The Reinsurance Podcast

Jerad and Ben skip the small talk and jump straight to 2030, asking the one question worth asking about AI and reinsurance: what actually changes, and what's just getting a shinier coat of paint. They cover cat models, capital allocation, contract structuring, dying market standards, and an industry expense ratio that's somehow gone up instead of down. No guest this week — just two hosts m...

Reinsurance brokers are famous for remembering the small things — the underwriter's dog, the client's restaurant preference at Monte Carlo, whose birthday party they attended last spring. Less famous for: knowing why that market got signed down two renewals ago, or finding the email that explains a call a colleague is now questioning. This episode is about that gap, and why it costs more t...

In a softening reinsurance market, it’s tempting to chase the cheapest capacity, squeeze every last point out of pricing, and call it a win. But that’s how you burn bridges. In this episode, Ben and Jerad unpack how cedents and brokers should approach renewal season when capital is abundant, pricing pressure is building, and everyone suddenly has options again. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ produc...

Reinsurance brokers invest heavily in analytics, cat models, and back-office systems. Almost none of it faces the client. In a softening market where cheaper reinsurance is table stakes, Ben Rose and Tom Spier break down why the broker-client relationship is the one that actually needs the technology — and why most firms have completely overlooked it. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Why getting clients a c...

Since cat modelling landed in the early '90s, nothing in reinsurance tech has stuck with the same force. Blockchain, digital exchanges, Blueprint 2 — the graveyard is long. Ben Rose and Tom Spier trace the history of failed innovation and land on a question the industry still hasn't answered well: if efficiency doesn't move the needle and speed doesn't matter, what does technology...

The reinsurance market spent 2025 promising to invest in technology. In 2026, something actually happened — and it wasn't what anyone expected. In this episode, Ben and Tom Spier unpack why the market suddenly stopped fearing tech, what "placement intelligence" actually means for cedants, and why the biggest shift wasn't new software but a change in how people talk about it. WHAT...

Ben & Jerad run through what’s happened within the world of reinsurance during the past month. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq   X: ⁠https://twitter.com/SupercedeHQ⁠   YouTube: ⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SupercedeHQ⁠   RSS Feed: ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/7e741c8c/podca...

In this episode, Ben and Jerad put reinsurance brokers centre stage and tackle one of the market’s most awkward questions: how do brokers actually prove the value of the work they do? EPISODE LINKS: Client Workspace for Reinsurance Brokers CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq...

Reinsurance strategy doesn’t need to be abstract. In this episode, we break down practical ways to improve placement outcomes, make clearer decisions, and extract more value from your programme. Expect actionable thinking on data, discipline, and execution — the small changes that materially improve results at renewal and beyond. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ W...

AI is everywhere, but where does it genuinely add value in reinsurance? We unpack where AI helps, where it struggles, and why human expertise still matters. From cost realities to creativity limits, this episode explores how practitioners can adopt AI pragmatically without losing the relationships, judgement, and innovation that drive the market. CONNECT WITH US:Say Hello: ⁠producer@thereinsurance...

Renewal is the most consequential thing a cedent does all year. Most treat it like a handover. Placement Intelligence is what it looks like when you stop outsourcing your situational awareness. Live signals across placements, brokers, and market appetite, in one place and in time to actually matter. The gap between passive process manager and someone who controls their capital? Not strategic capac...

War has pushed insurance into the headlines — but how does marine war cover actually work? We unpack what’s really happening in the Iran conflict, why premiums are surging, and how energy disruption, geopolitics, and uncertainty could reshape reinsurance markets ahead of Monte Carlo, Baden-Baden, and 1/1 renewals. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https:/...

Ben & Jerad run through what’s happened within the world of reinsurance during the past month. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq   X: ⁠https://twitter.com/SupercedeHQ⁠   YouTube: ⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SupercedeHQ⁠   RSS Feed: ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/7e741c8c/podca...

Benjamin Bracken and Mark Colegate of InsureTV lifts the lid on how insurers actually build credibility with brokers and buyers before a claim ever happens. We explore why authentic expertise beats corporate messaging, how video is reshaping distribution, and why trust — not price — is becoming the real competitive advantage in modern insurance markets. EPISODE LINKS: Benjamin's LinkedIn: http...

Global Chief Broking Officer at Aon, Anshuman Srivastava, joins Ben to unpack the 1/1 renewal season. Record capital, fierce competition, and falling prices reshaped the market. We explore what really happened at renewals and what reinsurers, brokers, and cedents should watch as the cycle evolves. EPISODE LINKS: Anshuman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshuman-srivastava-84767633/ Aon...

What happens when risk can be priced, placed, and traded in real time? Andy Yeoman, CEO at Concirrus, breaks down the move from “interesting” insurtech to truly compelling advantage, and why AI could reshape underwriting, portfolio strategy, and even treaty reinsurance itself. EPISODE LINKS: Andy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-yeoman-864469/ Concirrus: https://concirrus.ai/ htt...

Steve Bowen of Gallagher Re explains why climate risk is non-linear, why historical data can mislead, and how cedents and reinsurers should rethink modelling, capital, and pricing before renewals. EPISODE LINKS:Steve's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebowenwx/ Gallagher Re: https://www.ajg.com/gallagherre/ Gallagher Re Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report 2025: https://www.ajg.com/...

Jerad & Ben run through what’s happened within the world of reinsurance during the past month. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq   X: ⁠https://twitter.com/SupercedeHQ⁠   YouTube: ⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SupercedeHQ⁠   RSS Feed: ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/7e741c8c/podca...

Jerad and Ben unpack the 1/1 renewals after a storm-free cat year: record capacity, double-digit decreases and why this is softening, not a soft market. They dive into US casualty pain, AI-fuelled data centre risk, geopolitics, war covers, ILS flows and why 2026 could be M&A galore. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠   Linked...

What happens when a reinsurance expert dives headfirst into the world of Bitcoin? Jeff Walton, CRO at Strive, joins us to unpack how digital assets could reshape reinsurance balance sheets, collateral strategies, and risk modelling. It's reinsurance meets crypto—no hype, just serious capital talk with a sharp edge. EPISODE LINKS: Jeff's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-walton-3b3...

Andrew Martin of DynaRisk joins us to explore how brokers and reinsurers can drive growth in a soft market, why embedded is booming, and how dark web intel can turn a “maybe” into a signed deal. EPISODE LINKS: Andrew's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjm/ DynaRisk: https://dynarisk.com/ CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.superced...

Jerad and Ben jump into a round of Reinsurance Games - this time putting on their reinsurer and broker hats to roast the quirks of submission data, renewal season chaos, and the endless parade of “final” Excel files. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq   X: ⁠https://twitter....

The market’s softening, brokers are under pressure, and renewal season is in full swing - so what should you actually be doing about it? CONNECT WITH US:Say Hello: ⁠producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com⁠Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq X: ⁠https://twitter.com/SupercedeHQ⁠ YouTube:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SupercedeHQ⁠ RSS Feed: ⁠https://an...

Tom & Ben run through what’s happened within the world of reinsurance during the past month. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.supercede.com⁠   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq   X: ⁠https://twitter.com/SupercedeHQ⁠   YouTube: ⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SupercedeHQ⁠   RSS Feed: ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/7e741c8c/podcast...

Everyone’s talking about going “data-first,” but what does that really mean for reinsurance? Jerad and Tom unpack the buzzword to reveal what true data-first transformation looks like, why it’s so hard to achieve, and how the industry can move from duct-taped legacy systems to meaningful digital change. CONNECT WITH US: Say Hello: ⁠ producer@thereinsurancepodcast.com ⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.superc...