Technology
Thomas Carroll launches insurtech start-up TCi Futures
Thomas Carroll Insurance Brokers has launched a new insurtech company, TCi Futures.
Broker Week: Evolving insurance business models
The insurance industry’s business models are changing fast due to the relentless march of technology, new market routes and modern distribution methods. How can brokers keep ahead of the curve to keep current business models from becoming obsolete?
CNA Hardy targets technology businesses with cyber suite launch
CNA Hardy has launched the latest addition to its technology product suite, Technology Package+, which offers an updated set of cover.
Opinion: Machine learning – the art of the possible
Using an analogy involving cats and dogs Tom Murphy, co-founder and chief technology officer of Machine Learning Programs, explains machine learning, why it matters and how it can help brokers.
Audiobook: Driving innovation in the digital ecosystem of insurance
Listen to this audiobook to learn how plugging into a digital insurance ecosystem and embracing technology trends helps brokers make doing business simpler, more intelligent, more productive, and valuable.
Building trust: A fine balancing act
Faced with customers expecting easy, seamless digital access but amid rising levels of cyber-crime, brokers need to balance security with convenience.
Five reasons why your brokerage should be digital
For those who seize the opportunity of digital transformation, a substantial reward awaits.
Broker Week: Meeting customer needs in a changing market
As inflation and the cost-of-living crisis bite, insurance customers are more likely to shop around for more competitive deals but also face the risk of underinsurance.
Ripe Thinking hires ex-Towergate duo to 'help drive growth'
Insurtech broker Ripe Thinking, has hired Simon Trott as chief operating officer and Rob Styring as chief financial officer.
News analysis: Why are brokers offshoring to South Africa?
Complete Cover recently became the latest personal lines broker to offshore some of its operations to South Africa. Saxon East explores the attraction for intermediaries in outsourcing to a country over 6000 miles away from the UK
Customer experience case study: Wentworth Alexander
To provide its customers with the digital experience they expect, Wentworth Alexander decided to ditch the paper and modernise processes.
How to choose your insurance administration system
Advanced insurance administration technology promises to help insurers, MGAs and brokers to simplify processes, reduce costs and transform the customer experience.
Biba and CFC publish new cyber risk guide
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has worked with CFC to publish a new guide to help brokers and small businesses understand the prevailing cyber risks.
Stubben Edge buys Insurercore
Stubben Edge Group has bought tech enabled distribution platform Insurercore.
How insurtech can help us better look out for our pets
The rapid increase in pet ownership in the UK since Covid-19 has highlighted the importance of pet insurance, but has the market kept up? This blog shines the spotlight on a sector ripe for transformation.
Broker Week: Digitalising broker efficiency
One of the critical aims of digitalisation is to drive efficiency and productivity in the business, using connected technology to conduct and complete business seamlessly and effectively. So, what can brokers do to achieve this?
Blog: The need for insurers to develop more productive intermediary distribution networks
This blog highlights the need for insurers in the UK to develop more productive intermediary distribution networks and how Duck Creek’s Producer platform can help them to significantly enhance their producer partner relationships in today’s challenging…
Biba’s website down ahead of scheduled Tuesday relaunch
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association website is down, as the association states a new and updated website to be launched Tuesday.
Unlock the potential of embedded insurance
The convenience of embedded insurance is making it one of the most desirable forms of insurance distribution for all parties involved.
Increase in scamming methods as ransomware frequency decreases- CFC’s Lindsay Nelson
Cyber development leader at CFC Underwriting, Lindsey Nelson, has warned the insurance industry not to ignore other ways of scamming as ransomware decreases in frequency yet still dominates the headlines.
A system to categorise cyber incidents in the pipeline - CFC head Burns
At the CFC Cyber Forum yesterday, James Burns, head of cyber at CFC, revealed plans to categorise cyber incidents, just like weather events, to determine the impact of each incident and to help insurers and brokers regulate the severity of subsequent…
Driving innovation in the digital ecosystem of insurance
Read this eBook to learn why insurance brokers need technology that connects all stakeholders in the insurance ecosystem and how your brokerage can tap into the digital ecosystem to make doing business simpler and more intelligent.
Distribution channel partnerships - tales from a broker
This podcast discusses what insurers should be thinking about as they approach partnerships with their distribution channel.
Broker Week: The dos and don'ts of digitalisation
‘Customer first’ is an oft-repeated mantra when it comes to the digitalisation of insurance broking. But how do brokers achieve that goal? And where are brokers most likely to come unstuck? This article investigates.