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IQUW Selects mea’s GenAI-Powered Platform to Enhance Service Proposition  

IQUW Selects mea’s GenAI-Powered Platform to Enhance Service Proposition  
Sarah Javin-Fisher

We're pleased to announce a strategic partnership with mea, implementing their advanced AI-powered processing platform to revolutionise underwriting efficiency across IQUW’s (re)insurance operations. The partnership will enhance IQUW’s underwriting productivity and improve service as the (re)insurer continues to focus on delivering seamless broker experiences. The partnership, which is currently live within IQUW’s Director and Officer…

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Dan Callow – Defining ‘unprecedented’ in the world of political violence

Dan Callow – Defining ‘unprecedented’ in the world of political violence
Sarah Javin-Fisher

Political violence insurers are facing arguably the greatest level of volatility for decades with an escalation in the number of unexpected events. Dan Callow, Lead Underwriter Political Violence & Terrorism, War, in conversation with Francis Churchill from Insurance Day, examines issues around political unrest. Dan points out the critical role social media plays in amplifying…

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Stephen Young & Aleksandra Borodina – Collaboration needed to meet challenge of new primary perils

Stephen Young & Aleksandra Borodina – Collaboration needed to meet challenge of new primary perils
Sarah Javin-Fisher

Does the rising impact of perils outside of hurricane and earthquake on the re/insurance industry mean they are no longer ‘secondary’?"With secondary perils like wildfires and floods now responsible for 67% of natural peril insured losses in 2023, these risks can no longer be viewed as secondary. The re/insurance industry must prioritize collaboration to improve…

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Peter Hearn joins IQUW as Non-Executive Board Director

Peter Hearn joins IQUW as Non-Executive Board Director
Sarah Javin-Fisher

IQUW is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Hearn as an independent Non-Executive Director to the IQUW Holdings Bermuda Board. Hearn is widely recognised as a visionary leader and brings over four decades of experience in the global insurance and reinsurance broker sector, including various senior leadership roles, most recently as Marsh McLennan Vice…

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Meet the team: Mel Lopes, Assistant Underwriter and Analyst

Meet the team: Mel Lopes, Assistant Underwriter and Analyst
Sarah Javin-Fisher

How did you first arrive in the insurance industry? Living in Bermuda, which is a big re/insurance hub, I knew about the industry. I studied Business Administration, majoring in Accounting at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, but by fourth year I had realised accountancy wasn’t for me. After moving back to Bermuda post-graduation, I applied…

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Stephen Young – Reinsurance demand-supply balance on the line

Stephen Young – Reinsurance demand-supply balance on the line
Sarah Javin-Fisher

Stephen Young, Global Head of Reinsurance, CEO Bermuda discusses with Global Reinsurance market dynamics amid challenging losses in recent years. Stephen comments, "After reinsurers suffered multiple challenging losses, a re-evaluation of coverage, attachment points and rate increases has propelled reinsurance returns into the mid-20s in 2023 and have made for a more orderly renewal period…

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Meet the team: Tilly Milnes, Senior Claims Handler
Tilly Milnes, Senior Claims Handler at IQUW

Meet the team: Tilly Milnes, Senior Claims Handler
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How did you first arrive in the insurance industry? I started my career as a solicitor in one of the largest international insurance law firms, Kennedys. Like many people, I didn’t set out to have a career in insurance, but I feel extremely lucky to have landed in this industry. Kennedys were one of the…

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IQUW promotes Robbie MacDonald to Head of Property

IQUW promotes Robbie MacDonald to Head of Property
Sarah Javin-Fisher

Property and specialty insurer and reinsurer, IQUW, has announced the promotion of Robbie MacDonald to Head of Property. MacDonald has been promoted from the position of Head of Property, Direct and Facultative (D&F) which he has held since May 2023, where he co-lead IQUW Property alongside Head of Property, Delegated Authority (DA), Tom Hennessey. “I…

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IQUW Live Welcomes Rory Stewart, Electoral Fallout: Crisis on a Global Scale

IQUW Live Welcomes Rory Stewart, Electoral Fallout: Crisis on a Global Scale
Sarah Javin-Fisher

Our regular IQUW Live events offer brokers an alternative view on the intelligent use of data, automation and the importance of human expertise across a range of topics. This month, we welcomed the Rt Hon Rory Stewart, politician, diplomat and academic, to discuss 2024, the year of elections, where more than 49% of the world’s…

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Meet the team: Andrew Lewis, Lead Underwriter, Cyber

Meet the team: Andrew Lewis, Lead Underwriter, Cyber
Sarah Javin-Fisher

While Cyber insurance only being a relatively new class of business within the insurance market it has grown and changed substantially within its short existence.Here Lead Cyber Underwriter Andrew Lewis talks about his happy accident of a career in underwriting along with the challenges and opportunities faced in the constantly evolving Cyber insurance market. How…

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