Insurance Post Forward Features List

Please find below full details of articles currently being written for Insurance Post.

The following features and analysis pieces are being produced for Insurance Post in the next few weeks.

If you would like to contribute comment, information or data to the features listed below, then please contact the journalist directly by no later than the deadline stated. Telephone interviews will be given priority over written submissions.

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Diary of an Insurer gives those working in the insurance industry a glimpse of what the working week is like for individuals in different functions across an array of companies in the sector. To share your experience of working in insurance please email emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com.

Our ‘60 Seconds with’ column allows you to really find out what makes middle managers tick. What can’t they live without, what chores do they hate and what would they call their autobiography? Do you know a middle manager who we should get to know better? Contact emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com.

Also, if you would like to share your thoughts on the latest insurance news, data, and market activity, then please email your opinion piece ideas to postonline@infopro-digital.com.

Insurance Post Power List

Insurance Post’s Power List will reveal the movers and shakers in the industry in 2025.

To help us produce this celebration of those shaping the future of insurance we are looking for you to:
•    submit a brief biography of your CEO, managing director or leader.
•    share no more than four bullet points of their EDI and ESG achievements in 2024.
•    share their most popular social media handle as well as their number of followers.
•    send us a selection of up-to-date photos of your CEO, managing director or leader.

Please send this information across to emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com with “Power List” in the subject line of your email by Thursday 13 February.

The information you send across, plus our own research, will be used to rank the industry’s leaders as well as produce an analysis and podcast on how power and influence is changing in the sector and society generally.

Whether your CEO has made the Power List will then be revealed at the start of the British Insurance Brokers Association conference, which takes place on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May.

Features

Topic: Who watches the insurance watchmen?

Writer: Marcel Le Gouais (marcellegouais81@yahoo.co.uk)

Deadline: Friday 22 December

How the FCA and PRA will be held to account for their new statutory objective to promote the insurance sector’s competitiveness and the UK’s economic growth will be examined by Insurance Post.

What KPIs will be used to check the FCA and PRA are promoting growth?
How are the FCA and PRA performing in their statutory duties to approve M&A deals within stated timeframes, as well as approvals of senior appointments, and approvals of new businesses?
How long have brokers had to wait for M&A deals to complete?
Has Labour’s general election victory had any impact on plans for a new Treasury sub-committee to hold the regulators to account?

Topic: Pfas - the biggest threat to insurers today

Writer: Emma Ann Hughes (emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com)

Deadline: Friday 3 January

As “forever chemicals” become a growing focus of government regulation and a deluge of civil litigation, Insurance Post unpicks the potential impact of the manufacture and distribution of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances for the insurance industry.

Given historic knowledge of manufacturers, what are the coverage defences?
How could claims evolve as more cases are settled?
What will be the issues for different types of insurance, such as D&O, product recall, aviation, property, personal injury, etc?
How can insurers calculate exposure and address claims appropriately?

Topic: The state of social care insurance after Covid-19

Writer: Scott McGee (scott.mcgee@infopro-digital.com)

Deadline: Friday 3 January

Almost five years on from the UK’s first lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19, Insurance Post examines what impact the pandemic has on social care and insurers that provide cover for the sector.

What risks are there surrounding the care sector?
What issues surfaced during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the government’s messaging around it?
How did the insurance and care industries navigate those challenges?
What is the current landscape looking like? Have we come out the other end?

Topic: Arctic shipping lane challenges for insurers

Writer: Tim Evershed (mail@timevershed.co.uk)

Deadline: Wednesday 8 January

Record numbers of commercial vessels and cruise ships are making Arctic Polar Code journeys, according to the Arctic Council.

However, the Arctic routes, which make for shorter journeys between Europe and Asia than the Suez Canal, pose many technical issues: weak satellite communications over the North Pole, insufficient search and rescue system, environmental risks in protected areas. It is also a huge challenge for insurers.

Which risks are unique to the Arctic? How can they be mitigated?
How attractive is this area to insurers?
Can lessons be learnt from other hostile environments? Or other risks on insurers’ books?
Can insurers cover the risk of an oil spill in the Arctic? What about employers’ liability in such a hostile environment?
With various countries competing over the region, is there enough regulatory stability for insurers to operate?

Topic: Status of the travel insurance market post-pandemic

Writer: Tom Luckham (tom.luckham@infopro-digital.com)

Deadline: Wednesday 8 January

Five years on from Covid-19 pandemic bringing the world to a relative standstill, how much has the travel insurance landscape changed and have things returned to normal?

How did the pandemic change holidaymaker’s habits once travel recommenced?
Has the travel insurance sector recovered financially? What kind of impact on pricing did the pandemic and inflation as the world emerged from lockdowns have?
What pandemic impacts are still lingering?
How has the pandemic impacted the number of providers, availability of products, range of services, underwriting and claims?

No, you can’t get final sign-off

Dear PR friends,
Following some requests received by Insurance Post’s freelancers and in-house journalists, we’d like to clarify a few points regarding quotations.

We prefer you to trust us and not ask to check the quotations. Interviews are recorded; the points made by the spokesperson will be reported faithfully.
For features, if you need to get the quotes approved, let us know in advance and get them signed off well within deadline. You’ll be able to see your spokesperson’s quotes, not the whole article.
In some cases (technical points, figures, dates, unusual spellings), we’re happy for you to check we didn’t make mistakes.
Only factual mistakes will be amended.
We have a style guide and we’ll stick to it.

If you find these rules unreasonable, you may opt out of contributing comments. But we hope to continue working with you in a constructive and trusting atmosphere.

The Insurance Post team