11/25/2020 3:04:28 PM Future to buy GoCompare in deal valuing comparison site at £594m By Mike Daly Magazine publisher has increasingly focused on ecommerce to drive revenue "GoCompare lists prices for services such as car and home...
11/23/2020 11:03:56 AM Zurich Insurance nears $4B deal for MetLife unit By Mike Daly Zurich Insurance’s U.S. footprint currently includes Farmers Group, an administrator of insurance policies for Farmers Insurance. Zurich...
11/23/2020 12:00:00 AM Private equity groups close in on AA takeover bid By Mike Daly Warburg Pincus and TowerBrook offer 35p a share in non-binding proposal for debt-laden company The AA has been speaking to potential...
11/21/2020 11:13:23 AM What 8 Months of COVID-19 Has Taught Us About Digital Transformation By Tim Hughes In a recent blog, Eric Doyle here at DLA Ignite tells a tale of two companies. While I'm sure the tale is fiction, I do know it's based...
11/20/2020 1:55:12 PM Lloyd’s expects industry-wide COVID losses to exceed $107bn estimate By Mike Daly The Chairman of Lloyd’s of London, Bruce Carnegie-Brown, said at a recent Reuters event that the global insured loss from the ongoing...
11/20/2020 8:24:33 AM Compare the Market fined £17.9m for breach of competition law By Mike Daly “Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker at the first hour of the table, you ARE the sucker,” says young poker player Mike...
11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM 10 insurers ranked highest for auto claims satisfaction in 2020 By Mike Daly With a steep decline in traffic, according to a new report from J.D. Power, the frequency of auto insurance repairable claims dropped 22%...
11/17/2020 9:48:44 AM Fla. court refuses to apply 'virus exclusion' in COVID insurance lawsuit By Mike Daly "This opinion highlights the insurance industry’s greatest weakness in attempting to apply “virus” exclusions: the overwhelming majority...
11/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Covid insurance ruling based on flawed arguments, top court told By Mike Daly Hearing challenges test case brought by FCA over ‘business interruption’ claims The four-day hearing will challenge a successful test...
11/16/2020 1:50:30 PM Other industries are shaping policyholder expectations. Don’t ignore the tide… By Mike Daly eFNOL and digital interaction with customers is now more important than ever before. A SWOT analysis is a staple – but often ignored -...
11/13/2020 12:00:00 AM The path to true transformation By Mike Daly "Transformation is one of the most overused terms in business. But there are companies out there truly undergoing transformations that...
11/12/2020 12:00:00 AM Is AI finally closing in on human intelligence? By Mike Daly GPT-3 has been hailed as an artificial intelligence breakthrough. John Thornhill tries it out and assesses the rewards — and the risks....
11/11/2020 12:00:00 AM US health insurers: accidents will happen By Mike Daly Big threat to profits will come from rise of claims when deferred medical treatments resume Early 2020 saw a surge in travel...
11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM Tesla Insurance Could Surprise Market with Potential for Hundreds of Billions of Annual Revenue By Mike Daly Speculation on the ultimate insurance ecosystem- Tesla Autos, Tesla Insurance, Tesla Repair Network and the competitive advantage- Tesla...
11/4/2020 12:00:00 AM FCA’s dual pricing ban could be ‘catalyst’ for Amazon to enter insurance By Mike Daly It’s no longer a question of ‘if’ they move into insurance, but rather ‘how?’,” Connolly said. “Most of Amazon’s revenue comes from the...
11/3/2020 3:26:20 PM Sedgwick advocates joint machine and human approach as false document fraud surges By Mike Daly The loss adjuster has seen an uptick in false document fraud during lockdown. Yet insurers are generally as 80% or more of the data...