Davies acquires managing agent Asta
Specialist professional services and technology business Davies has bought Asta, the third party managing agent at Lloyd's. Asta provided a number of solutions to Lloyd's and non-Lloyd's business across the...
Anorak partners with Insurancez to boost customer experience
Insurtech Anorak has announced a partnership with direct-to-consumer (D2C) life insurance and protection platform Insurancez. The partnership's goal is to...
How to do gambling in a mentally safe way
Gambling can be both fun and thrilling. It holds a lot of excitement, and winning money is of course the...
Willis Towers Watson teams up with Applied to enhance pricing
Applied Systems Europe has partnered with Willis Towers Watson to support real-time pricing in the insurer's Radar Live partner programme....
An Uber Eats experiment paves a new path for gig workers
A pilot project from UberEats is trialling walking couriers in Tokyo, making for a slower sort of food delivery than...
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Cover Whale partners Everspan on commercial trucking solution
Cover Whale has teamed up with Everspan Indemnity Insurance Company (Everspan), an excess and surplus lines insurer, to offer a…
AXA Mansard and SympliFi to offer bundled insurance in Nigeria
AXA Mansard, a part of AXA, and UK-based fintech firm SympliFi have joined forces to offer financial services through the…
Prudential to raise $2.25bn via share offering in Hong Kong
British insurance giant Prudential has unveiled plans to raise approximately $2.25bn (HK$22.5bn) through a share offering on the Hong Kong…
Allianz X buys majority stake in SaaS company GT Motive
Allianz X, the digital investments arm of German insurer Allianz, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in GT Motive.…
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Likely mortality impacts of the post-pandemic recession
As the pandemic has progressed, collective minds have shifted their focus from the direct mortality impacts of Covid-19 to the longer-term implications. One of the...
Auto insurance automated – how technology is driving the industry into the future
It’s no secret, applying for motor insurance is seen as a cumbersome and time-consuming process that very often leads to confusion about what is (or...
Insurance and insurtech in 2021: full steam ahead?
2020 was a year dominated by a global pandemic. While it has not left the news, particularly in places such as the UK, insurance has...
Driving the UK economy forward – one van at a time
Almost one year into lockdown and with no end to restrictions likely for the foreseeable future, the outlook for many does seem bleak. But there...
Zurich utilising AI to create jobs, not lose them
Usually, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is associated with job losses as people are replaced by machines. Insurer Zurich has decided to go in...
How insurance providers can drive change in health and fitness
Since March 2020, the UK government has implemented measures to alleviate the pressure on the NHS and a new health strategy, alongside ongoing social distancing...
Can AI and machine learning make the insurance experience a joy?
Insurance has often been regarded as an unwieldy process. However, with developments in artificial intelligence (AI), could the insurance experience be ready for a change?...
The need for speed in a post-Covid-19 automotive insurance market
If there is one positive to take from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s that businesses have found more innovative and creative ways to not only survive...
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