Interviews – Page 53
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Interview: Deakin and Brown - putting aside old rivalries
Janice Deakin and Adrian Brown talk policy, strategy, and how the former competitors are enjoying working together at their new home at AJ Gallagher
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Insurance industry ‘must find a way to connect’
In Part 2 of our interview, former Apple ad guru Ken Segall talks about life at the technology giant. Hear more of Segall’s business tips at the Insurance Times Innovation and Disruption Conference on 28 April
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Willis Networks: Battling for brokers’ hearts and minds
The network split broker opinion last year when it changed its remuneration model for brokers. Managing director Sara Fardon explains how those that work closely with the network can benefit from the move
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Think Simple, Apple’s ad guru tells insurance industry
Ken Segall, keynote speaker at the Insurance Times Innovation and Disruption Conference, helped shaped Apple’s ad campaigns
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Interview: Kurt Karl, Swiss Re
‘The big risk is deflation in the eurozone’, Swiss Re’s chief economist tells sister title GR
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Patrick Gallagher Jr: a global family affair
Arthur J Gallagher’s chairman, president and chief executive offers a rare insight into his company’s UK acquisition strategy and philosophy
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Q&A with S&P’s Mark Nicholson
Standard & Poor’s primary credit analyst talks to Insurance Times about the industry’s performance in 2013
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Laurent Matras: Embracing data at AXA
The insurer’s personal lines intermediary managing director Laurent Matras enthuses about its strategy and the use of data to improve underwriting
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Louise Ellman – a force for change in insurance
As head of the Transport Select Committee, Louise Ellman has been instrumental in much of the recent reform surrounding motor insurance. But not all insurers see her as a friend
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IBSC chair under the spotlight
Six months in, IBSC chairman Paul Anscombe answers the tough questions everybody wants to know about the standards body
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Interview: Jeremy Pinchin, Hiscox Re
Hiscox Re chief executive talks to Insurance Times sister publication GR about the future of the reinsurer
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Inga Beale: ‘Being more diverse is good for business’
Lloyd’s first female chief executive tells Insurance Times’s sister publication StrategicRISK her story of reaching the top and why diversity is important for the industry
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Matthew Donaldson: Challenging the market
Not content with a 40% share of the UK aggregator market with Comparethemarket, the group chief executive of BGL has big plans to shake up the life insurance market and take the comparison model international
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Boisseau: Leading Ageas through the motor minefield
Former Groupama UK boss François-Xavier Boisseau talks about the happy marriage with Ageas, his plans to bring something new to brokers, and why segments of the motor insurance industry could be heading for a fall
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Julian James brings the world to brokers
Julian James wants Allied World Europe ‘to be more relevant’ as he looks to build on $2.7bn of written premium and expand the insurer beyond the UK and into Asia
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Steve Lewis: Out of the frying pan, into the fire
Zurich’s former UK GI chief will face a number of challenges as RSA’s new UK and Western Europe head. Can he rise to them?
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'If it grows like a weed, it is a weed'
Hastings chief executive Gary Hoffman talks about the firm’s explosive growth and how the company will avoid the motor claims trap
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Hester: fixing RSA one step at a time
He’s just axed 800 motor broker relationships and has raised much of the £1.5bn he needs to bolster RSA’s capital. What is next for group chief executive Stephen Hester on a journey to restore the insurer’s health?
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Ian Parker of ERS: We took a knife to a gun fight
The boss of the former Equity Red Star talks about where the company went wrong in the past – and how it plans to succeed by going back to its roots
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Fighting talk from Biba's Steve White
One year on, Steve White is clear on his strategy for the trade body: to make it the go-to organisation for the government and regulators, and to build stronger relationships with brokers