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Analysis: Review of 2018
The spectre of Brexit loomed large over the insurance sector this year, and although the picture is still no clearer in terms of how the UK market will continue to trade with Europe after 29 March 2019, significant merger & acquisition activity was among…
Questgates reveals growth plans after joining VRS
Questgates has revealed it will hit revenue of £22m next year as it joins VRS Adjusters.
Penny Black's social world: November 2018
More mudders, netball’s Neville and an eye mask event
Evolving technology makes cyber risk pricing ‘challenging’ to predict
The rate at which technology is evolving makes it difficult to predict cyber risk pricing, members of the press heard at a conference in Las Vegas.
Allianz partners with ‘game changer’ car sharing marketplace Turo
Exclusive: Car sharing marketplace Turo has credited the unique insurance product for its successful UK launch last Tuesday.
Dive In: Insurance companies urged to support social mobility
Human resources departments in the insurance industry need to start supporting social mobility in the same way they’ve been promoting gender balance and ethnic diversity, a Dive In panel heard.
Analysis: Diversity - how far have we really come?
Insurance has talked the diversity talk for several years now. And yet, the industry still displays all-male or all-pale panels. How can it become truly inclusive?
Aon's Katherine Conway: “As the insurance workforce evolves, so must company culture”
Katherine Conway, head of diversity and inclusion and community affairs at Aon, explains that D&I efforts must go beyond recruitment to now focus on company culture.
Analysis: Pricing climate risks
As climate change becomes tangible, insurers are feeling the heat. Their understanding of the risks could inform not just their underwriting but also their investment strategies.
Penny Black's Social World: August 2018
Tough mudders, equal measures and Pride matters
This week in Post: Sore heads and muddy journos
It’s been a week for sore heads, with England crashing out of the World Cup on Wednesday. Fortunately, with the industry keeping us so busy, there hasn’t been much time to ruminate on the pain.
Former Zurich boss launches boutique broker to buck consolidation trend
Exclusive: A former Zurich Private Clients executive has launched Provenance Insurance Brokers, a start-up high net worth and commercial broker.
Acord, Aon and Beazley team up on first data breach standard
Acord, the global standards-setting body for the insurance industry, has published the sectors first standard for a cyber data breach.
Penny Black's Social World - July 2018
Sprintathons and stepping up, Pride parades and football fever
Marcell named Aon’s reinsurance head
Aon has named Andrew Marcell as CEO of Reinsurance Solutions.
Interview: Patrick Tiernan, Aviva
Aviva Global Corporate & Specialty's new managing director Patrick Tiernan is confident of profitable growth. He tells Jonathan Swift how he hopes to take the business to the next level.
Aon wants to cut 38 jobs in France
Aon is going to offer voluntary redundancy to 38 of its 180 staff in Angouleme, in southwestern France, our sister publication reports.
HDI's Jens Wohlthat on the need for hardening
Natural catastrophe risks reveal the need for industrial cover rate hardening, writes Jens Wohlthat, member of the HDI board of management.
Brokers informed: W&I for bricks and mortar
Warranty and indemnity insurance has seen significant growth in the real estate sector over the last few years. And, with the cover offering significant advantages to those involved in real estate deals, many expect it to become a standard part of any…
Hiscox's Masojada named PPL chair
Hiscox CEO Bronek Masojada has been named chair of the London market’s electronic placing platform, Placing Platform Limited.
Analysis: A healthy mind: Providing mental healthcare in PMI
More medical insurers are including mental health as standard in their policies but there could remain a gap in provision if condition monitoring doesn’t become more widespread
Julie Page to take over as Aon UK CEO
Aon UK has promoted Julie Page as its new CEO and chosen Dominic Christian as global chairman of Aon Benfield.
Market Moves: March 2018
Some of the movers and shakers in the market this month
Interview: Mark Searles, AUB Group
Since packing up his life in London and flying half way across the world to Australia, Mark Searles, CEO of AUB Group, has transformed a broker into the leading equity-based broking, risk management, advice and solutions provider in Australasia.