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Diary of an Insurer: Aviva’s Lucy Casswell
From improving fleet safety to spotting claims trends, Lucy Casswell, senior client relationship manager at Aviva, is focused on helping clients solve problems while also enjoying the endless energy of her children and cockapoo.
Big Interview: Sonya Bryson, Simplyhealth
Sonya Bryson, managing director of Simplyhealth, reflects on a career in commercial lines and reveals how she intends to convince employers and brokers that health plans offer far more than a table of benefits.
Aviva’s Dave Martin named PIB CEO
Aviva’s chief distribution officer, and managing director of commercial, Dave Martin, has been named CEO Of PIB Group.
Diary of an Insurer: Samp Risk’s Jonathon Valentine
Jonathon Valentine, group chief technology officer for Samp Risk, the insurtech enabling telematics insurance in renewable energy, visits power stations in the US and reviews data from three new sites.
Zurich CEO Greco: Product overlap with ‘compatible’ Beazley only 5%
The duplication and crossover across the product lines offered by merger partners Zurich and Beazley is as little as 5%.
Should doomsayers be heeded over insurance’s brain drain?
Content Director’s View: Jonathan Swift explores if insurance's demographic timebomb could be potentially defused, whether the problems is being blown out of proportion, or if it set to create a massive hole in the sector’s future well-being.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Howden’s Welcome to Wrexham
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Where will tomorrow’s insurance talent come from?
How the insurance industry can show young people the career opportunities available to them and ensure experienced professionals pass their knowledge on to the next generation is explored in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Ardonagh merges global MGA businesses to create $3bn platform Orvia
Ardonagh Group is to merge all of its international managing general agent businesses under the Orvia Underwriting brand creating a platform that controls $3bn (£2.25bn) of gross written premium.
60 Seconds With… LexisNexis’s Carla McDonald
Carla McDonald, director for product management and claims at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, hates ironing, likes to dance to Tina Turner’s Simply the Best, and can’t live without her family.
Aon Re’s UK CEO Andrew Laing passes away
Andrew Laing, CEO of reinsurance for the UK and chairman of global facultative for Aon, has passed away.
What next for Aviva and insurance’s greatest Dame?
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes considers the remarkable turnaround of Aviva under Dame Amanda Blanc and asks what comes next for the insurer and its formidable group CEO.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Thomas Carroll’s ‘global’ domination
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Diary of an Insurer: Zurich Engineering’s Naomi Godwin
Mother of two children and Labradors Naomi Godwin, engineering relationship executive at Zurich Engineering, has a six-hour round trip to Maidstone to visit a panel broker, checks surveyor capacity and considers the operational impact for clients.
Are all the insurance job cuts necessary?
Deputy Editor’s View: After thousands of redundancies have been announced from all corners of the insurance industry, Scott McGee asks if job cuts are necessary.
Why productivity is an asset and should be managed like one
View from the top: David Dexter, head of risk solutions at QBE Europe, argues that lasting productivity depends on protecting workforce resilience, and that organisations must learn to spot the risks eroding it long before absence becomes visible.
CII has successive female presidents for first time in history
The Chartered Insurance Institute has elected Debbie Mitchell as its next president, with Mandy Hunt following on afterwards.
Why we’re putting shared expertise to work in 2027
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents Association, reflects on a year of growth for the MGA sector and sets out why learning, development and practical regulatory engagement will be centre stage in 2027.
Big Interview: Steve Hardy, Policy Expert
Steve Hardy, CEO of Policy Expert, explains why the nation’s biggest MGA is prioritising resilience over rapid growth, whether M&A is on the cards and shares his views on the likes of ChatGPT selling insurance.
60 Seconds With... LexisNexis’s Tom Clarke
Tom Clarke, motor strategy director of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, would live to be fluent in Spanish, hates cleaning the bathroom, and couldn't live without a passport.
Aviva names GCS MD and CEO for Syndicates
Aviva has appointed Johan Slabbert as managing director of its Global Corporate & Specialty business, as well as CEO of its Syndicates business.