Ep199 Kera McDonald Swiss Re Corporate Solutions: Trendspotting and Avoiding Passivity

Today’s guest has had one of the broadest and most diverse
careers of anyone I have interviewed. Today Kera McDonald is the
Chief Underwriting Officer of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions but
over more than 25 years she has been an actuary and a pensions
consultant, a risk manager, an aviation underwriter and a senior
executive in an internal audit team. I’d say that unique blend of
experience is an excellent preparation for her current role,
particularly as Swiss Re Corporate Solutions moves out of its
remediation phase into a period of sustainable growth. Kera is
direct and easy to talk to and in this podcast we discuss the
state of the global insurance market and Corporate Solutions’
strategy within it as well as this unique business’s position
within its wider group and the applications of technology and
artificial intelligence as the market digitises. She doesn’t duck
any difficult questions and is excellent and incredibly
well-informed company. I really benefitted from my time with Kera
and I think you will too. NOTES: This interview was recorded on
22 February 2023 and so questions are based on Swiss Re's
Q3/9-month 2023 results.


A couple of abbreviations slipped through: PYD stands for Prior
Year claims Development. And of course, CorSo is an abbreviation
of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions itself.. LINKS: We thank our
naming sponsor AdvantageGo: https://www.advantagego.com/