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Bupa’s Patrick Watt on redefining wellbeing
Patrick Watt, commercial director at Bupa Global, shares his insight on how the pandemic has prompted a renewed focus on both physical and mental health for employees.
Intelligence: Glasgow regional review
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is scheduled to be held in the city of Glasgow next week. Post investigates how the city has fared through the pandemic and how the insurance sector is supporting it.
Insurtechs not ‘changing the fundamental nature’ of insurance: Chubb CEO Greenberg
Chubb CEO and chair Evan Greenberg has maintained that it is 'hype' that insurtechs are changing the foundational elements of insurance.
Editor's comment: The ups and downs of 2020
2020 was a year of ups and downs for everyone. The Covid-19 pandemic struck, lockdowns began, and many were separated from loved ones. But kindness prevailed, communities were reunited, people met and talked to their neighbours. Home schooling took its…
Top 100 UK Insurers 2021
Covid-19 had the biggest impact on insurers in 2020. Commercial lines insurers suffered while personal lines insurers broadly benefited according to William Keen-Tomlinson, senior financial analyst in London for AM Best.
Trade Voice: LMA's Lee Elliston on why the London market needs to act now to close the claims talent gap
Lee Elliston, claims director of the Lloyd's Market Association, warns that Lloyd's and the London markets risk a skills and talent crisis unless efforts to transform processes and attract younger professionals are made now.
Best Insurance Employer 2021: Employers handled the Covid-19 challenges well
Fifteen months on from the 2020 Best Insurance Employer survey Post revisits the topic asking what employees rate when it comes to choosing their employer and what value staff see in perks and benefits. In addition for 2021 we asked which firms looked…
GRP’s Mike Bruce on changes in working practices requiring evolution not revolution for broking
Mike Bruce, group CEO at GRP, discusses the importance for brokers of dealing with office-based underwriters as the world of work evolves.
Hemming bullish on growth at Aviva as survey shows solid broker optimism
Research by Aviva has shown optimism among brokers about their trading prospects for the second half of the year as the UK reopens from Covid restrictions.
Noise-induced hearing loss tops shrinking Elto enquiries in 2020
Total enquiries to the Employers' Liability Tracing Office fell in 2020 as more people worked from home, with noise-induced hearing loss continuing to top searches.
LV and Allianz saw £22m claims hit from floods and storms in July
The floods and storms across the UK last month cost Allianz and LV £15m and £7m respectively, Allianz CEO Jon Dye told Post.
PIB’s Brendan McManus on how getting workforces back to the office is crucial for business
PIB Group CEO Brendan McManus shares his personal insight on the significance of 19 July ‘Freedom Day’ for life inside and outside of the workplace.
Q&A: Clare LeBecq, Specialist Risk Group
Clare Lebecq stepped down from her role as London Market Group CEO at the end of April to become group chief operating officer at Specialist Risk Group. Stephanie Denton spoke to her about why the role attracted her and how she still plans to be vocal on…
LV’s Michael Lawrence on the importance of investing in digital for the future
Michael Lawrence, distribution and underwriting director at LV Broker, looks at the lessons learned during the pandemic as brokers and insurers continued to serve customers and how firms will need to continue to test themselves and adapt in a hybrid…
Pen's Nick Wright on the future of sales and marketing
The pandemic has accelerated the move to digital and remote engagement and forced many transactions online. Nick Wright, chief business development officer for Pen Underwriting, asks if insurance will ever return to good old fashioned face-to-face…
Blog: You can’t make me - the challenges of returning to office-based working
As the government's advice to work from home comes to an end, Michael Jenkins, head of legal advice at Arc Legal Assistance, explains what employees and employers can do.
Q&A: James Gearey, Covéa
After nine months in the role, James Gearey, managing director for personal lines and protection at Covéa, spoke to Post about partnering with Vitality, digital innovation and how technology is changing personal lines offerings.
QBE’s Emma Higgins on the new way of working
After the insurance industry adapted quickly to operating remotely last year, it now faces the challenge of addressing new ways of working in the future, says Emma Higgins, chief human resources officer at QBE Europe.
Boardroom video: Leadership, decisions and management in modern insurance
In this video recorded as part of the Insurance Post Live Annual Conference 2021 an expert panel answer questions including:
Rehab Roundtable: Coping with Long Covid in the workforce
As the government and health practitioners get to grips with the symptoms and effects of Long Covid, insurers have been urged to work with employers to raise awareness of early intervention and services available to claimants.
Adaptability and development front of mind as firms look forward to hybrid working
Boardrooms will need to remain adaptable as firms move to new working models in the wake of lockdown restrictions lifting, according to panellists at the Post LIVE annual conference.
Insurance Post TV: Why is ghost broking on the rise? Plus gig economy insurance and Chaucer CEO John Fowle
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Briefing: Aviva's ill-timed sick pay cuts
Aviva’s plan to cut company sick pay entitlement mid-pandemic is at best a head scratcher.
Editor's comment: Proving its resilience
With May comes the market staple of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference, albeit in a slightly different virtual guise. Our thoughts therefore turn to the broking sector and what the impact of the last 12 months have been on it.