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Kate Hughes, Underwriter for Political Violence and Terror shares her insights with Francis Churchill, Insurance Day: “We are now seeing general liability policies restrict their cover, which is driving an increase in demand for terror and active assailant liability in the political violence insurance market”Rising geopolitical instability and a change in the nature of the…
read moreTell us how you arrived in the insurance industry and about your career before IQUW. I was in touch with a charity called The Brokerage Citylink, which helps students from low socio-economic areas into City roles. Through them, I got a summer placement with Ark Syndicate on the Energy underwriting team before my economics degree…
read moreTell us about how you got into insurance and your career prior to joining IQUW. After realising that my initial career hope of becoming a dentist was not going to work out, I decided to enrol in a Chemistry degree at Cardiff University. I wasn’t really wedded to the pharmaceutical R&D route, so while I…
read moreTell us how you joined the insurance industry I didn’t know anything about the insurance industry and had applied to a variety of different graduate schemes in different financial sectors. I ended up joining the Marsh graduate scheme in 2021. I studied Economics and Politics at university, so when I was put into the Political…
read moreDiscussing this significant milestone with ReInsurance Business, Stephen Young, CEO, IQUW Bermuda, explains how our A-minus AM Best rating provides IQUW with the flexibility to underwrite reinsurance business from both its Bermuda platform and its Lloyd’s Syndicate 1856. Stephen commented, "It’s the next natural step in IQUW’s evolution and one that will improve its relevance…
read moreDavid Morris, Director of Underwriting, joins David Melvin on the Insurindex podcast to talk about how IQUW is intelligently combining data, insights and human expertise to make fast, informed decisions which helped us win the Gracechurch Outstanding Service Underwriting Award. Listen to the podcast here:
read moreWe are pleased to announce that we have been assigned an A- rating from global credit rating agency AM Best. The A- rating marks another milestone in the Group’s evolution as it looks to expand its third-party reinsurance business from its Bermuda platform. This provides IQUW with broader ability to serve clients and brokers worldwide,…
read moreWe are proud to announce the launch of a new Active Assailant offering and partnership with Crisis24, a world-leading crisis response specialist. Active Assailant insurance provides cover for a physical attack carried out by an individual or group who are engaged in causing, or attempting to cause, bodily injury, death or property damage with the…
read moreWe are delighted to announce record profits, delivering a combined operating ratio of 83.3% (80.9% in 2023), in our financial results for the year ending 31 December 2024. Gross written premiums grew 22% year-on-year to $1.1Bn as the firm added a fourth consecutive year of growth since its formation in 2021. “I am delighted with…
read moreFrancis Churchill from Insurance Day discusses how the evolution of follow businesses at Lloyd's is pushing insurers to think about how they structure their approach and leading to a growth in portfolio underwriting. Elisabeth Groehe, Lead Underwriter, comments:"In listening to our broker partners and clients, we have seen increasing demand for capital to support specialist…
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