Ep252 Michael Price & Kean Driscoll, Dellwood: One plus one is three

I love having insurance entrepreneurs on the show explaining
their ideas and outlining the ambition they have for their
business. It’s a great way to discover the best opportunities
that are out there in the marketplace. And when the guests are
highly experienced, with great track records, it just means that
we should pay even more attention what they are seeing. That’s
why I’m delighted that Michael Price CEO (pictured Left), and
Kean Driscoll (Right), President and CUO of Dellwood Insurance
Group were able to spare time out of their busy schedules to
appear on the Voice of Insurance.


If you had the chance how would you go about attacking the best
business opportunities in the Insurance industry today? For
Michael and Kean it’s all about exploiting the increased flow of
business that is finding its way into the US Excess and Surplus
Lines market. The advent of improved technology means that lots
of Small Commercial insurance and even some personal lines are
now able to take advantage of the more dynamic, responsive and
entrepreneurial underwriting environment to be found outside
Admitted Lines. Michael and Kean are applying the lessons learned
from full careers in insurance and reinsurance to serving areas
of high demand in the largest insurance market in the world.
Dellwood is a start-up working at a fascinating time, where
Insurance distribution is being remoulded and new technologies
such as AI are really beginning to come into their own, just as
dislocation and large shifts in demand are being experienced in
many segments of the market in both property and casualty.
Building a brand new player, with no financial, technological or
indeed cultural legacy at a time like this looks like a very
exciting move, allowing Dellwood to move fast to fill in the gaps
and allow capital access to hopefully sustainably profitable
pools of risk. Michael and Kean are laser-focused on the job in
hand and this podcast is full to the brim of their wisdom and
expertise as they look to capitalise on a career business
opportunity and build a new premium insurance franchise. If you
ever wanted to climb inside the minds of top insurance thinkers
and practitioners in full flight, this is your chance. LINKS: We
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