All Issue archive articles – Page 10
-
News AnalysisValueSpace: The insurtech planning to improve insurers’ combined operating ratios by de-risking dams
The former Lloyd’s Lab participant believes dam failure can be classified as a black swan event
-
IT InterviewDouglas Brown: Providing value for brokers is vital for Renovation Underwriting
The managing director attributes the MGA’s success to investment ‘in our people, our proposition and technology’.
-
News AnalysisIsabelle Santenac: Insurance sector must throw its weight behind the green energy transition
However, the industry cannot abdicate its responsibility to protect the world’s current energy supply, says global insurance leader
-
IT InterviewLike father, like son: Tim and Ben Smyth compare career trajectories as insurance bosses
Two key lessons that Ben Smyth learnt from his chief executive father include entrepreneurialism and resilience
-
IT InterviewPaul Mang: Addressing big, evolving insurance risks is ‘meaningful work’
Guidewire’s chief innovation officer explains how technology and the risk landscape have changed following business models shifting post-pandemic
-
AnalysisM&A in UK broking: Diversification grows in importance amid ‘diminishing supply’ of targets
Brokers looking to buy have a roster of new strategies, but are there enough UK M&A targets to satisfy their thirst for growth?
-
AnalysisOpinion: The myriad roles of technology
Editor Katie Scott discusses the importance of the insurance industry keeping its finger on the pulse of digital developments.
-
NewsBackchat October 2022
Books about bravery, canine employees and cycling insurtech chief execs, what has the insurance been up to of late? And what’s Rick Astley got to do with insurance? You heard it here first…
-
News AnalysisNeurodivergence – the ‘absolute commercial opportunity’ for insurance firms
Insurance firms can benefit from hiring neurodivergent individuals, but more work needs to be done
-
News AnalysisIn Focus: Have commercial lines brokers been slow to pursue digital transformation and what progress has been made in 2022?
Three industry experts discuss the progress of digital transformation in the commercial lines broking space
-
News AnalysisIn Focus: Commercial lines brokers have ‘key role’ to play in supporting struggling hospitality clients through turbulent times
Pubs and restaurants are in a ’precarious position’ and face ’significant headwinds’ from a range of economic factors that brokers must try to mitigate as much as possible
-
News AnalysisInsurers spooked as Halloween’s ‘mischief night’ approaches
With Halloween fast approaching, many insurers will be on their guard as the night is one the biggest for car theft, vandalism, fires and burglaries – but the need for cover doesn’t end there for some haunted customers
-
AnalysisBriefing: Bringing the baby to the boardroom is ‘nothing but a normal Tuesday’
Juggling hybrid working and parenting responsibilities can be tricky for any insurtech chief executive, but has the pandemic and subsequent turn to technology shifted the notion that the lowest wage earner must stay home and child rear?
-
AnalysisThe Big Question October 2022: What is the current state of play in the construction professional indemnity market?
Insurance Times asks industry leaders about the current construction PI market as headwinds hit the sector following the likes of the Grenfell Tower tragedy
-
AnalysisComplaints fall post-pandemic, but how is the industry really faring?
Insurance DataLab picks out the choice complaints data to explore where insurers are succeeding and where they can target improvements
-
News AnalysisEmployee ownership could boost ‘motivation and common purpose’ in insurance sector firms
While employee owned businesses can boost productivity, they are particularly susceptible to the harsh realities of the business world
-
NewsCollaboration and leadership bolsters anti-fraud response – IFED
Detective chief inspector Tom Hill, head of the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, explains how the force is best suited to tackle fraud in its position as a National Lead Force
-
AnalysisRevealed: Who won at the Insurance Times Tech and Innovation Awards 2022?
Insurance Times returned to the glamorous Royal Lancaster Hotel in London for this year’s Tech and Innovation Awards on 22 September 2022.
-
News AnalysisTechTalk: Work-life balance and parenting for c-suite insurtech fathers
Home and hybrid working has flipped the traditional 9am to 5pm working day on its head, but have they made it easier for c-suite insurtech executives? Insurance Times speaks to four fathers in senior roles to find out
-
IT InterviewPaul Anscombe: Time for Seventeen Group ‘to put its flag in the ground and build’
After completing 20 acquisitions in as many years, chief executive says there is ’purpose behind the growth’.
