Interviews – Page 9
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Joshua 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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Richard 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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William 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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Q&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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Stephen 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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Mike 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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MGA 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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Colm 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’
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Simon McGinn: Clarifying ‘challenging’ BI wordings could lead to ‘narrowing the cover’
Insurers must help brokers carve out more time to have ‘critical’ client conversations around what policies do and do not cover, says commercial lines chief executive
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MGA Q&A: MGAs need to add value to survive – Renovation Underwriting
Renovation Underwriting’s managing director, Douglas Brown, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs today and explains what his firm has been up to over the last 12 months
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Software company exposes insurance industry as most vulnerable to phishing following simulated attacks
Hackers believe insurance companies are ’highly desirable’ phishing targets because of the data these firms hold, says lead security awareness advocate
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Aventum flaunts independent status to attract talent amid consolidation landscape
Wholesale broker and parent firm attribute ‘phenomenal growth’ to attracting the right talent and building ‘a really good culture’ based on steering clear of consolidation
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MGA Q&A: Brokers don’t receive a ‘computer says no’ response from MGAs – Touchstone Underwriting
Touchstone Underwriting’s managing director, Alan Roe, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs today and explains what his firm has been up to over the last 12 months
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Helena Kazi: The entrepreneur striving to be a ‘very strong player in gig economy insurance’
Insurtech Giganomics, which is currently conducting a seed funding round, aims to provide a ‘full suite of products’ for an ‘underserved market’
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Aventum Group embraces trading London market-based risks via digital platforms
Although face-to-face conversations are crucial in the London market, SME and some simpler risks can be traded through digital platforms ‘to make it easier for agents to access’
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MGA Q&A: MGAs must continue to invest in AI and data enrichment - Mike Keating
Mike Keating, chief executive of the Managing General Agents’ Association, tells Insurance Times why claims inflation is ‘the elephant in the room’
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Q&A: Covéa set to launch ‘new and improved’ eTrading referral process this August
Ian Newman, head of SME strategy and development at Covéa Insurance, shares his perspective on the key insights from Insurance Times’ Five Star Rating Report: ETrading 2022
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MGA Q&A: Brokers should partner with MGAs that have UK domiciled, rated capacity - Iprism Underwriting
Ian Lloyd, chief executive of Iprism Underwriting, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs today and explains what his firm has been up to over the last 12 months
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Insurance sector – especially brokers – must lead ‘stewardship’ of net zero transitions
Although data forms the foundation of driving net zero transitions, brokers have an ‘elevated role’ to play when communicating propositions to clients, according to Accenture’s experts
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MGA Q&A: Brokers ‘should not tolerate poor service in an industry that prides itself on professionalism’ - DOA
DOA Underwriting’s director of commercial lines, Phillip Oliver, provides an overview of the factors impacting MGAs today and explains what his firm has been up to over the last 12 months