Diary of an Insurer
Diary of an Insurer: Zurich’s Louise Griffiths
For Louise Griffiths, trading underwriter for Zurich UK, no two days are ever quite the same working in Wales and the south-west region, from growing her own fruit and vegetables to hosting roundtables.
Diary of an Insurer: Zurich’s Paula Robinson
Paula Robinson, team manager for Zurich Engineering, scales heights in lifts and cranes but she’s not so keen on underground tunnels.
Diary of an Insurer: Hiscox’s Shali Vasudeva
Shali Vasudeva, group chief operations and technology officer at Hiscox, oversees areas including technology, data plus artificial intelligence, property services, procurement, and change management including improvements to the claims process.
Diary of an Insurer: Brokerbility’s Jason Beach
Jason Beach, operations and markets manager at Brokerbility, juggles planning, meetings, relationship management, and strategic thinking with learning from his peers at Warwick University.
Diary of an Insurer: Charles Taylor’s Jeremy Stevens
Jeremy Stevens, head of EMEA business at Charles Taylor InsureTech, keeps running up and down Crystal Palace’s hill, briefs the team on new client projects across the globe, and gets home in time to finish reading Fantastic Mr Fox with his daughter.
Diary of an Insurance PR: Will Kirkman of Certus
From crisis communications and media briefings to strategy workshops and journalist schmoozing, Will Kirkman, freelance PR consultant of Certus, lifts the lid on a fast-paced week juggling clients, headlines and the occasional after-work beer.
Diary of an Insurance PR: Full Circle’s Sophie Locke-Cooper
From early morning inbox scans to midday walks and industry events, Sophie Locke-Cooper, PR account manager at Full Circle Communications, shares her rhythm of writing, social media posts, and meaningful conversations throughout the week.
Diary of an Insurance PR: SEC Newgate’s Vanessa Chance
Mastering motherhood, media strategy and meaningful causes: Vanessa Chance, director of communications at SEC Newgate shares a week balancing high-stakes insurance PR, event planning, and Glastonbury rehearsals with her daughter.
Diary of an Insurer: Ecclesiastical’s Simon McGill
Simon McGill, schemes development manager of Ecclesiastical, has the pleasure of an early GWR train into London for broker and MGA meetings, takes his terriers Ziggy and Alfie for a walk, and briefs the market on the provider’s expanding schemes…
Diary of an Insurer: Criterion’s Helen Stanley
Helen Stanley, loss adjuster at Criterion, handles a difficult and emotional high-value jewellery theft, catches up with colleagues in London and visits an escape of water claim site in Suffolk.
Diary of an Insurer: EFI Global’s Leanne Brumby
Leanne Brumby, principal environmental consultant for EFI Global, part of Sedgwick, educates the market about perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, walks her dog, conducts site visits and manages customers’ expectations when it comes to large…
Diary of an Insurer: Aviva’s Katriona Cunningham
With teams based across Perth, Norwich, Sheffield, Belfast, and Maxim, near Glasgow, Katriona Cunningham, policy application fraud lead at Aviva, tends to travel a bit for work and also taxis her girls to gymnastics, tennis, and swimming.
Diary of an Insurer: Markel’s Nick Line
Nick Line, chief underwriting officer of Markel, empowers underwriters, put his coffee order in first thing through the Markel app on his phone, identifies pressing issues as chair of Inclusion at Lloyd’s and reads about developments in cosmology and…
Diary of an Insurer: Gary Clift of McLarens
Leading the Heathrow-based aviation survey team at McLarens Aviation means claims manager Gary Clift’s days are never dull as he deals with engines ingesting big birds, unpicking what has pushed up the cost of aircraft recycling and a lightning strike…
Diary of an Insurer: Gallagher’s Ayshea King
Ayshea King, energy claims handler of Gallagher, plays netball with Lloyd’s, studies for Chartered Insurance Institute examinations and explains how she switched from being a midwife to supporting clients in the renewables industry.
Diary of an Insurer: RSA’s Becky Henry
Becky Henry, commercial lines trading and operations director at RSA, likes to be on site as much as possible in order to offer one proposition, one face to market, and one commercial lines team and races to get her daughter to dance class.
Clear rebrands MGA arm; Sapiens acquires AdvantageGo; Markel’s head of tech
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Diary of an Insurer: QBE’s Janine Bowler
Janine Bowler, senior account manager at QBE, enjoys cups of tea, sometimes a biscuit, a few laughs and plenty of trading with brokers while also squeezing in horse riding, rousing her son and looking forward to lighter nights for BBQs with friends.
Diary of an Insurer: Rokstone’s Jimmy Heaton
Jimmy Heaton, head of international directors and officers and financial institutions at MGA Rokstone, highlights the importance of sustainable underwriting, professional development, and maintaining a constant dialogue with partners, while pursuing his…
Addept’s legal expenses suite; Allianz’s sports fund; Admiral Money’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Diary of an Insurer: Esure’s Charlotte Fielding
Esure’s head of home and strategic planning Charlotte Fielding reviews customer feedback, regulatory changes, and market trends to help shape her team's priorities, and is kept entertained by her Cavapoo puppy, Sir Bobby Charlton.