Big data
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.
D&G’s Chhabra on transforming insurance through data utilisation
View from the top: Vipul Chhabra, chief data and underwriting officer at Domestic & General, looks at how underwriters are using data in new ways.
How AI is transforming Aurora’s underwriting
Bijal Patel, co-founder of Aurora, explains how the MGA is leading the way in taking a data science approach to underwriting and what skills insurers need to develop.
Insurers risk being ‘left behind’ if they don’t share data
Insurers that don’t share claims data with the wider market risk being “left behind”, LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ James Burton has told Insurance Post.
2023 European Insurance Technology Awards winners revealed
Today, Insurance Post is delighted to announce the winners of 2023 European Insurance Technology Awards.
Insurance Post Podcast: How to spot a fraudulent claim
Potential indicators of a fraudulent claim submitted during the cost-of-living crisis were revealed during the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Using algorithms to underwrite commercial and specialty market risks
Analysis: Harry Curtis examines the applications of algorithmic underwriting in commercial and specialty insurance, what role the approach leaves for human underwriters, and what challenges it presents.
Aviva exits Singlife joint venture; Clearspeed and PWC partner; Cila elects president
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How big data and AI could slash insurance costs
Alex Holdsworth, executive strategy director at Monsterlab, explains how by harnessing the power of big data and AI, insurers can encourage healthier habits to reduce claims and cut costs.
Enter the European Insurance Technology Awards now
The deadline for The European Insurance Technology Awards is fast approaching.
Pet insurance market grapples with soaring claims and premium pricing challenges
Pet insurers face mounting pressure as claims volumes and payouts hit record highs in 2022. Sara Costantini, regional director of Crif, UK & Ireland, explores how insurers could use enriched third-party data, including micro-level geographical…
Where we’re going, we won’t need price comparison websites
Editor’s View: Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes wonders if the latest motor insurance developments could cause price comparison websites to soon be consigned to the history books.
Diary of an Insurer: Financial and Legal Insurance's Karen Beales
Karen Beales, managing director of Financial and Legal Insurance Ltd, reveals she gets hangry if she isn't fed on time, loves walking her two border terriers and learns about data security in risk management.
Claims Apprentice 2023: Episode Two – Data Escape Room
Now that the apprentices have been put into two teams, and their names have been decided upon, it is time for the them to tackle their first challenge.
Open insurance: A reality or a pipe dream?
Blog: Karim Derrick, product and innovation director at Kennedys IQ considers how prepared the insurance industry is for introducing the concept of open insurance.
Big Tech makes too much money out of insurers to compete with them
Big Tech firms have little incentive to become full-stack insurers themselves – they are making more than enough money servicing the industry to compete with it.
Percayso Inform acquires Cazana; Andi sets up Oxford R&D lab; Aon appoints head of war and terrorism
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Use of data risks social harm, warns Lloyds Bank insurance director
The insurance industry’s increasing use of data risks is fueling financial exclusion, Lloyds Bank’s head of general insurance has said.
Eight insurtech start-ups to watch in 2023
For the eighth year in a row Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift casts an eye over the insurtech start-up space, and lists a number of firms worth watching over the next 12 months and beyond.
Six key takeaways from Post's digital, data and technology breakfast briefing
Insurance Post recently gathered together a group of insurance technology experts to discuss the digital and data trends and developments the market can expect to gain traction on in 2023 and beyond. Jonathan Swift recounts some of the most notable…
Sunak's plans to create more data analysts welcomed
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to ensure all pupils in England study some form of maths until aged 18 has been welcomed by industry trade bodies.
Insurance Taskmaster Episode Six: Winner revealed [2022]
With five tasks now completed and having travelled from 1912 to 2042 insuring everything from the Titanic to driverless flying taxis, the Insurance Taskmaster holds court with his colleagues at Verisk as it is time to announce a winner.
Roundtable: How can data enrich the property claims journey from FNOL to payments?
A recent roundtable sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions saw an expert panel discuss how data enrichment can be used from a post-loss perspective and what this change could mean for the future of property claims. Eleanore Robinson reports.
Charting a course for ethical data management in Insurance
Data management strategies that work rely on trust. This means robust privacy policies and proper adherence to regulation. In the second part of a three-part series, Vikas Bhalla, EVP and head of insurance at EXL, explores how ethics can be central to…