Interviews – Page 24
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Features
In Focus: ‘Enabler’ insurtechs will provide digital skill set to steer insurers out of pandemic – Sønr
Insurtechs offer a ‘great opportunity’ to assist large corporate insurers in making a ‘digital shift’ says Sønr chief executive
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IT Interview
Hiscox attributes five-star personal lines rating to ‘strong and very competitive’ products
The insurer’s distribution director adds that the firm ‘won’t rest on our laurels’ and that customer service will continue to be a focal point
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News
General insurance market faces ‘fundamental changes’ – EY’s Tony Sault
Tony Sault, EY’s head of general insurance, tells Insurance Times what challenges the insurance industry might face over the next few years following the fallout from the pandemic, the Supreme Court business interruption case and the FCA’s pricing review
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IT Interview
A-Plan and Howden Group partnership ‘is very much around growth opportunity’
A-Plan’s group chief executive says the acquisition ‘just makes great sense’ because the broker operates ‘in a market where Howden are just very underweight’
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IT Interview
Staying relevant is ‘the biggest, most interesting challenge out of this pandemic’ – David Howden
Plus, Howden Group’s chief executive believes the current hard market ‘will certainly sort the wheat from the chaff’
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IT Interview
Insurers not ‘profiteering’ from soaring building premiums post-Grenfell – ABI
In a recent blog, director of general insurance, James Dalton outlines the perspective of insurers having to cover the risks associated with high-rise buildings post-Grenfell
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IT Interview
Hard market is ‘biggest opportunity we have’ – McGill and Partners
The broker’s head of structured solutions admits that he lives ‘on tension and strain in the market’ in order to drive product innovation
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News Analysis
Howden Group puts ‘a new clank in that whole model’ by backing Dual with capital
Chief executive David Howden says Dual ‘as a business is absolutely of the moment’ and is now ‘in quite a unique position’ following internal capacity investment
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News
Leading the e-scooter revolution as Covid-19 fast-tracks technology’s insurance role – Zego’s Harry Franks
Zego has led the charge with the e-scooter revolution after several key partnerships, acquiring an insurance licence and tripling its staff headcount, now its co-founder and chief business development officer Harry Franks tells Insurance Times how the pandemic has benefited insurtechs
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IT Interview
Q&A: Covid-19 pandemic has ‘fuelled the appetite for more data’ - LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Eleanor Brodie, senior manager of data science at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, sits down with Insurance Times to talk all things data
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IT Interview
Insurance industry’s resilience has made it ‘attractive to capital’ and open to ‘more consolidation’
Howden Group’s chief executive describes the lay of the land when it comes to M&A activity and highlights his business’s approach to acquisitions
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IT Interview
A-Plan deal enables Howden Group to be a ‘real UK broking powerhouse’
Chief executive David Howden tells Insurance Times how the broking firm plans to become ‘the preeminent UK retail business’ following the successful completion of the acquisition, expected this month
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IT Interview
Q&A: NIG offers broker support amid pandemic pressures
Sonya Bryson, NIG’s managing director, talks to Insurance Times about the insurer’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights how the business has grown over the last year
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IT Interview
Covea continues ‘to put the customer at the heart of everything we do’ – Sue Coffey
Plus, the insurer is working to create virtual touch points with intermediaries as it looks to expand its distribution channels
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Features
London Market is ‘less competitive than it should be’ – Founder Shield
New York-based broker says the London Market ‘is showing a lack of agility’ and that ‘fewer opportunities will come’ to the capital unless it starts ‘taking more bets with slightly longer odds’
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IT Interview
In Focus: Commercial brokers have ‘felt the pain’ for Covid-affected clients – McCarron Coates
Insurance Times sits down with commercial wheels broker McCarron Coates to explore how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted its clients and what the sector can expect moving forward
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News
Building a boutique broker in the time of Covid-19 – Broadway’s Daniel Lloyd-John
Hitting £500,000 gross written premium just three months after launching specialist boutique broker Broadway Insurance Brokers’s founder and chief executive Daniel Lloyd-John tells Insurance Times about his plans for 2021 and why the North West is the ’perfect place’ for his proposition
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News
Aviva commercial lines MD to join Lloyd’s in newly created role
The new hire will oversee market performance and distribution
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News
Supreme court appeals ruling is ‘watershed moment’ for insurance industry
Following the ruling from the Supreme Court case on the business interruption appeal, Broadway Insurance Brokers’ chief executive gives his views
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IT Interview
‘We’re not interested in profit – we’re interested in building an asset’ says McCarron Coates
The Leeds-based commercial broker tells Insurance Times about its ‘old-fashioned’ approach to broking and why service quality is paramount