Insight Special Risks

Driving innovative solutions to Malicious Actor Risks

About

What We Do

Malicious actor risks are continually evolving, with changes in society, technology and geopolitical dynamics, challenging the private sector to keep pace.

There are powerful and cost-effective tools that help avoid and mitigate the impact of such threats in the form of specialty insurance. However, the pace of innovation and sheer number of products makes it difficult to take full advantage of the impressive resources available in the marketplace.

Insight Special Risks works with individuals, companies and solution providers to bridge that gap. We help our clients navigate the market so they can effectively access and develop the products that protect people, assets, wealth and reputation from insider misconduct and external threats.

About

Who We Are

Our value proposition is simple - combine real-world experience, in-depth research, and rigorous analysis to deliver unbiased advice to our clients on the latest innovations in insurance, technology and other market solutions.

The Insight Special Risks team has been at the forefront of insurance innovation in the special risks arena for decades and is responsible for the creation of special risks products and policy language that are now the global market standard.

We do not sell insurance and operate with complete impartiality. As a wholly independent insurance & risk management consultants, Insight Special Risks offers a comprehensive and objective viewpoint.

Our objective is to elevate the knowledge and capabilities of all stakeholders by complimenting current service providers without interfering in existing relationships.

Sectors

Who we work with
Insurance Providers

Product Design and Update

The changing malicious risk landscape has generated new and challenging exposures across virtually all sectors. We work with insurers to develop new and innovative products to take advantage of these trends, creating market leading insurance solutions that are convenient, fast, and personalized.

We can also help bring traditional coverage to the cutting edge of the market while helping to simplify products, increase flexibility of policies, promote digital connectivity, and expand distribution options.

Distribution Strategy and Implementation

Insight Special Risks can help insurers to identify and qualify alternative distribution channels in order to accelerate premium growth. We work closely with their teams on the implementation of this strategy, including internal training and external intermediary/client engagement.

Internal Product Communication and Training

We recognize that the best product and strategy is only as good as the people tasked with implementation. Insight Special Risks is well positioned to help with the challenge of obtaining internal stakeholder engagement for your special risk products. This is through the provision of informative and engaging communication management and via training courses to promote effective information circulation and collaboration between the participants in an organization.

Risk Management Advisers / Insurance Intermediaries

Business Development

By delivering creative and cost-effective solutions to evolving operational security and misconduct compliance exposures, intermediaries can significantly enhance their client relationships while generating additional income.

Insight Special Risks can provide a comprehensive analysis of your client portfolio and identify those clients that can most benefit from innovative new products designed to address emerging malicious actor threats and misconduct compliance risks. Additionally, this prevents competitors establishing or expanding a relationship with your client.

Where your team has identified potential business opportunities involving special risks but does not have the resources or expertise to fully pursue them, we can fully support you in sharpening your proposition and help you articulate their relative value in the context of your client’s specific.

Placement Support

Has an existing client or prospect approached you for specialized coverage related to malicious risks? Is special risks a niche you are not entirely comfortable with? We can help you avoid giving a competitor an opportunity to establish or expand a relationship with your client.

Insight Special Risks will work with you to arrange a cost competitive and market leading special risk proposal options and assist you to articulate their comparative value.

Claims Support

We understand how insurers operate and our aim is to place you on a level footing with their experts. We know the right questions to ask, what information needs to be disclosed and what doesn’t. Our experienced team knows how best to present this information to settle your claim on behalf of your client as swiftly as possible.

Corporate Risk and Compliance Executives

Exposure analysis / Solution identification

Insider threats, such as theft of trade secrets to internal actors engaged in fraud or corruption can lead to serious financial impact and cause long term reputational damage. Additionally, operational security risks both at home and abroad can pose direct physical danger to personnel and cause severe business interruption.

Many risk and compliance departments struggle to keep up to date with the variety of potential misconduct and security risks. They are often challenged to act proactively in order to avoid or mitigate such risks due to limited internal budgets and resources available to most internal teams.

We can work with you to identify critical points of exposure and help you design a lean and cost-effective approach in building resilience, without the need to allocate ever-growing budgets to internal security and compliance resources. Insight Special Risks will conduct a comprehensive assessment of your business operations and risk exposures and identify using market solutions that will both protect the organization financially and enable you to respond proactively with the appropriate resources and expertise where and when you need them.

Audit of Insurance & Risk Programs

Special Risk policies are one of the most underutilized forms of insurance coverage by corporate risk managements. In our experience, the majority of incidents where such a policy could have been used to good effect, both in terms of third party assistance and reimbursement of financial loss, are not fully appreciated by decision makers.

We can provide you with an expert assessment of where your program compares to what is available in the market and provide objective guidance on how to get more out of your current special risk coverage.

Policy renewal and placement

We understand market dynamics and how to create a competitive edge for your business, whether working solely with your internal broker or with the external intermediary of your choice . We help devise and direct renewal strategies, proactively manage the renewal process, evaluate proposals and negotiate on your behalf.

Claims Consulting

We understand how insurers in the special risk market operate and the often surprising extent of coverage included within market competitive policies. Our aim is to provide the best advice to ensure you always stay one step ahead during the claims process. Most of all, we challenge unnecessary claims procedures to ensure that it is your interests and not those of the insurers, drive the settlement.

Technology companies

Insurtech distribution solutions

Buying insurance has always been a mundane and often frustrating subject for individual consumers and businesses. Reaching those customers with meaningful engagement has likewise been the primary hurdle for many insurers. With the widening choice of insurance platforms and providers, identifying profitable distribution channels is becoming both increasingly challenging and costly for Insurers.

Tech companies that enable customers to efficiently access and purchase insurance products, therefore, represent a desirable asset to insurers and a potentially significant revenue stream to those tech companies able to leverage their platform to create profitable insurance distribution channels.

The Insight Special Risks team is immersed in Insurtech distribution solutions both as investors and solution analysts. We work with scaling tech-driven businesses to help them understand and maximise their potential as a direct distribution channel. We provide careful analysis of client business models to determine where insurers can leverage customer touch points to distribute their products or capacity. We then work to find the right insurance partner and advise on the appropriate structure to ensure success and maximise revenue.

We review a number of factors when assessing the potential for client technology to enhance insurance distribution including:

  • Better consumer connectivity
  • Improved customer relationships
  • Increased renewal rates
  • Provision of customer proprietary data and patterns of life
  • Economic efficiencies

We typically work with our partners in following areas to enable them to progress their solution to market

  • Competitor analysis
  • Technical solution appraisal
  • Implementation mapping
  • Partnership and investment considerations

The Insight Special Risk Team would welcome the opportunity to explore your potential as an insurtech distribution channel without commercial commitment.

Private Clients and Family Offices

Insurance is often overlooked as a flexible tool that helps affluent individuals and families avoid and mitigate the activities of malicious actors. As threats to wealthy individuals such as fraud and cyber extortion increase and mature, products that go beyond traditional security concerns are starting to emerge.

Insight Special Risks works with affluent individuals and their trusted advisors to put in place bespoke insurance programs that take in account the specific circumstances and lifestyles of each family.

Our objective is to provide discreet yet comprehensive problem solving capabilities that help proactively manage the full spectrum of malicious actor threats, all through a simple to access insurance policy, enabling clients to enjoy the piece of mind of knowing they will have immediate support whatever the scenario and wherever the location.

Contact

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Address

The Shard - 32
London Bridge Street
SE1 9SG

Office Hours

Monday - Friday
09:00 - 17:00 (UK)