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Rising Star: Leah Church, Covéa
Church is schemes team manager at Covéa
This Week in Post: Extinction and distinction
This week I took my toddler to see the roaring animated T-rex at the Natural History Museum. “Raaa!” she growled, before wimping into her father’s arms, unaware dinosaurs are actually extinct.
XL Catlin's François-Xavier d’Huart on opportunities for multinational insurers in France
French risk managers are less concerned with the domestic rise of populism than with providing their business with multinational cover, explains François-Xavier d’Huart, head of client and broker management, France, for XL Catlin.
I work in Insurance: Richard Radevsky, technical director, Charles Taylor
As technical director at Charles Taylor Adjusting, Richard Radevsky travels the world to survey the risks of big construction projects.
My other life: Mark Payne, musician
By day Mark Payne is a commercial account executive at CIP Insurance Brokers, by night he is a musician in a heavy metal band.
This Week in Post: BST, the baby and Brexit
British Summer Time is now allowing us to enjoy more daylight as all our clocks moved forward an hour last weekend. Except, that is, for my 15-month-old daughter’s biological clock. For her bedtime this week, she’s decided to do her own thing. Pretty…
My other life: Lee Dobson, amputee footballer
By day, Lee Dobson is an administration assistant within Crawford & Company UK’s general property adjusting team. He’s also been an international amputee footballer for more than a decade.
Career Development: Allianz Scholarship Programme welcomes new intake
Allianz Insurance welcomed 36 new brokers to its Scholarship Programme at a launch event held at the Insurance Hall in London.
Rising Star: Marie McKelvie, Axa
McKlevie is a content manager and is in charge of how Axa communicates with the public
Legal Update: Discount rate review will increase cost of claims
The summer of 2001 saw Tony Blair and Labour elected for a second term, the London Stock Exchange go public, and Lance Armstrong win his third Tour de France. It is also when the discount rate was last reviewed and set at 2.5% by the then Lord Chancellor…
My other life: Amanda Fewkes, Bexhill - Cricket coach
When she’s not developing business for the premium finance provider, Fewkes coaches a junior cricket team
Career Development: Axa launches global parental leave and support policy for staff
Axa has launched its first global policy covering inclusive parental leave and support.
My other life: Kate Huét, International Travel and Healthcare - Beekeeping
When not at work, managing director Huét keeps herself busy buzzing around her bees
Legal Update: You have a new follower (and it's your insurer)
Social media has a crucial role to play in cracking down on insurance fraud but privacy rules apply.
Career Development: Smithers Purlow awarded Investors in People status
Smithers Purlow has been awarded platinum Investors in People status.
Legal Update: Apologies and the risk of contravention of 'no admission' clause
Apologies and self-reporting may be tantamount to an admission of liability, in some cases. Clear wordings and careful crisis management can help avoid that.
My other life: Jonathan Clark, Scor, sailing
When he’s not heading global business solutions claims, Clark likes to get out onto the water
My other life: Gordon Rutherford, Axa - Bass Player
In his spare time head of marketing and e-commerce Rutherford is a bass guitarist in band Dark Flux.
Rising star: Simone Sailman, Cunningham Lindsey
Private client services high-net-worth adjuster Simone has proved invaluable to the loss adjuster
Legal Update: What compensators can do when evidence comes to light late
Compensators can take steps to handle a claimant's lack of disclosure, even after making a stage-two offer.
Legal Update: The attack of the dangerous toys
Insurers need to fill the coverage gap for the new high-tech gadgets that may fail, explode and cause fires
Week in Post: Caterpillars, DIY and D&O
As a mum to an eight-month-old, the most high-tech my life gets is reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar. So I don't get many software or hardware issues.
Legal: Catastrophic injury cases need greater transparency
Since 1999 there has been a continuous effort to make personal injury litigation more efficient and more economical but the same is not true for transparency.
In the August issue of Post magazine
Inga Beale and the British Insurance Awards are in the August issue of Post.