Harriet Scott

London

Co-Presenter, Magic Radio Breakfast with Gok Wan & Harriet Scott at Magic Radio

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Articles

UK trade credit insurance market stable amid economic uncertainty - Marsh

3 weeks ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

However, market participants will be keeping a close eye on capacity for this line of business because ’as credit limits increase, the cost of goods increase and that can create capacity issues’The UK trade credit insurance market has stabilised after insurers avoided knee-jerk reactions to economic changes to instead take more bespoke, individual rating action on a firm-by-firm basis.
In Focus: How important is it for insurance to move beyond indemnity and into risk mitigation?

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

Although indemnifying policyholders following an insured event is the principal premise of insurance, insurers, brokers and MGAs alike are taking greater interest in risk mitigation and prevention strategies to help nip claims in the bud - but how prevalent is this trend and in what lines of business is it most popular?
Biba 2025: The real challenge with MGAs is building longevity to 'reduce volatility'- Lockton’s Clarissa Franks

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

A ‘six-month lag’ while MGAs review broker collaboration opportunities with capacity partners is ’deeply problematic’, says broker’s head of UK P&C retailMGAs’ value to brokers will be volatile unless these businesses can prove their sustainability, warned Clarissa Franks, head of UK property and casualty retail at broker Lockton.
UK insurance market records 3.2% growth for 2024 - Allianz

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

‘Insurance remains a growth industry – however, this growth is largely fuelled by policy inaction,’ says chief economistThe UK insurance market has recorded “a more normal growth” rate of 3.2% in 2024 following record-high growth of 13.8% in 2023, driven by premium increases and high interest rates. This is according to the latest Global Insurance Report 2025, published on 27 May 2025 by insurer Allianz. This research analysed year-on-year developments in various insurance markets worldwide.
Biba 2025: Commercial market is 'changing more rapidly' than ever before - Allianz’s Nick Hobbs

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

’The market is changing more rapidly than I’ve ever seen in my career. It’s moving in a different direction at a rate of knots,’ says chief distribution officerAs the commercial market is now changing “more rapidly” than in prior years, brokers that fail to adapt risk being left behind.
Aviva partners with CyberCube to enhance cyber risk management

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

Aviva says it is the first insurer to integrate this into its exposure management strategy on a recurring basisAviva has announced that it will adopt CyberCube’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool to map the behaviour of cyber threat actors and the technologies they most frequently target. The insurer said the provider’s Portfolio Threat Actor Intelligence Service and suite of cyber analytics software would strengthen its cyber exposure management strategy.
Biba 2025: Extinction Rebellion target conference for third year

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

’Biba needs to decide if ‘A New Era’ means floods, fires, heat waves and climate chaos, or one where brokers refuse to cover carbon bomb projects,’ says protester Climate activists protested outside the Biba Conference in Manchester today (14 May 2025) to demand that the industry stops backing fossil fuel projects.
Extinction Rebellion target Biba for third year

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

’Biba needs to decide if ‘A New Era’ means floods, fires, heat waves and climate chaos, or one where brokers refuse to cover carbon bomb projects,’ says protester Climate activists protested outside the Biba Conference in Manchester today (14 May 2025) to demand that the industry stops backing fossil fuel projects.
Inefficient prioritisation by insurers harming broker response times

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

‘Insurers working in date order when looking to manage their workloads and resources is a problem for the industry,’ says chief executiveInefficient prioritisation by insurers is reducing response times to brokers, Mike Latham, chief executive at Verlingue, has warned. Latham said that insurers tend to deal with requests in date order and that ”sometimes we’re going to renewal meetings with gaps in reports because we’re still waiting for responses which we’ve asked for in plenty of time”.
Gallagher appoints new non-executive director

1 month ago | insurancetimes.co.uk | Harriet Scott

‘I am very much looking forward to joining Gallagher and working with its executive team to help the business continue to excel,’ says appointeeGallagher has appointed Clare Francis as an independent non-executive director. As part of her role, Francis will become the chair of the remuneration committee and a member of the nominations, audit and risk committees.