Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Neta Rozy, CTO of Parametrix, and they will be discussing the creation of a new class of insurance.

In this episode we discuss:

• Background on Parametrix, who they are and what they do
• What downtime insurance is and why it would be needed
• How the idea of downtime insurance was developed
• How they turned the concept into a reality
• The challenges faced taking it to market
• An overview of where they are today

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Karen Clark, Co-Founder of Karen Clark & Company and they will be discussing catastrophe risk modelling.

In this episode we discuss:

• What a catastrophe risk model is and how it can be used
• Primary uses of these models for insurers - with a focus on hurricanes
• The importance of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 to catastrophe risk modelling
• The most costly event ever modelled
• The impact climate change is having on catastrophe risk modelling

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Ben Bolton for his second appearance on the podcast. In this episode we discuss the growing importance of brand in commercial insurance.

In this episode we discuss:

• Ben's new venture Insurindex - which looks at brand power and brand awareness in the insurance industry
• What makes a 'power brand' and a 'challenger brand'
• A general view of how strong brands are within the insurance world
• How a strong brand can be created and maintained
• Why brand is becoming increasingly important to consumers

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Martin Ellis, Executive Director at Howden and our topic of discussion is Lawyers professional indemnity insurance.

In this episode we discuss:

• Martins career in broking
• The current state of the lawyers PI market
• The factors that causing the 'hard market'
• The consequences of the hard market
• The impact of Covid-19 and cyber attacks on solicitors PI

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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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