Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

Category: Insurance/Reinsurance

  • Graham Jarvis wraps up the themes, ideas and news from TU-Automotive’s latest conference in London. The first ever Connected Car Insurance Europe 2016 opened with a reflection on the latest trends in the insurance industry. Delegates heard that telematics as a technology has the ability to collect data to empower products and services. This is…

  • GLOBAL INFORMATION technology (IT) investments in the insurance sector are being led by the Asia-Pacifi c region, according to research and analysis firm Ovum, which predicts that global IT spending will amount to $100bn by 2017.

  • The slow progress of technology in the (re)insurance sector is undisputed, with any changes coming extremely slowly – catastrophe modelling aside. For many firms, this approach to technology is causing problems. Many are still heavily reliant on software that is several decades old, with pricing worked out on basic spreadsheets.