Matt is an award-winning journalist who started his career as an Actuarial Associate Consultant at Aon where he studied towards the professional exams of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and completed an MSc in Actuarial Finance at Imperial College Business School.
As Insight Editor of Insurance Times, Matt reported widely on the UK general insurance market, focusing particularly on the financial and regulatory landscape. He has authored many well-respected research publications including the annual Insurance Times Top 50 Insurers and Top 50 Brokers reports, and spoken at a number of industry events on topics including motor insurance, regulation, cyber insurance, customer service, and financial performance. Matt has also written for a variety of other business information providers including a term as Editor of the magazine of the Chartered Management Institute.
Dan has worked in business-to-business publishing for more than 20 years with senior roles at Newsquest Specialist Media, Centaur and Emap. Dan introduced a number of successful digital products and events during his time as Publisher of Insurance Times.
After leaving Newsquest Dan worked with consumer group and ratings agency Fairer Finance before establishing a consultancy business to help publishers with digital transformation and product development projects. This led to a return to Newsquest, managing a project to develop a new insurer and MGA ratings system based on broker opinion and, most recently, as Publishing Director of StrategicRISK and Global Reinsurance.