Penny Black
Penny speed meets... Matt Gifford, Elite, director of insurance
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 23 January 2014
Penny’s prize for most committed mother in insurance this week goes to Zurich’s head of customer service, UK personal lines, Trudi Archer, who spent Saturday night at the hot and sweaty Joiners Arms in Southampton watching five-piece “metalcore band” The…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 16 January 2014
Penny was recently intrigued to hear just how seriously the BGL management team take their charity fund-raising.
Penny Speed meets... Ian Muress, EMEA chief executive, Crawford
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week
While Penny enjoyed snuggling down in front of the fire with a bottle of sherry and a big box of champagne truffles to watch Downton Abbey this Christmas, she was less obsessive about festive film viewing than the Towergate office, where one member of…
Penny Speed meets... Colin Hawes, director, Absolute Partnership
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 19/26 December 2013
Penny is always excited to hear about the latest technology, and was therefore intrigued by reports from Octo telematics that the firm had built its own crash simulator capable of tossing and turning brave volunteers to replicate dramatic car accidents.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 12 December 2013
Arriving late for last week’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services, Financial Conduct Authority boss Martin Wheatley found his own words had been used against him.
Penny Speed meets... Elke Vagendene, AGCS head of product Development Financial Lines
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 5 December 2013
Penny has discovered Brightside finance director Paul Chase-Gardener’s hidden talent – the ability to predict the very near future.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 26 November
A day at the races is par for the course for women of Penny’s stature, and at one such occasion last week Penny found herself in the pleasant company of Torus’ head of marine Demian Smith.
Penny Speed meets... Phil Race, managing director, Agencyport Europe
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's insurance week - 21 November 2013
Having told a Lloyd’s audience his report on Scottish civil litigation reforms was dubbed “Jackson with a kilt on” by critics, Sheriff Principal James Taylor last week expressed his surprise that no one had turned up at the event brandishing pitchforks.
Penny speed meets... Phil Bayles, intermediaries and partnerships director, Aviva
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 14 November 2013
Penny was delighted to catch up with the new team at Equity this week and find out what their plans are for next year following the overhaul of the business.
Penny Speed meets... Simon Cooter, commercial lines director, Covéa Insurance
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 7 November 2013
Penny had a chuckle this week when MP Sajid Javid compared long-awaited regulatory package Solvency II with The Godfather trilogy.
Penny Speed meets... Gail Cook Head of UK Financial Lines at Zurich
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 31 October 2013
Law Society chairman Des Hudson shared a joke with his audience during his speech at the annual Motor Accident Solicitors Society conference this week.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 24 October 2013
New Aviva UK general insurance boss Maurice Tulloch has certainly made an impression on his new staff, and Penny hears the Norwich-based insurer’s head honcho has already attended a football match.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 17 October 2013
Penny was delighted to be among the guests when the great and good of the insurance claims world assembled last week for the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters annual lunch.
Penny speed meets... Giles Greenfield, managing director, Markham Private Clients
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 10 October 2013
Penny was thrilled to chat to a broker this week who is investigating launching ‘adverse risk’ motor policies to cater for people with criminal convictions, among other criteria commonly cited for rejections.
Penny Speed Meets… Mike Crane, commercial lines director, LV Broker
Being an insatiable socialite, Penny Black is always eager to probe the personalities behind the professional veneer of her industry friends. What better way to squeeze in and share as many intimate revelations as possible than her very own ‘speed…