Ben Margulies
Ben joined Insurance Day in 2024 from Infopro Digital, where he covered central banks.
Before embarking on a career in journalism, Ben was a lecturer at the Universities of Essex and Brighton.
He has a PhD in government from the University of Essex, a Master’s in comparative politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in politics from New York University.
Latest From Ben Margulies
US P&C insurers post strong full-year underwriting profit
Near-tripling of underwriting gains attributed to limited catastrophe losses rather than underlying improvements
Agentic AI could be a ‘game changer’ for insurers
Alexis Renaudin, the head of Artificial Labs’ agentic AI research and development unit, discusses how this technology can be used in the specialty insurance market
Hong Kong capital reforms ‘credit positive’
Hong Kong proposes easing of capital rules for natural catastrophe writers and branches of foreign reinsurers
EU agencies call on insurers to use Copernicus data
Pilot project used satellite data to analyse 2021 floods
Major hailstorm loss ‘could rival cat 4 hurricane’
Insured loss from a one-in-50-year hailstorm event could approach $30bn, Cotality finds
Starr completes purchase of IQUW Group
Transaction creates ninth-largest Lloyd’s managing agency and provide US firm an entry into Bermuda reinsurance market