All articles by Katie Scott – Page 3
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Middle East conflict reveals ‘huge risk management gap’
The latest SR:500 Exchange virtual roundtable, hosted by sister publication Strategic Risk, brought together risk professionals, brokers and academics to discuss risk management’s moving goalposts amid geopolitical fluctuations
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NewsAventum Group signs Destination Insurance charter to help attract talent to the industry
’It’s time for the talk to stop and it’s time for the action to start, says group marketing director
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NewsSocial mobility membership firm launches new campaign encouraging greater diversity in career progression pipelines
FCA executive director says the regulator expects ‘firms to be more transparent about progression’ because ‘this reflects culture, shapes judgements and outcomes’ linked to Consumer Duty rules
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News AnalysisThe most common causes of claims in the aesthetics sector – and how to prevent them
‘The frequency and the severity of claims’ in ‘a very litigious’ sector can be mitigated through ‘effective, proactive risk management’, says MGA’s head of legal and risk management
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IT InterviewBiba 2026: Gallagher’s retail restructure opens the door to new talent – Nick Harris
UK and Ireland retail chief executive says broker has been a ‘well kept secret’ up until now, but that new customer-centric divisions clearly signpost Gallagher’s heartland
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IT InterviewBiba 2026: Aviva and DLG personal lines integration ‘well on track’ ahead of part VII process
UK personal lines chief executive describes the insurer as being ‘deliberately but proudly boring’ in how it aims to show up for broker partners
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NewsBackchat: May 2026
A blazing Guinness World Records success, industry themed attire, new office digs with a difference and impending wedded bliss for Insurance Times staffer. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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News AnalysisOpinion: Could captive appetite uptick present opportunity for brokers?
Although ‘the captive piece can be perceived as a dark art’ by some brokers, increasing interest in these models from the risk management community means opportunities abound for intermediaries willing to get stuck in
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NewsConference colleague connections: What are 2026’s networking hotspots in Manchester?
Networking at 2026’s Biba Conference does not stop when Manchester Central closes its exhibition doors – read on to discover the must attend gatherings in brokers’ diaries this year and the elite venues firms are booking
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IT InterviewLea Cheesbrough: From nurse to networker and becoming a ‘one woman crusade for independent broking’
Broker network leader reflects on her career journey so far and identifies that 2026 will see the business focus on new staff, services and broker investments supporting succession planning
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NewsMovo Group launches DA network because the ‘space needs a shake up’
‘Disruptor’ chief executive says the new broker network will operate alongside the group’s existing appointed representative network, providing ‘options’, ‘choice’ and ‘support’ to directly authorised brokers
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NewsData focused captives can be complementary buffer to plug emerging risk coverage gaps
Risk experts predict that captives will continue to grow in popularity as a tool to make hard to write risks ‘palatable’ for the insurance market – particularly during hard market cycles
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NewsWhat is the ‘biggest constraint’ in the captive model?
Although captives are becoming a more sought-after tool for risk managers, global organisations face jurisdictional hurdles when trying to establish a multinational programme, agree expert panellists
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NewsCaptives set to become ‘centre’ of risk transfer strategies to ‘create insurability’ for small to mid-sized global firms
The intelligent use of captive arrangements could be ‘a means to a solid risk management strategy, actually moving the lines of insurance’ and driving ‘a structural shift in how international insurance programmes are designed, operated and valued’, says chief markets officer
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NewsAviation insurers ‘being far more selective’ with capacity due to ‘significant attritional losses’
Underwriter reports that its aviation attritional losses reached $1bn for the first time in 2025, revealing claim-centric ‘cause for concern’ as policies fail to keep pace with sector evolution
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NewsAviation underwriters issue collaboration call to action around policy wordings
With aviation policy wordings ‘written decades ago’ and deemed ‘pretty much insignificant now’ against current sector aircraft and risks, underwriter recommends collaborative committee as a beneficial model to bring the class up to date
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NewsBackchat: April 2026
Traitors around the networking table, pink power dressing at female focused event, a research project with big ambitions and an eggcellent Easter idea. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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News AnalysisOpinion: Is there an optimal size for a retail insurance broker?
Acquisitional growth has forever changed UKGI’s broking landscape, however market feedback indicates that there is a fine line between consolidation creating both customer and colleague benefits, or actually working against the industry’s best interests
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IT InterviewDaniel Lloyd-John: ‘Pioneer for change’ broker designs talent-centric, geography agnostic expansion plan
Chief executive believes broker consolidation across UK’s northern regions is giving industry talent greater pause for career thought – and enabling joint venture partnership opportunities
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IT InterviewMartin Schultheiss: Uinsure accelerates AI investment in support of vision ‘to change the way insurance is bought in the UK’
Insurtech on target to hit growth metrics before PE cycle concludes as it strives to be at ‘the forefront of innovation’ and ‘the forefront of relationships’, says group managing director
