Interviews – Page 10
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Simon Ritterband: Huge market appetite as ‘genie is out of the bottle’ with drones
There is a “huge appetite” for drones in the Lloyd’s market as the technology is being used more and more in everyday life from surveying to inspection says managing director
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Helena Evans: From 19 year old loss adjustor to first female managing director
Evans discusses HNW loss adjusting insurance trends and her journey up the sector’s ranks
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Steve White: Biba’s longest-standing chief executive says farewell
White explains it was ‘absolutely not a coronation’ when he was first promoted from head of compliance and training
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Tim Baxter Q&A: ‘Market volatility is unprecedented’
’The pressure on MGAs will be around securing capacity that allows for continued growth and development,’ says head of broker development
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Charles Taylor InsureTech looking to drive growth in London market
‘There is an opportunity there to take a look at where the market is,’ says chief executive
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Tracey Hudson: Sedgwick targeting ‘ambitious’ growth over next year
’Making sure strong financial controls and governance are in place,’ will be the focus of the newly appointed chief financial officer
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Paul Wingfield Q&A: What the delegated MGA market should move ‘entirely away from’
’We do see an increasing number of carriers agree that this is the way to bring stability to their own participation in the MGA market,’ says managing director
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Ben Legg: eTrade SME commercial sector ‘quite competitive’ but opportunities ahead
’Brokers are a real distribution engine, they maintain and improve relationships with the SME commercial consumers,’ Open GI’s chief product officer tells Insurance Times following this year’s eTrading survey results
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Kelly Ogley: A-Plan ‘incredibly proud’ of personal lines heritage, but commercial lines presents ‘exciting’ opportunities
The high street broker’s chief executive says the ongoing expansion of its commercial lines footprint will ‘fuel a lot of growth’ for the firm
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Graeme Trudgill: ‘I want to get more engagement between the FCA and Biba members’
’We will invest a bit more in the regulation section of our business because that’s the member priority,’ says new chief executive
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Neil McCarthy Q&A: ‘Constant recycling of underwriters in company markets creates further instability’
MPR Underwriting managing director provides an overview of factors impacting MGAs today
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Florence Dennis: Putting the insurance industry ‘on the radar’ to ‘attract new talent’
’We’ve sort of woken up as an industry and realised how fantastic we are’, says broker’s lead client advisor and chair of the East Midlands Biba committee
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Ed Gaze: IRL Lloyd’s entry confirmation of market gap between brokers and insurtechs
’I’ve got a much more relevant context of what’s going on in the insurtech market,’ says chief executive
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Owen Morris: Investing in neurodiverse individuals will ‘make the industry better’
’Neurodiverse people have a brilliant range of skills, so it is frustrating to see such low levels of employment,’ says managing director
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Russell White: ‘Big’ changes and ambitions since taking over as Peach Pi boss
’The goal is to start to become the go to insurer for small schemes, which is a big ambition for a company of our size,’ says chief executive
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Michael Yabantu: From the football pitch to Aviva director
Yabantu speaks personally to Insurance Times about the group’s strategy and lessons learned from experiencing racism
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Andre Symes: Genasys gunning to become a ‘zebracorn’ following scale up
Insurtech 50 firm Genasys Technologies’ group chief executive discusses growth plans with Insurance Times following the business creating two new units
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James Webster: Claims service ever more vital in the face of current challenges
While challenges persist the claims market ‘seems to have settled down’, says head of specialty claims
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Chris Kenning: Stubben Edge’s £5.6m cash injection brings further M&A opportunities
However, the insurtech’s group chief executive says he ‘wouldn’t want to be seen as a consolidator’
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Tim Hardcastle: Insurance is like an ‘unpolished diamond’
The no code insurtech outlines its overarching goals for the year ahead - it aims to ’keep polishing its own diamonds’