Risk Management – Page 82
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NewsPool Re warns of ‘potential terrorist threat’ to retail and hospitality sectors as lockdown lifts
The government is considering new legislation called a ‘protect duty’ that puts greater responsibility on business owners and operators
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FeaturesCovid-19 creates tangible opportunities for intellectual property insurance
The pandemic has led to an ‘opportunity for brokers to work with clients to protect their intangible assets, which increasingly are at the heart of [a] company’s worth’
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NewsLockdown lifting set to spark crash for cash induced collisions – Ageas
The insurer’s claims director says that as lockdown has made it harder for these scams to occur, there could be a spike when restrictions lift
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NewsBroadway Insurance Brokers warns holiday makers against ‘amber gambling’ with travel insurance policies
Broadway Insurance Broker’s director of private clients says this is the next phase of the fallout following business interruption claims
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FeaturesSupercede – the marathon running duo with an appetite for risk
Two co-founders of Supercede tell Insurance Times their plans after recently receiving a £2m investment and how training for a marathon led to the creation of a global all-in-one reinsurance platform
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Commercial Express aims to ‘reduce percentage of business’ to main carrier
Kristian Bartlett, head of sales and marketing for Commercial Express tells Insurance Times’s head of research, Savan Shah about the new developments for the broker community, after achieving four stars from brokers in last year’s MGA survey
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NewsFPCs and ‘Build Back Better’ approach can support communities struggling with flooding – Flood Re
Due to the detrimental impact of flooding on socially vulnerable and ethnic minority communities, the insurance industry ‘must support the roll out of Build Back Better’
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NewsInsurance industry leaders inaugurate alliance to accelerate net zero transition
The insurance industry and wider financial sector ‘have the power and responsibility to drive progress’
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NewsHigh-profile sporting events put risks ‘under health and safety spotlight’ for brokers – FOIL
Players slipping at high-profile sporting events, such as Wimbledon, is ‘not new’ - the grass courts are known to be an ’unpredictable factor’
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NewsInsurers brace for claims as spike in e-scooter accidents reported
Admiral believes current reported e-scooter accident numbers are the ’tip of the iceberg ’
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Developing international business is 'enormous opportunity' amid new capacity – Nexus Underwriting
Tim Brangwyn, group chief operating officer at Nexus Underwriting, tells Insurance Times’s head of research, Savan Shah about the new developments for the broker community, the challenges that lie ahead for MGAs as well as achieving four stars from brokers in last year’s MGA survey
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NewsInsurance Times’s Technology Champion of the Year 2021 - who gets your vote?
Five finalists have been shortlisted for the Technology Champion of the Year award for 2021, but who will be crowned the winner?
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NewsCoincover set to grow after $9.2m funding boost
The firm plans to provide ’a fundamental building block for a rapidly maturing market’
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NewsPool Re reveals new expert advisory group to deter future systemic risks
A total of 12 members have joined the group, planning to act to protect the UK economy as ‘when the next risk comes, we must be ready for it’
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FeaturesCovid-19 set to make future Olympic cover a non-runner
As athletes arrive in Tokyo for the summer Olympic Games, the postponement of the event for 12 months has already cost the insurance industry dear
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NewsRMS appoints managing director for UK insurance business
The new hire believes the firm is ‘uniquely positioned to lead the development of an open, unified platform for global risk’
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NewsABI members hold power to provide a third of money needed for UK to meet net zero
The trade body seeks sector solutions to ’the greatest threat facing our planet’ as insurance is ’uniquely placed to drive the transition’ towards net zero carbon emissions
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FeaturesFire safety reform and PI withdrawal creates ‘existential moment for the insurance industry’
Four years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, industry experts debate the draft Building Safety Bill and what has been done so far to address fire safety
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NewsGlobal cyber insurance pricing increases by 32% – Howden
The rampage in ransomware now poses a predominant threat to businesses of all sizes
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NewsBusinesses are still not recovering resiliently from flooding – Marsh Risk Consulting
Considering how the industry can rise to meet flooding challenges, parametric solutions are ‘giving people hope’, says consulting director and head of climate and catastrophe resilience
