Insurance Uncut

This week we talk to Laura Hobern and Katie Garner from LCP, who are joining the Insurance Uncut team. We discuss: • The new hosting line-up and the perspectives they will bring to the podcast. • Some insurance market hot topics on our minds right now, including climate change, inflation and 2025 year-end developments. • How AI is shaping the market, and other themes emerging from the PRA’s 2026 D...

This week we talk to Nick Wolfe, Head of Specialty at NorthStandard. We discuss: • What makes P&I clubs different to other insurers. • The speciality insurance lines that Nick looks after and potential impacts of recent geo-political events. • The importance of culture in managing a team and when merging firms.

This week we talk to Nick Line, 2 months into his new role as Chief Underwriting Officer at CFC, to explore what drove the career move and the latest trends shaping underwriting today. We discuss: • A day in a life of a CUO • How to make the most of analytics within underwriting • The latest trends in the cyber market • The importance of culture to an organisation and Nick’s involvement in the Div...

This week we talk to Polly Miller, Legal Director at Clyde & Co, to explore the latest developments in occupational disease litigation. We discuss: • Typical issues that arise in disease claims and how claimant and defendant lawyers approach these • How insurance coverage has evolved over time, including the impact of COVID-19 • Current trends in disease litigation and the emerging risks to watch.

This week we talk to Richard Revill, Head of Corporate Actuarial, and Ed Rolland, Group Senior Reserving Actuary at Canopius Group, about their claims analytics research. We discuss: • The motivation behind the research and the key outcomes • The techniques used and issues faced along the way • Practical applications and next steps for claims analytics research

This week we talk to Jennie Earis, Chief Actuary for Reserving and Capital at Compre Group. We discuss: • The role that legacy insurers play in supporting the wider insurance market and how this is evolving. • Key opportunities and the challenges for the legacy market. • The emerging risks shaping 2026, and how insurers can manage them effectively. • Jennie’s career journey and priorities for the...

This week we talk to Jahan Anzsar, Group Chief Actuary at Beazley. We discuss: • Jahan’s career journey and the skills you need to be an effective chief actuary. • Latest areas of focus on pricing, capital, reserving and analytics over 2026 • How to grow and develop an actuarial team that adds strategic value to the business.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Martin Assmann from Insurance ERM about current hot topics across the insurance market. https://www.insuranceerm.com/news-comment/insuranceerm-launches-its-weekly-podcast-episode-one-out-now.html

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Geraldine Finucane and Hazel Davis from the working party on Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics for Actuaries in Data Science. We discuss what effective governance can look like in practice and how to assess whether your firm’s approach supports meaningful oversight.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to George Wright about getting the right tools and support for modern actuarial modelling.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Debashish Dey. We discuss his latest research combining two hot topics, climate change and AI and also touch upon his career journey.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we get an update from Cian Creedon and Marcus Schofield on the latest from the Claims Inflation Working Party. We discuss; the results from their inflation survey and how expectations for future inflation will vary by line business going forward.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Richard Stock and Tom Saliba from the Flood Working Party on how best to engage with government and other stakeholders to promote early development of a more robust and appropriately funded solution to UK flood risk.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Isabelle Williams and Richard Holloway from LCP about how pricing and capital teams can work together to stay ahead of the curve on emerging risks.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Paul Sweeting about his career, goals for his presidency and the future of the actuarial profession.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Karol Gawlowski and Patricia Wang, IFoA Actuarial Data Science Working Party. We discuss their latest research on Interpretable Boosted GLM, which won them the Brian Hey Prize for 2025.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Catrin Townsend about Price Writers, Catrin's book “A Risky Business” and how we need smarter governance for smarter pricing models. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Risky-Business-Actuarys-Quantifying-Managing/dp/3031116720 https://open.spotify.com/show/4TDqKgBZSIwMqzUJM6H2ke?si=85c7c96d792d4e6c&nd=1&dlsi=25d649a0d9c446c2

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Chris Jones, Doug Woodley and Yousif Al-Ani about the latest on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). We cover: when will we see AVs on UK streets, how will insurance work and who are the key players in development of AVs? https://www.abi.org.uk/products-and-issues/topics-and-issues/driverless-cars/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-jones-051875174/ https://w...

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Amit Parmar about electric vehicles. We discuss the research Amit and Conor Woods have done on whether electric vehicles crash more or less than petrol cars. https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-actuarial-journal/article/examination-of-factors-influencing-accident-frequency-and-severity-of-electric-vehicles-evs-vs-internal-combustion...

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to James Orr and Oliver Bettis from the IFoA Climate Sensitivity Working Party to discuss there latest research on climate sensitivity, which looks at why we should we care and what can we do if it’s more than we thought?

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Gwen Chan on: “more data or more model? - a framework for achieving predictive analytics objectives in specialty insurance”. Gwen’s and Priyank’s research is looking to measure the predictiveness of different datasets.

As part of the GIRO 2025 mini-series, we speak to Cat Drummond and Tom Durkin about their presentations on Capital modelling and validation market review: Industry trends and best practices.

This week we talk to Lara Palmer and Jade Lagrue from LCP about their new research on modelling reserve risk. We discuss: • Limitations of current reserve risk modelling. • What analysis have you considered as part of the research • What are the possible applications and next steps for the research

This week we talk to Gerry Quirk, Partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, about Part VII transfers. We discuss: • How do Part VII transfers work and who are the key stakeholders? • What are the different motivations for firms to do a Part VII and how have these changed over time? • What are the latest trends in Part VII transfers? • What process is used in other countries?

This week we talk to LCP principal Cecilia Cheuk about the latest developments in the Irish market. We discuss: • Overview of the Irish market. • What are the latest initiatives from the Irish Government and the CBI? • What has been the impact on the Irish market post Brexit? • How are firms tackling climate change and making the most of AI?