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The 2.7km Catesby Tunnel has officially joined CAM Testbed UK, a global centre for the innovation and development of connected and self-driving vehicle technologies. In collaboration with Catesby Projects, official worldwide resellers of Catesby Tunnel, the one-of-a-kind facility will become the sixth test facility to join the network.

Mortgage advisers are perhaps better placed than anyone to spot and solve a client’s protection needs. This is not just because they are helping with what is probably the most important financial decision of the customer’s life so far; but also because mortgages, unlike insurance, are aspirational. Or, at least, the

Members of the fifth connected vehicle technology development cohort given potential to receive funding from UK government to aid creation of services that could power self-driving vehicles.

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with UnderwriteMe to bolster its protection and life insurance offering. OMS said the integration with UnderwriteMe protection platform will provide its users with seamless point of entry to a unique protection sourcing tool. It will pre-populate the protection platform to

Paradigm Protect has agreed a partnership with UnderwriteMe that will allow its members access to the technology provider’s insurance platform.   Directly authorised brokers, who are part of the service, will be able to use the platform’s software for free, allowing them to submit insurance enquiries across a range

Well the day is finally here and Sir Arbuthnot will shortly be making the arduous journey to Manchester for the Tory conference, once again upended by the RMTs devious schemes. Keep an eye out, there may be one or two additional diaries between now and the end of the Tory gathering...

Tens of thousands of self-driving vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030, delegates at Fleet and Mobility Live heard.

This edition of International People Moves covers London-based appointments at Beazley, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and Marsh. A

Real-world testing of fully-autonomous vehicles is key to their future deployment. Here we look at some of the UK trials taking place.

COVID-19 has accelerated digital adoption across all business sectors. The finance function needs to embrace tech and develop new skills to keep up. Mark Cracknell, head of research at digital consultancy firm Generation CFO, sees a frustrating disparity between the way people operate in their personal lives and the workplace.  “People in their personal lives are quite digitally advanced and yet when they go into work it’s back to manual,” he says. That situation is chang...