Ep177 Chris Killourhy QBE Re: Balance is critical

Today’s guest is Chris Killourhy, Managing director of QBE Re.
The reinsurance market has been through some comprehensive
changes in the last 12 months and so has QBE Re. In this podcast
we delve right into the evolving appetites and re-vamped strategy
at this well-respected medium-sized reinsurer. In the past QBE Re
was viewed as a highly competent and nimble trader in the markets
in which it operated. Today it is evolving into a player that is
looking to become a long-term across-the-board partner for the
right kind of cedant. Chris hopes that this strategy will deliver
a growing, balanced portfolio and a more predictable and less
volatile level of earnings than in the past. Chris is a qualified
actuary and has had a really varied career to date, which has
already included multiple roles within the wider QBE group. But,
unlike the apocryphal actuary to be found as the butt of hundreds
of insurance jokes, he lays out his stall with great eloquence
and his ideas on how to build a more balanced portfolio make for
fascinating listening. Listen on for many wise insights and a
clear vision for how a mid-sized reinsurer should navigate this
market and how it can best compliment and benefit from its
ownership by a major global insurance parent group. NOTES: Chris
refers to a Jamie. That’s Jamie Cook, QBE Re’s Chief Partnership
Officer. LINKS: We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo:
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