Insurance Covered

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode we are doing something a little different, Peter is joined by an ensemble cast of experts to answer the question, in the Star Wars universe, could the Death Star be insured, and if so, what policies would cover it.

Peter is joined by:

• Bruce Carman, CUO at Hive Underwriters
• Calum Lamont KC, Barrister at Keating Chambers
• Neil Fleming, Space Risk Analyst at Ascot Group
• Paul Miller, Compliance Recruiter at HFG

In this episode we cover:

• What exactly is a Death Star
• If an aviation war insurer would consider insuring the Death Star and what the concerns of underwriting the Death Star would be
• Whether there would be a claim resulting from the inherent design flaws that resulted in it's destruction
• If any kind of space insurance would cover the Death Star in a similar way in which it would insure satellites
• The answer to the question: Is the Death Star insurable.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Rowan Douglas, CEO of Climate Risk and Resilience at Howden. In this episode they discuss the role insurance has to play in building resilience in the face of climate change.

In this episode we cover:

• Insurance as a force for good
• Rowan's talk at COP28
• How insurance can help in humanity's goal to transition to net zero
• How in the short term insurance can help us bounce back from the impact of the climate crisis

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Dr. Franziska Arnold Dwyer. In this episode they discuss her new book, Insurance, Climate Change and the Law, which among other things looks at insurance as the great enabler for change.

In this episode we cover:

• Why Franziska made the leap from private practice to academia
• Why she decided to focus on insurance and climate change in her book
• Why Franziska believes insurers should actively adopt a role that forces positive change
• Three concepts 'insuring green', 'not insuring brown' and 'greening insurance' .
• The challenges insurers will likely face as they become the enablers.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Avril le Pitre, Founder and CEO of Adverse Selection, a brand new MGA that offers protection for politicians.

In this episode we cover:

• How Avril identified this need for politicians insurance
• What the policies cover and how many politicians are purchasing this insurance
• Jurisdictions that they currently cover and possible expansions
• New products Avril is looking to launch in the future

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Sarah Howell, Claims Manager at Liberty Specialty Markets, and the topic for discussion is the 5 secrets to handling large claims.

In this episode we cover:

• Sarah's career in insurance
• What makes a 'large claim'
• Sarah's 5 secrets on how to effectively manage large claims
• Which of the 5 secrets is the most important

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by two guests, Charles Boorman, CEO and James Sterling, Head of Claims, at Kayzen Specialty a new MGA, and in this episode we discuss the story of how Kayzen was formed.

In this episode we discuss:

• A recap on what an MGA actually is and what role they play.
• How MGA's differ from insurers.
• Who Kayzen are and what lines of business they write.
• Why Charles decided to start an MGA.
• Why Kayzen decided to both underwrite and manage the claims.
• The plans for Kayzen's future.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Hannah Gurga, Director General of the ABI, and they will be discussing Hannah's role at the ABI.

In this episode we cover:

• An overview of the ABI
• What the role of Director General entails and if it differs to that of a CEO
• How the governance of the ABI is organised
• The ABI's current 3 year strategy, the aims of it and what progress has been made
• The issues Hannah has on her radar for the insurance industry

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Charlie Hanbury, CEO of Samphire MGA, and in this episode they will be discussing all things K&R, that's kidnap and ransom insurance.

In this episode we cover:

• What kidnap and ransom insurance covers
• How common kidnap is around the world
• Who buys this kind of cover and why?
• How kidnap and ransom insurance has developed in the last century and how it may develop in the future

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Robert Hartwig, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of South Carolina. I this episode they discuss the concept of moral hazard in insurance.

In this episode we cover:

• What is meant by the term moral hazard.
• The two forms of moral hazard.
• How insurers protect themselves against moral hazard.
• The other side of moral hazard, can it actually be a good thing as well?
• Insurance as an enabler, providing a financial safety net for when risk goes wrong.
• Links between moral hazard and the climate crisis.

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