Pet insurance
This Month in Post: Discount, diversity and data
There was some good news and some bad news this week for the insurance industry.
Analysis: How data is changing pet insurance
Telematics and the use of Big Data has been commonplace in the young drivers’ segment of the motor insurance market. Now the same approach to data collection and analysis is being introduced to pet insurance
Analysis: Pet insurance: fetching data
Customer profiling is key to accurately assessing insurance risk, capturing fraud and improving the pet owner’s insurance experience
Ardonagh Group acquires Healthy Pets
The Ardonagh Group, the Towergate holding company, has acquired Petersfield-based Healthy Pets.
Blog: A dozen UK and European insurtech start-ups to watch in 2017 and beyond – part two
In preparation for Post's Digital Insurance World event, here are six more insurtech start-ups to watch.
RSA joins pet claims database
RSA has signed up to a pet claims database in order to better tackle fraud.
Direct Line adds Paw Squad to pet offering following strategic investment
Home visit vet service Paw Squad’s video and text consultations are now a standard part of Direct Line pet policies after a strategic investment from the insurer.
Q&A: Cheryl Agius, L&G
Cheryl Agius was recently appointed CEO of Legal & General's general insurance business. She talks to Post about what GI can learn from retirement and other sectors, and in which areas she's looking to grow the business.
Q&A: Rob Flynn, More Than
More Than relaunched last week with a new advertising campaign featuring fictional Scandinavian founder Mordenn Surenns. Real-life boss of More Than Rob Flynn talks about the developments behind the scenes at the direct insurer.
Bought By Many launches new pet insurance product
Insurtech start-up Bought By Many has launched its first pet insurance product following its £7.5m investment round.
RSA makes first fintech venture with pet wearable investment
RSA has made its first external fintech venture with a cash for shares investment in app-based pet specialist Pitpatpet.
Insuring the future: 10 tech gadgets
Innovations are bringing new technology into our lives at an almost frightening pace. Whether we want to control our central heating from our smartphones or check on our home security, appliances that can be controlled remotely are giving us greater…
Spotlight: Motor data: Taking today's customers into the fast lane
Having grown up in the internet age, Millennials have very different expectations to previous generations. Young people are getting into the driver’s seat and motor insurers need to understand how to build a relationship with them
Two insurers join Markerstudy pet insurance aggregator
Two major insurers have joined Markerstudy's newly-launched pet insurance aggregator.
Insurers pay out £56.7m in claims every day
Insurers paid out £56.7m to customers every day in 2015, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers.
Rise in pet insurance fraud pushes case for data sharing
A 400% rise in pet insurance fraud means that insurers need to share data over claims, a software company has warned.
Top UK Insurers ranking 2016: Number 8 – Allianz Insurance
Rank: 8 (2014 rank: 8)
The case for a united front in the fight against fraud
The insurance industry has been multiplying initiatives against fraud but is it presenting a unified front against increasingly organised scams?
In the September issue of Post
The London Fire Brigade, the anniversary of the great Fire of London and the Top 30 European insurer ranking are in the September issue of Post.
Video: Spotlight on pet insurance fraud with Crif director Sara Costantini
Only one-fifth of the UK population purchases insurance for their pet yet incidences of fraud are soaring, from £420,000 in 2009 to nearly £2m in 2014.
Spotlight: Solving pet fraud through data sharing
Pet insurance is a promising market – and one that is as exposed to fraud as other sectors
Spotlight: Fraud at the vets
Pet claims fraud is on the rise and insurers are developing or contemplating new tools against it: a database, cross-referencing strategies and pet photographs on policy documents.