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Q&A: Richard Clarkson, WTW
Richard Clarkson, global market leader, global specialty for insurance consulting and technology at WTW, explains how the business is working to help global specialty carriers reduce costs across underwriting, trading, and technical actuarial processes.
Big Interview: Cécile Fresneau, QBE
Cécile Fresneau, managing director of the insurance division of QBE’s European Operations, reveals her growth plans, hopes for generative artificial intelligence and her efforts to boost the number of female senior underwriters.
NSM buys AllClear owner; Axa’s Uefa partnership; Brown & Brown’s UK retail CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Inflation issues remain despite drop in rate
Speaking at the Insurance Post Claims Club, Allianz’s chief claims officer Graham Gibson stated that the latest inflation figures seen this week will not trickle down to insurance any time soon.
Howden’s purchase; Ecclesiastical’s schemes tool; Hiscox’s schemes head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Andy Haste appointed Canopius group chairman
Canopius has appointed former RSA boss and current Esure chairman Andy Haste as its group chairman, succeeding Michael Watson on 1 July.
Applied building momentum as it enters pilot with Aviva
After increasing the number of brokers on its Epic platform in 2023, Applied Systems Europe CEO Tom Needs said he expects to match that growth again this year.
CII Broking Community’s Patel on insurance’s war for talent
Trade Voice: Isha Patel, managing director for the South East at Partners& and a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Broking Community, says the industry needs to go above and beyond remuneration to attract talent.
Big Interview: Geoff Carter, Sabre
Geoff Carter, CEO of Sabre Insurance, sits down with Tom Luckham to discuss Sabre’s 2023 results, why there’s no such thing as an uninsurable car, and how the insurer plans to do even better in 2024.
Aon’s carbon offering; Arch’s events cover; WTW’s war facility
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Winslow continues Direct Line management overhaul
Direct Line Group CEO Adam Winslow has continued his makeover of the insurer’s management team, appointing a new managing director of motor and chief strategy and investor relations officer.
McLarens reports data from 230 offices for sustainability certification
McLarens has collected carbon footprint data from 230 offices to become the first insurance sector company to gain the Planet Mark certification.
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List 2024 revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List reflects how claims inflation combined with the Consumer Duty caused some providers to shift their focus and disruptors found it is easier to send a rocket into space than enter the UK insurance market.
Online HNW insurance options not ‘fit for purpose’
The founder and CEO of Rivr, a newly launched firm focussing on HNW home insurance, has told Insurance Post that online options for high to mid net worth customers are “not fit for purpose”.
Ageas’ sustainability workshop; Addept acquires Policywise; Co-op’s renters insurance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Gain urges neurodiversity inclusion in FCA D&I plan
The Group for Autism, Insurance and NeurodIversity has called on the Financial Conduct Authority to include neurodiversity as a category in its diversity and inclusion proposal.
EV manufacturers to face competition from China
Allianz chief claims officer Graham Gibson has told Insurance Post that electric vehicle OEMs "have their work cut out for them" ahead of stiff competition from Chinese firms entering the market.
MIB names Angus Eaton as new CEO
The Motor Insurers’ Bureau has appointed Hastings Group's Angus Eaton as its new CEO, replacing the outgoing Dominic Clayden.
Q&A: Ben Smyth, Arma Karma
Ben Smyth, CEO of contents insurance start-up Arma Karma, talks to Tom Luckham about the insurtech’s past, future, and how young people view insurance.
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.
Pen’s Zurich deal; CFC’s M&A team; AIG’s leadership change
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
60 Seconds With... Value Space’s Reijo Pold
Reijo Pold, founder of Value Space, a technology company that uses satellites to conduct assessments for commercial properties and infrastructure, reveals he has been working since he was aged seven and doesn't even totally clock off when he goes on…
How to support insurance customers in vulnerable circumstances
As the Financial Conduct Authority intends to check claims-handling response times, and whether insurers are doing enough to help customers in vulnerable circumstances, Winn Group chief information officer Clint Milnes explains what providers need to do…
Could Jaguar Land Rover issues derail OEM insurance ambitions?
Following customer concerns over Jaguar Land Rover’s embedded scheme, Tom Luckham contemplates whether the original equipment manufacturer-led car insurance revolution is still a distant dream?