Interview
The face of Latin American insurance
Katherine Blackler talks to Franklin Santarelli, senior director (Latin America), Fitch Ratings about the state of Latin America’s (re)insurance markets.
Ploughing the reinsurance furrow
Katherine Blackler speaks to Jeremy Brazil about falling into the industry and how it is coping with the perils of recession.
Quirk in the mainstream
Katherine Blackler talks to Geraldine Quirk, partner and run-off specialist at law firm Clyde & Co.
A very attractive proposition
Christian Torkington joined RSA in August as chief operating officer for the UK — a year after the role had been vacated by Adrian Brown. Lynn Rouse speaks to him about the challenges and opportunities he faces — not least in doing his boss' old job.
Interview - Coversure: Covering all bases for sure success
Having appointed two well-known market figures, Coversure's profile is on the up. Jonathan Swift met the senior team to get the lowdown on their plans for the franchise-based broker.
The Wright stuff
Leigh Jackson talks to new Fusion managing director Nick Wright about his plans to build on the foundations left by the company's founders, upping its broker numbers and the benefits of fresh capacity.
All hands on decks: making music at Oxygen
Nigel Barton, chief executive of Oxygen Holdings, talks to Jonathan Swift about his love of dance music, the perils of starting up a broker from scratch, lack of insurer support, blind alleys taken and the successes he has achieved in the market.
Family returns
Tim Johnson moved to his third Towergate-owned firm, Paymentshield, in the summer. Here he outlines his plans for the business to Jonathan Swift.
Scholarly progress
Last month, Graham Burgess became the first GAB Robins employee to take the reigns of president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters since Andrew Lund in 1997. Here he tells Jonathan Swift about how the institute will evolve under his guidance.
Meeting the challenge
Mark Waterkeyn, executive director at Lockton Re, tells <BODY><p>Reinsurance</p></BODY> about his three decades in the industry.
Cautious consolidation
Katherine Blacker talks to Hugo Crawley, chairman of BMS, about underwriting returns, broker consolidation and the industry's prospects for 2010.
Legal eagle
Katherine Blackler talks to Alan Levin, a partner specialising in (re)insurance law at US firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, about his career and the challenges facing the reinsurance market.
Independence day
After being acquired by Axa in early 2008, SBJ Global Risks soon realised it wasn't core to the insurer's business.Mairi MacDonald talks to its senior executives about the management buyout that followed and revitalising the company.
Getting bang to rights
Four years ago, at the Post fraud management briefing, Richard Davies outlined plans for the Insurance Fraud Bureau. On the eve of the latest event, Jonathan Swift caught up with Mr Davies, John Beadle and Sue Jones to check on its progress and plans for…
The Dulwich milkman done good
Through shrewd acquisitions and strong organic growth, QBE Europe is gaining market share. Chief executive Steven Burns is clearly doing something right, says Jonathan Swift.
The reluctant MD
When Peter Graham first met his current boss about taking the role of general insurance managing director at Legal & General, he made it clear he didn't want the job. Jonathan Swift finds out why he changed his mind.
The difference a year makes
A year on from its near collapse and the US government bailout of AIG, senior figures from the broking sector and the insurer itself reflect on those testing early days and what has since happened in the market. Mairi MacDonald reports.
Anybody interested in saving cash?
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Hooper has an offer for motor insurers" a four-fold return on investment and protection against fraud relating to stolen cars. However, as Lynn Rouse finds, bizarrely it seems no one wants to take him up on this.
A model view
Modeling is central to how reinsurance works. Alex Ferguson talks to Matthew Grant - global head of client development at RMS - and Don Parkes, senior director of business solutions at First American Spatial Solutions about the discipline's development.
Under the radar
A conservative strategy and a solid plan has allowed Allied World's reinsurance subsidiary Allied World Re to weather the financial storm, as Alex Ferguson finds out from chief operating officer John Bender.
Threading hisway through
Lured back to Axa with a free reign to improve its customer service reputation, Paul Meehan explains to Mairi MacDonald how he is finding a solution by focusing on the integrity of its policyholders.
A healthy outlook
Lynn Rouse meets Catherine McLoughlin, chair of the UK Rehabilitation Council, to talk about the body's coming election and address concerns and criticisms recently raised.
A healthy outlook
Lynn Rouse meets Catherine McLoughlin, chair of the UK Rehabilitation Council, to talk about the body's coming election and address concerns and criticisms recently raised.
Still in the game
With the release of its 2008 year-end results, Towergate chief executive Andy Homer speaks to Mairi MacDonald about "boring" accounting rules, those who rule the roost at the major UK insurers, and why his own team is as good as any out there.