Data analytics
Axa's Williams warns motor insurers against becoming obsolete
Motor insurance is going to be "massively impacted” by the advent of autonomous vehicles, a senior Axa executive has warned.
Blockchain-driven insurtech completes $1m funding round led by insurance executives
Insurtech firm Inzura has completed a $1 million funding round led by senior industry figures.
Interview: ABC Investors - Bunker, Cassidy, Castle, Horton and O’Roarke
With their restrictive covenants expiring at the end of 2017, the former LV general insurance management are now free to re-enter the market. Jonathan Swift speaks to the quintet about their new consortium ABC Investors, digital innovation and what it…
Former Aviva director develops broker customer data sharing platform
Broker Insights has developed a platform which uses broker customer data to help insurers identify business opportunities.
QBE's Phil Dodridge on navigating the digital tempest
Threatened with disruption, insurers need to augment their business model, argues Phil Dodridge, head of business intelligence and disruption at QBE European Operations.
Axis establishes global analytics division
Global (re)insurer Axis has set-up a global underwriting and analytics division.
Hastings to use automated fraud detection service
Hastings Direct has selected BAE Systems’ Net Reveal solution in order to detect and investigate claims and policy fraud.
Some insurtech investment doesn't make sense, conference hears
Some investment criteria into insurtech start-ups “don’t make sense over time”, said Neil Harrison, global head of claims at Aon Risk Solutions, warning against “innovation that is going to cause dissatisfaction”.
Q&A: Nigel Edwards, EXL
Nigel Edwards, senior vice-president and head of Europe at EXL Services, spoke to Jonathan Swift about the incoming General Data Protection Regulation and its impact on insurers.
Blog: Driving efficiency and automation by breaking down data silos
Some underwriters are still reviewing data manually but Rodrigo DeCossio, UK insurance lead at Mark Logic, suggests 2018 might be the year to automate these processes and drive more efficiency in underwriting.
CII hires firm to tighten GDPR compliance
The Chartered Insurance Institute has hired a third party data protection officer services in order to help it become compliant for the incoming General Data Protection Regulation.
Analysis: Economy 4.0 - Learning to share
The on-demand, sharing and digital sectors - often called Economy 4.0 - bring new risks and challenges for the insurance industry.
Digital Fineprint CEO hails 'insane' year after £2m investment
Insurtech start-up Digital Fineprint has closed a second ‘venture’ investment round by raising $2.7m (£2m) lead by a firm that includes Nutmeg and Fan Duel among its portfolio.
Post Power List 2018: Elizabeth Denham
Information commissioner, Information Commissioner’s Office
Post Power List 2018: Jack Dorsey
CEO, Twitter
Sure Thing to launch MGA in 2018
Sure Thing is preparing for future expansion and the launch of a managing general agent in 2018.
Spotlight on professional indemnity: Media and technology sectors
Taking risks is in the DNA of many media and technology firms and insurance should be the enabler that allows them to do this effectively.
Brokers informed: The weakest link
Whether through human error or ignorance, companies are exposed to cyber risk through employees and must consider their defences
Brokers informed: Let's talk about cyber
Ransomware attacks and data breaches have brought cyber insurance to the headlines but is this raising awareness of the product and do customers and brokers now understand its value?
Cytora secures £4.4m for expansion plans
London-headquartered artificial intelligence start-up Cytora has secured £4.4m from investors to help expand its service internationally.
Roundtable: Advanced underwriting in the digital age
Getting the most out of unstructured data can be complex. A recent roundtable discussed the resources available for underwriters to approach and tackle the problem
Innovation in Insurance 2017: Tech investment 'only set to grow'
Insurers are putting increasing capital into technology as a means of getting around the lack of agility in existing business models, a conference heard.
Rising Star: Richard Hartley, Cytora
Richard Hartley is CEO and co-founder at technology start-up Cytora
Minster's Shirley Woolham on why robots won't replace lawyers
Artificial intelligence is taking over mundane legal functions but is not killing off lawyers, says Shirley Woolham, chief operating officer at Minster Law.