Mactavish Insights
The latest news, views and insurance market updates from Mactavish's expert team.
Episodes
12 episodes
Helping to settle large and complex claims
Mactavish's Claims Resolution Practice works on some of the largest and most complex claims in the London market. In this short podcast, our Chief Technical Officer, Rob Smart, explains how we work and what makes our approach unique. ...
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10:23
Driving better insurance outcomes for SMEs
Mactavish's Managing Director, Heidi Carslaw, and Technical Director, Ben Sanders, discuss how our unique approach to corporate insurance helps drive down costs while improving the reliability of cover for our SME clients.
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4:25
What should captive owners and insurance buyers be aware of in the year ahead?
In this clip David Hertzell and Malcolm Cutts-Watson discuss some of the issues that those in the risk and insurance industry should be aware of in the year ahead - including an increased focus on systemic risk to the use of captives in hard ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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3:41
Have captive owners kept up with the changes caused by Covid-19?
In this clip Malcolm Cutts-Watson explains how Covid-19 has brought changes for captive owners. He discusses claims certainty, using captives to fill in coverage gaps and why captive owners need to take a different approach to strategy and gove...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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2:04
Why captives owners may still need to adapt to the requirements of the Insurance Act
In this clip, former Law Commissioner, David Hertzell, explains why captive owners need to be abreast of the requirements set out in the Insurance Act 2015 if they're to remain compliant. In conversation with Malcolm Cutts-Watson, David...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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4:01
Why the capital efficiency of captives should be a key area of focus for owners
In this clip Malcolm Cutts-Watson explains why conservative approaches to capital management mean captives are considerably underused. He demonstrates that there is considerable room for more aggressive underwriting or capital release back to p...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:57
Can we expect increasing appetite for captives?
In this clip from our latest Mactavish Podcast, Malcolm Cutts-Watson explains why, despite the hard market, the overall number of captives has declined over the last year. He also shares his ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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2:39
How is the captive landscape evolving in 2021?
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 are responding to regulatory change and what ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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15:40
What the FCA's Business Interruption test case means for policyholders
The FCA's Business Interruption test case has been making headlines since it was first announced in May 2020. The case was initially heard by the High Court, with subsequent appeals coming before the Supreme Court and a final ruling being hande...
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12:00
Tom white explains how underwriters react to a hard market
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 out.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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14:27