A warning for insurance companies & more…Keep up with what has been happening this week in our latest insurance news round-up…

A warning for insurance companies: Don’t digitise and forget the human element

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert has a warning for insurance companies engaged in digital transformations: don’t neglect the human element.

App-based telematics insurance – what does it mean for insurance brokers?

What does it mean to be a technology entrepreneur? For Richard Jelbert who has served that function of over 25 years now, only ever working for companies he founded, at the root of entrepreneurship is the ability to look objectively at the wider technology landscape.

Tattoos in insurance: It’s time to dump the cover-ups

Tattoos have always been a conversation starter. Some are purely decorative pieces of skin art with no specific meaning, while others are symbolic and connected to memory, emotion, ­culture, religion, and identity.

Insurance commissioner issues temporary ban on using credit information for rate-setting

Mike Kriedler, Washington State’s insurance commissioner, has temporarily adopted a rule that bans insurers from using credit information to set auto, homeowner, and renter insurance rates.

Agile Underwriting Solutions unites MGAs under one national brand

Managing general agent (MGA) Agile Underwriting Solutions has announced the amalgamation of three leading Canadian MGAs under the Agile umbrella.