Insurance Covered

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to Insurance Covered. In this episode our guest is Paul Miller, Senior Consultant at HFG Insurance Recruitment, and we will be discussing the sinking of the Titanic from an insurance perspective. In this episode we look at:·A historical background to the Titanic·Insurance claims coming from the construction of the Titanic·Insurance claims and pay-out resulting from the sinking·The impact the sinking had on the insurance industry We hope you enjoy this episode, if you did please subscribe to keep up to date with future episodes.