Blogger Archives: Ingrid Booth

Ingrid Booth

Ingrid is an External Communications Director for Willis in London, where she has worked for more than six years, building up Willis’ media profile. She is responsible for communications for Willis’ Corporate, Reinsurance, International and UK & Ireland businesses. As the editor of the blog, Ingrid draws on her experience of all the divisions across Willis to provide readers with insight into the full spectrum of risks facing firms today.

Will Giant Indo Quake Cause Mega Tsunami?

by Ingrid Booth, April 11, 2012 | Posted in Analytics, Featured, Reinsurance

Tsunami warnings have been issued after a giant earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia earlier today. Two hours after the 8.6 magnitude earthquake, a second event of 8.2 magnitude struck at about 150km South from the first. Neither of these events … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What Risks Will Emerge in 2012?

by Ingrid Booth, January 24, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized

18 emerging risks, some of which have been brewing for a while, some haven’t yet resulted in any claims, others are new twists to well-known risks. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Brazil: The Promised Land for Insurers?

by Ingrid Booth, November 18, 2011 | Posted in Latin America

Brazil has the eighth largest economy in the world, but is only ranked 33rd in terms of insurance penetration. In recognition of the country’s Republic Day earlier this week, I spoke to our new Latin American CEO about the vast … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hollywood’s “Margin Call” Offers a Risk Management Reminder

by Ingrid Booth, November 7, 2011 | Posted in Financial Services

Demi Moore and Kevin Spacey teach banks four key lessons in risk management in the recently released financial thriller, Margin Call. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Our Scariest Risks

by Ingrid Booth, October 31, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized

We asked each of our bloggers to tell us the scariest risk in their area of expertise. Which one makes you tremble most? Continue reading → Continue reading →

The End of the Hard Market as we Know it?

by Ingrid Booth, October 7, 2011 | Posted in Reinsurance

While most reinsurance folk have already packed away their chinos and Polo shirts until next year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-vous, one of the main themes from this September’s event endures in the run up to the 1/1 renewals: What will trigger … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Four Days Till FERMA!

by Ingrid Booth, September 29, 2011 | Posted in Europe

As the world of risk professionals prepares to descend on Stockholm for next week’s Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) Forum, we spoke to Adam Garrard, CEO of Willis’ Continental Europe operations, about what he thinks will be at … Continue reading → Continue reading →