Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Lord Peter Hain, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and member of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's Government. In this episode they discuss Peter's involvement in the Good Friday agreement where a peaceful end to hostilities in Northern Ireland was successfully negotiated.

In this episode we cover:

• A brief overview of the history behind the tension and conflict in Northern Ireland.
• Peter's involvement in the Good Friday Agreement which ended the trouble.
• Peter's role as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
• How peace was achieved.
• The lessons we can learn from this, and for future political negotiations.

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by Samantha Lydon, Founder of Empower Development, and in this episode they discuss the 5 things every insurance professional should do at the start of their career.

In this episode we cover:

• How Sam got started in the insurance world
• the 5 things insurance professionals should aim to do at the start of their career:

1. Get comfortable being uncomfortable
2. Build a foundation of knowledge
3. Create a strategic network
4. Get curious
5. Focus on building you

• How this differs from what Chat GPT suggests
• Sam's top tips on thriving in insurance

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by James Kench, Head of insurance at Kita, an MGA that specialises in carbon insurance, which is what they discuss.

In this episode we cover:

• What carbon credits are and the carbon credit market
• The distinction between net zero and carbon neutral
• What is meant by carbon offsetting
• Examples of where carbon credits are used
• Kita's role in the insurance of carbon credits

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this 2 part series, Peter is joined by Marc Adee, CEO and Chairman of Crum & Forster to discuss social inflation the causes, challenges and consequences of it and the steps that can be taken to mitigate the challenges.

In part 2 we cover:

• The potential solutions to social inflation
• How AI can have a positive impact on overcoming social inflation
• How social inflation is likely to develop in the future

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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In the first of a 2 part series, Peter is joined by Marc Adee, CEO and Chairman of Crum & Forster to discuss social inflation the causes, challenges and consequences of it and the steps that can be taken to mitigate the challenges.

In part 1 we cover:

• What is meant by the term social inflation
• Why it is primarily as US issue
• The consequences of social inflation for insurers

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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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