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Insurance Business provides a unique offering in the insurance space as an aspirational business magazine featuring a series of industry reports that recognize the achievements of key individuals and businesses as well as providing the latest in business best practice in a continually evolving industry.

  1. MAR 23

    Underwriters under the microscope

    In this episode of IB Talk we put underwriters under the microscope with broker James Still, director of Still Insured. What do these guardians of market sustainability do well and what needs to improve? Still examines the underwriter's role that brokers need to appreciate, praises their risk analysis capabilities, and delivers his verdict with case studies from his own business.

    18 min

  2. MAR 23

    How brokers can ride the next wave of MGA growth

    Managing general agents are transforming insurance with speed, specialization, and technology. TMPAA president Brian Cohen joins IB Talk to unpack the current state of the program market, highlight emerging opportunities for brokers, and explain why adaptability (not scale) will define the industry’s future leaders

    30 min

  3. MAR 19

    In 2026, SMEs face evolving risks and opportunities and need the right broker to navigate them

    WTW's Grant Williamson shares key insights for SMEs on managing cyber, supply chain, and emerging risks, and making the most of expert brokerage advice

    16 min

  4. FEB 23

    Beyond insurance: Rethinking risk for high net worth families

    As climate volatility, cyber exposure, and social inflation intensify, insurance availability itself has become a risk for affluent clients. Gia Snape sits down with Diane Delaney of PRMA to explore why modern protection now requires proactive mitigation and a sharper understanding of human risk, and what it truly means to stay insurable in a rapidly shifting landscape.

    14 min

  5. FEB 18

    Why interconnected threats are reshaping complex risk strategy in Canada

    As climate shocks, cyber threats and supply chain disruptions grow more interconnected, Hub International’s Erin Magilton explains why organisations must blend advanced analytics with human judgment and treat insurers as partners in resilience rather than just sources of capacity.

    12 min

  6. FEB 6

    AI, super charged brokers and a vanishing training ladder

    As AI tears through brokers’ workflows, from unstructured data and risk surveys to policy design, what happens to the traditional learning curve and the next generation of talent? In this IB Talk, JAVLN CEO David Leach explore AI’s biggest wins for intermediaries, its toughest questions for jobs and training and how the broker’s role could look very different in a few years’ time.

    25 min

  7. JAN 29

    What Canadian boards need to prepare for as D&O risk evolves

    As ESG rules diverge globally and AI accelerates faster than regulation, Marsh's Robyn Campbell outlines the risks set to define executive liability in the years ahead

    17 min

  8. JAN 29

    Water risks: Closing coverage blind spots for agriculture and manufacturing

    In this IB Talk episode, Anthony Saunders with EnviroSure at Gow-Gates Insurance Australasia, breaks down the practical “rules of the road” businesses face when they take, store, treat and discharge water — and what brokers should be asking to uncover the real risk.

    29 min
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Insurance Business provides a unique offering in the insurance space as an aspirational business magazine featuring a series of industry reports that recognize the achievements of key individuals and businesses as well as providing the latest in business best practice in a continually evolving industry.

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  • Creator
    IB Talk
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    280
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    IB Talk

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