BestDay Audio Podcast for Wednesday, April 7: Gallagher International’s David Ross on FirstCity Partnership Acquisition

BestDay Audio Podcast for Wednesday, April 7: David Ross, chief executive officer of Gallagher International, discusses the company's announcement it will acquire the brokering business of FirstCity Partnership Ltd.

Recent episodes of BestDay Audio include:

— Tuesday, April 6: Susan Patschak, chief executive of Canopius Bermuda, discusses the Annual Bermuda Financial Services Conference in London.

— Monday, April 5: Senior Associate Editor Ron Panko interviews Eileen McDonnell, newly named president of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., on what plans she has for her company. Also included in the cast: Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario speaks with Washington Correspondent Sean Carr about his roles in health care reform.

— Friday, April 2: John Hurrell, chief executive of Airmic, the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers, discusses Airmic’s concerns regarding the capital requirements on insurers of Solvency II in the European Union. Also included in the cast: New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Tom Considine, discusses his new position after spending the past 17 years at MetLife.

— Thursday, April 1: A panel of insurers, technologists and underwriting experts examine the best practices and cutting-edge techniques insurers are using to make underwriting more accurate and tie those activities to claims, pricing and performance. Panelists include: Kelly Goins, senior vice president of Underwriting, Amerisafe, Inc.; Jeffrey Beauman, vice president and manager of risk underwriting, FM Global; John Belizaire, chief executive officer, FirstBest Systems Inc.; and Susan Kearney, CPCU, ARM, AAI, AU, senior director of knowledge resources, American Institute for CPCU. Lee McDonald hosts.

— Wednesday, March 31: Best's Review Insight Columnist Robert Lewis, senior vice president and chief information officer at Assurant, discusses how technical tools to better serve clients will help carriers gain greater customer loyalty, retention and additional business.

— Tuesday, March 30: Chief Executive Officer Richard Ward and director of finance, risk management and operations, Luke Savage, each discuss Lloyd's, including its record 2009 profit and why it will be hard to match this year.

The BestDay Audio Podcast is a daily wrap-up of insurance news plus additional content. To listen or subscribe, visit http://www.bestdayaudio.com. To hear individual audio interviews on an on demand basis, visit http://www.ambest.com/audio.