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Are the City’s insurers struggling to stay sober?

Analysis: Frances Stebbing explores how the City of London’s drinking culture has been challenged and whether the sector finally recognises it needs to allow people the option to wake up as fresh as a daisy if it wants to attract and retain fresh talent.

Is remote working right for the insurance industry?

Editor’s View: Following the firing of an insurance employee whose keystrokes showed she wasn’t working enough from home, Emma Ann Hughes considers whether remote working is suitable for fresh entrants to the industry.

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.

Diary of an Insurer: HSB's Mat Prentice

Mat Prentice, cyber product leader at HSB, navigates 5am starts and studying in the evening while juggling training and presenting on the eve of a well-deserved family holiday.

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.

Diary of an Insurance PR: SEC Newgate's Vanessa Chance

Vanessa Chance, director of communications at SEC Newgate UK, raises the profile of Insurance United Against Dementia, learns more about using artificial intelligence in communications plus handles a potential reputational risk issue.

60 Seconds with... HF's Paul McCarthy

Paul McCarthy, partner and head of costs at solicitors HF, shares his hopes to be the caped crusader and how he blamed a squirrel for a crime the furry creature did not commit. 

Icmif CEO to tackle climate change before he retires

Before stepping down as CEO of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation, Shaun Tarbuck plans to stop insurers simply talking all all ‘blah blah’ and PR, and get them actually tackling climate change.

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