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The Reinsurance Podcast — 317 episodes
Why Cedents Still Buy Reinsurance Blind | TRP #169
Reinsurance News | April 2026
How Brokers Prove Work with a Client Workspace | TRP #168
How to Improve Placement Outcomes | TRP #167
Using AI for Reinsurance | TRP #166
Placement Intelligence | TRP #165
The Iran Conflict Explained Through Insurance | TRP #164
Reinsurance News | March 2026
InsureTV: How Smart Insurers Build Trust Before the Claim | TRP #163
Anshuman Srivastava: Record Capital vs Reinsurance Demand (CII Event)
Andy Yeoman: When AI Rewrites Risk Transfer | TRP #162
Steve Bowen: Avoid Pricing Risk for Yesterday’s Climate | TRP #161
Reinsurance News Roundup | January 2026
1/1 Reinsurance Renewals Recap 2026 | TRP #160
Jeff Walton: Bitcoin as Collateral? Reinsurance's Capital Shake-Up | TRP #159
Andrew Martin: Selling Cyber Insurance in a Soft Market | TRP #158
The Reinsurance Games: Submission Nightmares | TRP #157
How to Win in a Soft Market | TRP #156
Reinsurance News Roundup | November 2025
What Does ‘Data-First’ Actually Mean? | TRP #155
Data That Wins Reinsurance Deals | TRP #154
Baden-Baden #37 - Tom Spier: Finding Growth in a Softening Market
Baden-Baden #36 - Tobias Sonndorfer: What Stability Reveals About the Market
Baden-Baden #35 - Craig Roberts: Why Clarity Wins at Renewal
Baden-Baden #34 - Dani Katz: Why Better Data Beats Better Rates
Baden-Baden #33 - Leon Janeke: How Buyers Win in 2026’s Soft Market
Baden-Baden #32 - Jen Braney: Growing Cyber in a Soft Market
Baden-Baden #31 - Paul Nicholas & Dean Roberts: Turn Capital Models into Growth Engines
Baden-Baden #30 - Eran Charit & Kazimierz Layton: What’s Driving Capacity, Demand & Risk in 2026
Baden-Baden #29 - David Flandro: Reinsurance in a Softening Market
Baden-Baden #28 - Matt Cullina: Can Reinsurers Unlock Cyber at Scale?
Baden-Baden #27 - Yörn Tatge & Giovanni Garcia: Modelling 300+ Risks You Didn’t See Coming
Baden-Baden #26 - Martin Boreham: Reinsurance That Works for Africa
Baden-Baden #25 - James Pring: How to Fix Broken Reinsurance Workflows
How Brokers Win More Deals With Better Tech | TRP #153
Jenny Tilley: How to Actually Network in Reinsurance | TRP #152
Why Post-Placement Still Breaks Reinsurance Deals | TRP #151
Monte Carlo #48 - Meg Green: Inside the Conversations That Shape 1/1 Renewals
Monte Carlo #47 - Sebastian Cook: What Buyers and Reinsurers Really Need from Each Other
Monte Carlo #46 - Garret Gray: Secondary Perils, Wildfires, & Market Impact
Monte Carlo #45 – Christopher Hayday: Navigating Specialty Risks and Reinsurance Cycles
Monte Carlo #44 – James Willison: Making Sense of the Blueprint 2 Delay
Monte Carlo #43 - Shevawn Barder & Darren Powell: Building Long-Term Success in the Market
Monte Carlo #42 - James Richards: What’s Really Driving the Reinsurance Headlines
Monte Carlo #41 - David Govrin: Lessons on Risk, Capital, and Discipline for 2026
Monte Carlo #40 - Martin Burke: How to Build Stronger Partnerships in 2026
RVS Monte Carlo #39 – Jonathan Rake: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity Through Data
RVS Monte Carlo #38 - Paul Campbell: Profitable Growth in a Changing Market
RVS Monte Carlo #37 - James Dickerson: Unlocking Capital Through Retrospective Reinsurance
RVS Monte Carlo #36 - Gerhard Koster: Inflation, Flood Risk, and the Future of Dutch Reinsurance
RVS Monte Carlo #35 - Michael van der Straaten: Reinsurance Rates, Capacity & Talent
RVS Monte Carlo #34 - Andreas Beckmann: Why Attachment Points Stay Firm in 2026 Renewals
RVS Monte Carlo #33 – Rebecca Bole: What Cyber’s Rise Means for Reinsurers
RVS Monte Carlo #32 – Mark Bennett: Building the Foundations for a Smarter Market
RVS Monte Carlo #31 - Ed Largent & Jack Kuhn: Market Shifts, M&A, and AI Risks
2025 Market Review & Monte Carlo RVS Expectations | TRP #150
Reinsurance News Roundup | August 2025
John Butler: Insurance for How the World Really Works | TRP #149
David Benyon: Navigating Political Risk | TRP #148
James Fisher: Building Reinsurance Careers That Matter | TRP #147
Gavin Lillywhite: The Future of Underwriting Isn’t What You Think | TRP #146
Zac Townsend & Carsten Ragborg: Bitcoin Life Insurance | TRP #145
George Alayon: BMA’s Innovation Agenda in Bermuda | TRP Bermuda #3
James Robinson: Building Insurance Tech in Bermuda | TRP Bermuda #2
Rosie Denée: Lloyd’s Lab Lands in Bermuda | TRP Bermuda #1
Brittany Baker: Building Cyber Models & Unlocking Reinsurance Capital | TRP #144
Target Markets #7 - Calum Williams & Barry Plummer: The Future of Programme Underwriting
Target Markets #6 - Raymond Hannan: Building Smarter Program Business
Target Markets #5 - Rick Farmer: Data-Driven MGAs and the Future of Capacity
Target Markets #4 - Matthew Jones: Solving the Data Problem in MGA Underwriting
Target Markets #3 - Patrick Charles: The MGA Arms Race
Target Markets #2 - Kevin O'Connor: MGAs Are Winning the Race for Capital
Target Markets #1 - Dawn Walker: How MGAs Can Compete for Capacity
The Dirty Truth About Reinsurance Renewals | TRP #143
Your Submission Pack Is Costing You Capacity | TRP #142
Alexander Georgetti: Building a Career in Reinsurance | TRP #141
What Economic Volatility Means for Reinsurance | TRP #140
Bethany Vohlers: Preparing for Cyber’s First True Cat Event | TRP #139
Alex Hearn & Dip Chowdhury: Changing How Insurance Professionals Stay Informed | TRP #138
Reinsurance News Roundup | March 2025
Inside the Under 35s Reinsurance Group | TRP #137
Lara Kottsieper & Ben Gower: AI’s Potential in Reinsurance | TRP #136
LO$$ RATIO: Insurance’s Viral Truth-Teller | TRP #135
How Challenger Brokers Outmanoeuvre Legacy Giants | TRP #134
James Lakin: The Art & Science of Reinsurance Buying | TRP #133
Reinsurance Buying for Global Players | TRP #132
Amrit Santhirasenan: Smarter Reinsurance Pricing | TRP #131
Mark Wheeler: The Future of Specialty Reinsurance | TRP #130
Reinsurance News Roundup | January 2025
Small Cedent's Guide to Securing Reinsurance Capacity | TRP #129
Tom Wakefield: 2025 Reinsurance Renewals (CII Event)
Turning Data Overload into a Competitive Advantage | TRP #128
1/1 Reinsurance Renewals Recap 2025 | TRP #127
Reinsurance News Roundup - December 2024
Understanding Profitability Ceilings in Reinsurance | TRP #126
Scaling an Insurance Company | TRP #125
2025 Tech Trends: Hype vs. Reality | TRP #124
Yasmin Carter-Esdale: Schemes & Innovation |TRP #123
Albert Chung: Data, Trust, and Reinsurance Best Practices | TRP #122
Jerod Blakestad: Personal Umbrella Insurance | TRP #121
Jonathan Roomer: Redefining Life Insurance for Holistic Wellbeing | TRP #120
Frank Perkins: Revolutionising Insurance Workflows | TRP #119
Baden-Baden #24 - Nikolas Brandau: Behind the Scenes at the Löwenbräu
Baden-Baden #23 - Eran Charit & Kazimierz Layton: Unlocking the Financial Risks Market
Baden-Baden #22 - Anke Sielker & Rupert Bidwell: Satellite Data at the Forefront
Baden-Baden #21 - Tobias Sonndorfer: Adapting to Climate and Catastrophe Risks
Baden-Baden #20 - David Flandro: Strategic Partnerships & Modern Reinsurance
Baden-Baden #19 - Vojtěch Toman: Czech Republic’s Catastrophe Resilience
Baden-Baden #18 - Yörn Tatge & Bernhard Reinhardt: Global Perspective on Risk
Baden-Baden #17 - Martin Špaček & Marek Goldbach: Navigating Global Catastrophe Models
Reinsurance News Roundup | October 2024
Baden-Baden #16 - Vivek Bajaj: Moody's Evolving Role in Insurance
Baden-Baden #15 - Jennifer Braney: A New Era for Cyber Reinsurance
Baden-Baden #14 - Tom Spier: Key Trends & Challenges for 1/1 Renewals
Fabian Mattejat & Ulrich Müller: Inside VKB’s Reinsurance Strategy | TRP #118
Mervyn Skeet: Shaping UK Insurance Policy | TRP #117
Hurricane Milton: A Live Reinsurance Response | TRP #116
Anthony McKelvy & Peter McKelvy: How Data & Tech Are Changing Reinsurance | TRP #115
RVS Monte Carlo #30 - Andrew Caswell: AI’s Role in Reshaping Reinsurance
Reinsurance News Roundup | September 2024
RVS Monte Carlo: 2024 Recap | TRP #114
RVS Monte Carlo #29 - Sunnie Luthra: MGA Market Dynamics
RVS Monte Carlo #28 - Jim Lye: Market Disruptions & Strategic Growth
RVS Monte Carlo #27 - Ryan Dodd: Redefining Cyber Risk for Large Enterprises
RVS Monte Carlo #26 - Joseph Ziolkowski: Insuring Digital Assets, Cannabis & Emerging Sectors
RVS Monte Carlo #25 - Benjamin Fox: Digital Assets & Reinsurance
RVS Monte Carlo #24 - Paloma Quiroga Arias & Paul Latarche: Risk Consulting & Data-Driven Solutions
RVS Monte Carlo #23 - Darren Powell: Navigating Specialty Reinsurance
RVS Monte Carlo #22 - John Mason: The Future of PPL
RVS Monte Carlo #21 - James Willison: Transforming the London Market
RVS Monte Carlo #20 - Dani Katz: Building Better Pricing Systems with AI
RVS Monte Carlo #19 - Shevawn Barder: Unlocking Opportunities in Reinsurance & Long-Term Capital
RVS Monte Carlo #18 - Rob Gibbs: Building Resilient MGA Strategies & Driving Global Diversification
(Re)Insurance Conference Season: What You Need to Know | #113
Reinsurance News Roundup | August 2024
Gareth Evans & James Slater: Transforming Ceded Reinsurance | TRP #112
William Gildea: Navigating the Cyber Insurance Landscape | TRP #111
Silvi Wompa Sinclair: Navigating Leadership & Innovation | TRP #110
Podcast Service Announcement | TRP #109
Reinsurance News Roundup - July 2024
Optimising Reinsurance Submissions for Better Pricing | TRP #108
Reg Brown: Industry Veteran to Museum Visionary | TRP #107
Rebecca Mason: Mastering Wordings & Breaking Barriers as Lloyd's First Trans Woman | TRP #106
Joe Inglis: From Darwin to Data & Pet Health | TRP 105
What's Supercede? (And Why Investors Gave Us $15m) | TRP#104
Reinsurance News Roundup - June 2024
Sandra Lewin: Navigating Change & Championing Diversity | TRP #103
Leveraging Data for Optimal Reinsurance Pricing | TRP #102
Simone Krummaker: Bridging Academia & Industry for Insurance | TRP #101
Top 5 Worst Things Ceded Reinsurance Teams Do | TRP #100
Reinsurance News Roundup | May 2024
Jonathan Humm: Unveiling the Depths of Marine Insurance | TRP #99
Christopher Croft: Navigating Insurance Innovation & Global Regulation | TRP #98
@TheHardMarket: Memes, Corporate Culture, & Industry Insight | TRP #97
Tom Spier: Mastering Market Challenges | TRP #96
Reinsurance News Roundup | April 2024
Steve Weinstein: Navigating Bermuda's Reinsurance Landscape | Bermuda Risk Summit #11
David Hart: Bermuda's Role as the World's Risk Capital | Bermuda Risk Summit #10
Enhancing Risk Understanding | Bermuda Risk Summit #9 - Raphael Zindi
Reshaping Reinsurance Landscapes | Bermuda Risk Summit #8 - Matt Wilken
Amplifying Reinsurance Narratives | Bermuda Risk Summit #7 - Mairi Mallon
Bermuda Risk Summit #6 - Karen Clark: Innovating Disaster Risk Assessment for Insurers
Bermuda Risk Summit #5 - Carlos Wong: Deep Dive into Market Dynamics
Bermuda Risk Summit #4 - Jaeton Cary: Tackling Reinsurance Challenges
Bermuda Risk Summit #3 - Joseph Petrelli: Industry Innovations
Bermuda Risk Summit #2 - Sal Tucci: Innovation & Tradition in Bermuda's Reinsurance Landscape
Bermuda Risk Summit #1 - Mike Yaworsky: Navigating Florida's Unique Insurance Landscape
#95 - The Difficulty in Preparing Reinsurance Data
Industry News Roundup - March 2024
#94 - Samantha Ridgewell: Cultivating the Next Generation of Insurance Leaders
#93 - Aligning the Cedent-Broker-Reinsurer Relationship
#92 - Mark Geoghegan: The Voice of Insurance
Industry News Roundup - February 2024
#91 - Nick Hoadley: How to Attract Diverse Leadership to Your Insurance Business
#90 - Lynn Moretti: Decoding the Insurance Claims Process
#89 - The 3 Big Problems in Reinsurance Operations
#88 - Underwriting in the Age of Data Overload
Industry News Roundup - January 2024
#87 - Jeremy Burgess: The Insurance Network, TINTech, & Innovation
#86 - Skip Coan & Todd Rissel: Property Valuation & Insurance-to-Value Solutions
#85 - Is the Hard Market Coming to an End?
#84 - January Renewals 2024: What Happened?
#83 - James Willison: Digitalising the London Market
Reinsurance News Roundup - December 2023
#82 - Jon Maury: The Cyber Market, Distribution Strategies, & MGAs
#81 - Preparing for January Renewals | Reinsurance
#80 - Peter Gostev: Exploring Generative AI
Reinsurance News Roundup - November 2023
#79 - Fraser Edmond: CEO at Broker Insights
#78 - Paola Di Fonzo: Head of Transformation & Business Change at Assicurazioni Generali UK
Baden-Baden #13 - Glenn Tyrpa: Journalist at Intelligent Insurer
#77 - Unlock Profit Potential in Hard Markets
Baden-Baden #12 - Sébastien Ricout: Senior Underwriter at AXIS Capital
Baden-Baden #11 - Heribert Kargl: Leo's Bar & Restaurant Owner
Baden-Baden #10 - Richard Akeroyd: Executive Head of SA Treaty at Aon
Badan-Baden #9 - Katie Davies, Head of Underwriting Services at Ageas Insurance
Baden-Baden #8 - Christian Silies: Head of Global Aviation, Marine & Energy at Sompo International
Baden-Baden #7 - Mark Bennett: Global VP of Business Development at ACORD
Baden-Baden #6 - David Baldwin: Managing Director at Ed
Baden-Baden #5 - David Sharashidze: Director of Reinsurance at Alpha Insurance
Baden-Baden #4 - Glyn Hall: Divisional Director at Inver Re
Reinsurance News Roundup - October 2023
Baden-Baden #3 - Zoë Layden: Managing Director at Claveaux Consulting
Baden-Baden #2 - Paul Gadsby: Market Themes This Year
Baden-Baden #1 - What Happened This Year?
#76 - Jess McCausland: How to Ensure Client Success
#75 - The Ethics of Underwriting
#74 - Alex Bond: FinPro & Insurtech Talent
#73 - The Vesttoo Saga Explained
Reinsurance News Roundup - September 2023
RVS Monte-Carlo #17 - Sandra DeSilva: Driving Technology Innovation
RVS Monte-Carlo #16 - Isabelle Clausner: Xceedance
RVS Monte-Carlo #15 - Adam Podlaha & Chris Ewing: Aon
RVS Monte-Carlo #14 - Michael Wade OBE
RVS Monte-Carlo #13 - Paul Mang: Guidewire
RVS Monte-Carlo #12 - Jose Seara: CEO of DeNexus
RVS Monte-Carlo #11 - Mark Bennett: ACORD
RVS Monte-Carlo #10 - Shawn Ram: Head of Insurance at Coalition
RVS Monte-Carlo #9 - Amrit Santhirasenan: CEO at Hyperexponential
RVS Monte-Carlo #8 - Tobias Sonndorfer: VIG Re
RVS Monte-Carlo #7 - Will Dove: Everest
RVS Monte-Carlo #6 - Chris Parish: Lockton Re
RVS Monte-Carlo #5 - Frank Perkins: CEO at Inari
RVS Monte-Carlo #4 - Kate Tongue & Robert Flach: Argenta Private Capital Limited
#72 - AI as an Emerging Risk
RVS Monte-Carlo #3 - Stephen Netherway: Partner at Devonshires
RVS Monte-Carlo #2 - Forbes McKenzie: CEO of McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS)
RVS Monte-Carlo #1 - Javier San Basilio: Chief Underwriting Officer at MAPFRE RE
#71 - The Reinsurance Data Crisis
#70 - Conference Season: RVS in Monte-Carlo
Reinsurance News Roundup - August 2023
#69 - Recruiting & Retaining Talent in Re/Insurance
#68 - Managing Reputation
Reinsurance News Roundup - July 2023
#67 - Ryan Hewlett: Insurance Journalism
#66 - Renewals Recap: July 2023
#65 - The London Market
#64 - Buying Reinsurance: Are You Paying Too Much?
#63 - Tom Draper: Cyber Insurance
Reinsurance News Roundup - June 2023
#62 - Evaluating Reinsurance Spend
#61 - Rosina Smith: CPO at McKenzie Intelligence Services
#60 - Ceded Reinsurance: the Big Challenges
#59 - AI, ChatGPT, & Reinsurance
#58 - Natalia Dorfman & James Kench: The Carbon Insurance Market
Reinsurance News Roundup - May 2023
#57 - The Evolving Role of Reinsurance Brokers
#56 - Alternative Risk Transfer: Why, When & How
#55 - Q&A: Ask Us Anything #4
#54 - Michael Cenzer: Actuarial Expertise, Drivers of Hardening Market Conditions, & Market Trends
Reinsurance News Roundup - April 2023
#53 - Navigating Reinsurance Placements: Part 2
Chartered Institute of Insurance Panel Discussion: Reinsurtech in 2023
#52 - Navigating Reinsurance Placements: Part 1
Reinsurance News Roundup - March 2023
#51 - Leveraging Partnerships: The Only Way to Succeed in Reinsurance
#50 - Emerging Risks
#49 - Managing Catastrophe Losses Through Reinsurance
#48 - Hard Market Underwriting: Balancing Risk & Return
Reinsurance News Roundup - February 2023
#47 - Russell Higginbotham: CEO of Swiss Re Solutions & Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) President
#46 - The Importance of Relationships in Reinsurance
#45 - Reinsurtech in 2023: Everything You Need to Know
#44 - Paul Gadsby: Buying Reinsurance
Reinsurance News Roundup - January 2023
#43 - Holger Tewes-Kampelmann: CEO of Allianz Re
#42 - Blockchain in Insurance, Crypto Insurance Protection, & the FTX Collapse
#41 - Tom Spier: 1/1 Reinsurance Renewals Recap 2023
Reinsurance News Roundup - December 2022
#40 - Thorsten Fromhold & Holger Tewes-Kampelmann: Allianz Re, the Current State of the Reinsurance Market, & 2023 Renewals
#39 - Q&A: Ask Us Anything #3
#38 - Cordy Bartlett: Why We Started The Reinsurance Podcast
Reinsurance News Roundup - November 2022
#37 - Jacob Palmer: Reinsurance in Focus
#36 - How Cedents Can Get More Accurate Reinsurance Pricing
#35 - Funding a Tech Startup
Reinsurance News Roundup - October 2022
#34 - Jerad Leigh & Ben Rose Q&A: Ask Us Anything 2
#33 - Jezen Thomas: Building a Winning (Re)Insurtech & the Inner-Workings of Supercede
#32 - Is Reinsurance Broken?
Reinsurance News Roundup - September 2022
#31 - Mark Bennett: ACORD, Embracing Common Standards, & Reducing Friction for Industry Practitioners
#30 - Dr. Sima Adhya: Space Insurance, Rocket Launches, & Alien Related Exposures
#29 - Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in Reinsurance
Reinsurance News Roundup - August 2022
#28 - A Day in the Life of a Reinsurance Broker
#27 - Robin Merttens: InsTech, Industry Challenges, & Innovation
#26 - Jerad Leigh & Ben Rose Q&A: Ask Us Anything #1
Reinsurance News Roundup - July 2022
#25 - Michelle To & David Flandro: Reinsurance Analytics, NOVA, & Transforming Insurance Data Into Usable Insights
#24 - Recession: Lines of Business Affected, Increases in Insurance Fraud, & What (Re)Insurers Can Do During an Economic Downturn
#23 - Jonathan Kimber: Chairing the Under U35s Reinsurance Group, Networking Opportunities for Young Talent, & the Group’s 50th Anniversary
Reinsurance News Roundup - June 2022
#22 - Vicky Carter: A Career in Reinsurance, the Importance of Building Relationships, & Attracting Young Talent
#21 - Entrepreneurship & the Need to Go Digital
#20 - Harold Buchanan: Corporate Strategy, Diversification, & Capital Allocation
#19 - Why Reinsurance Is Bad for the World
Reinsurance News Roundup - May 2022
#18 - Why Reinsurance Is Good for the World
#17 - Dickie Whitaker: Loss Modelling, Innovation, & Open-Source Reinsurance Software
#16 - A Day in the Life of an Underwriter
Reinsurance News Roundup: April 2022
#15 - Mark Geoghegan: Podcasting, Journalism, and the (Re)insurance Industry
#14 - Reinsurance Accounting
#13 - Prof. Paula Jarzabkowski: Understanding Reinsurance, Risk and the Competitive Landscape
#12 - Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)
#11 - How Does Reinsurance Work?
#10 - Tom Spier: Cyber Insurance, the Infamous Sony Hack, & Data Protection
#9 - How to Build a Reinsurance Technology Company
#8 - Reinsurance Strategy in Hardening Markets
#7 - Lloyd’s of London
#6 - Emergence of Challenger Brokers
#5 - (Re)insurance Technology: Build, Buy, or Rent
#4 - What Is Reinsurance?
#3 - The Fragmented Nature of the Reinsurance Industry
#2 - Challenges with Reinsurance Data
#1 - What is Supercede? Innovation in Reinsurance Technology