Today’s guest is Waleed Jabsheh President at International General Insurance (IGI)
Waleed and IGI have a really interesting story to tell.
IGI is the twenty-year growth story of a very small regional insurance business founded in Jordan that over time has fully internationalised, re-domiciled to Bermuda and is now present in the major international insurance hubs.
It is A-rated by AM Best and S&P and now employs around three hundred staff writing 25 lines.
It produces underwriting profits that would be the envy of all but the very best players in our business.
Finally, the business listed on the Nasdaq two years ago.
Were this a company with different origins I think we would be quicker to celebrate its achievements. But at the moment the market is sceptical.
But as I’m guessing Waleed would probably put it – we are who we are and it is what it is.
This interview gives a strong idea of what makes this close-knit business tick.
Waleed is meticulous and thoughtful in his responses and is excellent company.
Here is a firm with a patient strategy that is happy to stay out of the limelight and quietly get on with its business with the confidence that at some point it will eventually get more attention and win greater recognition.
It makes for a very interesting thirty minutes.
NOTES
When Waleed refers to ‘here’ he means London, which is where we did the interview.
LINKS
We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo:
https://www.advantagego.com/
We also thank this Episode’s advertising supporter Oxbow Partners
https://oxbowpartners.com/
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