Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this special Christmas episode Peter is joined by an ensemble cast of insurance experts to discuss the insurance of the core elements of Christmas, from the tree and the presents under it, to the turkey and wine enjoyed at the dinner table.

The guests include:

• Gordon Steward - the insurance of Christmas trees.        
• Angus Withington KC - the insurance of presents.
• Toby Behrmann - the insurance of wine.
• Camilla Curry - the insurance of turkeys.      
• Alex Nott - the insurance of vegetables.
• Jonathan Kelly - the insurance of cheese.
• Alexandra Richards - the insurance of Whiskey.     

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Tom Wilde, CEO of Indico Data and in this episode they discuss the importance of having high quality data.

In this episode we cover:

• The importance of good data for making informed decisions in insurance.
• The role of AI in revolutionising data processing and making data more useable and accessible.
• The need for insurers to leverage better data for competitive advantage.
• The importance of having a data strategy in place.
• How good data can positively impact insurance (underwriting decisions, reserving).

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Caroline Bell, Head of Wordings at QBE. In this episode they discuss all things policy wordings.

In this episode we cover:

• The drafting of insurance policies.
• The importance of avoiding ambiguity.
• The structure of traditional insurance policies.
• The differences with parametric insurance policies.
• Potential skill shortages in the wordings market.
• The extent to which AI can help with policy drafting.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Joe Dutton, Energy Innovation Lead, at AXIS and in this episode they discuss a recent report Joe co-wrote, Navigating Risk in the Energy Transition.

In this episode we cover:

• The key findings of the report.
• Climate change as a driver of change and a source of risk.
• Whether the deployment of renewables is accelerating despite challenges.
• How insurance can play a strategic role in energy transition.

You can read the full report here

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Trevor Maynard, Senior Insurance Advisor at Insurtech Sotera and Vice Chair and Executive Director at Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. In this episode they discuss systemic risks.

In this episode we cover:

• What systemic risk actually is.
• Recent examples of systemic risks in todays society.
• How the definition of systemic risk has changed over the years.
• The 4 reports written by the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies and Lloyds of London on: volcanoes, economic stagnation, climate and cyber.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by

In this episode we cover:

• The work Value.Space is involved in.
• The monitoring and risk assessment of assets from space.
• How insurers can use Value.Space.
• The future for satellite-based assistance for insurers

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Rachel Delhaise, Head of Sustainability at Convex Insurance. In this episode they discuss her role as Head of Sustainability and what that means for insurance.

In this episode we cover:

• What is meant by sustainability in the context of an insurance company.
• What Rachel's role entails.
• The different ways sustainability can be measured.
• How sustainability goals have changed over the years.
• What is meant by the protection gap and how that impacts sustainability.
• The Convex Seascape survey.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Martin Boreham, Head of Liability at Africa Specialty Risks, and in this episode they discuss the development of insurance in Africa.

In this episode we cover:

• .How much of Africa Martin covers in his role.
• What kind of insurance policy they typically issue.
• What the protection gap is.
• How we can prevent underinsured nations in Africa
• How common parametric insurance is in Africa and how it could be used more.
• The future of insurance in Africa

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Selim Cavanagh, Director at Mind Foundry, an organisation that advises insurers on how to make the most out of AI, which is the topic they discuss.

In this episode we cover:

• Who Mind Foundry are and what they aim to do.
• The types of AI that insurers can benefit from using.
• The practical uses of AI for insurers (pricing, fraud and governance).
• Examples of how AI is currently being used to the benefit of insurers and insureds alike.
• The potential challenges faced when implementing AI and using the data effectively.
• How Selim sees the future of AI in insurance and what that might look like in the coming years.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Meredith Brasher, and in this episode they discuss Cuthbert Heath, an influential name in the history of insurance.

In this episode we cover:

• Who Cuthbert Heath was.
• Why he is considered highly influential in the development of insurance as we know it.
• A look at the insurance lines he created.
• His influence on the self-regulation of insurance.
• Some stories of his work within insurance.

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