Ep170 Simon Wilson, President Markel International: The market will dictate
One of the only real qualifications for my job is to be good at getting on with all sorts of people – I really couldn’t do it if I was too cranky or too shy. In contrast some of the people I talk to aren’t natural communicators but as their careers have progressed and they had to take on more public-facing duties within their organisations, they have been forced to learn that particular skill. Happily today’s guest is an insurance professional who is a natural born communicator. Because of this I think this Episode contains way more content per minute than the average. Simon Wilson is President of Markel International and is responsible for a business that operates in 13 countries and counting on three continents. It’s also incredibly diverse, spanning micro retail all the way to the biggest ticket London Market wholesale business placed at Lloyd’s.Simon’s comfortable talking on an extremely broad range of topics – from specialty classes and the effects of the hard reinsurance market and the discipline of writing net lines in dislocated markets, to casualty reserving and comparative strategies for global business building and the development of highly specialised industry vertical niches. We even dissect ESG and the opportunities that vast swathes of green investment are throwing up for the industry.It’s a breathless encounter that rattles through an enormous amount at a very fast pace. Simon’s clearly enjoying his role and his intelligence, insights, passion and excellent humour shine through every minute of this episode.Listen on, I think you’ll be impressed and you’ll learn an awful lot.LINKSWe thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo:https://www.advantagego.com/