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 year ahead.

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.

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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.