Ep222 Jean-Jacques Henchoz: Market of First Resort

Today’s interviewee is making his fourth appearance on the
podcast, which I think makes him my most interviewed guest.


But as he is the CEO of Hannover Re, one of the world’s largest
and most consistently outperforming reinsurers, I’d love to be
able to have Jean-Jacques Henchoz on the show even more
regularly.


That's because very few underwriters have such a global view of
the market and the timing is impeccable. A week before the
festival of reinsurance that is the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous is
the perfect time to catch up with someone like Jean-Jacques.


This time we have an encyclopaedic conversation that somehow
manages to encompass the state of the treaty and facultative
reinsurance market, Life reinsurance, AI, carbon capture and
climate change as well as lessons learned from the recent
Baltimore Bridge and CrowdStrike loss events


Jean-Jacques is always unassuming but disarming in his
directness. In many ways he is the epitome of the adage that in
life one should speak softly, but carry a big stick.


Happily, with the market in such a strong position, it looks like
the stick won’t be needed and I find Jean-Jacques in excellent
spirits and looking to continue growth and further deepen his
partnership with clients.


With the reinsurance market at a far more nuanced stage than it
has been for the last couple of years, there is a lot of insight
packed into the next forty minutes and I can highly recommend a
listen.


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