Ep197 Robert Wiest CEO MS Re: A good plan and the capital to execute it

Today’s guest is Robert Wiest CEO of MS Re.


After a long and distinguished career in both insurance and
reinsurance, much of which was spent at Swiss Re, Robert took on
his latest role in September 2022.


With prominent career roles in both P&C and Life - in Europe
and Asia Robert is an extremely well-travelled and well-rounded
professional and this broad experience shines through in the
podcast.


Robert is comfortable on any subject and he’s the sort of person
with whom anyone could strike up a rapport.


MS Re has rebranded and re-set the image it wishes to project out
into the market and because of that we talk a lot about this
mid-sized reinsurer’s strategy, appetites and growth plans.


It’s clear from this meeting that the business has a strong idea
of how to differentiate itself and maximise the benefits of the
fertile reinsurance markets of 2024.


But we also talk in detail about long-term big-picture topics as
far-ranging as market digitisation artificial intelligence and
how the industry should be attacking the problem of insuring the
transition to net zero.


Robert’s definitely one of us and is very generous with his
insights.


Listening back this encounter is packed with the learnings of a
distinguished career and buzzes with the energy of someone with
unambiguous ideas and lots of experience combined with the time
and clear opportunity to execute upon them


Robert’s clearly enjoying his new role and I think you’ll really
enjoy this episode.


 


NOTES: We mention Charlie Goldie, MS Re’s CUO.


Charlie features in the State of (Re)insurance 2023 Episode:
https://thevoiceofinsurance.podbean.com/e/special-ep-the-state-of-reinsurance-2023/


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