Munich Re
HSB unveils construction products on Acturis
Provider claims first to go live on the Acturis e-trading platform with stand-alone construction products available to brokers.
Ingenie founder Richard King unveils new telematics insurer backed by Gary Lineker
InsurTech start-up to launch next year following partnership with Munich Re.
NMU Letchworth office axed in regional restructure
NMU is to close its Letchworth office as it looks to merge three offices into one region as part of a restructure of its Southern operations.
Manchester Underwriting Management buys Pelican
Charles Manchester targeting of £10m of GWP in the next 12 months.
InsurTech Futures: Hood Group partners with Gary Lineker-backed start-up Neos
Broker to provide administration services for Neos' smart home insurance proposition.
InsurTech Futures: Nigel Barton’s Wrisk app launches £500,000 crowdfunding round
The app looks to cover multiple types of insurance in a single plan.
InsurTech Futures: Gary Lineker-backed Neos heads to Silicon Valley
Six firms lead the 2017 InsurTech Trade Mission to San Francisco to raise awareness of the UK InsurTech industry.
InsurTech Futures: Gary Lineker-backed Neos launches home insurance proposition
Start-up says new platform uses over 260 external data sources.
InsurTech Futures: Aviva leads £5m investment in Neos
Connected home InsurTech start-up also signs underwriting capacity deal with Munich Re.
NMU launches marine trade product
The organisation took the broker sourced book of business from its sister company Groves John & Westrup.
Bought by Many raises £7.5m to grow mobile platform
The broker also signed a long-term insurance agreement with the Munich Re Digital Partners business unit.
Insurtech Futures: Wrisk app partners with Munich Re
The mobile-based insurance provider was set up by Oxygen founder Nigel Barton
InsurTech Futures: Eight UK insurtech start-ups to watch
Earlier this month Oxbow Partners produced an interesting infographic on where Insurtech startups are concentrating their energies.
Das appoints new board members
Insurer says move has strengthened team in wake of CEO suspension and ratings alert by S&P.
Das appoints new CFO from parent company Munich Re
New CFO has relocated from Germany.
Groupama mulling over sale of assets or stake
French mutual insurer Groupama is reportedly considering the sale of a stake in the company to outside investors or selling some assets as it bids to strengthen its capital and restore its solvency margin.
SAGIC appoints Websure as software supplier
The Salvation Army General Insurance Corporation (SAGIC) has announced that Websure will be their new insurance software supplier.
Universal Provident pulls away from Great Lakes
Universal Provident has announced that it is to bring a majority of the underwriting for its product range in–house and sister company Personal Assurance will now act as the insurer.
Polly C – the hottest insurance gossip
Polly gets her red arm band on to relay this month's hottest gossip
Insurance Age blog: Insurance just got (a bit) sexy
Yesterday was not a good day for Munich Re. A German business newspaper broke a story which has been the most amusing thing I have had to report on for a while or in fact ever. For those of you who managed somehow to escape the story, still the popular…
Munich Re held prostitute party
Munich Re rewarded high-performing agents with 20 prostitutes at a party held in Budapest in 2007, according to a story to be published today in German newspaper Handelsblatt.
Broker profile: Broking in a warzone
William Wakeham is worlds apart from the average Insurance Age reader. Martin Friel profiles the life of a broker working in Iraq as he risks car bombs, mortars and bullets in his bid to crack the Middle Eastern market
Climate science: Too hot for comfort
Global warming is one of the most contested and emotive issues in the world. Regardless of whether the experts are right or wrong, the industry has to face the challenge, writes Danny Bradbury.
News Analysis: Volcanic fallout
Andrew Tjaardstra reports on the aftermath of the Icelandic eruption.