Blog Post
Blog: The rise in casualty claims post Covid-19
As the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, with lockdown restrictions easing and many sections of the economy back up and running, Anthony Baker, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers and partner at Plexus Law takes a look at what new casualty…
Blog: The legalisation of rental e-scooters and its impact on the insurance industry
The UK government recently took the decision to legalise the use of rental electric scooters on public roads. Glyn Thompson, head of the motor sector focus team at the Forum Of Insurance Lawyers and technical lead motor at Weightmans, looks at what the…
Blog: Micro-business motor policies - using data to make better pricing decisions
Many small, local retailers have diversified and pivoted to take phone and online orders for home delivery during the pandemic. Jonathan Guard, director of commercial insurance for UK and Ireland at Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, believes more needs to be…
Blog: Employees' mental health and returning to the workplace
As lockdown eases and society moves towards establishing some kind of new normality, we've seen employers undertaking surveys of employees to better understand their views on coming back to the office. Lesley Allen, partner at law firm Clyde & Co, asks…
Blog: Rebalancing the BI bad publicity - how insurers can rebuild public trust with positive PR messaging
Delays in comment sign off to interference in influencing messaging. Consultant Mark Bishop polled insurers and brokers about the sector's Covid-19 response and concludes lessons need to be learned in terms of balancing bad publicity in the future.
Blog: Covid-19 - time to re-evaluate
The coronavirus pandemic has hit people hard in a manner that the insurance industry can’t compute. Bundeep Singh Rangar, CEO of Premfina, looks at what lessons insurers can learn from the crisis.
Blog: Preparing for the next asbestos - silicosis and insurance
With the All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health’s call to arms for the reform of workplace exposure limits to silica dust, Jim Byard, insurance partner at Weightmans, explores the likely impact on the insurance industry, and how it can…
Blog: Dealing with a hardening market - risk management and loss control during and post Covid-19
With the current insurance market hardening at a rate not seen in over a decade, Risk Solved non-executive Richard Thomas argues those firms that drive improved risk profiling and begin to fully appreciate the quality of the risks within their portfolio…
Blog: The changing shape of the London Market
Recently capital raisings by insurers aimed at ensuring they have sufficient capacity to support their trading partners and clients during the Covid-19 crisis have been widely reported. Clare Lebecq, CEO of the London Market Group believes the ability of…
Blog: Electric vehicles - the risks associated with lithium batteries
With their ultra-low emissions, electric vehicles are a key part of the UK’s greener future. However, after reports of cars spontaneously catching fire, Andy Miller, technical risk control manager, Allianz UK, explains safety concerns could put the…
Blog: Credit investments - what challenges and opportunities do insurers face?
Despite increased sentiment and some rallies in markets, Lionel Pernias, head of buy and maintain at Axa Investment Managers believes that there are still plenty of challenges ahead for insurers' investments, particularly in their credit portfolios.
Blog: Is coronavirus the catalyst insurers need to shake up how they treat SMEs?
A survey for the US National Federation of Independent Businesses showed that 76% of small businesses rate the impact of Covid-19 as profound. Sabine VanderLinden, co-founder and managing partner of the Alchemy Crew, explains why SMEs could be some of…
Blog: Learning lessons from Covid-19
The Covid-19 crisis is unprecedented in the modern era and it is at such times that we tend to take stock and think differently about the world. Alex Kirykowicz, manager at Frontier Economics, reflects on the role that insurance markets have played and…
Blog: Covid-19 and its impact on Italy's insurance industry
The impact of Covid-19 has been felt across the global insurance industry and, for Italy's insurance industry more specifically, the largest and most direct impact will be from the high rates of hospitalisation in the country during the pandemic and the…
Blog: Smart telematics - driving the evolution of insurer-customer relationships post Covid-19
While the future is always difficult to predict, it is almost impossible in times of global uncertainty such as these. LeakBot CEO Craig Foster explains for the insurance industry it becomes particularly challenging to rely on what is happening now as an…
Blog: Brightside's Richard Beaven on Pride month and why promoting inclusion is even more important today
As an industry there has been slow progress to move the needle on our ‘pale, male and stale image’ and while we continue to see signs of change we should all be driving towards greater inclusion explains Richard Beaven, chief operating officer at…
Blog: Eight steps to keeping climate change insurable
The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and above-average temperatures, have long been apparent, however Swiss Re’s CEO, Tava Madzinga argues the resulting risk landscape is now more dynamic than ever.
Blog: Covid-19 - why the insurance industry needs to act as one voice
The 1998 romantic comedy, Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow alternates between between two storylines, depending on whether or not she catches a train. It is essentially a ‘what if’ tale, like much of our lives at the present time, writes Ashwin…
Briefing: Insurtech buys incumbent – is Hippo’s deal for Spinnaker a pointer to the future as unicorns spread their wings?
The news today that unicorn insurtech Hippo has entered into an agreement to acquire Spinnaker Insurance - subject to regulatory approval - certainly highlights the continued maturity of the sector.
Blog: Global reinsurance market - what can we expect to see from 2020?
Very few people have 20/20 vision and there is no exception to this when looking forward to what impact the year 2020 will have on the reinsurance market writes Gavin Coull, London Forum of Insurance Lawyers executive committee member and partner at…
Blog: Data lakes - what are the benefits to the insurance industry?
Increasing interest in big data is a growing trend within financial services and the insurance business is no exception, according to Alexandra Foster, director, insurance, wealth management and financial services at BT.
Blog: The future role of insurers in a post Covid-19 society
Paradoxically, uncertainty is the one certainty in today’s pandemic regime - the insurance industry is facing a far more indeterminate present and future writes Paul Coleman, managing director of NPA Insurance.
Delegated authority arrangements - what problems can arise for insurers?
Binding authority agreements, where managing general agents and other coverholders are authorised to underwrite on behalf of insurers, have been increasingly popular in recent years as insurers seek more diverse routes to premium income. With this…
Blog: The measure of indemnity in property damage loss?
Mike Ledgerton, head of major loss at Questgates, reflects on the Court of Appeal decision in Endurance Corporate Capital Ltd v Sartex Quilts & Textiles Ltd., which has potentially far reaching consequences to the measure of indemnity.