Underinsurance
Two out of five brokers have never sold a cyber policy
Two out of five brokers have never sold a cyber policy, owing to both a lack of confidence and customer reluctance, research found.
Underinsurance among the risks for increasing number of stockpiling businesses
More than one in five employees say their employers are stockpiling as a contingency against Brexit-related disruption, with these businesses at risk of being underinsured unless they ensure their cover is brought into line with the value of their…
Brexit stockpilers face 'huge risk of underinsurance'
Exclusive: Businesses that stockpile goods in preparation for potential Brexit-related disruptions are leaving themselves at risk of being underinsured, brokers have warned.
Zego to offer ‘flexible’ business insurance through challenger bank Starling
Zego’s partnership with Starling Bank will see it offer public liability insurance for small enterprises through the mobile-only bank’s marketplace, with a view to making other lines available in the future.
Global underinsurance has barely decreased in six years: Lloyd's
The total sum of global underinsurance is $163bn, according to research from Lloyd's.
Evolving technology makes cyber risk pricing ‘challenging’ to predict
The rate at which technology is evolving makes it difficult to predict cyber risk pricing, members of the press heard at a conference in Las Vegas.
QBE's Cecile Fresneau on why underwriters ask so many questions
Brokers should value the many in-depth questions asked by underwriters, writes Cecile Fresneau, executive director of the UK insurance division at QBE Insurance.
Risk management: Analysis: Intellectual property: Creative cover
The significance of intellectual property risks has not translated into a large demand for IP insurance policies - yet.
Swinton's Gilles Normand on why brokers can be a guiding digital hand
Swinton CEO Gilles Normand believes brokers can be the Amazon of the insurance market.
Analysis: Covering collapses - Trade credit claims are rising
Last year, trade credit insurance payouts hit their highest level in nearly a decade, with claims costs running at the equivalent of £4.3m every week.
Analysis: Business interruption - Lost in translation
Specific terms and technical meanings can be misinterpreted and the difference in language used by insurers and insureds could lead to underinsurance when taking out business interruption cover
Month in Post: He’s back and will bite at your ankles
There is always something troubling about a disembodied head. More so, when it is Arnie’s head and it is shouting at people at the bus stop.
Analysis: Risks, challenges and opportunities of commercial use of listed buildings
Underinsurance casts a long shadow across the world of listed properties, especially when owners are constantly expanding commercial activities. Experts warn that there can be many traps for the unwary or naïve, many of which do not come to light until…
Blog: Video killed underinsurance
The technology that can radically change household insurance has nothing to do with smart home devices, argues Charlotte Halkett, managing director of insurance product at Buzzvault, who bets on video surveys.
Analysis: Macau's deadly storm
Powerful Typhoon Hato cost insurers in Macau nearly $400m (£298m), almost one and a half times the annual gross premium for the small market. Nicky Burridge takes a closer look.
This month in Post: Takeovers, tech, trials and tinsel
This week saw one of the biggest takeover deals of 2017 while our December issue highlights a year of tech.
Research: What brokers really think of insurers
Brokers share their views on their relationships with insurers, the impact of technology and their investment priorities, in this exclusive piece of research conducted by Post in association with WPA
Analysis: Rate revision: changes to Ogden
Insurers consider the impact of the proposed U-turn on the Ogden rate
Analysis: Intellectual property: Creative cover
The significance of intellectual property risks has not translated into a large demand for IP insurance policies - yet
Claims Club: Brokers tell insurers there is disconnect between internal ambitions and the claims reality
Insurers need to improve internal communication and break down silos to provide brokers and their customers a better service.
Lloyd’s sets sights on underinsured markets: Vandendael
Underinsured markets represent a major opportunity for Lloyd’s, the markets chief commercial officer has said.
Aviva GI CEO Colm Holmes on its British Insurance Awards success
GI CEO Colm Holmes discusses Aviva UK's 'social purpose' and how it is helping customers defy uncertainty.
Blog: Wearable tech as a way into the young HNW market
Brokers can use wearable technology as a way to enter the high-net-worth and mid-net-worth market, especially its young segment, advises Sarah Willoughby, art and private client development director at Ecclesiastical.
Ageas's François-Xavier Boisseau on avoiding the avoidable
Insurance is the business of helping people in their time of need but as François-Xavier Boisseau, CEO of Ageas Insurance, explains sometimes there are limits to what insurers can do.