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The Voice of Insurance

by The Voice of Insurance Mark Geoghegan · English

Business

Insurance is a maze. Don’t get lost. Mark Geoghegan asks directions from all the top people in the Global Insurance and Reinsurance Industry

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Ep324 Richard Clapham DUAL: We're now at the next Chapter

Richard Clapham, CEO of Duel (Howden Group), discusses Duel’s evolution from Spain’s first MGA (license 00001) to a global MGA platform, and why MGA growth is accelerating—especially in Europe and…

10 Nov 2026 · 56m · 23 chapters

Ep323 Steve McGill: We're only really getting started

McGill & Partners’ “chapter one” recap and “chapter two” outlook after EQT investment; plus Steve McGill’s views on London/Lloyd’s market digitization/facilitization, next-gen fast-follow…

3 Nov 2026 · 1h 6m · 36 chapters

Ep322 Ståle Hansen Skuld: How can we help?

Skuld P&I Club CEO Storla Hansen discusses the current P&I market after major losses (notably the Dali-Baltimore bridge claim), how pooling and large reinsurance programs keep clubs solvent, and how…

27 Oct 2026 · 46m · 25 chapters

Ep321 Dave Walsh & Graeme Newman Kantara Capital: Pull, not Push

Kantara Capital’s investment thesis for MGA and broker businesses, emphasizing “pull not push” growth, disciplined underwriting, and using AI/technology via partnerships rather than reinventing full…

20 Oct 2026 · 1h 5m · 21 chapters

Ep320 Mark Groenheide LIRG: Facts, Not Feelings

Mark Groenheide (LIRG) discusses “facts, not feelings” insurance innovation—building native-AI underwriting and expanding parametric/alternative risk transfer beyond traditional natcat.

13 Oct 2026 · 1h 11m · 24 chapters

Ep319 Richard Brindle & Richard Coulson The Fidelis Partnership: Darwinian Division

Reinsurance market leadership and strategy at The Fidelis Partnership, focusing on “Darwinian” market dynamics, why Fidelis won’t write broker facilities, and how it grows in high-growth “lead…

6 Oct 2026 · 30m · 12 chapters

Ep318 Jack Kuhn Westfield Specialty: Taking the long-term view

Jack Kuhn, president of Westfield Specialty, discusses taking a long-term underwriting view: building a Lloyd’s specialty platform under a mutual owner, navigating softening/turning market cycles,…

29 Sep 2026 · 45m · 23 chapters

SpEp The State of (Re)insurance 2026

The “State of (Re)insurance 2026” documentary episode assesses the 1-1-26 reinsurance renewal, where abundant capital and faster-than-expected softening delivered “two years of softening compressed…

25 Sep 2026 · 1h 14m · 31 chapters

Ep317 Jason Keen CEO Wholesale & Specialty Everest Insurance: No time to be stuck in the middle

Jason Keane, CEO of Everest Insurance’s Global Wholesale & Specialty (non-treaty), discusses where the insurance pricing cycle stands, why profitable growth depends on underwriting discipline, and…

22 Sep 2026 · 39m · 22 chapters

Ep316 Waleed Jabsheh CEO IGI: Don't tie your hands

IGI CEO Waleed Jabsheh explains how IGI grows through diversification and defensive underwriting in a softening market, rejecting “received wisdom” like needing scale to enter markets.

14 Sep 2026 · 47m · 19 chapters

Ep315 Clemens Jungsthöfel, CEO Hannover Re: It still feels like a speedboat

Hannover Re CEO Clemens Jungsthöfel discusses the reinsurance market ahead of Monte Carlo, including volatility drivers (geopolitics, inflation, climate/secondary perils), current pricing…

3 Sep 2026 · 49m · 27 chapters

Ep314 George Beattie Head of Innovation & Chris Mullan Head of Data & AI CFC: Choose your adventure

CFC’s agentic AI underwriting and the medium-term implications for insurance—speed gains, redesigning processes/products, and how AI changes distribution, cross-sell, and future coverage (including…

25 Aug 2026 · 58m · 24 chapters

Ep313 Mikir Shah CEO Africa Specialty Risks: Creating new Markets

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) CEO Mikir Shah explains how ASR is expanding corporate specialty insurance into Africa and other developing markets by combining localized, risk-by-risk underwriting with…

4 Aug 2026 · 35m · 22 chapters

Ep312 Clyde Bernstein, Placement Tech Leader Aon: Get the plumbing right

Aon’s future-facing broking technology—DPX (Digital Placement Exchange) and Aon Broker Copilot—to automate following-line placement, reduce friction/cost, and connect brokers to global market capital…

28 Jul 2026 · 52m · 20 chapters

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