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PODCAST · 16 APRIL 2021

A Look At LIIBA (Podcast)

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Welcome to Insurance Covered! The podcast that looks at the inner workings of the insurance industry with the help of expert guests. Our guest this week is Christopher Croft and we will be looking...

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Welcome to Insurance Covered! The podcast that looks at the inner workings of the insurance industry with the help of expert guests. Our guest this week is Christopher Croft and we will be looking at the London and International Insurance Brokers Association or LIIBA and the role they play in the insurance market.

We start by discussing some of the projects Chris has been involved in, he highlights three key projects, producing the first London Matters report in 2014, filing the form that incorporated Placing Platform Limited which is now the predominant electronic trading platform in London and convening the first meeting of the working group to try and develop a way in which insurance linked security business could be written in London.  

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