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Diary of an Insurer: HDI’s Oliver Davies
From early train coffees to late-night strategy sessions, Oliver Davies, chief distribution officer of HDI UK & Ireland, working week is a fast-paced blend of relationships, innovation, and leadership.
Big Interview: Stephanie Ogden, HDI
Stephanie Ogden, CEO of HDI Global for UK and Ireland, outlines how she is raising recognition of the brand, making sure the provider is “punching where it should be”, plus gives a glimpse of the ways she is redefining what leadership looks like in 2025.
Q&A: Tim Smyth, Bspoke Group
Tim Smyth, CEO of Bspoke Group, sits down with Insurance Post to talk acquisitions, scaling back UK General, and the complacency currently within the HNW market.
Bspoke to exploit high-net-worth ‘complacency’
Bspoke Group CEO Tim Smyth has big ambitions for the company’s recently set up high-net-worth business, and plans on swooping in on the complacency of others within the market.
Painting a picture of the fine art insurance market
Today’s trends in fine art and how this affects the world of insurance are tackled in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Two insurers fall short as Gracechurch hands out service awards
18 insurers across the UK regional and London markets have been awarded service quality marques by Gracechurch.
Aon completes acquisition; Arag's intergration; Davies' deputy CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Optalitix and PWC team up; Ki goes standalone; Davies’s reshuffle
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Diary of an Insurer: HDI Embedded’s Nelson Castellanos
Nelson Castellanos, chief partnerships officer for international at HDI Embedded, discusses factoring in different country’s needs to product development, explores embedded insurance options for the European telecommunications industry and loves the fact…
Yet another exit at Allianz as Major heads to HDI
HDI Global has this morning announced the appointment of Allianz Commercial’s Tom Major as its chief claims officer for the UK and Ireland.
Insurers push for another Supreme Court Covid BI trial
At least four insurers have sought permission to appeal a September court ruling on Covid-related business interruption claims to the Supreme Court, Insurance Post can reveal.
Insurance Post’s Top 90 MGAs revealed
Ardonagh Group, Brown & Brown, Gallagher, Markerstudy and Policy Expert are the UK’s five biggest MGAs.
Top 30 European Insurers of 2024 revealed
The top 30 European non-life insurers achieved another year of solid top line growth in 2023 with the average growth rate of the companies being 9.8%.
Court of Appeal upholds key Covid BI judgment
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that hundreds of thousands of businesses with ‘at the premises’ disease cover are entitled to claim for Covid losses, dismissing appeals brought by insurers.
Why are HNW MGAs dropping like flies?
After numerous MGAs operating in the high-net-worth space have either been sold or gone into run-off over the last few years, Scott McGee asks what does it take to survive in this space?
Ogden to replace Taylor as HDI Global UK&I CEO
Stephanie Ogden has been appointed as the CEO of HDI Global UK & Ireland, effective from September 2024.
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List 2024 revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List reflects how claims inflation combined with the Consumer Duty caused some providers to shift their focus and disruptors found it is easier to send a rocket into space than enter the UK insurance market.
Stephanie Ogden, HDI Global
Pregnancy didn’t pause Stephanie Ogden, managing director of HDI Global SE for UK & Ireland, pushing for profits and inclusivity in 2023, which is why she features even higher up in Insurance Post’s 2024 Power List than she did last year.
Gracechurch announces Claims Quality Marque achievers
Ten insurers within the London Market and three regional market insurers have been awarded Gracechurch’s Claims Quality Marque.
‘Financial turmoil’ drives wave of SME Covid BI lawsuits
A law firm claiming to represent thousands of SMEs has initiated dozens of fresh Covid-related business interruption court proceedings.
#6 HDI
Germany-domiciled HDI appears in sixth place in this year’s Insurance Post’s Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List by achieving one of the greatest average premium growths for the year of any players.