Research - The Briefing: Personal Lines Broking

The Briefing

Cyber Focus: Data exfiltration boosts ransomware risks with reputational threats

Brokers need to adopt a proactive role in assessing commercial clients’ digital security as cyber insurance morphs into a hybrid of preventative risk management services and responsive claims investigation to tackle evolving cyber threats

UK Motor Focus: Should the government remove IPT for young drivers using telematics policies?

Following the House of Commons’ Transport Select Committee’s inquiry into the reasons why young drivers are at a higher risk of being involved in road traffic collisions, industry professionals share their views on one of the main solutions proposed to the government

UK Motor Focus: Automated lane keeping tech could cause insurers’ claims costs to spiral

With the liability for autonomous vehicles placed at the doorstep of insurers, Insurance Times explores how the recent government consultation on automated lane keeping technology could prove to be a headache for insurers amid a growing list of safety concerns

Broker Scheme Focus: Should brokers take some responsibility for customers with unpaid Covid BI claims?

Insurance Times gets different perspectives on whether scheme brokers should share the blame when it comes to unsatisfied business interruption customers left with unpaid claims due to the coronavirus pandemic

Cyber Focus: Data exfiltration boosts ransomware risks with reputational threats

Cyber Focus: How can insurers protect themselves from cyber crime?

Industry experts tell Insurance Times what preventative steps insurers need to take in order to avoid possible data breaches and other cyber attacks where criminals are lured by the honeypot of stored customer data…

HNW Focus: HNW capacity enjoys ‘resurgence’ despite economic Covid constraints

Although the Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic recession across most industry sectors, the high net worth market is surprisingly buoyant. Insurance Times explores the key capacity trends within this sector.

HNW Focus: How can high net worth providers prove their value under current conditions?

The high net worth market has a distinct USP of providing a specialist service with a personal touch - but as Covid-19 causes face-to-face interaction to dwindle while digital communications take the reins, is the sector therefore suffering? Industry experts share their views

The Briefing - Insurtech – Surviving Covid-19, government schemes for insurtechs ‘not all it’s cracked up to be’

The government has been instrumental in supporting businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, however many insurtechs have found that these schemes incur pitfalls and strict eligibility criteria that does not work in their favour

The Briefing - Insurtech: How can insurtechs support insurers and brokers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic?

As insurers and brokers remain working from home in light of the coronavirus crisis, insurtechs could be key in supporting and improving digital ways of working

The Briefing: Coronavirus impacts on GI - With a reduction in road use due to Covid-19, should insurers start returning some premium?

Insurers in the US are refunding part of their customers’ car insurance premiums as coronavirus lockdown measures see a decline in vehicle use and therefore claims, but will the UK market follow suit? Four industry experts share their thoughts

The Briefing

Cyber Focus: Data exfiltration boosts ransomware risks with reputational threats

UK Motor Focus: Should the government remove IPT for young drivers using telematics policies?

UK Motor Focus: Automated lane keeping tech could cause insurers’ claims costs to spiral

Broker Scheme Focus: Should brokers take some responsibility for customers with unpaid Covid BI claims?

Cyber Focus: Data exfiltration boosts ransomware risks with reputational threats

Cyber Focus: How can insurers protect themselves from cyber crime?

HNW Focus: HNW capacity enjoys ‘resurgence’ despite economic Covid constraints

HNW Focus: How can high net worth providers prove their value under current conditions?

The Briefing - Insurtech – Surviving Covid-19, government schemes for insurtechs ‘not all it’s cracked up to be’

The Briefing - Insurtech: How can insurtechs support insurers and brokers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic?

The Briefing: Coronavirus impacts on GI - With a reduction in road use due to Covid-19, should insurers start returning some premium?

The Briefing: Coronavirus impacts on GI – Is the insurance sector caught in the crossfire of Covid-19 pressures?

The Briefing – UK Claims Reforms: Will credit hire cause claims inflation post-reform?

The Briefing – UK Claims Reforms: How does the industry feel about the LiP portal deadline extension?

The Briefing – MGA markets: Should MGAs carry their own risks?

The Briefing: MGA market – MGAs are a ‘powerful weapon for brokers’