Interviews – Page 13
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IT InterviewRobin Hoekstra: Outworx plans to double in size by 2025 by continuing to serve UK brokers
Although already expanding in its native South Africa, chief executive confirms that the outsourcing firm has plans to arrive in the UK next year to better support broker customers
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IT InterviewNeil McCarthy: MPR Underwriting achieves five star success thanks to ‘the quality of our staff’
Describing employees as the firm’s ‘biggest asset’, MGA managing director confirms he is not a believer in the value of eTrading for certain financial lines business
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IT InterviewMatthew Puttick: Brokers continue to drive KGM Underwriting Services’ ambitions
Chief executive explains that the MGA is striving ‘to be the best that we can be’ in the UK motor insurance market because ‘if you stand still, you fail’
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IT InterviewDouglas Brown: Providing value for brokers is vital for Renovation Underwriting
The managing director attributes the MGA’s success to investment ‘in our people, our proposition and technology’.
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News AnalysisIsabelle Santenac: Insurance sector must throw its weight behind the green energy transition
However, the industry cannot abdicate its responsibility to protect the world’s current energy supply, says global insurance leader
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IT InterviewLike father, like son: Tim and Ben Smyth compare career trajectories as insurance bosses
Two key lessons that Ben Smyth learnt from his chief executive father include entrepreneurialism and resilience
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IT InterviewPaul Mang: Addressing big, evolving insurance risks is ‘meaningful work’
Guidewire’s chief innovation officer explains how technology and the risk landscape have changed following business models shifting post-pandemic
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IT InterviewAviva ‘continually committed to its broker channel’ – Maria Crockart
The insurer has seen its gross written premium in digital SME improve in its half-year results because it has listened to brokers needs
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IT InterviewPaul Anscombe: Time for Seventeen Group ‘to put its flag in the ground and build’
After completing 20 acquisitions in as many years, chief executive says there is ’purpose behind the growth’.
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IT InterviewDomenico del Re: Insurance industry must support roll out of green technology
The insurance industry must lead on green tech cover to support UK’s transition to net zero, says PWC partner.
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AnalysisDavid Howden: Rise of the underdog
The insurance industry must be a ‘force for good’ rather than ‘the naysayers we are sometimes seen as’, says broker boss
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IT InterviewLea Cheesbrough: The ex-broker shifting appointed representatives away from a ‘tarnished’ reputation
The FCA’s new regulations on ARs will provide a boost to AR networks, says managing director
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IT InterviewJoshua Motta: The MGA hitting the UK with ‘reinvented’ cyber security insurance
It is now harder than ever to purchase cyber insurance in the UK, with capacity being pulled back, increasing exclusions and price increases – but Coalition aims to overhaul the market at a time when SMEs need it most
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IT InterviewRichard Tomlinson: Tackling the big problems around data and insurance
Risks are always evolving, but data is being amended at a snail-like pace – if data was more accurate, this could lead to better insurance pricing
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IT InterviewWilliam Cooper: Stanhope Cooper seeks investment to get greater ‘buy-in from insurers’
Managing director believes that private equity funding or investment from a larger broker is ‘inevitable’ and will help facilitate growth across three business segments
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IT InterviewQ&A: Allianz removes ‘significant number of referrals and barriers’ to enhance brokers’ eTrading experience
Julie Tongue, digital trading manager at Allianz Insurance, shares her perspective on the key insights from Insurance Times’ Five Star Rating Report: ETrading 2022
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IT InterviewStephen Brittain and Robert Lumley: Solving the innovation gap in insurance
Insurtech Gateway is looking to expand internationally after having ’cracked how to run an innovation facility’ in the UK
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AnalysisMike Bruce: ‘We were in a great position before, but we’re in a better position now’
GRP’s recent purchase by American broker Brown and Brown will open the door for fresh M&A targets that the broker has not ’historically been able to make the maths work on in the past’
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: ‘When underwriting criteria tightens, MGAs come into their own’ - FloodFlash
FloodFlash’s head of marketing, Chris Hall, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs and explains what FloodFlash has been up to over the last 12 months
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IT InterviewColm Holmes: ‘Strong relationships’ with brokers is ‘a core part of our strategy’
Chief executive believes half-year growth in 2022 secures firm’s status as ‘the number one P&C insurer in the UK’
