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Andrew Wallin on turbo-charging Ardonagh Specialty
The completion of Ardonagh’s $500m (£374.4m) takeover of the insurance operations of BGC Partners will turbocharge the business, according to Ardonagh Specialty CEO Andrew Wallin.
RSA’s Mandy Hunt on bringing through the next generation
Mandy Hunt, chief underwriting officer for commercial lines at RSA and chair of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Society of Underwriting Professionals, looks at the challenges and actions needed to make insurance a career of choice and attract the best, most appropriate and diverse talent.
Claims volumes surge as a result of Storm Arwen
Insurers have received thousands of claims as Storm Arwen brought 98 miles per hour winds causing power cuts and travel disruption across the UK.
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Briefing: Carrying the can in the AR sector
The debacle which led to the Financial Conduct Authority ordering Munich Re Digital Partners to get John Lewis to pull its ‘Let Life Happen’ home insurance advert has intensified the focus on appointed representatives, a sector not short of regulatory attention.
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Briefing: Does the Lemonade-Metromile deal signal the beginning of an insurtech M&A boom?
Post content director Jonathan Swift looks at the rationale behind Lemonade’s proposed takeover of Metromile and asks if the UK could be poised to a see a deal of similar scale among domestic insurtechs.
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