Penny Black
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 22 January
Penny has seen some pretty poor adverts for insurance in the past.
Penny Speed Meets... Cathy Taylor, head of commercial underwriting and operations, Ageas
Penny meets Ageas head of commercial underwriting and operations, Cathy Taylor
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 15 January
Penny was among the insurance hacks walking the hallowed halls of Lloyd’s this week to meet City minister Andrea Leadsom MP.
Penny Black: The Ghost of Christmases Past 2006 - 2013
Lady-about-town Penny Black has been publishing her insurance industry gossip and insider news and views in three centuries - so she's seen a fair few insurance Christmases, some bawdier than others, and all of them fuelled by the finest G&Ts the…
Penny Black: The Ghost of Christmases Past
Lady-about-town Penny Black has been publishing her insurance industry gossip and insider news and views in three centuries - so she's seen a fair few insurance Christmases, some bawdier than others, and all of them fuelled by the finest G&Ts the…
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 18 December
German efficiency is world renowned but our Teutonic cousin’s reputation for innovation is less robust.
Penny Speed Meets... Ian White, underwriting manager, Century Underwriting
Penny meets Century Underwriting's underwriting manager, Ian White
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 11 December
It was a case of Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now for Kate Syred, Direct Line’s commercial director of home insurance, when she attended Morrissey’s recent concert at the O2.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 4 December
There is nothing like adversity to bring people together, especially when it is being played out in both the national media and the insurance trade press.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 27 November
Towergate executive chairman Alastair Lyons told Penny this week that he was geared up for a half-marathon rather than a 100-metre sprint when asked how long the broker’s newly unveiled sale discussions would take.
Penny Speed Meets... David Vine, business development manager, Allianz Legal Protection
Penny meets Allianz Legal Protection's business development manager, David Vine
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 20 November
Penny is used to her fair share of moonshine, but even she takes her hat off to the brave London-based staff at loss adjuster McLarens.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 13 November
Almost a year ago to the day, Zurich’s David Clements was on stage at Post’s fraud conference, joking that he was used to being received by crowds in raptures, launching underwear and foam fingers his way.
Penny Speed Meets... Mike Ellis, managing director, Broker Network Underwriting
Penny meets Broker Network Underwriting's managing director, Mike Ellis
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 6 November
Penny has often heard of a new boss bringing in their own quirks or rules when they are installed.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 30 October
It’s not unusual for Penny to find herself reflecting on her youthful moments with embarrassment, but she’s always been a true-blue, dyed-in-the-wool insurance type – and she knows what to watch out for.
Penny Speed Meets... Kay Doyle, business development manager, Bexhill Direct
Penny meets Bexhill Direct's business development manager, Kay Doyle
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 23 October
Penny smuggled herself into this years annual lunch for the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters last week, and was rewarded with a suspicious sounding grace, led by Crawford’s Benedict Burke.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 16 October
If Penny had a penny for every time she heard the line “I just sort of fell into insurance”, she certainly wouldn’t still be earning her crust as a hard-up scribe.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 9 October
Penny discovered this week even the great and good of the insurance industry can be afflicted with the plague of the sector – whiplash.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 2 October
Penny loves to get a glimpse inside insurance chief executives’ offices – there’s nothing like seeing faded 1970s sports team photos as a hark back to one’s glory days.
Penny Speed Meets... Matt Field, sales & marketing director, ALPS
Penny meets ALPS's sales & marketing director Matt Field
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 25 September
Penny went back to the 1960s at one event last week, where she was shown an employment guidebook from the Chartered Insurance Institute dating back 45 years.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 18 September
At an event hosting a room full of risk managers, Penny would have thought safety measures would have been front of mind, but it appears this was not the case for one European conference host.