Technology
Brokers still in the dark as SSP outage now a ‘major incident’
The power outage that left brokers unable to access services on SSP’s Pure Broking platform since the weekend is now being described as a “major incident” by the company.
Brokers cut adrift after SSP platform goes offline
Brokers have been left floundering after popular broking platform operated by software company SSP was taken offline.
Blog: Claims specialists, underwriters and risk managers need to get together to innovate
Technological advances help claims specialists and underwriters improve their processes but perhaps the biggest challenge for innovation may lie in both of them working together.
Week in Post: CMC impersonators, NED worries, and a Team GB gold medal winner
Sitting in my front room on Saturday morning I took a phone call from a claims management company.
XL Innovate backs peer-to-peer start-up Lemonade with 'significant investment'
XL Innovate has made a "significant investment" in peer- to-peer insurance company Lemonade.
IFB extends contract with BAE systems after 10 years of partnership
The IFB has decides to keep BAE Systems NetReveal as its next generation fraud detection platform until 2020.
Inspool, Insure Street, Teambrella and Tego Cover among eight UK insurtech start-ups to watch
KPMG published last week its latest Pulse of Fintech report, including the investment figures for the year-to-date in the insurtech space.
Aviva ventures into partnership with Silicon Valley start-up Plug and Play
Aviva has partnered with global digital start-up accelerator Plug and Play in order to develop digital products and services.
Insurers could be made 'irrelevant' by driverless cars
Insurers could face becoming "irrelevant" in the age of driverless cars according to a survey of drivers.
Global insurtech attracts £1bn of venture investment in the first half of 2016
Over £1bn in venture capital has been invested in global insurtech in the first half of the year, according to a report.
Week in Post: Amazon Echo; pills that make you hard; CMC scourge and elderly drivers
This week Post reporter Rosie Quigley and I were given a tour around the Accenture Innovation Lab at Plantation Place in the City.
Bermudian insurance giant behind largest UK insurtech start-up investment
Insurtech start-up Buzzmove has closed a £6m super-seed round led by Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group.
Blog: Action Fraud helpline not enough against cyber crime
The police alone cannot tackle cyber crime and the revamped fraud reporting centre may prove less helpful than hoped
Week in Post: Rio 2016, diving doggies, a racism row and rejoice, the Insurance Act is finally here!
You know you’ve been bitten by the Olympic bug when you find yourself watching the weightlifting at 1:30am in the morning, hours before you have an event and need to be pretty sharp.
Blog: How to sell insurance to Generation Y
What's all the fuss about Generation Y? Many people in our industry will be thinking ‘why does this all sound so complicated and why does it matter to me'? The good news is this: like all things in insurance, the core issue boils down to a small number…
Norfolk insurance broker Hugh J Boswell becomes latest to suffer a cyber-attack
Norfolk insurance broker Hugh J Boswell has become the latest insurance firm to suffer a cyber-attack, Post can reveal.
Blog: Autonomous vehicles - whose claim is it anyway?
Autonomous vehicles are regularly in the press heralding a new era of transport and social inclusion. While a fully autonomous world is an exciting prospect, most commentators will readily admit that it may be at least 20 years before we can call an…
Autonet uses data cracker to inform pricing
Van insurance broker Autonet has gone live with a software solution that tracks customer data to inform pricing.
Applied Systems expands Irish presence with Relay acquisiton
Applied Systems has acquired Relay Software, as part of the expansion of its international footprint and presence in the UK.
82% of insurers considering SaaS technology in response to Flood Re, IPT and CMA motor reforms
Insurer adoption of cloud hosted software-as-a-service technology is set to grow as a response to unprecedented regulatory change, according to research of 94 senior insurance decisionmakers and IT professionals.
Week in Post: Softball, Millennials, results season, beards, Beale and Jason Bourne
This week the Post editorial team, alongside their colleagues from Insurance Age, sales, events and subscriptions took part in the annual Incisive Insurance softball showdown.
Blog: Big Data and the future of insurance
Big Data is a rather daunting subject for a lot of us working within the insurance industry but it draws in the crowds, as recently witnessed on Deloitte's rooftop, where a full audience braved the classic British weather to tackle the mighty subject by…
Blog: How to ensure outsourcing to the cloud meets data protection standards
Insurers that want to outsource to the cloud need to make sure their service providers meet data protection standards.
So Sure to launch 'revolutionary' social peer-to-peer mobile insurance app
Managing general agent So Sure, which specialises in insuring mobile phones, is about to launch a new model of “social insurance” via an app-based peer-to-peer product.