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Today\u2019s Episode is special and completely out of the ordinary. <\/p>\n
Regular listeners will know that in most episodes I will talk to senior insurance and reinsurance executives and focus on what they have just done and what are about to do. <\/p>\n
Today\u2019s no different in that respect, but it\u2019s a far richer encounter because of who my guest is and what he has been doing since the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n
Until very recently Steve Arora was the co-founder of Alpine Re, a new balance sheet reinsurer looking to tap into a disrupted reinsurance market.<\/p>\n
Alpine Re didn\u2019t end up materialising, but only after an intense 20-month period of activity in which investors of all shapes and sizes were contacted and canvassed. <\/p>\n
All this means that Steve is currently better qualified than even the best investment banker to talk about what investors want from the reinsurance industry. <\/p>\n
Once you have left no stone unturned you get to see the real layout of the bedrock below and in our interview Steve goes really deeply into the appetites, hopes and fears of each investor type. <\/p>\n
We also examine in great detail the optimal design of the model reinsurer of today. <\/p>\n
If you had a blank piece of paper and could start a new reinsurer from scratch, where would you be domiciled and how many underwriting locations would you have? <\/p>\n
And what would you be looking to write? Would you be a specialist or a generalist and what would your relationship with technology be? <\/p>\n
Understandably Steve has been thinking very hard about all of these questions and his insights are highly valuable.<\/p>\n
This episode is a great illustration of how no experience ever goes to waste. Steve is on excellent form and the interview has great pace and intensity. <\/p>\n
In our world very few people try something genuinely entrepreneurial more than once in their careers and in this meeting you\u2019ll learn all of the lessons that Steve has learnt from time out spent a long way out of his comfort zone. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s clear to me that the next role or venture that Steve becomes involved with will benefit immeasurably from this recent intense experience.<\/p>\n
In the meantime I can highly recommend a listen.<\/p>\n
NOTES:
<\/strong>During our conversation I couldn\u2019t remember when Steve was first on the podcast. It was on Episode 8, way back in 2020 when he was CEO of Axis Re: https:\/\/thevoiceofinsurance.podbean.com\/e\/ep8-japan-florida-and-casualty-renewals-preview-steve-arora-axis-re\/<\/p>\nLINKS:
<\/strong>We thank our naming sponsor\u00a0AdvantageGo<\/strong>:
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