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British Insurance Technology Awards shortlist 2024 announced
Today Insurance Post can reveal the shortlist for the 2024 British Insurance Technology Awards.
Tech transformations wont work ‘if the tail is wagging the dog’
Two years on from being brought in to oversee Direct Line’s online transformation, the insurer’s chief information officer Ash Jokhoo has outlined how work to develop an end-to-end digital claims process is going.
Big Interview: Nick Turner, NFU Mutual
Nick Turner, group CEO of NFU Mutual, sits down with Harry Curtis to explain the insurer's growth ambitions, what it's like running a mutual, and how it serves rural communities.
Q&A: Aviva’s Ryan Birbeck and Michael Yabantu
Aviva’s Michael Yabantu, managing director of mid-market, and Ryan Birbeck, broker and client development director, sit down with Insurance Post to talk about the internal changes Aviva has made to make access easier for brokers, what product lines it…
AA buys Key Care; RSA launches hub; Gallagher Re’s Melia to retire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Extent of insurer’s digital FOMO revealed
Data analysis: Insurers think ‘everybody is doing better than us’ when it comes to digital transformation, a survey by Davies and Clearwater Analytics has shown.
How regulation, AI and customer expectations are transforming claims
Amid regulatory change and customer expectations shifting from simply getting the pay-out to requiring a streamlined process, Patrick Hayward, consultant at Altus Consulting, explores the ways insurers are updating claims processes.
Q&A: Ben Taylor, Verisk
Ben Taylor, business development director at Verisk, speaks to Insurance Post about life post-acquisition, plans for growth and misconceptions around automation in insurance.
Insurers’ Review of the Year 2023
While 2023 will be remembered as a difficult year for insurers due to consolidation, capacity restrictions plus new regulatory rules, providers still have high hopes for 2024.
Insurtech Review of the Year 2023
2023 will be remembered as the year the insurtech funding bubble burst but looking ahead to 2024 players in this part of the market expect providers to realise it is easier to buy systems than build them.
Hiscox and Google collaborate; Axis syndicate; Biba’s 2024 conference theme
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Lloyd’s delays launch of Blueprint Two’s second phase
Lloyd’s and Velonetic have delayed the launch of the second phase of Blueprint Two until April 2025 – six months after the previous go-live date of October 2024.
View from the top: QBE’s Chris Wallace on keeping up with evolving customer needs
Chris Wallace, executive director of UK Insurance at QBE Europe, says insurers must be agile and flexible to keep pace with varying customer needs.
Axa’s bodycams; Pen’s box at Lloyd’s; Utility Warehouse’s CEO steps down
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Meta shows insurers how to get their AI house in order
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes explores how much cash insurers are spending on generative artificial intelligence in 2024 and the lessons they should learn from Facebook.
How AI is improving pet insurance claims
Michael Lewis, founder and CEO of Claim Technology, on the practical application of artificial intelligence for pet insurance claims.
Five key takeaways from Post's AI roundtable
Insurance Post recently gathered together a group of insurance technology experts to discuss the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and how insurers need to position themselves to respond to the changing business landscape. Frances Stebbing recounts…
Q&A: Robin Gilthorpe and Erez Barak, Earnix
Earnix’s CEO and chief technology officer speak exclusively to Insurance Post about how the company is utilising the power of artificial intelligence and what challenges could lie ahead.
Why cyber insurance’s evolution requires an AI injection
Hartmut Mai, president at Cyberwrite, argues AI is required to produce cyber insurance suitable for today’s business needs.
How AI can transform insurance contact centres
Sat Sanghera, CEO of IPI, explains how artificial intelligence technologies have the potential to revolutionise insurance contact centres, and address several challenges simultaneously.
Scale of insurers’ fight for tech talent laid bare
Data analysis: The amount of competition insurers face in attracting tech talent plus the type of skills providers are hunting for has been revealed by an Insurance Post deep dive into LinkedIn job adverts.
Could AI take the heat out of insurance in a changing climate?
Richard Hartley, CEO and co-founder of insurtech Cytora, discusses why better use of AI in the insurance industry will help it adapt to the challenges brought about by climate change.
Zurich cuts claims times; Marsh's global cyber practice; Brown & Brown partners with Ageas
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
‘We are at the top of the hype cycle for AI’, says Applied’s chief product officer
Applied Systems chief product officer Anupam Gupta has explained how the business is looking to introduce AI into its product offering, but urges the industry not to get carried away.