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The GCC insurance market: Crème brûlée or Heath Bar?
The term crème brûlée was first used to refer to insurance in perhaps 2002 in an Insurance and Reinsurance Conference in Bermuda, and then used again during the following Monte Carlo Rendezvous and Baden Baden meetings of the same year.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny speaks to CILA about its move into the ABI building.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Ice cream and true love
Penny speed meets ... Lorega chairman Malcolm Harvey
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own 'speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny gets highbrow in Manchester
Post Blog: A telematics lesson from the US
With telematics growing in popularity, UK insurers should take a leaf from their American counterparts' book.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny gets All Shook Up at a broker presentation.
Penny speed meets ... Mihir Pandya, fraud manager, Allianz Insurance
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own 'speed…
Middle East guest blog: A silver lining?
The United Arab Emirates insurance industry went from denial of the financial crisis in 2008 to a rude awakening.
Post Blog: Lloyd's, losses and the London Business Forum
'Lloyd's announces £500m loss' and 'Richard Ward's surprise that this hasn't been reflected in rates' has been all over the press in recent weeks.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny gets access all arias at the Royal Albert Hall
Post blog: musings on management movement at QBE/Brit
Three years ago in conversation with a senior figure at QBE they commented enviously about Brit’s cricket sponsorship, and how it had helped raise the profile of its Lloyd’s rival in tandem with England’s own recent success.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny hears the latest on the government's plans for the Olympic Games
Penny speed meets ... Simon Drew, chief executive, Inter Resolve
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own 'speed…
Post Blog: Banking on search ranking
With Google never revealing how to rank highly in its search results, it's tough for insurers, brokers and aggregators to appear on the first page.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny goes football crazy in Norwich
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has been following the BBC documentary The Tube
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny hears of more insurance-related woes, but this time it's no laughing matter.