Interview: Jonathan Davey
Issue 09-09-2010
Combining relentless ambition, a reach-for-the-sky work ethic, and no fear of speaking out, Keychoice Underwriting’s managing director is a force to be reckoned with
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Interview: Donal Kelly
Issue 02-09-2010
XL’s regional director is the master of understatement and his growth plans may be modest. Yet there was nothing understated about the financial strife the insurer found itself in back in 2008, nor its impressive return to profit
Interview: Michael Watson
Issue 26-08-2010
Selling insurance for the last 100 years, Canopius Group certainly has a sense of history. But, with a steely focus on profitability and building up the company before a private equity exit, its chairman is running a thoroughly modern business...
Interview: Luke Savage
Issue 29-07-2010
Behind the mild-mannered exterior of the Lloyd’s finance director is a will of steel. We talk to the man determined to whip the Solvency II directive into a shape that best serves the market
Interview: Robert Orlich
Issue 22-07-2010
Transatlantic Holdings chief executive Robert Orlich saw a silver lining when AIG sold its majority stake in the reinsurer. He talks about what the group plans to do with its new-found freedoms
Interview: Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta
Issue 15-07-2010
Solvency II may not be popular with insurers, but Ceiops’ secretary-general, a key figure behind its shaping, wants a little recognition for the ‘vast amount’ of work his committee has done
Interview: Stuart Randall
Issue 01-07-2010
The man behind Brett & Randall, Brokerbility and now broker buyer Ataraxia is always cooking up the next big idea. We find out why being a super hero just isn’t enough
Interview: Paul Moors
Issue 24-06-2010
Outspoken yet self-deprecating, Bollington’s chairman is far from boring, despite his claims.
Interview: Xavier Denecker
Issue 17-06-2010
Credit insurer Coface may have struggled when an influx of claims during the crisis left it in the red. But as he unveils a new credit insurance model and promises profits for 2010, managing director Denecker is brimming with optimism
Interview: Freddy Van den Spiegel
Issue 10-06-2010
BNP Paribas Fortis’s chief economist may have seen it all before, but this financial crisis is different, he says. Contagion and an imbalance in global markets could send the economy toppling back into chaos, and it is ultimately the insurers...
Interview: Charles Manchester
Issue 03-06-2010
These are tough times to start an MGA, and even tougher if you’re targeting the PI market. But with the right people, a strong strategy and a real lust for life, the founder of Manchester Underwriting Management thinks he has what it takes
Interview: Ewart Brown
Issue 27-05-2010
Bermuda’s premier has a reputation for pulling no punches with the many insurers now domiciled on the island. But his message to the industry is unexpectedly affable
Interview: Adrian Brown, RSA
Issue 13-05-2010
RSA UK’s chief executive faced a tough job when he took the helm 18 month ago. Things haven’t gone too badly – we meet him on the day the insurer announces a return to growth – but the stuffy reputation lingers (pink toilet paper or not)
Interview: Simon Rice
Issue 06-05-2010
Lonmar Global Risks’ chief executive is in charge of a big broker with big plans. But he’s not embarking on this endeavour alone, as he’ll get by with a little help from his friends
Interview: Peter Burrows
Issue 29-04-2010
As his four decades in insurance draws to a close, Brit’s chief executive reflects on how things have changed through the years and his more recent success in pushing the insurer to new heights.We meet the man who takes it one step at a time
Grant Ellis
Issue 22-04-2010
Far from choosing the quieter life, in his new Broker Network role, Grant Ellis is banging the drum for small brokers, big brokers, and the insurance industry as a whole.
David Newman
Issue 15-04-2010
It’s all about controlled risks, says the broker boss as he sets out on a 110 km trek across the Arctic. He tells us about his fascination for the frozen north, and his role at the head of motorcycle insurance specialist, Carole Nash
Loss leader
Issue 08-04-2010
Having developed a successful career in insurance, including stints at Churchill and RBSI, Charles Crawford jumped ship last year to become chief executive of loss adjuster Davies Group. Here, he speaks about his experiences on the other side
Frank O’Halloran and Steven Burns
Issue 08-04-2010
The top men in QBE are in London to talk about the restructuring of the group’s European management, and they reveal that they have their eye on more acquisitions
The only broker in Baghdad
Issue 01-04-2010
With the constant threat of violence and crippling security costs, most brokers view Iraq as a no-go area. But one – Culver – has gone there. Partner-in-situ Jonathan Biles talks about living and working in a war zone and the opportunities...
