Product
Cyber MGA start-up Bewica targets brokers with portal launch and API offering
Cyber specialist managing general agent Bewica is targeting brokers with a suite of tools including risk assessment and reporting tool
InsurTech Futures: CFC launches UK digital health insurance product
Specialist provider has created a health and technology underwriting team to work on the policy.
Axa CEO admits simplification strategy could lead to more redundancies
Provider recently put 106 roles at risk.
Beazley adds cyber and management liability products to broker platform
Policies are aimed at UK companies with a turnover of up to £350m.
Fiducia unveils combined liability product
MGA says policy can offer over 500 trades, including builders and engineers, access to a wide range of covers.
Cyber row continues as ABI responds to Mactavish
ABI director general Huw Evans says Mactavish has “fundamentally misinterpreted” how cyber products are provided, after the insurance governance expert called on the industry for a guarantee that eight particular policy flaws won’t be used as reasons for…
The evolution of risk for digital media
The media industry is dealing with an increasing array of threats as technology transforms the sector. Chubb's Siân Rolf explains why brokers need to constantly review policy offerings to make sure the demands of multi-channel/ multi-platform clients are…
Mactavish lays down the gauntlet on cyber
The insurance governance expert has called on brokers and insurers for a guarantee that eight particular policy flaws won’t be used as reasons for claims refusals after scaremongering row.
CFC unveils pollution liability product suite
Policies cover risks including environmental and natural resource damage and is available to SMEs and contractors.
Sector criticised for approach to sharing economy
Report outlines the insurance risks for customers active in hosting AirBnb guests due to gaps in cover.
InsurTech Futures: Biba signs first InsurTech partnership with Worry+Peace
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has joined forces with InsurTech Worry+Peace to help brokers bolster their ability to trade digitally.
Product review: Made for management
Seaway Insurance Consultants' Chris Howell reviews Axa Insurance's Management Liability online product
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.
QBE launches Business Combined product on Open GI
The policy is now accessible for brokers on the Powerplace and Mobius platforms.
Ascent adds physical damage to cyber product
Product is backed by Munich Re and designed for businesses of all sizes.
Candles, craft, coffee and cover - how one broker is mixing it up to make a mark
Dr John Mitchell speaks to Jonathan Swift about his venture Wessex Business Services, an insurance broker – although not in name - with quite a few interesting side lines from scented candles to hot desking spaces.
The Blog Spot: Should insurance go back to its coffee shop roots?
Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift mulls whether insurance broking needs to go back to its beginnings to find the right blend for future success.
NIG develops Brexit stock cover extension
Updated: It has been added to a number of lines following reports about companies increasing the level of stock-piling to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
Azur launches emerging wealth home product
The provider said the offering has been designed to help brokers compete with direct writers with quote and bind taking less than two minutes.
Litigation funding and ATE product launched
The proposition is available to brokers via Sybaris Legal & IP and backed by insurer Acasta Europe.
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Video: The insurance opportunities in technology
Principal underwriter, cyber, property and casualty, Stephen Wares, at MS Amlin outlines how the tech market is developing.
MS Amlin unveils technology combined product
Covers available include cyber, business interruption, terrorism and public liability.
Using technology to give mid-market clients a corporate insurance experience
Too large to benefit from government initiatives but too small to employ their own risk managers, mid-market businesses can inadvertently find themselves taking on unexpected levels of risk. As these businesses grow and face new and increasingly complex…