Q&A
Q&A: Zoe Hughes, Ventis
Zoe Hughes, senior underwriter at Ventis and 2025 MGAA Rising Star of the Year recipient, talks to Insurance Post about her career and how insurance can attract more young talent.
Q&A: Tim Rayner, Verisk
Verisk’s new CEO of general insurance for the UK and Ireland sits down with Harry Curtis to discuss plans to encourage cross-pollination between the company’s GI and specialty businesses.
Q&A: Sharon Bishop, PremFina
Sharon Bishop, CEO of PremFina, explains how the business has scaled from helping 15 brokers in 2021 to more than 200 today, leveraged technology to stay ahead of regulation, and set its sights on becoming the UK’s leading premium finance provider.
60 Seconds With... Woodgate & Clark’s Ian Stevens
Ian Stevens, director of liability operations at Woodgate & Clark, had to deal with a fraudulent claim involving electric underpants, is far from a pen pusher and can’t tell a lie.
Q&A: Will Ross, Federato
Will Ross, CEO and co-founder of Federato, gives Insurance Post a peek behind the curtain of its $100m (£74.3m) fundraise and reveals what makes its artificial intelligence platform stand out for insurance.
Q&A: Nikki Lidster, Zurich
Zurich UK’s head of SME Nikki Lidster talks to Insurance Post about the firm’s growth in 2025, its plans for 2026, and how it revamped its products this year.
Q&A: Dan Sandler, Veridox
Dan Sandler, founder of Veridox, explains the insurtech’s unconventional, community-focused approach to developing the AI-powered forensic document and image manipulation analysis platform.
Q&A: Julian Roberts, WTW
As climate volatility disrupts long-established farming traditions, Julian Roberts, managing director of risk and analytics (alternative risk transfer solutions) at WTW, explains why parametric insurance could be the tool that helps farmers plus the…
Q&A: Onno Janssen, PIB Group Europe
Onno Janssen, CEO of PIB Group Europe, speaks with Insurance Post about the business’s recent debt raise, the status of its European expansion plans, and the breakdown of its sale to Gallagher.
Q&A: Jake Wells, Meshed
Jake Wells, co-founder and chief operating officer of Meshed, discusses the insurtech’s vision of providing high quality service to small-to-medium businesses through the artificial intelligence-native broking platform.
Q&A: Rob Kemp, Aon
Rob Kemp, head of commercial risk at Aon, speaks to Insurance Post regarding his role so far, the broker's recent M&A activity, and its investments in AI.
Q&A: Etienne Legangneux, Vet-AI
Etienne Legangneux, CEO of Vet-AI, discusses the opportunities for the firm’s AI triage tools to assist insurers in reducing claims and retaining customers in an increasingly price competitive market.
Q&A: Mark Miller, Insurevision
Mark Miller, founder and CEO of Insurevision, discusses with Insurance Post how the firm’s artificial intelligence computer vision technology has the capacity to begin telematics 2.0 and fulfil the untapped potential of the original technology.
Q&A: Haris Khan, Novee
Haris Khan, CEO and co-founder of Novee discusses how the firm will execute its mission to solve efficiency and data visibility challenges for underwriting technology.
Q&A: Nick Pomeroy, QRG Specialty
Nick Pomeroy, head of reinsurance and broking at QRG Specialty, reflects on his journey from decades at industry heavyweights to helping build a nimble challenger in the London Market.
Q&A: Jemma Ashley, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Jemma Ashley, assistant vice president of strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, sits down with Insurance Post to talk through her first year at the company, the struggles of the motor insurance market, and what new risks could be coming down the line.
Q&A: Amrit Santhirasenan, Hyperexponential
Amrit Santhirasenan, CEO and co-founder of Hyperexponential, discusses with Insurance Post the value of taking a stream – rather than sliver-based approach to AI product development and the big picture benefits that are likely to emerge from that.
Q&A: Brett Sainty, BLW Insurance Brokers
Brett Sainty, CEO of BLW Insurance Brokers, shares how he intends to double the business in the next five years plus what differentiates it from the consolidators.
Q&A: Jonathan Gray, Pool Re
Jonathan Gray, chief underwriting officer at Pool Re, discusses the impact of recent changes at the state-backed terrorism reinsurer and how its helping businesses manage risk.
Q&A: Samantha Owen, Zurich Community Trust
Samantha Owen, interim head of Zurich’s independent charitable arm in the UK Zurich Community Trust, discusses the various elements of the trust’s work and how it is likely to evolve over the coming years.
Q&A: Jeff Heine, Novidea
Jeff Heine, chief revenue officer at Novidea, tells Insurance Post how the firm plans to be a market leader globally through its data-driven end-to-end platform and the way clients can harness Novidea to drive artificial intelligence development.