Opinion
Blog: Supporting the digital health revolution
With the world’s top scientists racing to create effective vaccines, innovation in the life sciences arena is at the top of the news agenda. Behind the headlines and the remarkable breakthroughs, insurance plays a vital role enabling these innovative…
Ardonagh’s Sarah Dalgarno on conduct and culture
As the year draws to a close and people prepare for some long overdue down time, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the role of conduct and culture in how insurance has dealt with challenges and how they can shape responses in 2021, says Sarah Dalgarno,…
Blog: Insurers must be prepared as careless drivers face new risk of custodial sentences
With the government announcing that careless driving will carry the possibility of a custodial sentence from 2021, Lili Oliver, Weightmans partner, explores the likely impact on the insurance industry.
Aon’s Julie Page on responding to unmet insurance needs
Aon UK CEO Julie Page reveals her focus as president of the Chartered Insurance Institute and calls on the industry to step up the pace in finding solutions to society’s evolving risks and protection gaps.
Blog: Conversations on racial equality
Karyn Strickland, Covéa Insurance head of HR and reward, gives her take on the value of conversations about racial equality at work.
Blog: Insurers must act urgently to prevent health insurance affordability crisis
Employees have received a raw deal on health insurance for decades. Covid-19 is a time for change, argues Trevor Davis, Instanda managing director for life and health.
Blog: Our investment in people is missing the mark
Ashwin Mistry, Brokerbility executive chairman, considers why the industry is failing to attract starry eyed young professionals to insurance careers.
Aston Lark’s Peter Blanc on the differences in this version of the hard market
Peter Blanc, group CEO of Aston Lark, analyses the characteristics of the ongoing hard market arguing that while there is a ‘perfect storm’ of reduced capacity, losses, low investment returns and a dramatic recession there will be opportunities for well…
Penny Black's Social World: December 2020
Christmas donations, flooding and Remembrance Day
Blog: Lloyd’s and the London Market, your time has come
With Lloyd’s, London market and wholesale broker accountability drawing the regulator’s attention in recent weeks, Michael Sicsic, managing director of Sicsic Advisory and former Financial Conduct Authority head of retail general insurance supervision,…
C-Suite: AIG’s Anthony Baldwin on people power
AIG UK CEO Anthony Baldwin shares how he will focus on London’s role as a global centre for insurance and a hub for talent during his year as president of the Insurance Institute of London.
Trade Voice: Airmic’s Julia Graham on the D&O market
As premium rates for directors' and officers' rocket, Airmic deputy CEO and technical director Julia Graham says insurers need to wake up and innovate if they wish to prevent a flight to alternative risk financing by insureds.
Briefing: "Alexa, do voice assistants have a future in insurance?"
As Confused launches an Alexa Skill that allows customers to get quotes from their Amazon Echo, Post content director Jonathan Swift asks other insurers about their experience of voice assistant technology to see if it is merely a gimmick - or has a…
Hiscox’s Ross Dingwall on building relationships
It takes more than a Webex call to build the relationships the insurance industry thrives on, says Ross Dingwall, managing director – broker channel at Hiscox UK.
Briefing: Compare the Market fine a fitting end to a sorry chapter
“Ridiculous”, “harmful”, “anti-competitive”. These were the words used by Money Supermarket managing director of financial services Graham Donoghue to describe wide ‘most favoured nation’ clauses during a Competition Commission hearing back in 2013.
Covéa’s Lisa Meigh on staying connected in the new workplace
Lisa Meigh, people director at Covéa Insurance, shares her learnings about remote working during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and gives her opinions on working practices of the future.
Briefing: As Covid pushes Biba 2021 online, a death knell sounds for 'in-person only' conferences
Last week the British Insurance Brokers’ Association followed others' footsteps as it moved its 2021 conference online. Post news editor Jen Frost considers the future of events.
Trade Voice: Biba’s Steve White on walking the reputational tightrope
British Insurance Brokers' Association CEO Steve White reflects on the reputational tightrope the insurance sector has found itself atop and the need to assuage consumers' mistrust.
Briefing: Is RSA's sale to an overseas bidder a sign of the UK’s declining stature as a global insurance player?
With RSA poised to be sold to a consortium of a Danish and Canadian investors, the number of internationally recognised UK-domiciled insurers is set to reduce by one. Post content director Jonathan Swift asks: is it time to dust off plans for the Royal…
GRP’s Mike Bruce on broker M&A speeding up in Covid-hit UK
The level of broker consolidation has risen again this year, says GRP’s group CEO Mike Bruce as he predicts more investments to come from long-term investors with vendors keen to sell due to pandemic uncertainty, rumoured tax changes, strong valuations…
Briefing: The Seven Year Pitch - Why has it taken Stephen Hester so long to sell RSA?
Almost seven years after he took over as group CEO, Stephen Hester looks like he is finally closing in on a sale for RSA. The big question, as Post content director Jonathan Swift asks, is why has it taken so long?
Briefing: BI test case verdicts and appeals broken down – In pursuit of clarity
As the search for lesser-spotted clarity continues, simple confirmation from the regulator on which business interruption wordings are being contested, and by who, is a welcome aid.
Editor's comment: Living at work
Last month at a Post virtual conference on the Future of Work I heard from a panel that mental health has now reached the top of the corporate agenda.
Ageas’ Ant Middle on social responsibility
While the pandemic has brought heartache in so many forms, it has also ignited real positivity through the ways people have supported one another like never before, says Ant Middle CEO of Ageas UK.