Gallagher Analysis
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: How can brokers support directors to navigate new regulations and mitigate the risk of D&O claims?
Experts discuss how brokers can guide company directors through evolving regulations, offering strategies to mitigate the growing risks of directors and officers (D&O) claims
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News AnalysisBriefing: Insurers looking for clarity in a regulatory climate of change
The ‘onslaught of climate regulations’ could lead ‘to less disclosure and more green hushing’, says risk management association
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News AnalysisBriefing: Rampant regulation poses threat to D&O claim volume
Brokers must support company directors to ensure they are not ‘left to their own devices’ around incoming regulation, as implementation uncertainty can cause D&O claims
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IT InterviewTom Downey: Pen Underwriting plans to use M&A to build ‘a much more specialist, niche business’
Chief executive strives for MGA to be ‘magic in the middle’ between capacity partners and brokers as it looks to hit £1bn GWP by year-end
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News AnalysisBriefing: Two Insurtech 50 firms collapse amid continued investor caution
’Investors are becoming more democratic in their funding allocations,’ says global head of insurtech
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News AnalysisLondon looking positive but ‘this is no time for complacency’
Rating agency AM Best has raised its outlook on the London market insurance sector from stable to positive in what has been seen as another endorsement for EC3 and while there is much to support optimism, the nature of the market means that challenges remain
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Are MGAs replacing traditional insurers and how are they differentiating themselves to grow market share?
Insurance Times asks industry experts how MGAs are standing out to supersede insurers and increase their market share
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News AnalysisUK insurtech sector ‘remains in most optimal place’ – Gallagher Re
An ’overcorrection’ in the insurtech sector has laid the foundation for a 2024 ’uptick’, says global head of insurtech
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News AnalysisTechTalk: Reinsurance rate hikes hit insurtechs – but opportunities await
As reinsurance rates climb and more of the same predicted for 2024, it is becoming trickier for insurtechs to survive in the hard market, but with every negative comes a positive
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News AnalysisUK insurtech sector scoops silver for funding and deal count – Gallagher Re
After a ‘muted’ second quarter, the third quarter has seen a good number of deals and ‘there is no shortage of capital’ says global head of insurtech
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is the term insurtech still fit for purpose?
The term was initially used to describe insurance technology disruptors, but should it be made redundant as the sector shifts to a collaborative position?
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News AnalysisLight at the end of the tunnel despite ‘muted’ insurtech series A funding for Q2
The insurtech sector is going through a ‘correction process,’ says Gallagher Re’s global head of insurtech
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News AnalysisBriefing: D&O pricing may come down to a question of commitment
While pricing in this line is falling for customers, it is consistency they truly crave
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News AnalysisOngoing macroeconomic challenges prompt insurtechs to demonstrate their value
As profit margins continue to be squeezed in today’s difficult economic climate, the insurtech sector must ensure they are adding value through the propositions they are putting forward
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News AnalysisBriefing: Brokers likely to face a choice as top 20 dominance increases
The increasing concentration of market share among the sector’s biggest players presents the rest of the industry with a question
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News AnalysisTech Talk: Breaching the technology barrier to M&A by bringing insurtech firms in-house?
For larger brokers some do not know where to go in terms of technology as the landscape is very much driven by M&A
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IT InterviewJohnty Mongan: Cyber insurance harder to secure after shift in market
The cyber insurance market has transformed from ’a bit of a wild west to the smart cyber insurance race,’ says global head of cyber risk management
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News AnalysisSimon Collings: Market in transition as underwriters become more aggressive
The insurance sector is seeing signs that point towards ‘a market in transition’, says managing director
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News AnalysisIndustry pushing companies to recognise ESG impact on D&O risks
’Directors have a duty of care around a business’ impact on the community and environment and there is also the duty to maintain a high level of business conduct,’ says partner
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News AnalysisData holding back industry’s efforts to implement social mobility career strategies
While the insurance sector is aggressively addressing imbalances around gender and ethnicity in the boardroom, its strategy on social mobility is seemingly far less advanced – despite the war for talent
