Add on key cover research reveals new customer insight

85% of those who sought to bring a claim for lost keys had no key cover at all, perhaps wrongly expecting their motor or home insurance policies to cover them as standard. Despite 7 out of 10 people saying they would consider buying key insurance, 52% have never had it, demonstrating a real demand and need for the product.

Almost half (45%) of those surveyed had lost their keys, locked them in their car/home or had them stolen. This had happened to 30% of those people in the last year. Continue reading

ALPS Launches Foreign Student Rent Guarantee Product

Auto Legal Protection Services (ALPS), one of the UK’s leading providers of motor claims solutions, legal expenses and additional products, has launched a new rent guarantee product as part of a new initiative from the intermediary YourGuarantor to provide a guarantor scheme for foreign students in the UK. Continue reading

SchemeServe launches aggregator solution for brokers

SchemeServe, a leading provider of insurance scheme software for brokers, MGA’s, underwriting agencies and insurers, has today launched an aggregator module that will enable clients to compete more effectively with the major price comparison websites and provide customers with more choice. Continue reading

Specialist scheme launches for UK’s growing hand-crafted goods sector

Sterling Insurance Group, the high net worth and commercial SME insurance specialist has created a specialist insurance scheme with Wigan-based Walmsleys Commercial Insurance Brokers (WCIB) for the UK’s 85,000 “hand-crafted” goods businesses. Continue reading

Fraudulent Sterling Insurance customer receives custodial sentence over staged theft of camera equipment

Sterling Insurance, the high net worth and commercial SME specialist, has successfully pursued a fraudulent customer who staged the theft of expensive camera equipment through the courts, resulting in a custodial sentence handed down on Friday. Continue reading

Berkeley Alexander Launches New Covéa Landlord Product

General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, has today announced further expansion of its Landlords’ insurance provider panel. Covéa has now joined AXA, Zurich and Towergate, thereby further enhancing one of the largest quote & buy panels, and providing some of the most competitive rates available in the market. Continue reading

Strong take-up for Sterling’s e-trade product: Quote volumes increase 20 per cent in just four weeks

Sterling Insurance Group, the high net worth and commercial SME specialist, has seen strong initial demand for its first ever e-trade proposition – ‘e-trade…your way’ – launched on 6 April this year. Continue reading

ALPS Increases Headcount by a Third as Business Volumes Increase

Auto Legal Protection Services (ALPS), one of the UK’s leading providers of motor claims solutions, legal expenses and additional products, has recruited 19 new staff in response to significant demand from a number of new client wins. It plans to further step up recruitment later this year. Continue reading