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NewsTeenage 'ghost broker' jailed for a year for faking Allianz policies
A 19-year-old ‘ghost broker’ from Walsall has been jailed for a year for selling fake motor insurance to unsuspecting customers, leaving them uninsured and illegally driving on the roads. An investigation by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) discovered that Azeem Mahmood Hussain was selling false ...
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NewsSwiss Re insurance arm launches UK-specific cyber cover
Swiss Re’s insurance unit Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has launched a primary cyber risk protection product specifically for the UK market. The new product, called CyberSolutions UK, combines insurance with risk mitigation and remediation services and is aimed at mid-sized and large companies. Swiss Re Corporate ...
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AgendaInnovation blog: Insurance needs to win the Internet of Things War
Pegasystems European Insurance director Tony Tarquini on how the insurance industry must change its mindset or find itself relegated to the fringes by the innovators and disrupters
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NewsExpert View: Innovation – consider the third approach
Innovation Group marketing director Stacey O’Connor on evolving the insurer business model
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NewsExpert View: Adopting a new mindset for change and innovation
SSP Chief Technology Officer Kevin Gaut says that adopting a different way of thinking will give insurers a foundation for change and innovation
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Online onlyInnovation blog: The win-win approach to insurance innovation
In their drive to improve customer and user engagement, insurers can profit from the insights of perceptive start-ups who understand their pain, says Startupbootcamp managing director Sabine VanderLinden
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AgendaInnovation blog: Insurtech trends are reshaping insurance
Chris Finney, partner at law firm Cooley (UK), on how peer-to-peer and crowd-sourced insurance are already making inroads into the industry
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Online onlyNeos chief exec: 'Insurance suffers from being conservative'
Neos chief executive Matt Poll, who left MoreThan after 15 years to create a home insurance start-up, explains the potential dangers for insurance companies of not engaging with their customers properly, and why they must be more agile with new ideas.
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Online onlyUnimpressed consumers reject 'connected home' transition
Most consumers are unwilling to buy smart home technologies and lack interest in the ‘Internet of Things’, a new survey has found. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found that 72% of people surveyed were reluctant to adopt smart home technologies such as smart heating systems, renewable energy devices and ...
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NewsIce-cream van fraudster faces a year in jail
A man has been handed a one-year suspended sentence for his part in a series of insurance frauds involving an ice-cream van. Thirty-nine-year-old Barry Mark Sandmann of Brompton Lane, Strood, Kent was sentenced on Friday 27 May at the Old Bailey. In addition to his suspended ...
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FeaturesInsurers looking to be van man’s best friend
With the price of van insurance soaring nearly 10% in the past year, some insurers see an opportunity for telematics and cross-selling in this neglected market
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Online onlyRoads minister: Driverless car threat 'pie in the sky'
The idea of driverless cars making motor insurance unnecessary is “a lot of pie in the sky”, according to roads minister Andrew Jones. But he added that the advent of the driverless car would mean changes in the insurance industry. Speaking in Milton Keynes, where he ...
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Online only'Fundamentally dishonest' kick boxer KO'd by judge in court
A kick boxer has been ordered to pay £4,000 costs to esure after a public video uncovered the fraud to have falsely claimed the injuries sustained in the ring were received in a previous car accident. Dawid Masel, of Weston-Super-Mare, claimed that he was jolted on ...
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NewsAppeal court rules no proof of fraud needed to dismiss a claim
An appeal court ruling has confirmed that trial judges don’t have to confirm that fraud has taken place in order to dismiss a claim. Two claimants seeking over £25,000 in damages had their claim dismissed today by the Court of Appeal as they failed to prove ...
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Agenda'Crash for cash' duo caught in the act
Two men have been sentenced after they were spotted by a member of the public staging a car crash in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Luke Gaughan and Sam Borbely, both 25, staged the crash in the early hours of 15 November 2014 near Keighley. Borbely parked his ...
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NewsEx-Quindell unit Hubio teams up with Indian carmaker Mahindra
Hubio, the usage based insurance technology company owned by Watchstone Group – formerly Quindell – has teamed up with Indian carmaker Mahindra to offer telematics-based insurance services. Coinciding with the UK launch of Mahindra’s new e2o all-electric urban runabout (pictured) in the UK, the Indian company’s ...
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AgendaSimply Business hackathon creates ‘Tinder for insurance’
Simply Business has created an app that allows commercial insurance customers to swipe through a short question set to generate an indicative quote. The product, internally named Swipe Me, is only at an early conceptual stage, but is already basing its user experience on the Tinder ...
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Online onlyMajority of December storm claims settled
To date 85% of insurance claims made for flooded homes and businesses following the December storms have been either fully or partly paid out, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The total number of claims made for damaged buildings currently stands at more than ...
