2023 Speakers

Dominic Clayden has been in the insurance industry for over 20 years and joined the MIB as Chief Executive in May 2018.  

The MIB is at the heart of the fight against Uninsured driving, and manages claims relating to Uninsured and Untraced driving.   The organisation also provides management services to other industry bodies, especially focused on data asset management.

Dominic joined MIB from QBE, where he most recently held the role of Group Chief Claims Officer.  He has also worked at Aviva as their Claims Director for its General Insurance business, and co-ordinated their claims best practice globally.

He has had a leading role in major negotiations in respect of personal injury reform in the UK and represented the Insurance industry at the Advisory Committee on Civil Costs.

Dominic has been instrumental in the build of the website solution for the Whiplash reforms. Continuing to be the key lead in maintaining stakeholder relations with MoJ, CPRC, Insurers and Solicitors throughout the timeline of the programme. 

Matt is a financial crime expert who first joined the insurance industry in 1997 and has now spent more than 17 years fighting fraud.

After joining LV= General Insurance 12 years ago, he’s now Head of Fraud Strategy within financial crime.

Matt’s varied role sees him managing all LV=’s organised fraud across both policy and claims channels, managing the Financial Crime Intelligence Team and heading up with Special Investigations Team who investigate any element of criminality affecting the insurers supply chain.

During his time at LV=, Matt was seconded in to the City of London Police for 6 months where he became the first industry professional to attach to the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) to help tackle the problem of insurance fraud which went on to receive industry recognition.

Henry Engelhardt is a founder and CEO emeritus of Admiral Group plc. Henry was CEO from Admiral’s formation in 1991 until his semi-retirement in 2016. Admiral is the largest private car insurer in the UK.  Admiral is headquartered in Cardiff and is Wales’ only FTSE 100 company.

Admiral is known for market-leading results and for its award-winning culture.  (Admiral is the only company to be listed in the Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For list every year it’s been compiled.)  Admiral is guided by Henry’s simple philosophies like: ‘if people like what they do, they’ll do it better’, which has helped turn culture-energy into big profits.   

Henry is semi-retired, spending his time working as mentor, lecturer and teacher.

Henry has almost 50 years working experience, starting with Poochies at age 13. He earned a BA in journalism and radio-tv-film from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mi. and an MBA from Insead. Henry was awarded a CBE in 2008 and is a three-time winner of the Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For Best Leader award. He is happily married with four adult children and lives in Cardiff, Wales.

Henry’s book, Be A Better Boss, was written to help leaders and managers in any organisation improve their skills and get better results. 

Thomas has over 20 years operational marketing experience in the domain of telematics, Usage-based Insurance and fleet management. He is an expert in new products and services notably in the connected insurance, autonomous vehicle and electronic tolling industries.

With a background in consulting at PTOLEMUS Consulting Group, Thomas edited and co-wrote the UBI Global Study, the reference document for the telematics insurance market published in 2013 and 2016. He then published the Mobile Insurance Study in 2018, highlighting the market shift towards mobile platforms.

Today Thomas leads CMTs initiatives in Europe by researching the most effective UBI models for each market, publishing reports on European drivers appetite for telematics and spearheading business development.

Gareth is Senior Automotive & Mobility Solutions Manager at Swiss Re. Having spent a number of years in the primary insurance industry, working across the fields of telematics, claims and innovation, Gareth now works with clients to identify their needs and assess how Swiss Re can bring value through its suite of solutions. These solutions range from Telematics to understanding and measuring the impact of new technology such as ADAS and Electric Vehicles have for insurer motor portfolios.