Ep242 Martin Burke CUO MS Amlin: Walking a squiggly career path through the market

Today is a first.


I’ve had a many senior industry executives on the show who have
started their careers as actuaries, but I’ve never met anyone who
already knew when they left school that they definitely wanted to
be one.


Martin Burke is different and this is what makes him an excellent
podcast guest. In his own words he has walked something of a
squiggly career path that has brought him to his current position
as Chief Underwriting Officer at Lloyd’s stalwart MS Amlin.


But having walked all the bends in the road to get where he is
now has made Martin an extremely well-rounded CUO.


It’s obvious none of his time spent on reserving, pricing and in
the finance and risk departments has gone to waste. To re-run the
cliché, actuaries aren’t famous for being great communicators,
but that just makes the ones who are stand out.


Martin has the gift of the gab and that makes him a high value
guest to someone like me.


An interviewee who can understand and, more importantly,
summarise and explain complicated ideas in a way that laypeople
can understand, is podcasting gold dust.


And when that person is also responsible for profitably growing a
£2bn (US$2.5bn) book in today’s market, this makes for a complete
and satisfying listen.


Here we run through MS Amlin’s strategy in an evolving market and
take in Martin’s views on an eclectic range of topics, including
the impacts of the latest major loss activity on insurer and
reinsurer appetites, the best applications of technology and Ai,
as well as his priorities for where he feels the London Market
should be developing as a collective as the leadership regime at
Lloyd’s transitions.


I think you’ll find Martin fun to spend time with and full of
surprises. LINKS: We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo:
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