Ep138 Bill Jewett CEO Obsidian Insurance Holdings: Good shepherds of reinsurance capital

Anyone keeping an eye on the overarching trends in the global
wholesale and speciality insurance and reinsurance markets of the
last few years cannot have failed to notice the explosive growth
of the hybrid insurance carrier. Burgeoning Billions of dollars
of premium are being directed in new and interesting ways through
a cohort of businesses that ten years ago didn’t really exist.
Regular listeners to this podcast will know that this has been a
repeated topic of conversation with guests on the show. I think
today’s guest will be able to put this topic into context better
than almost anyone else. That’s because Bill Jewett CEO of
Obsidian Insurance Holdings boasts a more than forty-year career
right in the heart of the US and Bermuda reinsurance community.
This means Bill is very much one of us and can speak our
language. He can also articulate what is happening on the ground
because he is personally one of the architects of the hybrid
carrier revolution and what looks very much to be a secular
change in the distribution of commercial insurance. I had known
Bill since his decade at Endurance and was really glad to catch
up with him again after such a long time. I’m sure many of you
out there will similarly be re-acquainting yourself with an old
friend from the business. Bill’s got a great story to tell and
this podcast will dispel any lingering myths or doubts you have
about the major changes afoot in how many MGAs will source their
capital in the future. LINKS We thank our naming sponsor
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