Ep 92 Andreas Berger Swiss Re Corporate Solutions: Start early and do it quickly

I have met Andreas Berger at various times in the last 15 years
and he has been consistently impressive every time I have met
him. It was therefore no surprise when in 2019 Swiss Re came
calling with a major task to fix its consistently misfiring and
loss-making Corporate Solutions, or CorSo, business unit. Two
years later and the turnaround at CorSo has been remarkable. I
think if you listen here you can see how Andreas has been able to
do it. He does what good managers are supposed to do – he brings
technical excellence but doesn’t get bogged down in it; he
understands the importance of correct management structures but
doesn’t come across like a consultant and he gets tech and data
but isn’t a technocrat. Most importantly he is also really
transparent and honest about where things have gone wrong and
knows how important it is to make remedial decisions quickly and
get on with executing them. But the key factor overarching all of
this is that he is a charismatic communicator who does all of the
above with a smile on his face and the ability to bring staff,
brokers and clients along with him for the journey. As you can
imagine these ingredients make for a really good podcast, where
we get stuck into everything CorSo and all the big challenges
facing the industry today.


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