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Look to the skies to manage climate change risk
By leveraging advanced technologies like satellite data, Forbes McKenzie, founder and CEO of McKenzie Intelligence Services, argues insurers can better predict, manage and mitigate the impact of increasingly common frequency and severe natural disasters.
Q&A: Daniel Grimwood-Bird, McKenzie Intelligence Services
Daniel Grimwood-Bird, head of sales and marketing at McKenzie Intelligence Services, shares how the provider of geospatial data and analytics plans to insurance industry plans to make it big in the UK and US.
Reflecting on the government’s foray into the PII market
In the wake of the government’s short-lived intervention into the professional indemnity market, Harry Curtis asks how effective it was and whether problems persist today.
AA buys Key Care; RSA launches hub; Gallagher Re’s Melia to retire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Broker Review of the Year 2023
Brokers reflect on overcoming tough market conditions in 2023 and share their hopes of seeing Justin Bieber at the Biba conference in 2024 “just for the pun of it”.
Top 50 Reinsurers of 2023 revealed
Munich Re remained in first place of Insurance Post’s Top 50 Reinsurers 2023 list, with Swiss Re and Hannover Rück SE joining Munich Re on the podium this year.
Flock raids industry in flurry of exec hires
Insurance Post can reveal that commercial motor fleet insurtech Flock has completed a series of senior hires, taking top executives from multiple insurers, including Hiscox and Mulsanne.
Aston Lark’s latest acquisition; World Nomads’ travel product partnership; and Lloyd’s unveils Women’s Cricket Team
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
What the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance’s demise means for the industry
Edmund Tirbutt examines what the future holds for the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a UN-convened body set up two years ago for insurers wanting to cut their carbon footprint and reduce climate change risk.
Dive In aims to unlock innovation through inclusivity
Insurance Post is media partner for this year’s Dive In Festival, which will take place from 26 to 28 September and launch a mentoring programme.
Blanc wants Aviva to persist as ‘massive voice’ on sustainability
Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc has said she hopes to continue to use the insurer’s voice to push for the “sustainability agenda.”
Scor’s former CEO and chairman Denis Kessler dies
Denis Kessler, chairman of Scor and former chief executive, has died aged 71.
Simplifai’s AI tool; Howden’s telematics app; A-One joins Brokerbility
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Two founding members remain as Allianz and Axa leave NZIA
Allianz and Axa have both decided to leave the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, meaning just two founding members remain after three leave in one day.
Scor leaves NZIA and commits to Norwegian gas and oil exploration
Reinsurer Scor has become the latest founding member to leave the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, CEO Thierry Leger announced at the company’s annual general meeting.
Insurers slammed for ‘abandoning net zero targets’ to back Nordic gas and oil exploration
Greenpeace says insurers are prioritising “dirty profits” over the future of the planet as it names 69 insurers involved with a gas and oil exploration project in Norway.
Swiss Re joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance exodus
Swiss Re has joined Zurich, Hannover Re and Munich Re in turning its back on the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance.
More exits possible as Hannover Re becomes third member to leave NZIA
After a Moody's report stated two founding members of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance left because of "material antitrust risks", Hannover Re has decided to leave the alliance.
WTW partners with Sapiens; Zurich expands regional network; Pen UW creates head of IP
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insure Our Future sends open letter to 30 fossil fuel insurers
Campaigners from Insure Our Future wrote to chief executives of 30 insurance companies pleading them to “scale up efforts” to avoid an “unmanageable” climate breakdown.