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Turning London from testbed to hotbed of innovation
Tokio Marine Kiln’s head of innovation describes the emergence of a market in new products centred on Lloyd’s Lab

Reputation is everything: Asta’s Harfitt
Lloyd’s third-party managing agency Asta has significantly increased the scale and scope of its business in recent years but it is also braced for a more challenging market environment, its chief executive, Lorraine Harfitt, says

US politics poses latest threat to wind energy: McGill’s Sexton
‘The development of new offshore wind projects in the US is pretty much dead for the next four years,’ McGill and Partners’ head of renewables, power and energy, Tom Sexton, says

Real fitness starts with core strength: Nexus’s Rouse
In his first interview since becoming Nexus Underwriting’s chief executive, Stuart Rouse describes the vital features of a healthy managing general agent

Reinsurer association warns of legal uncertainty in Brazil
New insurance contract rules threaten to disrupt market practices and could affect the availability of capacity in Brazil, Rafaela Barreda, president of trade association Fenaber, says

Deciphering the energy risk code: WTW’s Mackenzie
‘There can't be any certainty when we're governed by politicians who are thinking within election cycles, and we're trying to design the energy system for the next 50 years,’ argues global head of Willis Natural Resources

Differentiated underwriting is crucial in a soft market: LSM’s Prato
The convergence of the soft market with the bifurcation of the subscription market is a cause for concern, the head of Liberty Specialty Markets’ London operations says

Seville conference will deliver clarity on disaster risk
Centre for Disaster Protection executive director explains progress at UN, World Bank and IMF fora for pre-arranged finance for disaster relief

How to build a climate finance ecosystem
Managing director and head of climate, diversity and advisory at the UK’s development finance institution outlines how DFIs are innovating to fund the transition to net zero

‘The unsolved puzzle of climate finance’: Munich Re Specialty’s Richardson
‘There is the need to work together with partners across industries on the practical questions of who is going to allocate the required capital,’ Julian Richardson, the chief underwriting officer of Green Solutions at Munich Re Specialty, says

The marine market must work together to improve shipping safety
If the International Group of P&I Clubs and other maritime industry bodies work with the Together in Safety consortium, the result will be a dramatically improved and sustained safety performance by the shipping industry, says Grahaeme Henderson

Contingent risk capital will drive climate finance: Howden’s Douglas
‘Insurability will be seen as the sharp end of the spear in terms of financial viability and long-term value,’ Howden’s chief executive of climate risk and resilience, Rowan Douglas, says
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