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Why standardized policies put your business at risk

2 March 2022Broker Conflicts|Coronavirus|Insights

Risk Roundtable – Change, Uncertainty & Opportunity

15 September 2021Insights

Insurance market update – Autumn 2021

27 August 2021Claims|Cost Management|Insights|Insurance Reliability

Challenging conditions expected to continue into 2022 The past year has brought incredible turbulence to every aspect of our lives. For those of us in the risk community, there......

Travel, leisure and hospitality market update

29 June 2021Cost Management|Insights|Insurance Reliability

Bringing stability and trust to client-insurer relationships

10 May 2021Insights|Insurance Reliability

Learning the lessons of the past, building on our knowledge and understanding of risk quantification and probability are the basic fundamentals that drive our industry forward. As I write, underwriters......

We share two expert opinions on captives, regulation and the hard market

27 April 2021Insights|Insurance Reliability

Malcolm Cutts-Watson, Founder and MD of Cutts-Watson Consulting and former Law Commissioner, David Hertzell, explain their views on what’s happening in the world of captives, how owners and managers......

Explaining the FCA’s Business Interruption Test Case

7 April 2021Claims|Coronavirus|Insights

The FCA’s Business Interruption test case aimed to help policyholders and insurers resolve some of the issues around Covid-19 related claims. This is a crucial issue that has the potential......

Tom White discusses the hard market from an insurer's perspective

Podcasts: Mactavish’s Tom White explains what the hard market means for underwriters

17 March 2021Cost Management|Insights|Insurance Reliability

Mactavish’s Head of Corporate Customer Solutions, Tom White, discusses why this hard market is different, how underwriters are reacting and what policyholders need to do to make their risk stand......

Market update for UK and Irish policyholders. Featuring LHK Insurance’s Colm Kelleher.

Podcasts – Mactavish and LHK Insurance discuss the UK and Irish markets

10 March 2021Cost Management|Insights

We’re joined by Colm Kelleher, Managing Director of LHK Insurance and Heidi Carslaw, Managing Director here at Mactavish for a conversation about the UK and Irish markets. Our guests discuss......

Getting the best from this year’s insurance renewal

26 February 2021Cost Management|Insights

Conditions in the Irish (and indeed, global) insurance market are extremely challenging. Significant increases in prices, limited capacity and lower quality of cover are all placing even greater stress on......

Better risks, better disclosure, fairer outcomes for insurers and policyholders

24 February 2021Insights

A few weeks ago, I joined the team at Mactavish. I have known the firm for a number of years and have always been impressed by both their work and......

Mactavish introduces Zurich veteran Tom White as Head of Corporate Customer Solutions

17 February 2021Insights|News

We are delighted to welcome Tom White to the Mactavish team. Tom will be taking a leading role in designing and arranging insurance programmes for our clients in his role......

Podcasts – life at Mactavish and what we’re seeing in the market

10 February 2021Cost Management|Insights

Mactavish’s Georgia Hockenhull, James O’Connor and Adam Large discuss what it’s like to work at Mactavish and describe some of the challenges that policyholders are experiencing in the market...

Business Interruption test case: our view on what the judgement means for claimants

8 February 2021Claims|Insights

Key takeaways: A subset of claimants may have their chances of achieving a settlement increased by the Supreme Court case They are likely to have infectious disease clauses that reference......

Will 2021 be the year that cyber insurance comes of age?

12 January 2021Coronavirus|Cyber|Insights

In an era in which almost every aspect of every business is dependent on digital technology and the internet it is only natural that companies should spend more time thinking......

Six practical steps to improve your disclosure

23 December 2020Claims|Insights|Insurance Reliability

Why non-disclosure could put your insurance cover at risk

7 December 2020Claims|Coronavirus|Insights

It is now a little over four years since the Insurance Act 2015 (the Act) came into force. This substantial piece of legislation, which Mactavish actively supported by supplying detailed......

How healthy is your company’s insurance programme?

27 November 2020Coronavirus|Insights|Insurance Reliability

As we are all only too aware, Covid-19 has changed every aspect of our day-to-day lives. The impact on businesses has been equally immense and sadly, is far from over.......

Risky Business: Attitudes To Pandemic Risks In The Boardroom

16 November 2020Broker Conflicts|Coronavirus|Insights

Helping your business navigate the worst insurance markets in decades

23 October 2020Coronavirus|Cost Management|Insights

Have you been told to expect big increases in your insurance spend in the year ahead? Are you worried that the quality and extent of your cover will be reduced......

Escaping the hard market: are captives really the answer?

23 October 2020Coronavirus|Cost Management|Insights

A recent survey of Airmic members showed that 95% had experienced increasing rates at their most recent renewal. Sadly, this is not surprising as the market has been going through......

Policy Standardisation Report

27 September 2020Broker Conflicts|Coronavirus|Insights

A CFO’s perspective on insurance & Private Equity investments

20 July 2020Coronavirus|Insights|Insurance Reliability

At the end of last year I joined Mactavish – and it has been an eye-opening experience. Most of my career has been spent as either a Partner at KPMG,......

Food and beverage sector – Covid-19 insurance market update

14 July 2020Coronavirus|Insights

Few industries could claim to have suffered more at the hands of the hard insurance market than the food and beverage industry. Over the past two years, businesses have been......

Construction – the quest for policy reliability in a distressed market

8 July 2020Coronavirus|Cost Management|Insights

The construction insurance market is growing increasingly distressed, even within the context of a generally tough insurance environment. Rates were already rising prior to the impact of Covid-19 and they......

Construction – what’s driving the PI market?

15 June 2020Broker Conflicts|Coronavirus|Cost Management|Insights

As the construction industry emerges from the lockdown phase of the Covid-19 crisis, another economic challenge looms ahead. Construction PI insurance, which was already seeing drastic price increases and...

Broker Conflicts Report

20 May 2020Broker Conflicts|Coronavirus|Insights

Brokers receive as much as 80% of their remuneration from insurers and just 20% from clients, creating the potential for a huge conflict of interest...

When should you notify your insurer of potential Coronavirus related claims?

27 March 2020Claims|Coronavirus|Insights

In this update from Mactavish Senior Analyst Emma Murrant we share our views on how to handle notifications arising from Coronavirus related losses. The decision as to what you should......

The next challenge: EL and D&O insurance

25 March 2020Coronavirus|Insights

Most companies in the UK have spent the last week or so managing the first stages of crisis response, dealing with the circumstances in front of them and adapting to......

Five actions you can take now to protect your company

18 March 2020Coronavirus|Insights

As the news changes hour-by-hour businesses are scrambling to adapt to changing circumstances. Our technical experts have shared their top five tips for things you should be considering right now.......

How will Coronavirus affect the insurance industry?

17 March 2020Coronavirus|Cost Management|Insights

The Coronavirus has presented individuals and businesses with a range of unprecedented challenges. While it is still very early days, we wanted to share our thoughts on what all of......

Mactavish Reform Agenda

5 March 2020Cost Management|Insights

On 4th March 2020 Mactavish launched a year-long programme designed to open-up a conversation about how we can put the UK insurance market on a sustainable footing by putting the......

Taking control of risk transfer in a hard market

14 February 2020Cost Management|Insights

If you’ve just experienced a difficult renewal period or have been warned to expect significant premium increases by your broker, you are in a similar position to many of the......

Trouble ahead for the food and beverage sector

31 January 2020Cost Management|Insights

Insurance buyers in the food and beverage industry are facing their most difficult renewal season in decades. The sector was one of the first to see a hardening market –......

Captives and the Insurance Act 2015

20 January 2020Insights

In this recent article for Captive Review, Tom Miskin explains why captive owners should look again at the Insurance Act 2015. “For those captive owners who set this process in......

Silent cyber cover – clarity and confusion

10 January 2020Insights

In July of last year Lloyd’s issued a mandate designed to bring clarity to technology exposures covered under non-cyber specific policies. Until this year, property damage and business interruption policies......

Our guide to claims management

16 December 2019Claims|Insights

Our quick guide to making the most of a hard market

10 December 2019Insights

After a long period of soft cycle conditions the market is experiencing significant hardening across a broad range of lines of business and industry sectors. Rate increases, withdrawal of coverage,......

Keeping your company safe in the age of populism

10 December 2019Insights

UK based multinationals are well versed in analysing and managing political risk. When venturing overseas and setting up a subsidiary in a developing economy they understand that the situation they......

Cyber insurance – navigating uncertainty

6 December 2019Insights

Last year, we commissioned a report into buyer attitudes to cyber insurance. One of the stand-out findings was that fewer than one-in-three respondents told us they already had distinct, standalone......

Mactavish Evidence To Law Commission & HM Treasury

19 May 2016Insights

Corporate Risk Insurance: The Case For Placement Reform

19 May 2016Insights

The Insurance Act 2015 – An Implementation Guide

18 May 2016Insights

Changes in UK Insurance Law – An Introduction for European Businesses

6 October 2015Insights

The Mactavish Seven-Point Protocol for Complying with the Insurance Act 2015

15 June 2015Insights

Insurance Act 2015: An Introductory Guide

1 May 2015Insights

Mactavish Evidence To Law Commission & HM Treasury Enquiries

22 September 2014Insights

Business Insurance Law & Risk Placement Reform

9 June 2014Insights

Risques Et Assurances Vulnerabilites Et Bonnes Pratiques Des Eti Industrielles

20 June 2013Insights

High Impact Risk & Insurance Governance in UK Manufacturing & Engineering

25 June 2012Insights

Corporate Risk & Insurance – The Case For Placement Reform

14 March 2011Insights

Mactavish Sector Risk Research 2010 – Stage One Cross-Sector Findings Summary

6 January 2010Insights

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