People
Brokers mixed response to Black Lives Matter
Updated: Some have pledged an “anti-racist” approach but there is little ethnicity data available to measure performance.
Blog: Reimagining the future
Coronavirus, the business interruption insurance row and black lives matter protests all present challenges for the insurance sector. The Chartered Insurance Institute's CEO Sian Fisher explores what the way forward as part of the Applied Broker Week.
The Blog Spot: What are you doing to support Black Lives Matter?
The insurance sector is working to improve diversity but how is it changing beyond having conversations?
People Moves Round-up: 8 - 12 June 2020
Keep up to date with the latest people moves.
Blog: PI under pressure
The evolving PI landscape presents significant challenges not just for insureds, but their brokers and insurers as well, says Danny French of Aqueous Underwriting.
TL Dallas takes commercial MD from Marsh Commercial
Tim Mortimer has joined the Bradford-headquartered broker with the aim to grow its commercial division.
The working from home diaries: Adam Hassanjee
Lloyd's broker Pro Global's technical analyst shares how he has adapted to the changes in work due to Covid-19.
Market moves: June 2020
As expected Covid-19 has slowed the number of people moves in the industry, but, it was not a wasteland and there were some market announcements throughout May
Blog: Customer vulnerability and coronavirus
Insurance Cares: The present pandemic has underlined the importance of a robust vulnerability strategy. RWA's Kirk Ford outlines how insurance brokers might prepare for an increase in incidences of vulnerability - or an exacerbation of existing cases.
Redundancies for Markerstudy after pay cut row
The provider has blamed the impact of Covid-19 for the job cuts which follow reports of staff being forced to take pay cuts.
Blog: Succession planning amid the coronavirus crisis
Aston Lark's Peter Blanc, shares his thoughts on adapting the business and why M&A can continue to thrive post Covid-19.
Ex-Markerstudy/Brightside boss Bence among senior hires at Complete Cover
Personal lines broking group Complete Cover has bolstered its management team with a quartet new hires including former Markerstudy and Brightside boss Russell Bence.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Insurtech 100 special - Lemonade CEO Daniel Scheiber talks AI, European expansion and IPOs
The CEO and co-founder of Lemonade has declared younger IPOs better for the long term viability of new technology businesses because it prevents them getting stuck in a state of ‘protracted adolescence,’ comforted by the ‘cocoon’ of private equity.
Blog: The MGA opportunity
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, of MGA Tapoly, addresses how managing general agents might be able to help brokers solve some of the key problems the market faces in the wake of coronavirus.
Covid-19: BSI launches guidelines for safe return to work
Body says document is sector neutral and aligned to and complement the UK government guidance.
Deal opportunities grow for Towergate as brokers seek to sell amid pandemic
Towergate’s Joe Thelwell discusses the broker’s Q1 2020 deals and reveals he is receiving calls from brokers wishing to sell as coronavirus exacerbates the hardening market.
Insurance Covid-Cast episode 16: “From feast to famine in ten days” – How the travel insurance sector is dealing with the Coronavirus with no sales
In the latest episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a group of travel insurance experts to discuss how the travel insurance sector is coping with a “tsunami of claims” and whether it will bounce back post-pandemic.
Blog: Private prosecutions in the fight against insurance fraud
Law firm EMM reports that £1.2bn in dishonest claims were recorded in 2018 and details how providers are hitting back.
Blog: An underwriter's guide to developing a scheme
Ecclesiastical's Will Browne, outlines the key steps for successful delegated authority.
Head Lines: Mental health support for insurance workers
As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close Insurance Age asks what employers are doing for the people keeping the industry moving as they cope with Covid-19.
Q&A: Open GI group CEO Simon Badley
Almost a year into the role as group CEO of Open GI, Simon Badley sat down with Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift to talk about how he plans to build on existing foundations to make the software house the technology 'partner of choice' for…
Blog: Support the IUAD's emergency appeal
Mitsui Sumitomo's Simon Beale explains why Insurance United Against Dementia has launched an emergency appeal as the coronavirus crisis makes life even tougher for families living with dementia.
Opinion: Where is our North Star? Solutions not gestures are what we need now
Brightside's Brendan McCafferty calls for a guiding light for the sector and warns that, if the market fails to get its Covid-19 response right, there could be hell to pay.
People Moves round-up: 18 - 22 May 2020
Keep up to date with the latest people moves.