⌛ There are two weeks to go until @TheEconomist 's General Counsel Summit in London! On 5 November, Henry Gardener, our Director of Legal and Chief Risk Officer, will be joining the expert panel, 'What if? Preparing for tomorrow, today'. Find out more 👉

At the recent IUMI conference in Berlin, Markel's Paul Western, together with other marine insurance industry experts, took part in a podcast with @LloydsList, which asked “How healthy is the marine insurance market?” .In case you missed it, listen here:

Nick Line, our Chief Underwriting Officer, will be assuming the role of Chair of Inclusion@Lloyd's, commencing next year. Nick will be taking on this role following Dominic Christian's decision to step away after 10 influential years in this position.

We’re delighted to announce three new appointments in our International Casualty team! Welcome to Lauren Percival, Executive Underwriter – General Liability; Olivia Hogan, Senior Underwriter; and Edward Norman, International Casualty Claims Manager.

We’re pleased to welcome Keeley Webster to Markel, who's been appointed Claims Adjuster – Marine. Please join us in wishing Keeley a warm welcome!

We’re delighted to announce the launch of FintechRisk+, our newly enhanced insurance offering, which includes cyber coverage and support services for fintech businesses: . Read the full announcement to learn more about FintechRisk+

🎉 We’re delighted to share that our Claims team was presented with the @InsuranceInside Honours Claims Service Award last night! Congratulations to all winners and nominees, and thank you to Insurance Insider for a fantastic evening.

We’re delighted to welcome Rhys O'Neill to Markel as Senior Underwriter, Marine & Energy Liability in International Specialty. Based in London, Rhys will enhance best-in-class underwriting strategies and build stakeholder relations. Find out more:

For Episode 3 of the Markel Meets podcast, host Anna Lumley sits down with Chris O'Shea – Managing Director, International Claims 🎙 .Watch or listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts

We’re delighted to be partnering with Insurance Insider on a webinar, which will take a deep dive into the risk exposures, challenges and opportunities when insuring renewable energy projects. Join us virtually on 15 October at 15:30 GMT /10:30 ET:

We’re pleased to announce that Grant Smith has been appointed to Director, Marine and Energy Liability at Markel. Read the full announcement to find out more about Grant’s appointment and our International Specialty ambitions in London.

The Markel Meets podcast is now available wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Stream episodes 1 and 2 today to hear specialist insights from Graeme Ivory – Director of International Casualty, and Chloe Gordge – Head of Terrorism in London. Spotify 🔗

We're delighted to announce five new appointments across our Singapore and Hong Kong regions! Welcome to Alvernia Xu, Jenny Choi, Anna Tan, Olga Wong and Isabelle Wong. Read the full announcement to find out more:

We’re delighted to announce two new appointments in our International Casualty team!.Welcome to James Murray – Head of General Liability, and Robert Hannaford – Senior Underwriter, Life Science. Find out more in the full announcement:

Chris Burgess, Director of Cyber at Markel, spoke to @intelligentins about the challenges regarding data and AI technologies, and why upskilling young professionals is critical to retaining talent and navigating the ever-evolving cyber risk landscape

How do you manage risk at the #Paris2024 Olympics? Chloe Gordge, Head of Terrorism in London at Markel talks to @PC_360 about risk management, safety and mitigation strategies. Listen to the full podcast episode:

Feeling inspired? Donations for the Markel Magnolia Cup have begun in support of My Sisters’ House:.🧵 (3/3)

Before preparing for this race, some of these amateur jockeys had never sat on a racehorse, and many are balancing full-time professional careers alongside intense training regimes 🧵 (2/3)

Hear the inspiring stories behind the women preparing to undertake the Markel Magnolia Cup - who have never professionally ridden in a horse race before - in support of My Sisters’ House at the Qatar Goodwood Festival – a thread 🧵 (1/3)

Thanks to all brokers and partners who joined us for our recent FI Conference, where we were delighted to share details on upcoming enhancements to our flagship Fintech offering. We look forward to sharing further information on the Fintech product refresh over the coming weeks!