February, 2023 - ARPAS UK

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Moonrock announces new cover for ‘Non-Standard’ Drone operations

Award-winning drone insurance provider, Moonrock Insurance, announces the launch of their new drone insurance product, designed to provide coverage for all non-standard drone operations.

As a result of the exponential increase in requests for insurance for non-standard drone operations; such as Beyond Visual Line of Sight drones (BVLOS), heavy lift drones, swarm displays and crop spraying drones, to name a few. Moonrock have developed a new platform specifically tailored to these types of operations.

To provide exceptional service, Moonrock assessed not only new ways of pricing drone insurance but also explored new insurers. Insurers who were looking to underwrite new risks in this relatively new class of insurance.

Following 6 months of intensive work, Moonrock is delighted to have partnered with Apollo to provide insurance.

“If the drone industry is to unlock its full potential and hit the growth targets estimated to be £45billion by 2030 and upwards of half a million new jobs,” said Simon Ritterband, “then the support and backing from such seasoned aviation insurance professionals, is vitally important.” Ritterband, founder and Managing Director of Moonrock said the firm is excited about the new opportunities that are presenting themselves in the drone market.

Martin Jackson of Apollo shares similar enthusiasm about the drone industry: “the drone industry is an exciting area of innovation that can drive positive change in the UK economy, as well as offering environmental benefits, and is a keen area of focus for the UK government.” Jackson further comments on the “intensive work with Moonrock to create an insurance product that specifically caters for the growth of commercial drones and we are pleased to be leading the way in underwriting this and other new risks in emerging industries.”

Firmly established as one of the leading specialist drone insurers, Moonrock already provides cover to thousands of pilots. Insuring everything from recreational flyers, small commercial operators to large fleets of drones across multiple industries such as film and TV, agriculture and construction.

Moonrock Drone Insurance policies also cover areas previously hard to obtain, including invasion of privacy, worldwide cover and insurance for material damages to equipment and public liability.

For more information please contact info@moonrockinsurance.com.

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ANGOKA TO PROVIDE CYBER SECURITY FOR THREE MAJOR UK GOVT-BACKED FUTURE OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS

Belfast-based cyber security developer ANGOKA has consolidated its position as a supplier of critical systems for advanced mobility by securing central roles in three major ground transportation projects. This follows a successful public competition issued by the Centre for Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).

The three projects include ‘Harlander’ which is providing an autonomous passenger transport system working with Belfast Harbour Commissioners and BT among others; ‘V-CAL’, a collaboration led by the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) located at Nissan Motor Company in Sunderland and focused on autonomous and remote operations of heavy goods vehicles; and the ‘Sunderland Advanced Mobility Shuttle’, a project defining the future of urban passenger transport.

ANGOKA chief executive Yuri Andersson has welcomed the appointment of the firm to these groundbreaking projects. “We are delighted to join these consortia and look forward to contributing our unique cyber security technology to protect critical data and to ensure the safe and secure operation of autonomous vehicles,” says Mr Andersson. Each of the three projects covers different aspects of a whole systems approach to the safe future of integrated mobility and ensures that we can cement our market-leading position in cyber security for smart and connected mobility.”

Steve Berry, ANGOKA executive chairman, says: “The fact that we are involved in several high-profile projects is a testament to the critical importance of ANGOKA’s cyber security solutions and their applicability across the full 360 degrees of use-cases in advanced mobility – from securing traffic infrastructure to teleoperations for autonomous vehicles and secure operations centres (SOC).” Mr Berry continues: “ANGOKA will use the projects as an opportunity to build state-of-the-art live showcases which will firmly put us on the map as a global leader in CAV innovation.”

The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) is a joint Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Department for Transport (DfT) unit. Established in 2015, CCAV is an expert policy unit that is working with industry and academia to make every day journeys safer, greener, more efficient and more inclusive. To do this, CCAV is shaping the safe and secure introduction of self-driving vehicles and services on UK roads and leading the government’s wider Future of Transport programme. The work undertaken by CCAV and its partners has already ensured that the UK has a proven track record in leading connected and self-driving vehicle innovation, enabling joint public and private investment of £440 million.

An additional £100 million of public funding has recently been made available to support the commercial deployment of connected and self-driving vehicles, and to fund research and development of safety and cyber security assurance processes to ensure these vehicles are safe and cyber resilient. This work will help to unlock the future UK market, which is estimated to be worth as much as £42 billion by 2035 and could create as many as 38,000 jobs in the sector.

ANGOKA’s partners in the three projects include:

Harlander – Led by Belfast Harbour Commissioners and includes BT, HORIBA MIRA, REE Automotive UK,

V-CAL – Led by the North East Automotive Association and includes Nissan, Nokia, BP, Streetdrone, Hitachi Vantec Europe

Sunderland Advanced Mobility Shuttle – Led by Sunderland City Council and includes Aurrigo, Stage Coach, BAI Communications.

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