Interviews
Some brokers could struggle placing policies during Covid-19 says Peter Staddon
Insurance Times’s Savan Shah speaks to the MGAA’s outgoing managing director about the impact of Covid-19 on its members as well as the relevance of our MGA survey
Inside the cyber market with Sayata Labs’s Kingsley Flynn
Flynn says the market is still dogged by past perceptions of how restrictive and confusing cyber policies were in the early days of the product coming to market
Every broker has differences in trading style says Zurich's Dave Martin
The Insurance Times 2020 eTrading star ratings will be available from the 2 April, Dave Martin head of retail management at Zurich Insurance says the firms underwriting expertise is the ’heart of Zurich’ as he discusses the service factors being investigated in the Insurance Times star ratings
What are the insurance implications for coronavirus-related nursery closures?
PIB Group says ‘insurer exposure could mount up fast’ as vast numbers of nurseries close their doors during the Covid-19 outbreak
Crawford’s Lisa Bartlett on taking the reins as president
Bartlett talks about taking over from Clive Nicholls and why she’s a passionate advocate of diversity
Leaders should be ‘fearful’ of SMCR regime, says KPMG director
Behaviour and culture should be a key focus for industry leaders as recent regulation indicates that insurers are not doing enough
Covid-19 boosts opportunistic insurance fraud, says BAE Systems
The firm’s counter fraud director believes fraudulent claims will ‘slip through the net’ amid the current public health and hygiene focus
LV= says it is ‘operating at a different level’ as it gains star in 2019’s five-star rating report
The insurer gained an overall three-star rating this year to rank fifth in Insurance Times’s personal lines ratings table
Broker consolidation not ‘a good thing for the future’, says Kennett boss
Brokers and startups will turn to reinvention in the long-term, but for now, consolidation is ‘here to stay’
Insurercore – a dating agency for brokers and insurers
Kennedys launches tool aimed at allowing insurance clients to self-serve claims
The Briefing: MGA market – MGA startups multiply to fill innovation gap
Hastings turns to pricing strategies as it seeks more profitable 2020
RSA chief executive: UK and European business needs to ‘pull its weight’
Allianz: commercial property market has been ‘too cheap for too long’
Insurtech hype halts as disruptors morph into collaborators
Ex-CII diversity champion Tali Shlomo details next move
McCarron Coates on the importance of understanding the end-user
Insurers could be on the hook for future liability says Copart UK’s MD
Markel awarded five stars and first place in commercial lines
Simon Marsh – the video telematics boss saving lives and loss ratios
The Briefing: SME broking – Brokers can benefit from focusing on SME schemes
FCA takes aim at bad broker behaviour
Fixing dual pricing could lead to ‘whack-a-mole’ problems, says Aviva
People Moves
Pikl appoints Stuart Reid as new chairman
Reid is well known across the industry as he previously worked at Gallagher
Bought by Many appoints new chair
Last year the insurtech announced its plans to expand internationally, with the first stop being Sweden
Aspen Insurance Holdings appoints new group chief financial officer
The new hire succeeds Scott Kirk, who is leaving the firm at the end of April
XL Catlin’s former-executive vice president joins Worry+Peace advisory board
He was also a partner at Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PwC) where he focused on Lloyd’s of London and the London insurance market having begun his career as an actuary
