Jonathan Swift
Content director, insurance
Jonathan has written and commented about the insurance industry since 1998 as a reporter, news editor, editor and content director at Incisive Media.
He has appeared on television speaking about topics as diverse as the insurance implications of Michael Jackson's death to the consequences of consolidation on motor premiums; and is a past winner of the British Insurance Brokers' Association journalist of the year and Association of British Insurers general insurance trade journalist prizes.
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Blog: Five ways - from telematics redundancy to cyber terrorism - that driverless cars will impact insurers
Driverless cars are set to be the biggest disruptive innovation of the early 21st century.
Post Blog: Six reasons you cannot miss Claims Club meeting 3
Next month the Post Claims Club returns with its third quarterly meeting.
BIA award winner video: Ingenie founder and CEO Richard King
Ingenie founder and CEO Richard King explains how an idea developed in his kitchen wooed both footballing pundit Gary Lineker and the British Insurance Awards judges.
Post Blog: Five reasons why Admiral and Insure the Box make good bed fellows
Earlier this week Postonline revealed Admiral was weighing up a bid for the UK’s leading telematics player Insure the Box.
Post Intelligence Docu-Video: How can the industry tackle application fraud?
While claims fraud continues to grab the most headlines, insurers and brokers are now focusing as much attention on fraud at the point of quote.
Global insurance law alliance Insuralex unveils Connelly as new president
Insuralex, the global insurance lawyers group, has elected Michael Connelly, a partner of Connelly Baker Wotring, as president.
Director of content’s Comment: One century on, Post pays tribute
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the date (4 August 1914) that Great Britain and France declared war on Germany and Austria, thus beginning a period of great upheaval for the nation.
Claims Club Missive: Will loss adjusters be the guardians of the digital galaxy?
You cannot go on the Post home page at the moment without seeing an article or video relating to “digitalisation”; and how insurers need to adapt to a market where consumers are ever more dependent on mobile devices.
Insurance Fraud Awards 2014: Shortlist revealed
Today Post is pleased to reveal the shortlist for the 2014 Insurance Fraud Awards.
MPs and insurers warned new licencing act may hinder fraud investigations
Insurers have been warned that the new licencing arrangements for investigators could prove a hindrance, not a help, to their fraud teams.
Expertise in action: Q&A with Zurich's head of SME transformation
With commercial buyers, especially SMEs, looking to digital channels in greater numbers to fulfil their insurance needs brokers must be alive to the opportunities offered by e-trading.
RSA CEO Hester breaks silence on new UK boss Steve Lewis
RSA group chief executive Stephen Hester has proclaimed Steve Lewis will provide the "strong leadership, energy and commitment to make the changes that will ensure the future success of our UK and Western Europe businesses".
Insurance Fraud Awards: Deadline approaching
With the deadline of this Friday (27 June) looming for the Insurance Fraud Awards, there is still time to be in the running to win one of these prestigious gongs.
Dodd touts risk management data standardisation as he takes new role
Former Sirius Financial Solutions director Mike Dodd has joined Risk Solved as a non-executive director having helped in the rebranding of the business from MSM Risk Management.
BIBA Fever episode five: So long, and thanks for all the jellybeans
One week on from the close of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in Manchester and Post reflects on the event in the final episode of Biba Fever 2014.
Flood Re CEO Woolgrove to address Post's Disaster: Risk & Response event
The acting Flood Re CEO Tom Woolgrove has been added to the impressive speaker roster for the upcoming Post event, Disaster: Risk and Response.
BIBA Fever episode 4: Pills, thrills and headaches
It is the second day of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in Manchester and there were some sore heads today as delegates assembled this morning to reflect on a night out in the city.
BIBA Fever episode 3: Mad for it in Manchester
The wait is finally over and the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in Manchester opened today for business.
Mike Dodd return and SSP deal signal broker push for Digital Animal
Digital Animal has appointed Mike Dodd to its financial services team, in a move that has seen him reunited with his former employer SSP after the two businesses announced a strategic partnership.
BIBA Fever episode 2: A question of Manchester
With one day to go before the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference in Manchester, Post is proud to bring you the second episode of Biba Fever 2014 sponsored by LV.
Biba Fever episode 1: Why Manchester 2014 is Butlins for brokers
With one week to go before the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference in Manchester, Post is proud to bring you the first episode of Biba Fever 2014 sponsored by LV.
2525's Dale seeks "skin in the game" to profit from liability upturn
The active underwriter at specialist liability Syndicate 2525 has admitted that the firm’s executive would love to have “some skin in the game,” whilst railing against the regulatory costs in running a smaller Lloyd’s insurer.
RSA reports £244m loss as Hester says UK 'needs to improve'
RSA Group this morning reported a pre-tax loss of £244m in 2013 (2012: £448m profit).
BIA Countdown: Top of the league: the most successful firms at the British Insurance Awards
To mark the 20th anniversary of the British Insurance Awards, Post thought it would be interesting to see who had been the most successful companies over the first 19 years, using a simple football-inspired scoring system of three points for a win and…