Interview
Q&A: Liz Hopper, Harry Hall
Liz Hopper, managing director of equestrian specialist Harry Hall, shares how she plans to attract 10,000 more horse owners and how she switched the 130-year-old riding attire business to a membership model offering insurance.
Q&A: Marc Lewis, Ecclesiastical
Marc Lewis, underwriting director for the UK for Ecclesiastical, reveals how the insurer is embracing artificial intelligence plus its plans to grow the casualty business.
Big Interview: Geoff Carter, Sabre
Geoff Carter, CEO of Sabre Insurance, sits down with Tom Luckham to discuss Sabre’s 2023 results, why there’s no such thing as an uninsurable car, and how the insurer plans to do even better in 2024.
60 Seconds With… Woodgate & Clark’s Richard Fleming
Richard Fleming, delegated claims administrator and technical claims controller at Woodgate & Clark, would like to travel the world like Tintin and won’t down pints of Guinness again just to get a hat.
Q&A: Daniel Grimwood-Bird, McKenzie Intelligence Services
Daniel Grimwood-Bird, head of sales and marketing at McKenzie Intelligence Services, shares how the provider of geospatial data and analytics plans to insurance industry plans to make it big in the UK and US.
Q&A: Matt Hicks, Recorder
Matt Hicks, chief commercial officer and co-founder of Recorder, a new London-based insurtech from the creators of Codat, explains how he has built a platform and artificial intelligence co-pilot for brokers.
Big Interview: Tara Foley, Axa
Tara Foley, CEO of Axa UK & Ireland, outlines how the business can now do intraday pricing, shares the provider’s growth plans, and reveals how artificial intelligence is changing ways of working at the insurer.
60 Seconds With... Optalitix’s Dani Katz
Dani Katz, founding director of Optalitix, would like to be the Caped Crusader, keeps on running, and recalls launching Vitality.
Big Interview: Ola Jacob, Descartes Underwriting and Biba
Six months into his tenure at Descartes Underwriting, and not long after being announced as the new chair for Biba’s South East and London committee, Ola Jacob sits down with Scott McGee to talk about the potential of parametric insurance, and what his…
How brokering in Ukraine is triumphing over adversity
Interview: Ukrainian insurance broker Alina Golubieva talks to David Worsfold about the current challenges of insuring businesses and homes in the country, plus how the market is preparing to align itself with European Union regulation.
Big Interview: Jason Storah, Aviva
In his first full profile interview since taking over as UK and Ireland General Insurance CEO at Aviva, Jason Storah sits down with Scott McGee to talk about the insurer's re-entry into Lloyd's, where else Aviva could yet expand, and the differences…
60 Seconds With... Value Space’s Reijo Pold
Reijo Pold, founder of Value Space, a technology company that uses satellites to conduct assessments for commercial properties and infrastructure, reveals he has been working since he was aged seven and doesn't even totally clock off when he goes on…
Big Interview: Jon Dye, Hiscox
Jon Dye, CEO of Hiscox UK, sits down with Harry Curtis to discuss the business’s growth prospects, its ongoing digital trading efforts and new look C-suite.
Big Interview: Matthew Crummack, Domestic & General
Matthew Crummack, CEO of Domestic & General, reveals how he hopes to create an Uber-like experience for customers, shares his talks with insurtechs and why provider's should stop talking about "digital transformation."
Q&A: Carmen Powell, ISC Group
Carmen Powell, interim managing director of ISC Group, explains how she intends to expand the women’s insurance network’s reach over the next six months as well as tackle Sexism in the City.
Q&A: Mona Barnes, Aon
Tom Luckham sits down with Aon’s chief claims officer Mona Barnes to discuss her new role, her career history and her plans for claims at Aon.
Big Interview: Nick Turner, NFU Mutual
Nick Turner, group CEO of NFU Mutual, sits down with Harry Curtis to explain the insurer's growth ambitions, what it's like running a mutual, and how it serves rural communities.
Big Interview: R;pple Suicide Prevention’s Alice Hendy
Tom Luckham sits down with R;pple Suicide Prevention founder and CEO Alice Hendy MBE to discuss her career so far, mental health in insurance, and of course, West Ham United.
60 Seconds With... Ecclesiastical’s Geoff Turner
Geoff Turner, broker distribution director at Ecclesiastical, hates cleaning the hob, shares why the bigger picture is what really matters and insists he hasn’t told a lie since childhood.
Big Interview: Rachel Lam, ombudsman director, FOS
Rachel Lam, ombudsman director for insurance at the Financial Ombudsman Service, speaks exclusively to Insurance Post’s Editor Emma Ann Hughes about her work with providers and the Financial Conduct Authority to address the sector’s shortcomings.
60 Seconds With... Domestic & General’s Hannah Kershaw
Hannah Kershaw, chief product officer at Domestic & General, shares her love of Moira Rose’s humour and confidence on Schitt’s Creek, and why she goes with her gut instinct.
Big Interview: Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters’ John Bissell
John Bissell, executive director of Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, reveals plans to update the sector’s qualifications and ensure his members shape insurer’s practices, products and government policy.
Big Interview: Chubb’s Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts, division president for UK, Ireland and South Africa at Chubb, tells Jonathan Swift he is looking to create wider and deeper relationships with UK brokers plus what factors will help differentiate his insurer from the congested run-of-the…
Q&A: Colin Fitzgerald, Grid
As Colin Fitzgerald, distribution director of group protection at Legal & General, replaces Howden’s senior risk consultant Paul White as the new chair of Grid, he shares his plans to encourage insurance brokers to see how group protection helps manage…