Opinion

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Sir Ken Olisa, prominent IT industry executive and philanthropist, for our parent company Euromoney’s diversity week.

The globalised economy of the 21st century has thrown up a few changes to the way the world works, to say the least.

The timing of the AmTrust-Maiden reinsurance termination could not be worse for Watford Re as it seeks an IPO.

People say there is no smoke without fire, but we journalists know that it is a lot more complicated than that.

Is it ethical to get someone sacked for being seedy? For a misdemeanour – albeit a wildly inappropriate one – that doesn’t directly harm anyone, using evidence gathered covertly? Does it make it better or worse that the informant doesn’t even work for the same firm?

I think the smart money coming into this year was on Covéa to grind down Scor and buy the company.

Excess rarely leads to good decision-making.

A further delay to the already postponed insurance accounting standard is inadvisable.

With the adoption of electronic placement and utilisation of PPL in Lloyd’s, there is considerable cause for the industry to celebrate the innovation currently within the sector.

The news of the latest Brazilian mining dam disaster is devastating, and unfortunately not without a sense of déjà vu.

We all screw up sometimes.

Do problems at AIG and Lloyd’s create a big opportunity for the market?