All TechTalk articles – Page 69
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NewsLondon market electronic placing platform goes live
PPL, an electronic placement platform for the whole London market, has started trading today. Brokers and underwriters are now exchanging information on standalone terrorism risks, the first class of business to go live on PPL. Electronic placement of risks has long been an aim of the ...
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NewsDriverless cars will need cover against cyber attacks - AXA
Driverless cars will need insurance to protect against cyber-attacks, AXA Insurance technical director David Williams has said. Motorists using driverless cars may have to insure themselves against the risk of hackers remotely stealing their vehicles or taking control of them and then demanding ransom payments. A ...
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NewsPremiums rise 19.2% amid soaring car repair costs
Car insurance premiums rose by 19.2% in the second quarter of 2016 compared to Q2 2015, according to the latest Confused.com/Willis Towers Watson car insurance price index - the biggest annual rise recorded by the Index since 2011. This latest increase means that the average comprehensive ...
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NewsQ&A: Wunelli looks to the future of telematics
Wunelli, A LexisNexis Risk Solutions company, launched in 2008 following a test period as a telematics insurance broker under the brand Coverbox. The company has since invested in delivering telematics innovations and solutions to the insurance sector. Insurance Times spoke to Wunelli founding director Paul Stacy ...
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NewsBeach Point raises stake in ex-Quindell Watchstone
Beach Point Capital Management has increased its stake in Watchstone, formerly the Quindell group to more than 11%. The US hedge fund, which says it focuses on “complex and misunderstood opportunities” has more than doubled its holding in Watchstone since last September when new chief executive ...
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NewsPost-Brexit UK needs to match EU cyber protection rules
If the UK wants to compete with the EU on equal terms post-Brexit, UK data protection standards will have to match EU regulations, according to cyber protection firm NCC. “For the UK to do business with the EU, or any other country for that matter, it ...
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NewsBrightside to launch online van product on aggregators
Brightside will launch its online van product on price comparison site Compare the Market tomorrow (6 July). The broking group’s van proposition director Neil Laird said the company is expecting to sign deals with other major price comparison sites “during the next few months”. Brightside launched ...
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NewsInsurance is 'playing catch-up' to other industries: LMG chief exec
London Market Group (LMG) chief executive Ben Reid has said the insurance industry is “playing catch-up” to other industries and needed to embrace modernisation. Reid said the LMG’s agenda is to “build and maintain London’s position and reputation as the global centre of insurance excellence”. Reid ...
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Online onlySelf-driving car claims first road death
The driver of an electric Tesla car has been killed while the vehicle was on autopilot. It is understood to be the first road death involving a self-driving car, with American news outlets naming the driver as Joshua Brown from Ohio. “What we know is ...
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NewsMarkerstudy buys telematics broker Drivology
Insurance and broking group Markerstudy has bought app-based telematics broker Drivology. The acquisition will add over 6,000 policyholders to Markerstudy’s retail division. Drivology specialises in smartphone app-based car insurance. The company’s app monitors how safe a driver is to determine motor insurance premiums. The app determines ...
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NewsBrexit means bad news for innovation says Atidot
Start-up risk management company Atidot chief executive Dror Katzav has said that Brexit means bad news for innovation as start-ups are “businesses for immigrants”. Speaking at a London InsurTech event on June 29, six panellists shared their views on whether Brexit would impact the InsurTech wave ...
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NewsWillis’s Gaffney says risk is the future of insurance
Willis Towers Watson chief technology officer Simon Gaffney has said that there are huge opportunities in the risk market for new people entering the insurance industry. Speaking at the London InsurTech Conference on 29 June, Gaffney said that technology is transforming clients and creating new businesses ...
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NewsTech & Innovation Awards 2016 shortlist announced
An extensive array of technology firms, insurers and brokers have been shortlisted for the Insurance Times Tech & Innovation Awards 2016. These prestigious awards recognise the best applications of technology in UKGI. It is a celebration of how insurance firms and their technology partners are meeting ...
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NewsUK firms to face increased cyber regulations even with Brexit
UK companies will still have to comply with new EU regulations regarding data breaches irrespective of the outcome of the referendum vote today, leading cyber risk experts at Beazley’s Hacked! Conference said earlier this week. Interest in cyber protection among UK businesses has risen sharply with ...
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NewsTowergate hires Microsoft to help with IT overhaul
Towergate has hired Microsoft as a provider of cloud-based computing as it continues to overhaul its IT systems. The broking group will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform for its data centres and staff computing will be based on Microsoft’s Windows 10, Office365 and Skype for ...
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NewsDigital Risks partners with Aviva for combined commercial cover
Digital Risks, the new digital-first broker for technology and media businesses, has announced a partnership with Aviva to launch its combined commercial product. Designed to meet the needs of fast-growth and digitally-focused start-up and SME businesses, the product is sold as a monthly subscription, rather than ...
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NewsAon Benfield makes senior hire to head global cyber practice group
Aon Benfield has hired Luke Foord-Kelcey to co-head its global cyber practice group. Based in London, Foord-Kelcey will be responsible for developing Aon Benfield’s cyber offering to insurers and reinsurers. He will work with co-head Bill Henriques, who established the practice group. Prior to joining Aon, ...
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NewsFine firms for failing to report data breaches - MPs
MPs are calling for tougher rules that could force companies to report cyber attacks. The Culture, Media and Sport select committee said in a report yesterday that the regulator should have a “robust system of escalating fines” for those failing to report security breaches, the Financial ...
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NewsRolls-Royce unveils 'luxury' driverless car
Rolls-Royce has unveiled its first driverless car which it claims is the “the future of luxury mobility”. The Rolls-Royce Vision Next 100 has no steering wheel, only one door and a virtual assistant. Instead of a chauffeur the vehicle will be controlled by a female-voiced artificial ...
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NewsGeneral insurers to hire more as disruption fears grow
General insurers are looking to hire more people as their fear of being disrupted increases, according to the latest quarterly CBI/PwC financial services survey. The survey found that the top three reasons for general insurers expanding their workforce is to improve efficiency, provide new products and ...
