Innovation & Disruption
AXA partners with charity to address industry’s skills gap
The average age of repair technicians is older than 45
Tempcover looking to expand following £13.3m MBO
In December last year it completed a management buy-out (MBO) for a total of £13.3m backed by Connection Capital and Santander’s UK growth capital team
Insurance patents up 116% in five years
Figures reveal a surge in insurance patents as firms look to innovate
Cancer survivors battling for fairer travel premiums
The ABI is in discussion with YCE around travel insurance availability
Innovation & Disruption Analysis
Lemonade's mounting losses - what is really going on?
Lemonade has posted an underwriting loss in Q1 2018, following a $15.8m underwriting loss for 2017. What does this mean for the start-up?
Honcho: the insurtech gunning for the aggregators
Aggregators were the ’original disruptors’, but a new platform contends it is ready to take over the market and ’smash’ premiums
Inertia is “going to kill” industry players – Pegasystems director
Insurers and brokers must invest in IT and agility if they are to face up to emerging threats, says Pegasystems’ Tony Tarquini
Briefing: An esure chief executive as an insurance outsider is a big risk
Esure has hinted it might look at an outsider to head up the business. But such a move comes with risks
Innovation & Disruption Blogs
Briefing: The end of the road for motor insurers?
Premium content: Is this the end of the road for motor insurers? Four fifths of the current UK motor market will disappear by 2040. Where will it go?
Innovation Blog: It's time to rethink who we are
The industry must act now to avoid another Kodak moment, says Parul Green, head of M&A and innovation for AXA UK
Former Google boss on insurtech: The UK can lead
Dan Cobley, fintech investor and former Google boss, says bosses must expect disruption – or find themselves another job
Innovation Blog: The peak of inflated expectations?
The hype cycle is masking the true ‘enabling’ potential of insurtech, says Sam Evans, founder of Eos Venture Partners
