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Allianz Insurance teams up with Steph McGovern to launch new series of Insurance Tomorrow podcast

Posted on: 14 September 2020
Insurance tomorrow with Steph McGovern

The free podcasts feature a variety of Allianz experts, alongside other industry experts who discuss current and emerging global trends and the impact they may have on the insurance industry.

This will be the sixth series of the podcast and will launch with an episode on Sustainable Claims with Allianz’s head of supplier services, Colin Davies. This is an important topic for Allianz which has taken significant steps to ensure its partners and claims services remain committed to being environmentally friendly.

During the series there will also be a special episode featuring Allianz’s management board members, Simon McGinn, Neil Clutterbuck and Graham Gibson, who will discuss what the insurance industry may look like post Covid-19. 

Carolyn Rich, head of brand and social responsibility, Allianz Insurance, said:  “We are thrilled with how well our Insurance Tomorrow podcast has been received so far, with more than 30,000 listens of the five series we have produced. Our aim is to bring together the latest expertise on emerging trends and issues impacting businesses and the insurance industry in a quick and easy format for brokers to digest during their busy days.  

‘I’m really delighted to welcome Steph McGovern as host of our sixth series. Her fantastic broadcast career and extensive experience as a financial journalist makes her a perfect fit and we’re really looking forward to sharing the new episodes with our listeners.”

Steph McGovern said: “It’s been a pleasure to host the Insurance Tomorrow podcast series and take part in some really fascinating and informative discussions on emerging trends affecting businesses and the insurance industry. We’ve had some fantastic guests sharing their expertise with us and I hope listeners enjoy the series.”

The podcasts will be available to listen to from the 14th September on podcast platforms by searching for ‘Insurance Tomorrow’, with episodes released throughout September and October.


The information contained in this press release relates to Allianz Insurance plc. Allianz Insurance plc is one of the largest general insurers in the UK and part of the Allianz Group.

About Allianz Holdings plc

Allianz Holdings plc is the non-regulated holding company which owns the principal insurance operations of Allianz SE in Great Britain.

About Allianz

The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 100 million* private and corporate customers in more than 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing 790 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage 1.7 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are amongst the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2021, over 150,000 employees achieved total revenues of 148.5 billion euros and an operating profit of 13.4 billion euros for the group.

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Sian Baker
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