Ep129 Waleed Jabsheh President IGI: A Good Company is a Good Company

Today’s guest is Waleed Jabsheh President at International
General Insurance (IGI) Waleed and IGI have a really interesting
story to tell. IGI is the twenty-year growth story of a very
small regional insurance business founded in Jordan that over
time has fully internationalised, re-domiciled to Bermuda and is
now present in the major international insurance hubs. It is
A-rated by AM Best and S&P and now employs around three
hundred staff writing 25 lines. It produces underwriting profits
that would be the envy of all but the very best players in our
business. Finally, the business listed on the Nasdaq two years
ago. Were this a company with different origins I think we would
be quicker to celebrate its achievements. But at the moment the
market is sceptical. But as I’m guessing Waleed would probably
put it – we are who we are and it is what it is. This interview
gives a strong idea of what makes this close-knit business tick.
Waleed is meticulous and thoughtful in his responses and is
excellent company. Here is a firm with a patient strategy that is
happy to stay out of the limelight and quietly get on with its
business with the confidence that at some point it will
eventually get more attention and win greater recognition. It
makes for a very interesting thirty minutes. NOTES When Waleed
refers to ‘here’ he means London, which is where we did the
interview. LINKS We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo:
https://www.advantagego.com/ We also thank this Episode’s
advertising supporter Oxbow Partners https://oxbowpartners.com/