Covid-19 – Page 55
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NewsInsurtech trade body teams up with investment platform to boost sector growth
Trade body – Insurtech UK has partnered with online investment platform, Seedrs to help fuel the insurtech sector’s growth.
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News‘Industry has a responsibility to respond’ if customers want digitised claims journey says Minster Law
’Covid-19 has released the virtual claims management genie from the bottle and there will be no going back’, says the law firm’s claims director
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NewsAmanda Blanc says Aviva needs ‘to be the leader in our industry again’
Taking the group chief executive mantle from Tulloch, Blanc tells trade and national media she’s ‘not a ‘business as usual’ person and I haven’t come here to do a ‘business as usual’ job’
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NewsTech Nation and Insurtech UK call on insurance leaders to support insurtechs post-pandemic
Tech Nation Insurtech Board and Insurtech UK are urging all leaders in the insurance sector to take on a series of commitments on innovation to support insurtechs after the impact of the pandemic.
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News AnalysisLocal Leicester lockdown could prove ‘difficult for insurers’ defending rejected BI claims
Business interruption policies triggered by Covid cases at the insured premises, or within a defined radius, may come under closer scrutiny as city-centric lockdown confirms the local impact of the pandemic
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IT Interview‘There’s always misinformation and bravado around multiples’ says new GRP boss Mike Bruce
Despite the advantages of consolidation, Bruce added that this is still viewed negatively within the broking sector
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NewsInsurtech Dialogue Exchange Global selected for Lloyd’s Lab latest Covid-19 cohort
The business aims to streamline the credit and political risk marketplace
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IT InterviewQ&A: Price should not be viewed in isolation as more tailored policies become the norm post Covid-19 says Purbeck boss
Todd Davison, managing director at personal guarantee MGA Purbeck Insurance Services, speaks to Insurance Times about the ‘new normal’ post Covid-19 and why policies shouldn’t purely be price driven
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FeaturesFinancially stressed policyholders are a ‘moral hazard’ leading to increased claims
Insurance Times explores the correlation between policyholders’ financial stress and their propensity to make claims - here, we explain what insurers can do to recognise and aid these vulnerable customers…
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NewsBritish theatre at risk due to ‘inadequate insurance cover’
But refund protection insurance is experiencing an uptick in popularity
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NewsLloyd’s calls for industry and government collaboration to mitigate future systemic risks post-Covid19
Lloyd’s of London is calling for close collaboration between insurers, brokers, customers, the global industry and government in designing cover for future systemic risks, which it says are complex.
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NewsUsage-based insurance attracts funding despite drop in insurtech investment
Pay-per-mile policies are much more popular with the younger demographic
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NewsInsurtechs poised to prosper from post-pandemic business models
Many businesses are adapting their business model post-pandemic and seeking out on-demand insurance to cater to delivery surge, which could be a win-win situation for insurtechs
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NewsPost-Covid world promises productivity revolution
Simply measuring ’bum-on-seat’ time will no longer suffice in the post-lockdown working world
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IT InterviewAntilo – the MGA on a mission to use machine learning to better price risk
The MGA intends to help underwriters price risk more accurately using technology as well as bridging a “data gap” in telematics
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NewsCovid-19 lockdown saves motor insurers £1.3bn
New research from Safe found that claims have fallen by 69% during the lockdown period
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NewsCovid-19 is the ‘watershed moment’ to improve cyber insurance penetration
Swiss Re detailed the recent history of the cyber insurance market during its virtual media day last week, highlighting how the coronavirus crisis has affected the market and how the pandemic could aid the product’s penetration…
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IT InterviewTravel insurers are ‘obviously only dealing with squeaky wheels’ says Aquarium Software
Insurance Times speaks to Aquarium Software director Mark Colonnese about the ‘car crash’ travel insurance sector and how insurtechs can turn the Covid-19 pandemic to their advantage…
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NewsWimbledon boss confirms the championship will not have pandemic insurance in 2021
The All England Lawn Tennis Club warns that although pandemic insurance has protected the Wimbledon tennis championship this year, finding pandemic insurance for 2021 is likley to be ‘impossible’…
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NewsTech is designed to take friction from the broker-customer experience
Find out the latest insights from Insurance Times’s most recent broker webinar, which discussed technology trends impacting insurance now and in the future.
