Technology
Blog: Why is there a lack of capacity in the cyber market?
In this digital era, why are so many businesses still unaware of the cyber threat?
Post magazine – 2/9 April
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Business Insight unveils risk analysis tool
Technology provider Business Insight has launched Resonate, a new risk analysis model that classifies every address and neighbourhood in the UK.
Digital Literacy: Let’s get digital
It’s good to talk – but it helps if you know what you’re talking about. Insurers need to be confident in their digital innovations or risk losing out to more literate competitors.
Interview - Gilles Galludec: Learning to share
Index insurance has come of age from its humble beginnings but more knowledge sharing is required if the market is to reach its potential, according to Gilles Galludec, program manager for the World Bank’s Global Insurance Index Facility.
Blog: New directions for distribution
Mark Bates looks at digital distribution and the emergence of a disruptive hub technology
Blog: Things we should learn from Post's Hackathon
The insurance industry's reputation for innovation leaves a lot to be desired. When describing the speed with which new technologies are adopted in the industry, references to oil tankers and dinosaurs are much more appropriate than those to jet planes…
Editor's comment: Moving with the times
Cyber is the watchword of this generation and it’s hard to image how our world would function without all the technology we use every day.
Diverse recruitment required if London is to secure global cyber dominance
Greater cross-industry collaboration and a significant recruitment drive are needed if London is to fulfil its ambition to become a global cyber insurance hub, according to London market firms.
Blog: What they don't tell you about PCI compliance
Payment card industry compliance has been around for a number of years, yet there is still an attitude amongst businesses - especially smaller ones - that it doesn't apply to them and that the threat of a breach is far less than that facing larger…
Technology: Unfathomable figures from Facebook?
Why do we struggle to measure the return on investment of social media?
Driverless cars commitment and reinsurance backing prominent in 2015 Budget
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has pledged £100m to the development of driverless cars in a bid to make the UK "a centre of excellence" for the technology.
Spotlight: Big data: Insurers must embrace the wider use of data
Insurers must embrace the wider use of data in order to interact with customers or risk being left behind
Spotlight: Big data, big opportunities
Imagine having access to a digital record of potential customers’ daily lives. The information is there – it’s just a question of how insurers can use it
C-Suite - Insurer: Cyber risk suffers from clouded thinking
Businesses, insurers and government must work together to provide resilience to cyber attacks
Brokerbility next to pilot Axa claims tool
A web-based claims tracking tool for brokers is entering its second pilot phase with members of the Brokerbility network with a wide release planned for the second quarter of this year.
Blog: The Frozen middle told to "Let it Go" to boost digital insurance innovation
Last week Post held the Digital Insurance Strategies 2015 conference.
Lloyds' private equity house backs SSP management buyout
Lloyds Banking Group's private equity arm LDC is backing a £207m management buyout of technology house SSP.
Aviva's online brands to accept Pay Pal
Aviva-owned online car insurance providers Quote Me Happy and General Accident have become the first major UK insurers to accept payments by Pay Pal.
Europe: Insurance IT developments in Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe has in recent years established itself as a rapidly growing region within the insurance sector and is seen as an attractive market for local, regional and international players.
Blog: DIS 2015: The story so far
Its been a good first half at the Digital Insurance Strategies conference.
Legal update - The cyber race: the elephant in the room
Andrew Schutte and Andrew Hill say a structured approach is essential to limit aggregation exposure
Motor insurers: An uncertain future
Car manufacturers may be about to muscle in on motor insurers business, but it might not be all bad news for the sector
Blog: Technology that already exists
Today people are using their phones as keys, ordering food shopping via their fridge and playing games with others all over the world via their game station.