The Insurance Coffee House with Nick Hoadley

Join us for a very special episode as we interview Lesley Ndlovu, CEO of African Risk Capacity and hear how their insurance company is providing aid and relief to countries suffering from drought and famine. Lesley explains how ARC provides an insurance mechanism to bring fast capital and risk management to affected countries way before international aid can be raised and distributed, meaning live...

Joining us on the second of our two-part series with Gallagher this week, we have Cheryll Rawbone, the former MD and now Chairman of Gallagher Coventry. Cheryll also discusses the acquisition of her business into the Gallagher group and we find out how she has transitioned into a larger organisation. Cheryll has extensive experience working with local businesses who have international risk portfol...

This week we discuss how to lead an independent broker through a successful acquisition into a larger organisation. We are delighted to be joined by Steven Risk, Managing Director of specialist broker, Coleman Marine, who shares with us how he has managed a business being acquired on two separate occasions. Steven was the CEO of Coleman Marine as it was acquired by Stackhouse Poland and then by Ga...

­­Joining Nick on the second episode of the Insurance Coffee House this week, we welcome Joseph Bardi who reflects upon his time as the CEO of Academic Group - a leading MPL carrier in New York City. Joe shares how we can learn to build ourselves up and continually progress our careers even in the most challenging of times. Joe is a senior leader in Medical Professional Liability but also spent co...

On today's episode we are joined by Robert Zerafa, newly appointed Head of Operations at Transverse Insurance Group in New Jersey. Transverse Insurance Group is a fully licensed P&C Carrier partnering with reinsurers and program administrators to provide a broad range of property and casualty products for commercial and personal lines. Previously Robert had a successful career at AIG where he...

Joining us on the Insurance Coffee House this week is Nick Hankin - Global Head of Underwriting Governance at QBE. Nick talks us through his career path - from grad scheme applicant to senior insurance business leader and shares some great advice about what he learned along the way. Nick is a strong advocate of owning your career development and continually looking at self-improvement both within...

Join us for this week's special bonus episode as we speak to Zurich Mexico's Chief Operating Officer about navigating an international career and how to be successful working in the LatAm insurance market. Oscar's philosophy of "Never being afraid to try" has seen him work in London, Switzerland, Columbia, Singapore and Mexico and he explains how he has adapted to be successful in those regions. O...

This week we are delighted to speak to the former Chief Executive of Zurich EMEA who shares insights into his career at the very top of the insurance industry, the work he is now doing as chair of Z Zurich Foundation and the advice he has for Insurance Business Leaders to achieve a career that is both successful and sustainable. Gary talks about his achievements as CEO of Zurich EMEA and the subst...

On this week’s episode we are joined by the Chief Commercial Officer of Insurtech business, Nimbla - Elizabeth Jenkin. Elizabeth has enjoyed a highly successful career in the insurance industry despite having dropped out of university. She spent 19 years at AON and after a senior leadership position at Lloyds Broker, RFIB, Elizabeth joined insurtech disruptor Nimbla as Chief Commercial Officer in...

Joining us in the Insurance Coffee House this week is Jean-Paul Rebillard, President of MedPro Specialty in the United States, a $600m medical professional liability insurance business for institutional and individual health care providers in the US and around the world. The business, which is part of MedPro Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company, has grown profitably by more than 400% during his 6 y...

On this week’s episode we are joined by Phil Barton, CEO of Partners&, who demonstrates to us that you can achieve anything in insurance if you think big enough and work hard to accomplish your goals. Phil shares with us about his time as CEO of Jelf including how he helped turn around the business whilst he was on the board and then led the group through a huge journey of growth and consolida...

This week Nick interviews RSA's Chief Underwriting Officer, Adrian Sweeney, to find out about the turnaround he has achieved during his time there as well as his advice and learnings from his previous international executive underwriting roles at Zurich. Adrian's global executive experience makes him one of the leading CUO's in the world, so this is a great opportunity to find out how he got to wh...

Join our host Nick Hoadley as he gives our listeners a pre-series insight into the format of the show and the questions he will be asking the Insurance Business Leaders in the first series of the Insurance Coffee House... If you would like to contact Nick Hoadley about the podcast or to discuss any executive search assignments you may have, please email info@insurance-search.co.uk