Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Richard Matsui, Co-founder of kWh Analytics, and they will be discussing the insurance of renewable energy sources with a particular focus on solar power.

In this episode we discuss:

• Who kWh Analytics are, and what kind of data they monitor
• How kWh became involved with insurance
• how data can drive innovative insurance products 
• how those innovative insurance products can positively aid the transition away from fossil fuels

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Welcome to a special episode of Insurance Covered, celebrating our 50th episode. In this episode Peter interviews Sir Bernard Rix discussing his career as a barrister and a judge, focusing on the judgements he made that impacted the insurance industry.

 In this episode we discuss:

• Sir Bernard's early career as a barrister and his journey to becoming a judge.
• How Sir Bernard became known as an insurance specialist.
• The key insurance judgements made by Sir Bernard.
• Sir Bernard's favorite cases he passed judgement on

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Stephen Weinstein, Chair of the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA). The topic for discussion is the Bermuda Insurance Market and why it has become a global insurance hub.

 In this episode we cover:

• Who the Bermuda Business Development Agency are and what they focus on
• An overview of the Bermuda insurance market today
• A look at how and why Bermuda became a hub for insurance and the key stages in its development
• Current pressures facing the Bermuda market
• The future development of the Bermuda Insurance market

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Tom Beckett who a broker with CityNet Insurance Brokers and in this episode, we discuss why Tom chose to start his career in insurance and why others should consider doing the same.

 In this episode we discuss:

• What led Tom into the insurance world
• What his first impressions of insurance were
• What roles he has held so far
• How the pandemic impacted him as a young person in the insurance industry
• What insurance training / qualifications he has done
• Why gen-z should consider a career in insurance

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Seth Williams of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) which is also their topic for discussion.

In this episode we discuss:

• Who the ABI are and why they were formed
• What their role in the insurance market is
• The work they are doing in the area of climate change
• The role the ABI and the insurance industry can play in relieving climate change pressure
• How they work with similar organisations across the world

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by returning guest Tom Johansmeyer, Head of Porperty Claims services at Verisk. In this episode they discuss and try to answer the following question: 'Is cyber insurance in crisis?'.

In this episode we discuss:

• What is typically covered in a cyber policy
• The three main categories of loss in a cyber policy
• Why Tom sees 2017 as a critical year for cyber insurance
• Expected growth of the cyber insurance market over the next five years
• Reasons why cyber insurance may be considered to be in crisis
• What can be done to rectify the issues currently affecting the cyber market

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Julian Richardson, CEO of Parhelion Underwriting and our topic for this episode is sustainable insurance.

In this episode we discuss:

• Who Parhelion are
• Why they decided to launch the worlds first fully sustainable insurer and how they plan to do it
• ESG as a driving force for change
• Insurance as a 'great enabler' for sustainable change
• The impact Parhelion hope to have over the next 20 years

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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 is
• Why it parametric cover pairs so well with travel
• How travel insurance has become a form of embedded insurance in some package holidays
• Current themes in the travel insurance market
• How travel insurance has evolved over the last 20 years
• Expected developments in parametric travel insurance in the future

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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 formed
• What is the goal of Flood Re
• Does it achieve what it sets out to
• Examples of how Flood Re works in practice
• Climate change and ESG, how that impacts Flood Re and their operation
• Why Flood Re is set to close in 2039

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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 assurance
• The role James Dodson and the idea of a lifetime policy played in modern life assurance
• How Equitable Life was founded using Dodson's ideas in 1762
• How life assurance has developed in the years since

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