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Is litigation liability insurance now essential for executives?
As periods of financial distress can often lead to increased instances of non-performance of contract obligations, Edmund Tirbutt examines whether litigation liability insurance could be set for a boom.
Big Interview: PIB Group CEO Brendan McManus
After 45 years in insurance – seven of those at the helm of PIB – Brendan McManus has no plans to stop anytime soon.
View from the top: Why getting personal is key to Consumer Duty compliance
Michelle Bree, chief operating officer at Gallagher, says the Consumer Duty presents a unique opportunity for the industry to get closer to customers and build trust.
Peter Blanc, Aston Lark
As leader of Aston Lark and executive chairman of Howden, Peter Blanc isn’t afraid of sticking his head above the parapet and pointing out the problems the industry is facing and suggesting solutions.
David Ross, The Ardonagh Group
David Ross, chief executive of The Ardonagh Group, is proof you don’t have to be able to use 280-characters and subject yourself to Twitter abuse to make an impact in 2023.
Admiral launches telematics product; Generali partners with Supercede; FCA hires in enforcement
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Diary of an Insurer: Gallagher’s Holly Dawson
Holly Dawson, a trainee account handler in Gallagher’s West Malling office in Kent office, studies for exams, gets to grips with a new area of the business, deals with January renewals and trains for a 10K run.
Causes for concern for renewable energy insurers
Analysis: Harry Curtis explores the challenges facing the renewables insurance market and why smaller wind turbines installed over a decade ago are giving providers cause for concern.
Hazards are still stalking the high seas for marine insurers
Analysis: David Worsfold examines how the Russia and Ukraine war has presented marine insurers with several tricky challenges, including insuring ships in the safe-grain corridor, and keeping abreast of the constantly changing sanctions regimes.
Marsh under fire for acting as insurance broker for pipeline
Campaigners Insure Our Future have written to the CEOs of Aon, Gallagher, Marsh and Willis Towers Watson asking them to refuse to broker insurance for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Diary of an Insurer: Gallagher's Andrew Corbin
Morning stretches mean Andrew Corbin, partner and chair of the race and ethnicity network at Gallagher, doesn't break into a sweat during renewal season while also working to make the industry more inclusive.
How insurers and brokers are tackling commercial underinsurance
Analysis: Pamela Kokoszka examines how commercial insurers are adapting their approaches to address underinsurance that could prove a fatal blow to businesses in the current economic climate.
Reinsurers reveal key takeaways from 'challenging' renewals
Reinsurers have reported that renewals went down to the wire on 1 January, as rapid changes in economic conditions resulted in tense and late, but largely completed, insurance deals.
The insurance challenges facing churches this Christmas
As the cost-of-living crisis causes many to feel the pinch this Christmas churches and places of worship have been undergoing a transformation when it comes to the use of the house of God, one that the specialist insurers in the market have had to…
Intelligence: Is drone insurance a market that is still waiting to take off?
Four years on from a drone incident at Gatwick Airport, Martin Friel investigates whether the use of unmanned air vehicles has exploded as predicted and the opportunities this could open up for the insurance sector.
C-suite: Gallagher’s Richard Laver looks at the best ways to move insurer-broker partnerships beyond the fundamentals
Richard Laver, head of carrier management at Gallagher, argues that ESG programmes, cyber and harnessing the potential of data presents key opportunities for insurers and brokers to strike up mutually beneficial partnerships.
Stubben Edge secures more funding; MS Amlin rebrands; Axa XL appoints chair
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Howden Re and Tiger Risk create 'largest MGA'; Aston Lark Ireland makes another purchase; Gallagher appoints claims director
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Analysis: Reinsurance in a critical period after showing signs of resurgence
As reinsurers head to Monte Carlo for the annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre , Post reviews recent market reports, where reinsurers have been advised to "lean into the market" after years of struggle.
Gallagher partners with Novidea; Zego teams up with QBE; Markerstudy appoints head of fraud
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
European insurtech investment catching up with US; Goldman Sachs invests in Clear; Allianz to lead Coalitions’ UK cyber capacity; and Gallagher buys Erimus
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva wins TSB tender; Gallagher Re to recruit 40; Pine Walk Capital launches MGA; and Beazley launches Crypto Guard
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Spotlight: Cyber - SME cyber – Size does not matter in cyber attacks
A serious misconception that cyber-criminals only target large organisations means that SMEs have been slower to adopt cyber insurance than large corporates. However, the surge in attacks on SMEs over the past two years is changing this view. Valerie…