Penny Black
Penny Black's Insurance Week
News that Markerstudy has launched its own Coat of Arms, inscribed with the Latin words Fortes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune favours the bold), sparked some interesting debate at Post Towers last week.
Penny Black's Insurance Week: 9 July 2015
With hours spent at etiquette school before her societal debut, Penny can confidently say ‘faux pas' is not a part of her vocabulary.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week: 2 July 2015
The industry’s unsung heroes, the brave souls in the marketing and PR teams who have to get pestered by Post journalists on a weekly basis, gathered in London for the inaugural Insurance Marketing and PR Awards on 26 June.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week- 22 June 2015
Last week Penny attended the highlight of the risk manager's social calendar - Airmic 2015.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 11 June
Penny does her best not to laugh at the misfortune of others during the course of the normal working day -she wasn't raised in a barn - but there have been a few notable exceptions.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 4 June 2015
Penny is rather partial to a bit of fine dining - particularly when it's taking place in Europe's highest garden space - so she jumped at the chance to lunch with some of Crawford & Co's finest at Fenchurch Street's Sky Garden.
Super speed meets: Neil Richards-Smith
Neil Richards-Smith is group MD, NCI
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 21 May 2015
Penny loves a good freebie so she's always ecstatic when the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference rolls around each year - one can never have too many stress balls,teddy bears and top hats.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 14 May
They claim children say the funniest things, and Penny saw an example of this at the recent Association of British Insurers' seminar on cyber security.
Penny Black's insurance week - 7 May 2015
Penny knows how awkward it can be to cop some flak for wearing the wrong outfit, so she has plenty of sympathy for Biba executive director Graeme Trudgill.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 30 April 2015
Penny has some sympathy for company recruiters these days, with many fearful of cracking a joke in case a poorly judged remark lands them on the wrong side of an employment tribunal.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week – 23 April 2015
The Post newsdesk has been awash with news of brokers moving to rival firms this year and last week was no different.
Penny Black super speed meets: Hannah Squirrell
Hannah Squirrell is marketing director – insurance, Tesco Bank.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week: 14 April 2015
With the great and the good of the general insurance industry’s trade press summoned to a lunch by broking stalwart Stuart Reid, Post Towers was alive with speculation regarding the future of the Bluefin boss.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 2 April 2015
A woman's handbag is normally a mezze plate of essential life staples, but Penny's capacious holdall failed to pass muster at a recent interview with Ten Insurance director James Sharp.
Penny Black's insurance week - 24 March
There was much talk about the imminent arrival of driverless cars at Post's Motor Claims 2015 event, but those dedicated visitors who stayed until the penultimate session of the day - such as Penny, a keen motorist who is often found pootling around town…
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 19 March
Technology is not Penny’s forte.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 12 March
Cultural artefacts lauded by their home nations can sometimes leave visitors cold.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 5 March
Penny has often wondered about changes to the DVLA rules on older drivers behind the wheel.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 26 February
During a recent elegant evening out at the rather fine dining establishment and purveyor of seasonal British grub Hix Soho, Penny was thrilled to discover that her hosts – the lovely folk from Tesco Insurance – were as keen to sample new culinary…
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 19 February
Despite being a woman of traditional tastes, Penny is aware the threat of cyber-attacks is very real, as reflected in the ominous words of various speakers at an event in London on the subject.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 12 February
Penny has experienced her fair share of ungrateful dinner guests and so it was with sympathy that she regarded the situation of broking powerhouse Willis last week.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 5 February
Insurance industry journalism and glitzy awards dos go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 29 January
When the New Years Honours list came rolling around, Penny was once again ignored.