Motor
Blog: Getting a new perspective on prestige motor insurance
Team ERS completed Gumball 3000 and lived to tell the tale. Now it’s time to share their learnings for brokers.
Jackson Lee Underwriting enhances Gap motor product
The addition offers to source a replacement vehicle for brokers’ customers in the event of total loss.
Motor premiums rise to highest level since 2010
The Confused.com Index, in association with Willis Towers Watson, shows impact of Brexit, IPT and the Ogden rate on the rise and warns prices could hit "record" levels.
Blog: Speed underwriting, missed flights and wrong turns
What do the Mario Brothers, the singer CeeLo Green and members of Qatar’s royal family have in common?
Blog: Don’t fear the reaper
ERS claims expert Matthew Gray is the last person any driver undertaking the Gumball 3000 wants to encounter during the 3,000-mile trek from Riga to Mikonos. But why?
Blog: The world’s scariest motor insurance risk?
At ERS we like a bit of a challenge. In the past few years we’ve insured everything from Lamborghinis to ice cream vans and Bugattis to Bentleys.
Alps launches van bundle product
Van Driver Plus is a combination of three current products Auto Replace, Tools in Transit and Sole Trader Legal expenses.
Blog: Gumball - A Grid’s Eye View
Jonny Smith shares his thoughts ahead of the start of the Gumball 3000 Rally
InsurTech Futures: Pay-per-mile broker gets £350,000 investment
The on-demand motor start-up is gearing up for UK launch as it awaits FCA authorisation.
Zurich buys travel disruptor Halo
The deal to buy the car rental insurance platform was for an undisclosed sum.
Blog: Join ERS on the Gumball rally
What will you be doing this Saturday? Pottering in the garden, playing with the kids, relaxing with friends?
Leaving the EU without a deal not acceptable, warns ABI
Trade association says that if no Brexit deal is in place insurers may not be able to continue to meet the needs of millions customers and remain legally compliant.
FCA orders Admiral to contact customers after renewal handling failures
Insurer agrees with the regulator to contact all affected customers, following change in renewal rules from 1 April.
Broking Break: Your top five of the week
A new Justice Secretary, advice on ruthlessness, the Ogden impact, an acquisition and a restructure top this week’s charts.
Insurers and reinsurers face £3.5bn Ogden hit, says EY
Net combined ratio for motor insurance industry deteriorates to 109% in 2016.
Qatar Re makes £500m takeover bid for Sabre, reports
BC Partners is looking to sell the motor insurer.
Revenue at 1st Central hits £99.6m
The online motor broker also reported growth in profits.
Premium Choice reports slight drop in turnover for 2016
Broker also posts rising profits for the year ended 31 December 2016.
Sabre tipped for £600m stock market float
The motor insurer is being sold by majority owner BC Partners, according to reports.
Alpha Underwriting and Building Block team up to offer caravan insurance
The product will initially be distributed through broker panels and networks.
Fresh profit grows to £2.1m
Lisa Powis, CEO at the personal lines broker, said its van, telematics and non-standard home lines performed well.
InsurTech Futures: Advent launches portal for ancillary products
Firm says proposition will initially provide motor-related ancillary products to brokers.
Broking success: Richard Dornan, Premium Choice
Growth driven: Richard Dornan, underwriting and business development director at Premium Choice, explains how the broker has carved a niche for itself but is expanding into new areas.
InsurTech Futures: Ageas to use AI in claims handling
Insurer claims first on using AI in motor claims handling.