Today’s guest is someone I first met almost thirty years ago.
In the intervening time he has had a glittering career, most of which has been on the underwriting side of the fence with senior roles at QBE, Brit and most recently at Gallagher’s Pen Underwriting MGA.
But now Jonathan Turner is the CEO at Gallagher Specialty UK, he is firmly on the broking side of the box for the first time in his career.
In this lively podcast we get to the heart of what is a really vigorous and fascinating market.
A market which is managing to be both very hard and very competitive at the same time, depending hugely on line of business and territory.
This is also a newly confident market that is in growth mode and not lacking in capital resources in any meaningful way.
Gallagher was an early mover in the long wave of London Market wholesale broking consolidation, the highwater mark of which we have been seeing lately, and we discuss how this phenomenon has affected market dynamics.
We also reflect on what an underwriter’s experience can bring to running a broker, along with the prospects for market modernisation, not just in technology but in cultural and behavioural change too.
Jon’s really smart and is very straight talking throughout our encounter.
As a consequence, there are an awful lot of really good things packed into a relatively short period of time.
LINKS
We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo:
https://www.advantagego.com/
We also thank this Episode’s advertising supporter Oxbow Partners
https://oxbowpartners.com/
Ep 97 Stefan Golling: If we don’t achieve our margins now why should we stay?
Ep 96 Patrick Tiernan Chief of Markets Lloyd‘s of London: A vision bound by logic
Special Episode: New Trillion dollar markets wherever you look. How insurtech can improve climate resilience with Robert Lumley and Stephen Brittain of The Insurtech Gateway
Ep 95 Jean-Paul Conoscente CEO Scor Global P&C: True partnership isn‘t about being accommodating
Ep 94 William Spiegel Executive Chairman R&Q: Prospering as the insurance ecosystem comes apart
Ep 93 Simon Matson of Gallagher and Tom Wakefield of Gallagher Re: A deal made by customers
Ep 92 Andreas Berger Swiss Re Corporate Solutions: Start early and do it quickly
Ep 91 Bob Kimmel CEO of K2 Insurance Services: On the hunt for talent and capacity
Special Episode: What the Polish market wants, with Michał Chmielewski and Tomasz Libront of Smartt Re
Ep 90 Javier San Basilio of Mapfre Re: Not opportunistic by definition
Ep 89 Jeff Radke CEO Accelerant Holdings: Searching for gems & avoiding landmines
Ep 88 Monica Cramer Manhem, President, International Reinsurance SiriusPoint: Using all the tools in the box
Special Episode: The Future of Underwriting with James Slaughter and Silvi Wompa Sinclair
Ep 87 Rod Fox & Rob Bredahl of TigerRisk: Don’t stop me now
Ep 86 Philip Smaje and Marcel Chad of Piiq Risk Partners: Specialty risks need specialty brokers
EP 85 Clive Washbourn CEO Navium: The market is always good
Ep 84 Keith Harrison International CEO Lockton Re: Going head to head with the bigger brokers
Special Episode: State of the Market Roundtable with Greg Hendrick, Marc Adee and Andrew Robinson
Ep 83 The $60bn broker: Olga Collins CEO Worldwide Broker Network (WBN)
Special Episode: The Power of Purpose with Steve Hearn CEO of Corant Global and Delta V Partners
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The emPOWERed Half Hour
NABOR® TALKS
U.S Property Podcast
Aligned Money Show
The Ramsey Show
Planet Money