swindle talks about how brokers are now driving e-trading

  • jonathan and chris
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    Innovation Blog: Self-aware drivers before self-driving cars

    2016-05-17T12:07:00Z

    Octo Telematics’ Jonathan Hewett and Goldsmiths, University of London’s Dr Chris Brauer on improving driving through technology

  • whitehorn id16
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    Whitehorn: True innovators look beyond current market

    2016-05-16T05:30:00Z

    Use customer research to predict future trends, former Virgin Galactic boss Will Whitehorn tells Innovation and Disruption Conference 

  • Talktalk
    News

    TalkTalk profit halves after cyber attack

    2016-05-13T08:02:00Z

    TalkTalk’s full year profit halved as a result of last year’s cyber attack on the mobile phone company. Profit before tax for the year to 31 March 2016 was £14m, compared with £32m the previous financial year. The company was hit by exceptional costs of £83m, ...

  • e trading platforms tiny
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    Revealed: What brokers think of insurer e-trading

    2016-05-12T05:30:00Z

    NIG tops rankings for second year

  • Smartphone cropped
    News

    Smart home technology could cut CORs

    2016-05-10T17:30:00Z

    Smart technology such as leak, fire and theft detectors in the home could reduce insurers’ combined operating ratios (CORs) by 21%, research suggests. According to an Innovation Group report, tech giants such as Google and Samsung are trimming the amount of insurance claims made by building ...

  • Nigel Norman
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    The ITEX View: How brokers can succeed in the digital age

    2016-05-10T12:22:00Z

    Embracing new technology can represent a real opportunity for brokers to add value, ITEX chairman Nigel Norman says

  • Calculator
    News

    AXA unveils broker tool to tackle underinsurance in mid-market

    2016-05-09T06:56:00Z

    AXA has launched an online tool to help brokers calculate the business interruption risk for individual commercial clients. Tool will help firm tackled underinsurance in mid-market AXA BI calculator is web-based tool that assesses a businesses’ BI exposure Tool intended to support prompt claim settlement The ...

  • polaris phil
    News

    Expert View: Integrated commercial e-trading has arrived

    2016-05-06T09:32:00Z

    Polaris sales and marketing manager Phil Nunn on why the company’s  e-commerce portal is at a tipping point

  • matt hutchins, Accenture cutout
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    Expert View: Achieving relevance in the digital insurance era

    2016-05-06T05:30:00Z

    Accenture’s managing director, head of insurance, UK & Ireland, Matthew Hutchins on how insurers need to understand customers’ needs and get better at providing for it in a digital world

  • sara fardon, Willis, cut out
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    Expert View: How taming technology can make a broker’s life easier

    2016-05-05T14:50:00Z

    Willis Towers Watson Networks managing director Sara Fardon on how change offers opportunities that brokers need to seize 

  • hammad rafique Accenture cutout
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    Expert View: Process automation is the new team player

    2016-05-05T10:31:00Z

    Accenture managing director, general insurance, Hammad Rafique on how robotics could help free the industry from repetitive back office tasks, with cost benefits 

  • Xchanging
    News

    CSC completes Xchanging acquisition

    2016-05-05T07:27:00Z

    Technology group CSC has completed its acquisition of insurance outsourcing firm Xchanging. The companies said the deal will “create a new leader in technology and business process services for the global insurance industry”. CSC also said the acquisition will put it “at the heart of the ...

  • gold trophy
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    NIG retains crown in Insurance Times e-trading survey 2016

    2016-05-04T07:50:00Z

    NIG has once again topped the rankings as the best-performing insurer for e-trading. For the second year running, the SME-only, broker-only insurer has come top in a survey of 246 brokers, in the Insurance Times E-trading Broker Insight Report. For a full copy of the report ...

  • Young driver
    News

    Carrot's telematics 'warning' initiative improves young driver behaviour

    2016-05-03T09:49:00Z

    Telematics firm Carrot Insurance has used its telematics box to improve the driving behaviour of its young policyholders, director Ed Rochfort has said. The firm which won an award last year for reducing accident frequency by 42% among its young drivers, through a strategy of intervention ...

  • Cyber risk
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    Charles Taylor launches insurance technology unit

    2016-04-28T07:44:00Z

    Insurance services firm Charles Taylor has launched an insurance technology arm called Charles Taylor InsureTech. The new unit brings together more than 200 insurance technology staff to develop technology solutions for the global insurance market. The division will be headed by Jason Sahota as chief executive ...

  • Volvo
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    Volvo to run self-driving car trial in London in 2017

    2016-04-27T09:30:00Z

    Volvo is to start trials of autonomous cars on roads around London next year. “Autonomous driving represents a leap forward in car safety,” said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo Cars. “The sooner AD cars are on the roads, the sooner lives will start ...

  • Distraction
    News

    New phone app locks phones while driving

    2016-04-27T07:19:00Z

    A new phone app that stops you checking your phone while driving could help cut motor insurance premiums. Employee tracking software company Romex already sells a similar app to the fleet sector, and is now developing it for the consumer market. The app uses the phones ...