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Heat stressed prawns

20 Jul 2023

It’s a wild world of trains, planes and automobiles travelling across the UK these days. Matthew’s journey north on Friday involved 5 trains instead of 1, a blocked bridge and a broken windscreen... read more

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Cardboard boats and risk manager reveal

13 Jul 2023

Waste cardboard for recycling is becoming an increasing valuable commodity, worth up to £60 a ton in the UK. But this may have lead to another casualty in the “insured and uninsurable”, the annual... read more

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Modelled hazard data for parametric triggers - The Parametric Post Issue 52

07 Jul 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective... modelled hazard data for parametric triggers
Many government... read more

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Avoiding hallucination

06 Jul 2023

We’re all going to be hearing a lot more about “prompt engineering” and “walled gardens” in the next few months. If you’ve tried out ChatGPT, you’ll know how hard it can be to get meaningful answers... read more

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Collaboration for understanding climate risk

30 Jun 2023

Climate Risk is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to climate-related insurance news - you can sign up for free here.
Collaboration for understanding climate risk
Building natural catastrophe... read more

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Insurance in the eye of the storm

29 Jun 2023

More from our exploration into the “uninsured and uninsurable” with a look at “hole-in-one” insurance. It’s no longer just the risk of buying everyone in the bar a drink - today golfers are being... read more

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Parametric risk transfer enabling loss prevention - The Parametric Post Issue 51

23 Jun 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective... parametric risk transfer enabling loss prevention
Whilst the... read more

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Fraud on the rise

21 Jun 2023

The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) saw a 61% year-on-year increase in insurance fraud for the March 2022 to April 2023 period in its latest report. 51% of those... read more

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New York State of Mind

14 Jun 2023

Matthew and Robin were in New York last week taking InsTech on tour. Thanks to Google and ChainLink for helping to recreate the buzz of our London events with over 120 people for our Tuesday night... read more

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Parametric insurance for carbon offset projects - The Parametric Post Issue 50

09 Jun 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective… parametric insurance for carbon offset projects
Planting forests,... read more

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4 weddings and an InsTech summer party

07 Jun 2023

Know anyone getting married this year? (We do). Aviva has found that people going on hen, stag (or bachelor) parties can be paying up to £1200 each if travelling overseas according to The Times - but... read more

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Net zero - what’s the future for insurance?

02 Jun 2023

Climate Risk is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to climate-related insurance news - you can sign up for free here.
Net zero - what’s the future for insurance?
The UN-convened Net-Zero... read more

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Try before you buy

31 May 2023

No one builds software from scratch these days. Whether you go low-code, no-code or ask ChatGPT to write the software for you, you’ll almost certainly be relying on third-party components to add to... read more

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Investors continue to back the parametric market - The Parametric Post Issue 49

26 May 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective... investors continue to back the parametric market
According to ... read more

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The reinsurer reveal

24 May 2023

You’ll almost certainly have heard of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book ‘The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable’ but have you read it? It’s very relevant to insurance and an easier read than... read more

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Insurance and the F-35 fighter jet

17 May 2023

From insurance providers to restaurants to podcasts, recommendations from people you trust are usually the most reliable source of information. So we are delighted to be featured in the list of the... read more

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Parametric insurance for marine ecosystems - The Parametric Post Issue 48

12 May 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective… parametric insurance for marine ecosystems
71% of the earth is... read more

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Clearing the way for cloud

10 May 2023

Is the King insured? Here’s another topical “uninsured and uninsurable” opportunity for our entrepreneurial readers. The fire at Windsor Castle in 1992 cost £36 million. It wasn’t insured until 2014... read more

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What companies are working within climate risk?

05 May 2023

Climate Risk is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to climate-related insurance news - you can sign up for free here.
What companies are working within climate risk?
Climate risk and ESG are... read more

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Mobility, earthquakes and risk aggregation

03 May 2023

With 3 public holidays falling in May this year, we wondered if personal insurance claims increase with more people travelling, doing DIY or taking part in adventurous days out. We couldn’t find data... read more

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