Interviews – Page 17
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Russell Corbould-Warren: The ex-Uber boss reinventing insurance for independent workers
The former Uber boss, who joined Collective Benefits earlier this year, tells Insurance Times his plans for tackling the growing protection gap created by the emergence of the gig economy
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Jeffrey Skelton: Industry could be entering ‘renaissance period’ for new insurance products
Plus, the FCA’s general insurance pricing reform has encouraged brokers to use data enrichment at renewal to ensure prices are ‘accurate’ says Europe MD
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Tara Parchment: HNW expertise and advice is ‘irreplaceable by technology’
Building relationships and client trust in products will enable the ‘very best of the high net worth insurers to shine’
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Scott Egan: There will be ‘no radical about-turns’ in RSA’s strategy following Intact takeover
Instead, RSA’s new owners will help the insurer ‘accelerate our plans’ around ‘outperformance’
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John Read: Hard market is brokers’ ‘saviour’ for preserving earnings
With the hard market ‘still here with a vengeance’, brokers face ‘additional difficulties’ in explaining the impact on premiums to clients
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Gavin Sewell: Honcho keen to create ’plumbing’ for multi-car propositions
The reverse auction marketplace also has plans to focus on partnerships this year
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Car insurance needs to adapt for ‘changing marketplace for the future’ – LV=GI
Insurers will have to adapt to bring ‘value’ to the consumer beyond insurance, says insurer managing director
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Chris Chatterton: Incoming OIC portal is ‘slightly past its sell by date’
Despite describing the motives behind the new portal for whiplash claims as ‘sensible’, handl Group’s chief commercial officer says ‘the vehicle we’ve been given is a bit unfortunate’
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Mike Brockman: The future of telematics provides an ‘opportunity for brokers to flourish’
ThingCo founder and chief executive believes telematics can ‘enhance’ customer relationships and help stamp out fraudulent claims
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Features
New premium finance rules – what does it mean for the industry?
Brokers are going ’to have to change the way they do business’ around premium finance following the FCA’s pricing reforms, says insurance premium finance chief executive
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Jaime Swindle: Effective trading versus efficiency will be a broker focus this year
As broking networks help their members combat the current climate’s challenges, the Covid-19 pandemic admittedly hasn’t been all bad, resulting in ‘a more forward-thinking industry’ says networks MD
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Combating surging cyber crime demands action from all claims parties – McLarens
Amid the uptick in Ransomware as a Service, ’keeping control of costs’ and ‘managing all stages in the cyber claim effectively is crucial’ says cyber and technology lead
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John Glen MP: Strong yet flexible regulation causes a ‘conundrum at the heart’ of the industry
Economic secretary believes the insurance industry will ’play a significant role to lay the foundations of our recovery’ from the Covid-19 pandemic
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Jacqueline McNamee: The insurtech MGA serving brokers ‘something different’
Ex-AIG boss McNamee has plans for C-Quence’s next chapter, including servicing its ’tremendous broker distribution channel’
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News
Claire Russell: Industry's 'work hard, play hard' culture can create mental health 'barriers'
Biba is partnering with Mental Health in Business to benchmark insurance firms’ mental wellbeing approaches
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IT Interview
Stephen Murphy: Applied Systems’s next chapter ‘challenging previous assumptions’
Applied Systems Europe’s customer success director reveals what the software house’s plans with Google will mean for brokers and insurers
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Peter Clarke: Insurercore sets sights on US and Irish markets amid platform relaunch
The firm has aspirations of expanding into other markets and wants to be a lifeline for brokers
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IT Interview
Lucinda Charles-Jones: Doing the ‘right thing’ for employees will benefit customers too
‘Smart working’ will be as ‘transformative in the future of work’ as the introduction of computers
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Ed Gaze: 2020 a ‘good year’ for Lloyd’s Lab, 2021 to be ‘much of the same’
Lloyd’s Lab is also making ‘subtle tweaks’ to its selection process to widen its net
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Richard Brooks: Brokers need to be ‘flexible’ and offer ‘fit for purpose cover’
As the demand for technology SMEs grows, brokers that provide a specialist solution will have the edge