Q&A
Q&A: Beatriz Valenti, QBE Europe
QBE Europe's director of insurance shares her growth plans, the importance of finding the right talent and need to diversify product offerings.
Q&A: Jonathan Frankham, World Nomads
Jonathan Frankham, General Manager, UK & Europe at World Nomads, reveals how travel insurance has changed post pandemic and whether further evolution is required due to climate change.
Q&A: Gonzalo Geijo, Charles Taylor Insurtech
Gonzalo Geijo, chief commercial officer at Charles Taylor Insurtech, speaks about insurtech market issues and his company's role in addressing those problems.
Q&A: Charmaine Chow, Dale Underwriting Partners
Charmaine Chow, head of legal and governance at Dale Underwriting Partners, speaks to Frances Stebbing about building a Lloyd’s managing agency and what it means to be a diversity and inclusion champion.
Q&A: Megan Bingham-Walker, Anansi & Sarah Wernér, Husmus
With less than 0.5% of venture capital funding going to Black-led start-ups, Frances Stebbing speaks to two recipients of the Black Founders Fund to find out why this initiative is so important and how it helped their business.
Q&A: Katherine Conway, Aon
Ahead of Dive In’s ninth festival, Katherine Conway, global inclusion lead at Aon, speaks to Frances Stebbing about how she got involved with the initiative and what to expect from this year’s event.
Q&A: Onno Janssen, CEO, PIB Group Europe
Onno Janssen, CEO of PIB Group Europe, speaks to Scott McGee about PIB's European expansion, and how the the UK and the continent’s regulatory environment differs.
Q&A: Tim Hardcastle, Instanda
Tim Hardcastle, co-founder and CEO of Instanda, speaks to Frances Stebbing one year after the startup’s latest fundraising round about upcoming trends in the software development industry and how the company is applying AI within the business.
Q&A: Victoria Gallimore, The Clear Group
Victoria Gallimore, group HR director and culture director of The Clear Group, speaks to Frances Stebbing about how to tackle the long-standing legacy issues within the industry and recruitment challenges across the sector.
Q&A: Jeff Winn, Winn Group
Jeff WInn, founder and executive chairman of Winn Group, describes the origins of the firm, how it managed to increase turnover by 139% in 2022, and how artificial intelligence could play a significant role in its future.
Q&A: Alex Martin, Clearspeed
Alex Martin, CEO and co-founder of AI-enabled voice analytics provider, and British Insurance Award winner Clearspeed, explains to Scott McGee how the business has gone from helping the armed forces spot attackers to helping insurers catch fraudulent…
Q&A: Fraser Edmond, Broker Insights
Broker Insights founder and CEO Fraser Edmond speaks to Insurance Post about the inefficiency of the commercial insurance space, bridging the knowledge gap between insurers and brokers, and how he hopes to more than triple the company's coverage by the…
Q&A: Thomas Hauschild, Omnius CEO
A self-confessed ‘claims nerd’, former chief product officer Thomas Hauschild took over as CEO of claims automation insurtech Omnius in February. He talks to Jonathan Swift about taming the legacy systems ‘animal’, and finding shortcuts to get the best…
Q&A: Adam Powell, Policy Expert
Adam Powell, co-founder and chief operating officer of Policy Expert, catches up with Insurance Post to talk about what it takes to develop an insurtech, its tech team expansion, and diversification issues in the market
Q&A: Volante Global managing director Hans Døhlen
Hans Døhlen, managing director of Volante Germany, explains how Shareholder Activist Protection Insurance works.
Q&A: Ardonagh UK Commercial MGA's chief executive Jaime Swindle
Jaime Swindle, chief executive of Ardonagh's UK Commercial MGA, catches up with Insurance Post to talk about moving from an insurer-owned company to a broker-owned business, and whether an organisation can be too acquisitive.
Q&A: Tom Clementi, Pool Re
Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re, updates Insurance Post on plans for the terrorism reinsurer to switch to a treaty model, and explains recent developments in the UK's domestic terror landscape.
Q&A: Toni Dines, founder and CEO, Boxtree Recruitment
Toni Dines, founder and CEO of insurance recruitment firm Boxtree, speaks to Insurance Post about the changing demands of candidates post-Covid, and the rapid growth the company has seen over the past few years.
Q&A: Matthew Crummack, D&G CEO
Former CEO of Lastminute.com, Matthew Crummack, who joined Domestic & General as CEO in October 2021, reveals how he intends to grow the domestic appliances and consumer electronics insurer in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis.
Q&A: Sam White, Freedom Services Group founder and chair
Sam White, founder and chair of Freedom Services Group, speaks to Insurance Post about the launch of Stella Insurance, her new female-centric venture, and what it means for her future within Freedom.
Q&A: Luisa Barile, Many Pets
After the rebrand to Many Pets, from Bought by Many, and the acquisition of Digital Edge, Luisa Barile, chief financial officer at Many Pets, talks to Post about what’s coming for the new fiscal year.
Q&A: Chris Rolland, All Clear
Chris Rolland, CEO of All Clear, speaks to Scott McGee about how it used the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to invest, while other firms scaled back investments, and how keeping communication regular ensured that customers came back when travel was…
Q&A: Stephen Worrall, HSB
After taking over the CEO role six months ago, Stephen Worrall has overseen HSB's acquisition of the MD Group and its integration. He talks to Frances Stebbing about HSB's 2025 ambition, which is centred around doubling the size of the business, and…
Q&A: Olga Collins, WBN
Olga Collins took the reins as CEO of Worldwide Broker Network in April 2021 and now oversees a multi-billion network revenue. Collins talks to Frances Stebbing about the need for more focus on diversity and ‘cultural intelligence’ in global business