Risk Management
ESG Spotlight: Can SME commercial insurers drive profitable growth with ESG data?
ESG continues to act as a catalyst for change across business operations and culture with its reach having extended to the UK SME sector. What does this mean for SME commercial insurers and can they use ESG data to better assess risk and create…
Hot works – how not to get burned
Risk improvement can boost an insurer’s bottom line and help customers avoid damaging and disruptive incidents. However, RiskSTOP’s Lisa Beaton finds underwriters’ risk requirements are not always valued, and that one intervention presents a particular…
Is it time to ditch lithium ion batteries?
News Editor's View: Scott McGee considers if government legislation to make lithium ion batteries safer is too little too late for electric vehicle insurers and whether providers’ appetites for covering such cars will only return when manufacturers…
UK utility companies face rising cyber threat
Successful cyber attacks against UK utility companies climbed more than 500%, and some fear they could yet rise further, according to Chaucer.
Roundtable: Can ESG unlock insurer value?
Insurance Post recently gathered a group of insurance, underwriting and data experts to discuss how firms can better evolve their ESG strategies in line with growing demand and responsibilities.
Aon’s Biddle on inspirational women improving social mobility in insurance
Charlotte Biddle, senior global benefits consultant at Aon, on making general insurance a more inclusive industry for individuals who feel “more Primark than Prada”.
Cover for damage caused by social unrest faces uncertain future
Cover that UK businesses currently take for granted is increasingly being hived off into the political violence insurance market, a report published by Airmic has highlighted.
LMG hopes to ‘reenergise’ captives appetite after election hold-up
The London Market Group wants to prevail on the next government to advance work on the creation of a UK captives regime as soon as possible, CEO Caroline Wagstaff has said.
Scanning the horizon for connected and complex risks
Post Podcast: How insurers are scanning the horizon, spotting risks, and pricing services and products appropriately in an increasingly complex, interconnected world is the topic of the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Insuring property damage caused by cyber attacks
Analysis: As clients in heavy industry and manufacturing look to insurance to cover property damage that occurs due to cyber attacks, Harry Curtis explores the risks that arise at the intersection of cyberspace and the physical world plus what options…
Q&A: Daniel Grimwood-Bird, McKenzie Intelligence Services
Daniel Grimwood-Bird, head of sales and marketing at McKenzie Intelligence Services, shares how the provider of geospatial data and analytics plans to insurance industry plans to make it big in the UK and US.
Chris Lay, Marsh McLennan
Chris Lay was appointed CEO of Marsh McLennan UK in March 2023 and has served as CEO of Marsh UK since 2018.
Julie Page, Aon
Julie Page, CEO of EMEA at Aon, has slipped down three places in this year’s Insurance Post Power List due to the fact Jane Kielty has risen up the ranks and stepped up to spearhead the organisation’s UK growth plans.
Why insurers armed with risk insights don't need to retreat
As climate change intensifies weather-driven natural catastrophes, Moses Ojeisekhoba, CEO of Swiss Re Global Clients and Solutions, argues sophisticated, data-driven risk insights are needed by society to both mitigate as well as adapt to evolving perils…
How insurance supports the growth of Glasgow
Analysis: Frances Stebbing investigates how insurance supports the growth of Glasgow and how the city is gaining ground against London for attracting and retaining fresh talent.
Should commercial insurance be like Starbucks to win trust?
Greg Phitidis, brand director of Free Partners, on why insurers should utilise their marketing teams and follow Starbucks' lead if they want to increase trust in the industry.
Big Interview: Ola Jacob, Descartes Underwriting and Biba
Six months into his tenure at Descartes Underwriting, and not long after being announced as the new chair for Biba’s South East and London committee, Ola Jacob sits down with Scott McGee to talk about the potential of parametric insurance, and what his…
Three-quarters of vehicles removed from Luton Airport car park
Luton Airport has issued an update on the salvage operation following last year's car park fire, confirming that 75% of the vehicles have now been cleared.
Businesses unprepared for incoming anti-terrorism law
Over three quarters of businesses aren’t confident that they will be able to comply with new anti-terrorism requirements, according to research by Gallagher.
MS Amlin’s Vishal Desai on transforming insurance ERM
View from the Top: Vishal Desai, chief risk officer at MS Amlin and global risk strategy advisor at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, says that a polycrisis world calls for a reimagining of insurers’ risk functions.
Q&A: Stuart Kilpatrick, Burns & Wilcox
Stuart Kilpatrick, managing director of Burns & Wilcox UK, tells Insurance Post about the post-Biba conference pivot the business has undertaken, plans to create a specialist business in the UK, and how it "doesn't matter” where his staff work.
Insurers urged to help curb illegal charter flights
The insurance industry has been urged to play its part in raising awareness around the issue of illegal charter in the aviation sector.
Impact of war in Ukraine on insurance
Two years on from Russia invading Ukraine, David Worsfold examines the ongoing impact of the war on global insurance markets.
CRIF calls on insurers to challenge ESG credentials in the supply chain
CRIF has launched its own ESG evaluation tool to support UK insurers to better assess risks, ahead of prospective regulations, Insurance Post can reveal.