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60 Seconds With... Jackie Harvey, AmTrust
Jackie Harvey, senior after-the-event legal expenses underwriter at AmTrust, wants to walk on the moon, dance to T Rex and steal Sarah Connor from the Terminator franchise's style.
Diary of an Insurer: Peach Pi’s Ryan Bendelow
Making use of his bar/office, delivering growth and preparing for a five-year-old’s birthday party is all part of the working week for Ryan Bendelow, head of commercial trading and distribution at Peach Pi.
Why generative AI is a commercial insurance game-changer
Andy Moss, co-founder and CEO of Send, on how artificial intelligence isn't the future of commercial insurance but an already embedded part of operations today.
RSA’s Dogu on holding the door open to diversity
View from the top: Yasemin Dogu, chief auditor at RSA, reflects on her career journey, moving to the UK from Turkey, and how it informs her commitment to improving the diverse make up of the industry.
Top 75 MGAs: EGV Holdings
EGV Holdings is continually developing a stable of MGAs, earning the business a place in this year’s Top 75 MGAs list.
#28 AIG Europe
Luxembourg-domiciled AIG Europe appears on this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers List for the first time after reporting 12.5% average premium growth for the year.
#24 RSA
UK-domiciled RSA climbed one place to 24th position in this year’s Insurance Post Top 30 European Insurers 2023 despite reporting -7.7% average premium growth for the year.
Gallagher expands SME & PL ops; SRG launches sports and media division; RSA appoints commercial CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
RSA buys DLG’s commercial lines business for £520m
It was announced last night that RSA and Direct Line had struck a deal that both businesses claim will boost their bottom lines.
RSA posts £9m loss for first half of 2023
RSA has posted a £9m loss for the first half of 2023 and hired Aviva’s former transformation director James Godfrey to try to future-proof its technology, digital and data capabilities.
More changes for Allianz as Hobbs is named chief distribution officer
Nick Hobbs has been revealed as chief distribution officer for Allianz Commercial in the UK, effective immediately.
Insurance Post Podcast: Raising the bar for cyber cover
Cyber insurers can’t rely on understanding the risks that were faced by businesses in the past to underwrite the right level of cover for the future, according to Aviva’s head of cyber Stephen Ridley.
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List provides a blueprint of what you need to do to achieve and succeed in today’s world.
Big Interview: Movo’s Lea Cheesbrough
Movo managing director Lea Cheesbrough speaks to Scott McGee about plans for its own MGA and partnership moving forward, and how a series of chance encounters took her to where she is today.
FCA reveals hundreds of BI claims still being considered
Three years on from the first Covid-19 lockdown, the industry is still considering whether 341 business interruption insurance claims are valid.
Navigating the next two years in cyber insurance
Blog: Nour Alnuaimi, CEO and founder of Upsurance, considers why demand for cyber insurance from certain segments of the market is still lagging.
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.
Ticker launches convicted driver product; Apollo partners with Moonrock; Close Brothers appoints MD
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Axa Commercial to offer SME cyber insurance this year
Exclusive: Jon Walker, CEO of Axa Commercial, has revealed plans to roll out a cyber insurance product and service for SMEs in the next 12 months.
Aviva looks to HNW and SMEs for growth
Adam Winslow, CEO of Aviva UK & Ireland General Insurance, has revealed plans to increase the provider's share of the high-net-worth insurance and SME cyber market in 2023.
FSB calls on insurance industry to tackle widespread confusion over what commercial policies cover
The Federation of Small Businesses has called on the insurance industry to improve the clarity of policy wordings after it found that 30% of small businesses and the self employed have difficulties understanding what their insurance covers.
Insurance M&A tops 418 deals in 2021; Beazley leads IVF solution after Gaia tie-up; Ageas joins telematics panel; and Tokio Marine HCC relocates branches
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Blog: From small acorns - brokers need to heed the pandemic start-up boom
The impact of an unstable 2020 is not completely bleak, with an increase in the number of UK start-ups since the pandemic began. Oliver Leyens, a director at Heath Crawford, argues brokers need to highlight the benefit of an advised sale to make sure…