Ep 125 Jonathan Turner CEO of Gallagher Specialty UK - Every insurer is talking about growth

Today’s guest is someone I first met almost thirty years ago. In
the intervening time he has had a glittering career, most of
which has been on the underwriting side of the fence with senior
roles at QBE, Brit and most recently at Gallagher’s Pen
Underwriting MGA. But now Jonathan Turner is the CEO at Gallagher
Specialty UK, he is firmly on the broking side of the box for the
first time in his career. In this lively podcast we get to the
heart of what is a really vigorous and fascinating market. A
market which is managing to be both very hard and very
competitive at the same time, depending hugely on line of
business and territory. This is also a newly confident market
that is in growth mode and not lacking in capital resources in
any meaningful way. Gallagher was an early mover in the long wave
of London Market wholesale broking consolidation, the highwater
mark of which we have been seeing lately, and we discuss how this
phenomenon has affected market dynamics. We also reflect on what
an underwriter’s experience can bring to running a broker, along
with the prospects for market modernisation, not just in
technology but in cultural and behavioural change too. Jon’s
really smart and is very straight talking throughout our
encounter. As a consequence, there are an awful lot of really
good things packed into a relatively short period of time. LINKS
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