Opinion
Blog: Terrorism insurance expected to be in greater demand as lockdown lifts
Burns & Wilcox terrorism underwriting manager Sarah Joiner outlines why she anticipates terrorism insurance demand will surge post-lockdown.
Rising Star: Jordan Gregory-Wallis, Ignite Insurance Systems
Jordan Gregory-Wallis joined Manchester-based platform provider Ignite straight out of school as an apprentice, and has since become a developer at the software house.
Biba Conference Special: Returning to a new normal - supporting commercial clients and brokers in the post-Covid world
The Covid-19 pandemic changed the business landscape in the UK practically overnight. Jon Walker, CEO of Axa Commercial in the UK, and Elie Hanna, chief distribution officer for UK and Lloyd’s at Axa XL, discuss how insurers should be working to support…
Biba Conference Special: Q&A
Ahead of the British Insurance Brokers' Associations first virtual annual conference Post caught up with some movers and shakers to find out what they were hoping for out of this year's event.
Aon’s Richard Dudley on mental health
Richard Dudley, CEO of Aon’s global broking centre and co-sponsor of Aon’s UK mental health network, shares some reflections and lessons from the past year during Mental Health Awareness Week.
Briefing: Aviva's ill-timed sick pay cuts
Aviva’s plan to cut company sick pay entitlement mid-pandemic is at best a head scratcher.
Editor's comment: Proving its resilience
With May comes the market staple of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference, albeit in a slightly different virtual guise. Our thoughts therefore turn to the broking sector and what the impact of the last 12 months have been on it.
Blog: Behind the scenes of lottery risk
Following Italy's scratch card lotto 'hack' scandal, which reportedly saw staff pocket millions for friends and family, Questgates' Hyperion Adjusters director Andrew Pinnion peels back the curtain on lottery risk.
RSA's Rob Flynn on embracing the SME evolution
Nearly six million small companies make up the backbone of the UK economy and the last 12 months have seen them adapt in ways that they have never had to before. Rob Flynn, director of UK SME at RSA, asks what insurers can and should be doing to help…
Blog: The insurance-linked securities education gap
It is vital that the education gap around insurance-linked securities is addressed, say Phoenix C Retro CEO Kirill Savrassov and Axa XL assistant underwriter Toby Pughe.
Blog: Legal expenses insurance in a post-reform world
Handl Group chief commercial officer Chris Chatterton considers the effect of whiplash reforms on legal expenses insurance.
Trade Voice: ABI’s James Dalton on insurers adapting to the new normal
James Dalton, director of general insurance policy at the Association of British Insurers, explains the steps the industry has taken to embed pandemic pledges beyond the end of lockdown.
Briefing: Abrdn or Aberdon’t
Standard Life Aberdeen’s Abrdn rebrand has met with consternation and raised eyebrows – time will tell whether it pays off or falls vowel of its own “clarity of focus”.
Gallagher’s Simon Collings on market conditions and if - just if - we are seeing positive signs
Times have been tough recently but as new entrants enter certain parts of the market Simon Collings, managing director of national broking and placement at Gallagher, asks if this could be the start of more positive signs across the insurance market?
Blog: Insurers alert to the insurtech movement stand to be the biggest winners
Earlier this month former Admiral CEO David Stevens suggested insurers were well placed to see off the challenge posed by some insurtechs. Floodflash CEO Adam Rimmer argues that insurers that rest on their laurels may be in for a rude awakening.
Blog: Gearing up for the FCA’s pricing reforms
Tony Tarquini, director of insurance EMEA for Pegasystems, considers the IT hurdles that insurers face in getting ready for pricing practises reforms – and why he believes they need to be ready to make rapid changes in the future.
Blog: The case of Colin and Cuthbert the courtroom caterpillars
With Marks & Spencer throwing down the gauntlet to Aldi over its caterpillar cake, CFC intellectual property underwriter Kristian Kolsaker gives his take on the high-profile IP supermarket showdown.
My Other Life: Peter Clark, shark diver
For Peter Clark, an in-house loss adjuster at RSA, a childhood viewing of Jaws sparked a lifelong obsession with sharks that has taken him around the world and within metres of some specimens.
Blog: Loss adjusters and loss assessors face enhanced professional indemnity risk after BI test case verdict
Professional indemnity claims against loss adjusters are rare, and against loss assessors they are even rarer, but there is a cauldron brewing following the business interruption test case, Trafalgar Risk Management head of marketing Bill Lumley cautions.
Blog: Aviation – gearing up for recovery
As airports and airlines turn their attentions towards restoring normal operations, they face some novel challenges, considers John Bayley, regional director for Europe & Russia at McLarens Aviation.
Blog: Do NDAs stop insurance staff from flagging workplace discrimination?
Claire Dawson, partner at specialist employment law firm BDBF, considers how employers are using non-disclosure agreements – and what insurance employees should do if they have been harassed or discriminated against at work.
Bupa’s Sheldon Kenton on travelling less for business but for longer – a growing global healthcare need
Sheldon Kenton, CEO at Bupa Global, examines the challenges of adapting to the changing needs of a more global workforce with businesses having to consider offering more extensive global health cover for senior leaders.
Blog: How technology will help insurers shift the claims experience for customers
Amy Brettell, Zurich head of customer, UK claims, considers the evolving role of technology in claims handling.
Editor’s Comment: We are not in the same boat
As the anniversary of the first national lockdown where Prime Minster Boris Johnson told us to “stay at home” on 23 March 2020 came around Post spoke to host of insurance workers – the home-schooling parent, the mental health expert, the medical…