The Graduate

Baby faced in a new suit… Colloquia from my first job in the insurance market:  “They’ll notice me soon…” I tell myself. My arm starts to seize up a little, nervous sweat patters along my brow. It’s been about 5 long minutes that I’ve been sat here, my arm reaching up into the air, an

Detail matters

The Core Data Record (CDR), facts and figures… There has been a lot of noise about Blueprint 2, Market modernisation and more recently the CDR. Those that know me have generously tolerated my pathological interest in this and my eternal ability to spout specifics, sometimes to a seemingly endless duration! This is not just because

The Changing Role of the Insurer and the Digital Market in the Face of Climate Change

Author: Maddie Webster-Harris The Changing Role of the Insurer and the Digital Market in the Face of Climate Change: With Lloyd’s chairman John Neal attending COP27 there is no denying that the warming climate brings with it new challenges for insurers to tackle. Insurers own nearly 10% of the world’s collective invested assets (1), 35%

Three Myths of London Market Digital Transformation

You’ve heard them before, right?  The naysayers with the same list of reasons why one, or all, of the current London Market initiatives will fail.  It’s the same list that has been doing the rounds, not just in recent years but for decades.  There have been initiative failures in the past but, this time, it

Placing Perfection Part 1

Seamless connectivity via industry standard technology is real and here today Headline Morning Data and Whitespace have successfully demonstrated that their industry-standard API-enabled technology is ready today for brokers to get on board and deliver on the promise of the Core Data Record (CDR): the #datafirst placing of insurance business seamlessly and efficiently into London,

Year of the C’s

2022 is fast unfolding as the “year of the C’s” 🔑 Change🔑 Cyber🔑 Covid🔑 Climate🔑 Culture🔑 Conflict🔑 Compliance🔑 CDR ….all of which being Challenges… And many Brokers will be struggling to see the wood for the trees on prioritizing anyone above the other, indeed many can interplay and affect others in the mix. Some may

Welcome to the 2021 Morning Data round-up

First things first, happy holidays and we wish you a safe and healthy new year! After a very busy but productive year, we would like to take the opportunity to share with you an end-of-year debrief of the achievements that the team have accomplished over the last 12 months and to show off the huge

The Economics of Data Standards

I was recently invited to present as part of the LMA Bitesize series, the title of the presentation was “Data, have we got it right this time?” SPOILER ALERT the answer was “I believe we have made great strides in recognizing that data is as important as it is, but we still have a long

Hibernation is over

After 6 months in captivity, the doors have opened and I have been released upon the sunshine that is the Capital – metaphorical sunshine, of course, as it has rained almost every day that I have been in the office. Despite the typical British weather, moods have been lifted among the Morning Data team.    Personally, I couldn’t be happier to be in the office getting

Stay Safe – Remain Vigilant

Due to the challenges posed by COVID, businesses have had to adapt quickly to maintain operational continuity and, more specifically, to accommodate remote working. When established work practices and processes change at short notice, it comes with the potential for the introduction of security vulnerabilities. Businesses commonly use perimeter firewalls to block traffic from all