Justin Davies of Xceedance tells Intelligent Insurer that the accelerated digitalisation of the insurance market which took place in 2020 due to COVID-19 must continue into 2021. Justin is quoted in the magazine’s 2020 review ‘the year of the swan event.’ where he argues that the enforced digitalisation of the insurance market ushered in by…
In this new virtual environment, something strange is happening. Rein4ce Director Sarah Hills is seeing an interesting new trend – the rise of the second in command. It’s a funny old world. We’re all finding new ways to work, communicate and run our schedules. Personally, I’ve had my own challenges – getting COVID-19, balancing work…
Rein4ce’s newly-appointed Culture Champion, Caitlin Jennings explains how the coronavirus lockdown was an opportunity to implement changes that have made a big impact on staff morale and company culture. When the UK government enforced its COVID-19 lockdown in March, Rein4ce looked to be perfectly poised to carry on working successfully in spite of the team having…
I-J Gujrat, Chief Executive Officer of Machine Cover , tells Leader’s Edge magazine why the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the benefits of using parametric insurance products. I-J said that recent disputes about non-payment of business interruption insurance arising from the pandemic could have been avoided if insurers used parametric triggers. He said current insurance products “essentially…
Sara Ager, Chief Executive Officer of GreenKite Associates, argues that the Covid-19 pandemic is creating opportunities for carriers to innovate and invest in insurtech. In an interview for Intelligent Insurer’s Monte Carlo Today, she states: “We are definitely finding our clients are more willing to invest management time and resources; they are spending more time…
Xceedance Head of EMEA Justin Davies has published an opinion piece in The Actuary arguing for a single industry data format for catastrophe modelling. Justin notes that reinsurers and brokers can spend millions on licence fees for cat models and are closely tied in to their chosen vendor’s data formats, making it very difficult to…
Rein4ce Co-Founder and Partner Stephen Breen is intrigued by how the industry will conduct the renewals season with the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous cancelled, and hopes it will not signal the death knell for the event. In normal times, today would be the most frantic day of the year. Cross-eyed at the keyboard having sent probably…
Rein4ce insurtech client Insurercore appears in the 32nd episode of Insurance Age and Post’s Insurance Covid-Cast: Future of Insurance Work. In the video Peter Clarke, Managing Director, Insurercore, speaks alongside other industry millennials discussing life in lockdown and what changes they want to see in the workplace in a post-Covid-19 world. Topics discussed include: how employers…
Rein4ce promotes Sarah Hills to Director LONDON, 18 FEBRUARY 2020 – Rein4ce, the specialist insurance and reinsurance-focussed public relations agency, has announced that Sarah Hills has been promoted from Senior Account Executive to Director. Sarah’s promotion is in recognition of her performance over the past year, in which she has been instrumental in the success…
Xceedance Head of EMEA Justin Davies writes in Insurance Day that when it comes to seeking insurtech solutions, carriers and brokers need to have a clear understanding of the problem they face. He said the jury is still out on whether insurtech will transform the re/insurance industry in the next few years, but what is…