In today’s episode we meet a strong broker of many years’ experience and with subject expertise and contacts that many would take multiple careers to accumulate. She has had a senior career at many of the top independent brokers.
Over recent times I have come to know and respect her as one of those people that always speaks their mind and comes as a breath of fresh air with their own perspective on what is happening in the marketplace.
Vanessa Macdonald Smith is a former CEO of JLT Fac and is now in a new role as Executive Director and Head of D&F at Oneglobal Broking.
She has a broad and senior view of the market but has her feet close enough on the ground to be fully in touch.
In this podcast we look at today’s hard market and OneGlobal’s plans to grow into it, the opportunity for independents as the big brokers consolidate and what it is like to be a senior woman working in a time of cultural turmoil and great change.
I always enjoy time spent with Vanessa and I think you will too.
---------
We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo - enabling underwriters to increase the speed and accuracy of decision making:
https://www.advantagego.com/
We also thank Claims Direct Access (CDA) for their support today:
https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/
Ep 80 Matthew Shaw CUO of TMK: The most submissions for a decade
Ep 79 Neil Eckert and Trevor Carvey of Conduit Re: Big enough to be impactful but small enough to be nimble
Ep 78 Steve McGill: Building Excitement and Scale
Ep 77 Stephen Catlin & Paul Brand Convex: Being ready ahead of the market
EP 76 Keith Wolfe President Swiss Re P&C US: A complete view of the world's biggest market
Ep 75 Greg Collins CEO of Miller: A speedboat among supertankers
Special Episode: Introducing McKenzie Intelligence Services with founder Forbes McKenzie
Ep 74 Matthew Wilson Group CEO Brit: Pretending Brit didn't exist
Ep 73 Mitch Blaser CEO Mosaic: If you're a hammer everything looks like a nail
Ep 72 Colin Thompson Group CEO Nexus: Eat your own cooking
Ep 71 Ross Howard Global Executive Chairman of Lockton Re: Why knowledge is key and king
Special Episode: Bonkers or Brilliant? A fresh perspective on innovation from Insurtech Gateway’s Robert Lumley and Stephen Brittain
Ep 70 Greg Hendrick CEO Vantage Group: Being what the market will let us be
Special Episode: Introducing Supercede with founders Jerad Leigh and Ben Rose
Ep 69 Pina Albo CEO Hamilton Group: The wait is over
Ep 68 Steve Hearn CEO Corant Global: One broker, many brands
Ep 67 Charles Mathias Group CRO Fidelis: A market not lacking capital, but profit
Special Episode: Introducing Worry + Peace with founder James York
Ep 66 Nick Cook BMS: A Bullish time to build
Ep 65 Matthew Moore President Liberty Specialty Markets: Working for mutual advantage
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
The emPOWERed Half Hour
U.S Property Podcast
Aligned Money Show
Gorse Culture PODcast : The H.R. Detective Agency!
The Ramsey Show
Planet Money