Latest Insight
Briefing: Insurtech’s ‘stick or pivot’ culture could return for a post-pandemic sequel
Insurtechs have always been agile, but how many more will pivot their operations due to the changing economic environment and consumer demand?
Latest Interview
Q&A: Allianz removes ‘significant number of referrals and barriers’ to enhance brokers’ eTrading experience
Julie Tongue, digital trading manager at Allianz Insurance, shares her perspective on the key insights from Insurance Times’ Five Star Rating Report: ETrading 2022
The Big Question September 2022: Do brokers need a formal qualification to advise clients?
Following a CII group’s call for action that mandatory qualifications or a minimum number of years’ experience should be introduced in order for brokers to advise clients, industry experts share their opinions…
Briefing: What are the top five insurtechs to watch?
Insurtechs are blossoming to become a crucial part of the insurance ecosystem – but which ones have staying power in today’s climate?
Cyber risk rating reports versus threat intelligence - what is ‘the best tool’ to analyse firms’ cyber security?
Industry leaders expose problems with cyber vulnerability assessment tools and discuss new ways to get ahead of cyber criminals
What does an effective response to the threat of systemic risks look like?
The public expects ’insurers to lean into the challenges posed’ by systemic risks and work to develop solutions, says ABI’s director of GI policy
Briefing: Hard times for DLG, Admiral and Sabre – what are the shareholder challenges?
Claims inflation has hit the motor insurance market hard, but what does this mean for the sector’s largest players and their shareholders?
Briefing: Journalism still lacks ethnic diversity – just like insurance
The insurance sector must work harder to retain its ’kaleidoscope of talent’ and eliminate ’empty diversity and inclusion pledges’
Briefing: FCA must focus next on customers’ expectation gap following dual pricing ban
Consumer group managing director calls expectation gap the ‘number one problem in insurance’, over and above ‘sideshow’ price walking that the FCA has been focused on
Stephen Brittain and Robert Lumley: Solving the innovation gap in insurance
Insurtech Gateway is looking to expand internationally after having ’cracked how to run an innovation facility’ in the UK
Mike Bruce: ‘We were in a great position before, but we’re in a better position now’
GRP’s recent purchase by American broker Brown and Brown will open the door for fresh M&A targets that the broker has not ’historically been able to make the maths work on in the past’
MGA Q&A: ‘When underwriting criteria tightens, MGAs come into their own’ - FloodFlash
FloodFlash’s head of marketing, Chris Hall, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs and explains what FloodFlash has been up to over the last 12 months
Colm Holmes: ‘Strong relationships’ with brokers is ‘a core part of our strategy’
Chief executive believes half-year growth in 2022 secures firm’s status as ‘the number one P&C insurer in the UK’
Simon McGinn: Clarifying ‘challenging’ BI wordings could lead to ‘narrowing the cover’
Insurers must help brokers carve out more time to have ‘critical’ client conversations around what policies do and do not cover, says commercial lines chief executive
MGA Q&A: MGAs need to add value to survive – Renovation Underwriting
Renovation Underwriting’s managing director, Douglas Brown, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs today and explains what his firm has been up to over the last 12 months
Software company exposes insurance industry as most vulnerable to phishing following simulated attacks
Hackers believe insurance companies are ’highly desirable’ phishing targets because of the data these firms hold, says lead security awareness advocate
Aventum flaunts independent status to attract talent amid consolidation landscape
Wholesale broker and parent firm attribute ‘phenomenal growth’ to attracting the right talent and building ‘a really good culture’ based on steering clear of consolidation
MGA Q&A: Brokers don’t receive a ‘computer says no’ response from MGAs – Touchstone Underwriting
Touchstone Underwriting’s managing director, Alan Roe, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs today and explains what his firm has been up to over the last 12 months
