Interviews

60 seconds with Chris Newton

29/07/2011

Brokers need to better understand cyber risks and insurance if they are to meet rising demand, says Chris Newton, Managing Director of Principia Underwriting, a specialist network risk, media and cyber underwriting agency operating through Aquila Underwriting.

60 seconds with Jose Ribeiro

01/07/2011

Insurance remains a key facilitator of international trade and is playing an important role in the development of emerging markets, says Jose Ribeiro Director, International Markets at Lloyd’s.

60 seconds with Chris Kelleher

20/06/2011

Chris Kelleher is Vice President for All Risks Ltd, a US broker based in Maryland, specialising in A&E, Self Storage, and Insurance Agent's E&O.

60 seconds with… Miles Taffs

15/06/2011

Miles Taffs, head of aviation at Amlin London, has been in the airline insurance business for 25 years. And although he’s read a lot of air accident reports in that time, he doesn’t have a fear of flying

60 seconds with Rupert Sawyer

20/05/2011

Natural catastrophes and political upheaval around the world have hampered production across a number of industries and led to an increase in demand for trade disruption insurance. From car dye to chocolate, products many take for granted can suddenly become inaccessible when the worst happens. Rupert Sawyer, a supply chain expert at Miller, explains the impact of big events in today’s globalised world and the role that risk management and insurance play.

60 seconds with Ralph van Helden

29/03/2011

Ralph is Lloyd’s first Country Manager for the Benelux region. He began the job in August 2010, after a 22-year career in the Dutch insurance industry, during which he worked for Rabobank, ING and Marsh.

60 secs with Terri Vaughan

23/03/2011

Insurance supervisors in the US and Europe can learn from each others’ experiences, according to Terri Vaughan. On a recent trip to London, the chief executive of the NAIC gave her views to lloyds.com

Insurers must lobby to head off misguided regulation

23/03/2011

The insurance industry must work closely with regulators to help them understand the damaging effects of systemic risk rules, higher capital requirements and unnecessary additional layers of supervision, according to XL Group Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick.

60 seconds with Tangy Morgan

18/03/2011

American Tangy Morgan has spent nine years in London, most recently as Deputy Head of Underwriting Performance at Lloyd’s in a role that has taken her from the coalface of underwriting to a position of oversight within the market. Her varied career has given her the opportunity to indulge her big love for travel as she sets her sights on her only continent left to explore: Antarctica.

Lord Levene at the World Economic Forum 2011

26/01/2011