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On today’s update: UK brokers are optimistic about the future, BLW Brokers joins Lloyd’s and an IT upgrade for Tysers’.

In this update: Willis chooses its next CEO, AXA sells its business in Singapore and Fidelis makes ESG hire.

How can climate change science be incorporated into decision making? In this AXA AL Masterclass takeover, a panel of experts discuss the influence of science on underwriting and their key takeaways. On the panel are:

• Cat Pigott, Head of Science & Natural Perils, AXA XL Risk Management
• Ioana Dima-West, Senior Manager – Science, AXA XL Science & Natural Perils
• James Plaistowe, Head of US Property, London Reinsurance, AXA XL
• Madeleine-Sophie Deroche, Head of Natural Perils R&D and Model Governance, AXA Group Risk Management

Learning outcomes:

1. Why the science of climate change is important to the insurance and reinsurance markets
2. How insurers can incorporate science into risk management
3. The importance of the regulatory environment in the context of climate change

In this News update, Jenna Dagenhart discusses Marsh's team up with Amazon, more than 2.5 million American’s sign up to cheap health insurance and Zurich reports strong results for the first half of 2021.

Dive In is a global movement in the insurance sector to support the development of inclusive workplace cultures. This years' festival will be on the 21 - 23 September 2021. Insure TV is proud to be a media partner for Dive In.

Michael Keating, CEO of MGAA, discusses how lockdown affected MGAs and what types of risks are more likely to affect data.

In this update: Aston Larks picks up Essex broker, Rishi Sunak weighs in on event insurance, and Blenheim Underwriting receives MGA approval.

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Government events scheme

Jim Dart, Managing Director at dart Compliance discusses the biggest challenges with the new regulations and how it could affect smaller brokers.

How can you build relationships and explain complex risk in a remote world? Video has become the most powerful tool for businesses to showcase their expertise and engage with clients. But how do you best use video as an MGA? From making the most of a virtual event to the step-by-step process to implement a video strategy or just create your first video, Insure TV will take you through how to make the most of video for business. Learning Objectives: Identify specific ways to implement video into their businesses to improve client communication and increase brand awareness with new prospects. Identify what makes a great video and preparation needed pre-filming and how to leverage content post-production Understand the benefits of virtual conferencing and identify how it differs from physical events

Business interruption came into the spotlight in 2020, but has the insurance market changed how it sees the risk? Meyer Mandel, Supply Chain Risk Management, Cyber Insurance, Logisitics/BI/CBI, InsureTech joins to discuss.