Josh Recamara

Josh Recamara

Insurance Business United Kingdom

Josh Recamara

Journalist

10 years experience

Josh's specialty topics

UK insurance US insurance Canada insurance

Josh is a business journalist for Insurance Business. He is a Journalism graduate with nearly a decade of experience in business journalism, previously serving as a news writer for a major US financial market information provider and then as an editor for a US-based newswire.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Despite not always exciting, it is a very interesting market to cover. I have learned a lot during my more than one year of stay and the learnings never stop.”

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Read the latest stories by Josh

IBC and trial lawyers clash over Alberta's rising premiums

IBC and trial lawyers clash over Alberta's rising premiums

IBC calls the numbers proof Care-First can't wait. Trial lawyers say they show the opposite

Marsh names new marine, cargo and logistics leader for US and Canada

Marsh names new marine, cargo and logistics leader for US and Canada

Canadian marine and logistics clients are getting a leader whose most recent role covered their market directly - not someone building Canadian familiarity from a US base

The Met's Galliano cancellation shows why reputational risk sits outside most policies

The Met's Galliano cancellation shows why reputational risk sits outside most policies

A voluntary cancellation driven by public backlash is a discretionary business decision, not a fortuitous loss. Standard event cancellation cover was not designed for this - and neither were most cultural institutions' risk programs

IIC's scholarship programs return for another year

IIC's scholarship programs return for another year

Three separate IIC financial support programs are accepting applications

PEI storm floods streets, hits hospital, no damage estimate yet

PEI storm floods streets, hits hospital, no damage estimate yet

A suspected tornado, flash flooding and hospital patient relocations in one afternoon - an unusual cluster for PEI. No estimate yet, but the mix of claim types, vehicle, basement, property and commercial BI, is already clear

Lockton's most senior Canadian hire yet targets D&O and cyber

Lockton's most senior Canadian hire yet targets D&O and cyber

Catherine Lanctôt brings 15-plus years of D&O and cyber risk experience to a newly created dual role

Guardian Insurance seeks records to investigate coverage on historical abuse claim

Guardian Insurance seeks records to investigate coverage on historical abuse claim

Guardian is seeking records from a treatment facility, not from the diocese, to test what the institution knew before coverage was bound in the 1980s. If it works, this approach could be applied across a wide range of historical institutional abuse claims

Medavie Blue Cross adds automated flight delay benefit

Medavie Blue Cross adds automated flight delay benefit

Medavie group plan members can now receive flight delay compensation without filing a claim. The catch is they have to register the flight first

IB TALK

Insurance shouldn't be just one item on a multi-unit developer's to-do list, Westland's Cusano says

From assumption gaps to labor shortages, Valerie Cusano breaks down why risk management needs to be built into multi-unit construction from day one, not bolted on when problems arise

Tariffs, resilience, and housing demand are the forces reshaping construction risk

Navacord's Robert Beeston breaks down how these pressures are colliding to change how construction risk gets priced and placed

How trucking risk is evolving in Canada – from cargo theft to driver training to broker liability

NFP's Randy Ramkissoon says one GPS tracker isn't enough anymore – thieves know where to look, and the claims are getting more severe

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