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Throwback Thursday: Biba’s City conference and Sweetmail
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to January 1985 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference was a far smaller affair and Sweetmail cover was on offer.
Diary of an Insurer: Purbeck’s Todd Davison
Todd Davison, managing director of Purbeck Insurance Services, visits new offices in Rugby, puts his Excel talents to the test, tackles present wrapping and works on his swing.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Guidewire’s Lasso and Markerstudy balls
Penny Black is back, sharing the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector’s social media posts.
Throwback Thursday: Lloyd’s capacity problem & Gulf War cost
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to January 1985 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the pound was causing problems for Lloyd’s and the cost of the First Gulf War was being calculated.
Diary of an Insurer: Criterion’s Stuart Dean
Stuart Dean, associate director at Criterion Loss Adjusters, kicks off his week in Bedfordshire assessing fire damage to a 16th century listed house, before heading to Jersey mid-week to inspect repairs for damage caused by Storm Ciarán, ending the week…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Lloyd’s Greggs spread and Hiscox motion
Penny Black is back, sharing the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector’s social media posts.
Throwback Thursday: Hiring spree & Norwich Union purchases
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to January 1985 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the year was starting with a hiring surge and Norwich Union was buying some prime City real estate.
Diary of an Insurer: Beazley’s Rafael Sanchez
Beazley Security’s chief international officer Rafael Sanchez combines leading the insurer’s cyber incident management team with keeping up with his children’s social and sporting lives and trying – but failing – to keep a step ahead of his wife.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Crawford’s curry and ABI’s meaty fare
Penny Black is back, sharing the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector’s social media posts.
Throwback Thursday: CII salary survey and NFU Mutual’s splash
Insurance Post’s new Throwback Thursday feature steps back in time to January 1985 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the Chartered Insurance Institute shared how much Fellows earn.
Diary of an Insurer: Moonrock Drone Insurance's Simon Ritterband
The final Diary of an Insurer of 2024 is truly out of this world, with Simon Ritterband, managing director and founder of Moonrock Drone Insurance, utilising his ADHD as a superpower and aiming to ensure his weekend doesn't blur into his working week.
Diary of an Insurer: Miller's Alice Glenister
Alice Glenister, head of parametric solutions at Miller, juggles various tasks, meetings, and aims to ensure a trip to Houston is productive.
Diary of an Insurer: Admiral’s Danielle Jones
Danielle Jones, social purpose leader at Admiral, is adding to the social impact team, takes part in a terrarium-making session and is inspired by Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams show.
Diary of an Insurer: HDI Embedded’s Nelson Castellanos
Nelson Castellanos, chief partnerships officer for international at HDI Embedded, discusses factoring in different country’s needs to product development, explores embedded insurance options for the European telecommunications industry and loves the fact…
Diary of an Insurer: Connect Underwriting’s Jamil Elbahou
Jamil Elbahou, CEO and chief underwriting officer of Connect Underwriting, who is also chairman of insurance network GBN Worldwide, brushes shoulders with Cherie Blair, reflects on how he remains an underwriter at heart, and won't let flu stop him from…
Diary of an Insurer: MS Amlin's Kate Bandhu
Kate Bandhu, head of casualty claims at MS Amlin, stays connected with accounts, looks to expand the use of robots to new areas, and finds the best interactions are face-to-face.
Diary of an Insurer: Clear’s Claire Thompson
Claire Thompson, senior corporate account handler and hybrid account executive in the broking and sales team at Clear Doncaster, walks her Springer Spaniel, tackles CrossFit plus prepares for being a full-time account executive.
Diary of an Insurer: NBS Underwriting’s Paul Bennett
The working week of Paul Bennett, underwriting director of NBS Underwriting, combines strategic meetings, underwriting decisions, and broker interactions with adding Hadron to his organisation's panel of insurers.
Diary of an Insurer: Aviva’s Twinkle Popat
Twinkle Popat, qualified actuary and pricing manager at Aviva, works on the integration of Probitas into the business, helps run the 'Ministry of Fun' and makes sure diversity, equity and inclusion remain on the provider's agenda.
Diary of an Insurer: Allianz Trade’s Vikshay Vijai
Vikshay Vijai, fraud insurance manager for UK & Ireland at Allianz Trade, has a busy pipeline, leads a broker workshop and can’t believe we’re mentioning Christmas already.
Diary of an Insurer: Markel’s Chris O’Shea
Chris O’Shea, managing director of claims international at Markel, looks to expand the wholesale and international claims function, unpicks a high-profile equine claim, and gets Dad duties done.