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Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Simon Lewis
Simon Lewis has been in post as head of emergency planning and response for the British Red Cross since 2010.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – keynote speaker: Aidan Kerr
Aidan Kerr is the director of operations for Flood Re.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 4 June 2015
Penny is rather partial to a bit of fine dining - particularly when it's taking place in Europe's highest garden space - so she jumped at the chance to lunch with some of Crawford & Co's finest at Fenchurch Street's Sky Garden.
Career development: Recognition for Chaucer's graduate scheme
Chaucer, the specialist Lloyd's insurance group, has been chosen as the ‘top company for graduates to work for in accountancy and insurance', for companies that take on less than 30 graduates a year, by The Job Crowd, a UK-based graduate job review…
Career development: Autonet's class of 2015 complete traineeship
On 21 May, Autonet Insurance's Traineeship programme for 11 successful candidates was marked by a celebratory lunch held at its head office in Nile Street, Burslem.
Career File - Darren McKenzie: McKenzie given new RSA chief operating officer role
RSA has appointed Darren McKenzie to the newly created role of chief operating officer for the UK and Western Europe.
Super speed meets: Neil Richards-Smith
Neil Richards-Smith is group MD, NCI
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 21 May 2015
Penny loves a good freebie so she's always ecstatic when the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference rolls around each year - one can never have too many stress balls,teddy bears and top hats.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 14 May
They claim children say the funniest things, and Penny saw an example of this at the recent Association of British Insurers' seminar on cyber security.
Survey finds communication skills the most wanted for MGA employees
Communication and entrepreneurial skills are seen as the most important assets UK managing general agents require of their employees, according to the third MGAA Matters survey.
Career file: Mike Fairey - Fairey named non-executive chairman at Hastings
Hastings Insurance Group has appointed Mike Fairey as its non-executive chairman, effective 1 June 2015.
Market Moves - 14 May 2015
Who has moved where ahead of Biba?
Penny Black's insurance week - 7 May 2015
Penny knows how awkward it can be to cop some flak for wearing the wrong outfit, so she has plenty of sympathy for Biba executive director Graeme Trudgill.
Career development: Brownsword Group gets Royal approval
The Brownsword Group has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation after her Majesty the Queen graciously approved the Prime Minister's recommendation.
Career File - Maurice Tulloch: Tulloch handed Pool Re non-executive role
Aviva's UK and Ireland general insurance CEO Maurice Tulloch has been named as a non-executive director at Pool Re.
Market Moves - 7 May 2015
Find out who has moved where in the world of insurance this week.
On the Soapbox: A driverless commercial future
Google expects driverless cars to be on the road within five years. So far much of the focus has been around privately owned vehicles, but how will the commercial sector respond when technology takes over?
On the Soapbox: Laspo loses its shine
Allianz’s Graham Gibson on why the positive benefits seen directly after Laspo have started to wear off.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 30 April 2015
Penny has some sympathy for company recruiters these days, with many fearful of cracking a joke in case a poorly judged remark lands them on the wrong side of an employment tribunal.
Brain Training: 10 things you need to know about... conduct risk
1. Don't be fooled - conduct risk is not just treating customers fairly with some new bells and whistles
Career File: Richard King to leave Ingenie
Ingenie co-founder and CEO Richard King will step down in June, following a transition process that will see chief operating officer Chris McKee take over the controls at the telematics firm.
Market Moves - 30 April 2015
Find out this week's movers and shakers in the insurance industry.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week – 23 April 2015
The Post newsdesk has been awash with news of brokers moving to rival firms this year and last week was no different.
Career File - Stuart Reid: Stuart Reid takes Arthur J Gallagher role
Arthur J Gallagher has confirmed the appointment of former Bluefin executive chairman Stuart Reid to the position of UK retail CEO.