Insurance Covered

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Stephen Weinstein, Chair of the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA). The topic for discussion is the Bermuda Insurance Market and why it has become a global insurance hub.  In this episode we cover: Who the Bermuda Business Development Agency are and what they focus onAn overview of the Bermuda insurance market todayA look at how and why Bermuda became a hub for insurance and the key stages in its developmentCurrent pressures facing the Bermuda marketThe future development of the Bermuda Insurance market We hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Tom Beckett who a broker with CityNet Insurance Brokers and in this episode, we discuss why Tom chose to start his career in insurance and why others should consider doing the same.  In this episode we discuss: What led Tom into the insurance worldWhat his first impressions of insurance wereWhat roles he has held so farHow the pandemic impacted him as a young person in the insurance industryWhat insurance training / qualifications he has doneWhy gen-z should consider a career in insuranceWe hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Seth Williams of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) which is also their topic for discussion.In this episode we discuss:Who the ABI are and why they were formedWhat their role in the insurance market isThe work they are doing in the area of climate changeThe role the ABI and the insurance industry can play in relieving climate change pressureHow they work with similar organisations across the world We hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by returning guest Tom Johansmeyer, Head of Porperty Claims services at Verisk. In this episode they discuss and try to answer the following question: 'Is cyber insurance in crisis?'.In this episode we discuss:What is typically covered in a cyber policyThe three main categories of loss in a cyber policyWhy Tom sees 2017 as a critical year for cyber insuranceExpected growth of the cyber insurance market over the next five yearsReasons why cyber insurance may be considered to be in crisisWhat can be done to rectify the issues currently affecting the cyber marketWe hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Julian Richardson, CEO of Parhelion Underwriting and our topic for this episode is sustainable insurance.In this episode we discuss:Who Parhelion areWhy they decided to launch the worlds first fully sustainable insurer and how they plan to do itESG as a driving force for changeInsurance as a 'great enabler' for sustainable changeThe impact Parhelion hope to have over the next 20 yearsWe hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Season 3 of Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In our first episode of the year Peter is joined by Carl Carter, UK Country CEO at CPP Group UK and our topic for this episode is parametric insurance and its applications in travel insurance.In this episode we discuss:What parametric insurance isWhy it parametric cover pairs so well with travelHow travel insurance has become a form of embedded insurance in some package holidaysCurrent themes in the travel insurance marketHow travel insurance has evolved over the last 20 yearsExpected developments in parametric travel insurance in the futureWe hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Andy Bord, CEO of Flood Re, a specialist UK reinsurer of flood risks. In this episode we will be discussing all things Flood Re, including:Why Flood Re was formedWhat is the goal of Flood ReDoes it achieve what it sets out toExamples of how Flood Re works in practiceClimate change and ESG, how that impacts Flood Re and their operation Why Flood Re is set to close in 2039We hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Craig Turnbull, Senior Technical Specialist at the Bank of England, and our topic is the birth of modern life assurance. Craig has a long background in the actuarial space and has even written a book called A History of British Actuarial Thought in which he discusses, amongst other things, the development that led to the creation of Equitable Life and the birth of modern life assurance, which is what we discuss on this episode. In this episode we discuss:What life assurance looked like in the 1700s compared to what we know it as in the present.How statistics and probability theory helped develop modern life assuranceThe role James Dodson and the idea of a lifetime policy played in modern life assuranceHow Equitable Life was founded using Dodson's ideas in 1762How life assurance has developed in the years sinceWe hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Will Bloomer, Chief Corporate & Legal Affairs Officer at Howden Group and we will be discussing the role of an in-house lawyer in the insurance market.In this episode we discuss: What an in-house legal role entailsKey differences between a private practice lawyer and in-house counsel.Will's current role at Howden GroupWe hope you enjoy the episode, if you did please subscribe to stay up to date with future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Insurance Covered. In this episode Peter is joined by Sarah Kocianski, Strategic Insight Lead at Founders Factory, an accelerator that invests in FinTech and InsurTech start ups. In this episode Sarah gives us an introduction to InsurTech and its different uses in the market. In this episode we look at:What is meant by the term InsurTech, jargon terms and what it meansUses of InsurTech (e.g. pricing risks contract creation & process improvement)Embedded insurance & parametric insuranceHow InsurTech has changed insurance The current InsurTech market and what comes nextWe hope you enjoy this episode, if you did please subscribe to keep up to date with future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.