BestDay Podcast for Friday, Aug. 27: PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Jim Bichard on UK Regulatory Structure

BestDay Audio Podcast for Friday, Aug. 27: Jim Bichard, an insurance regulatory partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, discusses the coming changes in the insurance regulatory structure in the United Kingdom. Also included in the cast: Hank George, the principal in his own consulting and training firm, Hank George Inc., discusses how a quartet of low-cost, rapid acquisition assets provide unprecedented protective value when it comes to life underwriting.

Recent episodes of BestDay Audio include:

— Thursday, Aug. 26: Charlotte Osborne, director of marketing for Ironshore, the four-year old insurance company active in several areas of the property/casualty sector, discusses what it's like to help market a high-energy growth-oriented insurer. Also included in the cast: Scott Spencer, senior vice president, Chubb & Son, and worldwide appraisal manager at Chubb Personal Insurance, explains that although home values have dropped, the cost to repair or rebuild a home continues to rise.

— Wednesday, Aug. 25: Grace Meek, chief business officer for Delos Insurance, and Bill Dismore, chief operating officer and executive vice president for iTravelinsured, discuss what's happening in the travel insurance industry.

— Tuesday, Aug. 24: Clive Wellsteed, a partner at actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock in London, discusses the pressures on the U.K. bulk annuity market. Also included in the cast: the risks involved in managing a biofuel production plant, as featured in Best's Underwriting Guide.

— Monday, Aug. 23: David Notestein, the insurance leader for the IBM Institute for Business Value, explains how analytics may eventually eliminate a postmortem view of enterprise risk management.

— Friday, Aug. 20: Commissioner Kim Holland of Oklahoma, secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, discusses some issues that states are facing under new federal requirements and talks about the work of the NAIC. Also included in the cast: Newly named Westfield Group CEO Jim Clay discusses his market outlook.

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