Tom Donachie: Investment in underwriting expertise underpins First Underwriting’s DNA
MGA managing director has ‘built an army of skilled and experienced underwriters’ to ensure that brokers don’t need to scour the market and ‘work with other MGAs’
QuestGates boosts net zero drive with Carbon Calculator launch
Cutting carbon has fallen down the agenda for some due to claims inflation, says technical and complex loss director for environmental
Robin Hoekstra: Outworx plans to double in size by 2025 by continuing to serve UK brokers
Although already expanding in its native South Africa, chief executive confirms that the outsourcing firm has plans to arrive in the UK next year to better support broker customers
Neil McCarthy: MPR Underwriting achieves five star success thanks to ‘the quality of our staff’
Describing employees as the firm’s ‘biggest asset’, MGA managing director confirms he is not a believer in the value of eTrading for certain financial lines business
Matthew Puttick: Brokers continue to drive KGM Underwriting Services’ ambitions
Chief executive explains that the MGA is striving ‘to be the best that we can be’ in the UK motor insurance market because ‘if you stand still, you fail’
Douglas 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’.
Isabelle 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
Like 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
Paul 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
Aviva ‘continually committed to its broker channel’ – Maria Crockart
The insurer has seen its gross written premium in digital SME improve in its half-year results because it has listened to brokers needs
Paul 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’.
Domenico del Re: Insurance industry must support roll out of green technology
The insurance industry must lead on green tech cover to support UK’s transition to net zero, says PWC partner.
David Howden: Rise of the underdog
The insurance industry must be a ‘force for good’ rather than ‘the naysayers we are sometimes seen as’, says broker boss
Lea Cheesbrough: The ex-broker shifting appointed representatives away from a ‘tarnished’ reputation
The FCA’s new regulations on ARs will provide a boost to AR networks, says managing director
Joshua Motta: The MGA hitting the UK with ‘reinvented’ cyber security insurance
It is now harder than ever to purchase cyber insurance in the UK, with capacity being pulled back, increasing exclusions and price increases – but Coalition aims to overhaul the market at a time when SMEs need it most
