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The Political Risk PodcastKidnap & Ransom: Global Hotspots and Conditions for K&R to ThriveKidnap and ransom (K&R) is one of the most specialised – and least understood – corners of the insurance world.In this special episode, in association with Gallagher Specialty, Eddie Kurshumlija, director of crisis management at Gallagher Specialty, and Adam Carrier, head of consulting at AnotherDay, a Gallagher company, explore how K&R policies work in practice, from what’s typically included or can be added on, to response consultants, intelligence support, duty of care and crisis planning.Discussion moves on to examine where conditions are ripe for K&R to proliferate, from weak rule of law an...
2025-09-2329 min
The Political Risk PodcastAviation war to multi-class specialty – watch this space – HIVE's Bruce CarmanBruce Carman, CEO of Hive Underwriters, returns for a wide-ranging conversation. You can’t get broader than space, where we start, which is Hive’s latest launch. We trace the London MGA's development from aviation war into multi-class specialty agency. We also discuss consequences of June's High Court ruling that losses incurred by aircraft lessors of planes seized by Russia after its invasion of Ukraine are to be covered under aviation hull war policies.
2025-09-0931 min
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2025-09-0400 min
The Political Risk PodcastA perfect storm for credit and political risk re/insurance, with Lockton Re's Eran CharitTrade wars and geopolitics are reshaping global supply chains, counterparty risk, and credit and political risk insurance (CPRI). In this episode, Eran Charit, senior broker at Lockton Re, shares his perspective on how a pipeline of new CPRI entrants and fresh capacity are softening conditions in the primary market, while treaty reinsurance remains more fragile to systemic shocks, due to the short list of reinsurers willing to lead in this class. We discuss the risks of a reinsurer suddenly exiting, and systemic shock scenarios that could destabilise portfolios, from corporate fraud to a cyber-attack on digital infrastructure. With experience...
2025-08-2627 min
The Reinsurance PodcastDavid Benyon: Navigating Political Risk | TRP #148David Benyon joins us to unpack everything from elections and riots to emerging insurance products. We explore market volatility, global flashpoints, and how underwriters, brokers, and cedents can navigate an increasingly unpredictable world.EPISODE LINKS:David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-benyon-4a14778/The Political Risk: https://www.politicalriskpodcast.com/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/@Superced...
2025-08-1242 min
The Political Risk PodcastSocial media and political violence, with Arch’s Jelle OuwehandJelle Ouwehand, head of war, terrorism and political violence at Arch Insurance International, features in this episode. Political violence has a close and complex relationship with social media. The speed at which news travels, and the democratising power of social media, are meeting with forces of political populism and polarisation. Together with increased proliferation of fake news, misinformation and disinformation, all these factors mean social media are fanning the flames of social disorder, with inevitable fallout for underwriting PV and SRCC risks.
2025-08-0527 min
The Political Risk PodcastNo going back: A riskier, more fragmented world order – with Swiss Re's Jérôme HaegeliJérôme Haegeli, Swiss Re’s chief economist, discusses its latest Sigma study. Global growth is slowing at a time of large macroeconomic regime shifts; extreme policy uncertainty is set to persist with the highest US goods tariffs since the Great Depression, the reinsurer’s report warns. This ep relates headline geopolitics to outcomes for insurance premium and claims trends – positive and negative – across lines of business, from marine cargo to motor, and property catastrophe reinsurance business. You can read the Swiss Re Sigma study “World insurance in 2025: a riskier, more fragmented world order”, here. https://www.swissre.com/institute...
2025-07-2229 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Verisk Maplecroft SRCC model for the United StatesVerisk Maplecroft’s new Strikes, Riots, and Civil Commotion (SRCC) model for the United States is the market’s first probabilistic SRCC catastrophe model. Since 2017, SRCC has led to $10bn of insured losses, compared to $1bn for terrorism. Civil unrest in the US recently hit the headlines in Los Angeles. In 2020, SRCC topped $3bn in industry-wide insured losses. A one in 100-year event, in Verisk Maplecroft’s catalogue, would be more than twice as severe. Two guests feature for this special episode in association with Verisk Maplecroft: Sam Haynes, Head of Data and Analytics; and Torbjorn Soltvedt, Associate Director, Global...
2025-07-1030 min
The Political Risk PodcastASEAN navigating Trump’s tariffs, with Sek Wannamethee & Sir Richard GozneyThe 90-day pause on President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs is due to expire on 9 July. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are among the targets. When a blanket tariff rate of 10% expires, Thai goods will be targeted with a 36% tariff, Indonesian goods at 32%, for instance. Two senior diplomats feature in this ep. Sir Richard Gozney is a retired senior British diplomat, ex-governor of Bermuda, and former ambassador to Nigeria and Indonesia. Sek Wannamethee is a retired senior Thai diplomat, former ambassador for Thailand to Belgium and Luxembourg, and head of the Thai mission to the European Union. His re...
2025-06-3031 min
The Political Risk PodcastMacro Risks & Buying Trends across Credit, Political Risk & PV, with SCOR Business Solutions’ Kayley Stewart & Babak TavassolieFor the latest episode, two guests feature from SCOR Business Solutions: Kayley Stewart is head of crisis management; and Babak Tavassolie is head analyst of political and credit risk. It’s a wide-ranging conversation, encompassing two geopolitically interrelated but separate specialty insurance lines of business that are at the very core of this pod – political risk and political violence. We discuss the political risks present within previously ‘vanilla’ credit insurance, affecting some buyer motivations and underwriting assumptions; the maturing specialty market for standalone terrorism and political violence, for such emerging threats as sabotage and civil unrest; as well as macro ge...
2025-06-1735 min
The Political Risk PodcastResponding to challenges in an ever-changing geopolitical landscape – City of London CRO SummitThe City of London Corporation hosted a Chief Risk Officers Summit at the Guildhall on 21 May, including a panel discussion: “Responding to challenges in an ever-changing geopolitical landscape”. Panellists included: Andrew McDougall, Head of Geopolitical Risk, Barclays; Savannah Thompson, Head of Political Risk & Underwriting Development, The Fidelis Partnership; Esperanza Cerdan, Chief Risk Officer, IFM Investors; Jennifer Geary, Chief Risk Officer, Non-Exec & Author, The C-Suite Framework; with host David Benyon asking the questions. Bayes Business School in partnership with the City of London published a report to promote the importance of the CRO role: “Optimising Growth: The Evolving Role of the Ch...
2025-05-3032 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: European PV; Politically Motivated Sabotage; Overseas France SRCC; with LSM’s Björn Reusswig and François BarriolA special episode, in association with Liberty Specialty Markets, focused on European political violence (PV) risks. Politically motivated sabotage is a huge topic across Europe, amid heightened concerns about hybrid-war and grey-zone threats amid a potentially volatile political backdrop. Strikes Riots and Civil Commotion (SRCC) are the front-and-centre PV risk, particularly given recent civil unrest events within territories of Overseas France. The episode features two leaders of LSM’s European PV business: Björn Reusswig, Regional Line of Business Manager, Terrorism & Contingency, Europe; and François Barriol, France Manager, Deputy Head, Terrorism, Political Violence & Contingency, Europe.
2025-05-1528 min
The Political Risk Podcast100 days of Trump 2.0 – Tariffs in focus, with Airmic’s Alex Frost and Hoe-Yeong LokeAs we hit the first 100 days mark of US President Donald Trump’s second term, no other single word sums up the preoccupation of business leaders around the world better than tariffs. This conversation assesses the impact of the US’s tariffs, particularly on Canada, Mexico and China, and asks how risk professionals and their organisations are responding to the fast-moving shifts in global trade. My guests are Hoe-Yeong Loke, head of research at Airmic, and Alexander Frost, chief markets officer at Airmic.
2025-04-3034 min
The Political Risk PodcastMethod to Trump’s Madness, with Firas Modad of Modad GeopoliticsDoes Donald Trump have a master plan? The White House has sewn chaos in recent days, triggering stock market volatility with on-then-partially-off punitive tariffs globally, speaking softly with Russia, chastising Ukraine, talking openly about annexing neighbouring Greenland and Canada, and sparking an escalating trade war with China. Firas Modad, founder and principal of Modad Geopolitics, a consultancy advising insurance firms and corporate clients, thinks he knows what Trump’s tumultuous strategy is all about.
2025-04-1533 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Should the World Fear China? Colonel (ret’d) Zhou Bo & Mosaic’s Finn McGuirkZhou Bo, a retired senior colonel in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, joins Mosaic’s global political risk leader Finn McGuirk, for the latest special episode in association with Mosaic Insurance. Colonel Zhou Bo is a senior fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, a distinguished fellow of the Global Governance Institution, and a regular PLA speaker at the Munich Security Conference and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue. The title of his new book, published in March 2025, is perhaps the biggest question of the age, and the subject of this fascinating discussion between these two geop...
2025-03-3141 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Renewables meet Realpolitik; PVT threats to Renewable Energy Projects; with Gallagher Specialty’s Harry Walker & Adam CarrierPolitical violence and terrorism risks to renewable energy projects are the focus of the latest special episode in association with Gallagher Specialty. Two guests feature in this timely conversation: Harry Walker, director, structured credit and political risks at Gallagher Specialty; and Adam Carrier, head of consulting, at AnotherDay, a Gallagher company.
2025-03-1847 min
The Political Risk PodcastA ‘first of its kind’ Ukraine war risk reinsurance facility, with McGill's Hamish GreenwoodHamish Greenwood is head of crisis management at McGill and Partners. In January the broker launched a new war risk reinsurance facility for commercial property in Ukraine. A good example of market innovation and collaboration, it uses FortuneGuard’s AI-powered tech, fuelled by three years of Ukrainian government air defence data, and partners local capacity from Ukrainian insurer ARX with several war risk facultative reinsurers in the Lloyd’s and London market.
2025-03-1126 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Political Risk Outlook with Verisk Maplecroft’s Jimena Blanco & Hugo BrennanVerisk Maplecroft’s Political Risk Outlook draws on a unique portfolio of country risk data, alongside analysis from its team of experts, to strip back the complexity of some of the key global issues driving the risk environment for international business. This special episode features Jimena Blanco, Chief Analyst at Maplecroft, and Hugo Brennan, Maplecroft’s Research Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Political Risk Outlook is designed to help companies and investors understand where and how geopolitical and political risks are emerging and what these mean for them. Here’s the link to the report.https...
2025-02-2740 min
The Political Risk PodcastCharles Hecker, ‘Zero Sum: The arc of international business in Russia’ – And the risks of going backCharles Hecker spent forty years travelling and working in the Soviet Union and Russia as a political risk consultant and journalist. He is the author of ‘Zero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia’. We discuss this acclaimed new book and draw lessons from the highs and lows of doing business in post-Soviet Russia, from communism to capitalism, and to the exodus of three years ago. There’s also time to think about the postwar future, including potential conditions for a return to Russia by some Western firms, if the geopolitical mood-music changes and should sanctions be lifted.
2025-02-1142 min
The Political Risk PodcastAllianz's Srdjan Todorovic: Geopolitics omnipresent on Risk Barometer; Sabotage & BI threats loom largeSrdjan Todorovic is head of political violence and hostile environment solutions at Allianz Commercial. In this episode we talk through the Allianz Risk Barometer 2025. Geopolitics is a recurring theme throughout the report, and our conversation focuses on three of its top ten ranked risks, including business interruption, cyber risk, and political risk and political violence. We discuss the hot topic of state-sponsored sabotage operations, representing a serious risk management challenge for commercial clients, while provoking questions for underwriters across several lines of business. Lastly, here’s the link to the Allianz Risk Barometer. https://commercial.allianz.com/news-and-insights/reports/al...
2025-01-2831 min
The Political Risk PodcastThe Atlantic Council's Elisabeth Braw: Goodbye Globalization; Hello Gray-Zone Aggression & Undersea WarThe insurance industry and the private sector are on the frontline of hybrid warfare, already a big news story in 2025. Elisabeth Braw is a journalist and author focused on responses to ‘Gray-zone’ aggression, including sabotage operations, cyber-attacks and damaging subsea cables. She is a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, and a senior associate fellow at the European Leadership Network. She is the author of “Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World” and “The Defender’s Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-Zone Aggression”. Her next book, “The Undersea War”, is due out in 2026. Elisabeth is also a columnist for ...
2025-01-1329 min
The Political Risk PodcastSE Asia, US & China: BRICS joiners; ASEAN Schengen; and a Filipino Game of Thrones – KCS's Adrian Poole-Robb & Aidan MooneySoutheast Asia is at the forefront of Asia Pacific geopolitics, with the US and China vying for influence. Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia recently became BRICS ‘partner countries’. The Philippines has tilted towards the US since Bongbong Marcos took office, and regularly clashes with China to defend its maritime borders. Meanwhile, several ASEAN countries are developing a biometric cross-border ‘Schengen’ visa, but focused on tax, immigration and security concerns. This episodes features Aidan Mooney, senior intelligence analyst, and Adrian Poole-Robb, managing director for Asia business development, KCS Group Asia.
2024-12-1738 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Redrawing Borders Globally and the Balkans ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’; with Timothy Less & Mosaic's Mark WheelerA special episode, in association with Mosaic, focused on the integrity of borders amid a volatile new ‘age of secession’. Mark Wheeler is co-CEO and co-founder of next-gen specialty insurer Mosaic Insurance. Dr Timothy Less is a senior advisor for geopolitics at Cambridge University’s Centre for Risk Studies, and previously worked in the British Diplomatic Service. The thawing out of frozen conflicts in the Balkans represents a ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’, Tim argues, for resurging great power competition and attempts to redraw borders globally. Link to Tim’s “Age of Secession” CIRSD article below.
https://www.cirsd.org/en...
2024-12-0333 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Intangible Risks, Concrete Examples – Infrastructure & State-Sponsored Cyber in Focus, with AnotherDay's Sneha Nichols‑DawdaInfrastructure is on the frontline of so-called ‘grey zone’ tactics used by government-sponsored actors, including cyber-attacks that can be aimed at disruption, theft and corporate espionage, meaning businesses should be vigilant and resilient against the threats. Which is where AnotherDay comes in, as a Gallagher company and specialist crisis and risk management consultancy. Sneha Nichols‑Dawda is a cyber risk consultant at AnotherDay, with a background in cyber security, technology policy and governance, and was previously a researcher at defence and security think-tank The Royal United Services Institute. She has previously appeared in media such as Times Radio and Channe...
2024-11-1531 min
The Political Risk PodcastA New Sheriff in Town: US Election Debrief and Political Risk Outlook, with Marvin BarthMarvin Barth is creator of Thematic Markets, providing independent research and analytics on the global political economy. An economics PhD, he has worked as an economist, strategist and portfolio manager at big banks and asset managers, and across the policy spectrum, including the Federal Reserve, US Treasury and the Bank for International Settlements. Our conversation focuses on the political and geopolitical fallout of Donald Trump's shock landslide Presidential Election victory. But Trump's win wasn’t so much of a surprise to Marvin, because he accurately predicted it. https://thematicmarkets.substack.com/
2024-11-1239 min
The Political Risk PodcastDan Callow: A soft market for Political Violence; War and SRCC risks loom largeDan Callow is lead underwriter for political violence, terrorism and war lines of business at specialty insurer and reinsurer IQUW. The political violence market can be characterised as competitive. Pricing is soft and driven by a growing number of insurance companies collectively offering a large volume of direct and facultative capacity. The underlying risks are best described as volatile, with a lot of exposure to war and civil unrest risks in hotspots like the Middle East.
2024-10-1821 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: US Election Political Violence Outlook, with Tina Fordham & Mosaic's Adam McGrathA special episode, in association with Mosaic Insurance, focused on the political violence outlook for the US Presidential Election set for November 5 2024. Tina Fordham is a geopolitical strategist and advisor, and founder of Fordham Global Foresight. Adam McGrath is the global head of war, terrorism and political violence at Mosaic.
2024-09-3036 min
The Political Risk PodcastSavannah Thompson: ESG and Political Risk; Debt for Nature Swaps; Conserving GalapagosSavannah Thompson is The Fidelis Partnership’s head of political risk and underwriting development. She’s also a great example of young female talent and career progression in the London market. In this episode we talk about: tips for industry joiners and her remarkable career so far; The Fidelis Partnership's new Syndicate 3123 at Lloyd’s; and the role of political risk in sustainability projects, particularly re/insuring Debt for Nature Swaps with countries like Ecuador, restructuring sovereign debt in return for conservation commitments to ensure ecological treasures such as the Galapagos Islands are nurtured for the future.
2024-09-2025 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Earth Moving Political Risks – Mining industry Expropriation Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Gallagher's Rupert MorganSub-Saharan Africa’s mining industry is highly exposed to political risk and particularly expropriatory acts by host governments. In this special episode, in association with Gallagher Specialty, Rupert Morgan, Executive Director, Structured Credit and Political Risks, Arthur J. Gallagher International, focuses on five countries: Burkina Faso; Mali; Ghana; Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. The ep coincides with the Africa Down Under conference in Perth, Australia, and the Q3 publication of Gallagher Specialty’s Structured Credit and Political Risk Insurance Market Update.
2024-09-0922 min
The Political Risk PodcastTom Johansmeyer: CrowdStrike & Cyber Cats; How much is hyperbole?The CrowdStrike outage is the latest cyber event to leave underwriters fearing unforeseen catastrophe scenarios and questioning cyber risk aggregations. But could the dramatic headlines and re/insurance buzz about cyber cat be a whole lot of hyperbole? Tom Johansmeyer, global head of index classes, Price Forbes Re, and a POLIR PhD candidate at the University of Kent, Canterbury, certainly thinks so.
2024-08-2736 min
The Political Risk PodcastSam Wilkin: Charting a system in decline; WTW's Political Risk IndexWTW’s Political Risk Index analyses patterns in the world’s most vulnerable countries. Its latest report charts the decline of the rules-based international order, with all that that entails for peace, democracy, free trade and cross-border investment. Sam Wilkin, WTW’s director of political risk analytics, oversees the index, as well as a political risk survey, and a predictive model, to project what may happen next and advise clients navigating geopolitical volatility.
2024-07-3130 min
The Political Risk PodcastJames Kench: Political Risk and Carbon Trading MarketsCarbon is tipped to become ‘the next cyber’ for insurance, a future trillion dollar market, as organisations launch net zero projects to curb climate change and trade carbon credits. Most carbon investment comes from the West, but most carbon projects happen in the Global South. This episode features James Kench, head of insurance at Kita, a Lloyd's MGA that insures carbon, and is launching a new political risk product for this beguiling new growth market.
2024-07-1423 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: A multipolar world played out in financial markets; with Maximilian Hess & Mosaic's Finn McGuirkA multipolar world meets the weaponization of the global financial system, and the Bretton Woods institutions at the core of the rules/norms-based international order are facing unprecedented challenges. A special episode, in association with Mosaic, featuring Finn McGuirk, Mosaic’s head of political risk, and Maximilian Hess, political risk analyst, principal of Enmetena Advisory, FPRI Fellow and author of ‘Economic War’.
2024-06-2744 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastPalou dominates Laguna - but can he overcome tricky calendar for third IndyCar title?Alex Palou destroying the opposition, a wild weekend for record-breaking Romain Grosjean, and a controversial yellow flag trend make up the talking points of this week’s episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast.JR Hildebrand and Jack Benyon are back together to analyse IndyCar's latest round in Laguna Seca, and how Palou came out on top again at a track he's made a habit of dominating at.They also assess Palou's title credentials, and who might be favourite with a host of ovals and the new hybrid unit ready to shake things up.Gr...
2024-06-261h 09
The Political Risk PodcastGenevieve Ahinful: African political risk outlook – five countries in focusAn episode dedicated to political risk and investor confidence in a selection of African territories, featuring Africa Specialty Risks’ head of political risk & trade credit, Genevieve Ahinful, and senior liability underwriter, Tyrone Hopwood. South Africa has a new coalition government. Rwanda is preparing for an election in July. Kenya has debt and supply chain issues. Egypt faces macroeconomic concerns. Ghana goes to the polls in December and faces debt restructuring. Essential listening!
2024-06-2041 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastAce rookie talks first pole, Malukas on his IndyCar comebackIt’s a huge episode as a driver dropped from McLaren discusses his return and an ace rookie talks his first pole position in exclusive interviews with The Race IndyCar Podcast.In our first episode since Road America, The Race’s editor Matt Beer joins to discuss that event and Will Power’s win and under-the-radar bid for a third title. He also gives his thoughts on Colton Herta’s amazing highs and disappointing lows and an ace comeback from Romain Grosjean.Linus Lundqvist was one of the stories of the weekend bagging his first pole, an...
2024-06-171h 02
The Political Risk PodcastTom Clementi: Pool Re's treaty transformation of terrorism risk and talks about cyber riskFeaturing Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re, the UK's government-backed mutual reinsurance fund for terrorism risk. We discuss freshly agreed plans to transform Pool Re's operating model into a treaty reinsurer. Tom also talks about the IFTRIP 2024 international meeting of terrorism pools, hosted by the US Treasury. Cyber reinsurance and the role of government-backed PPPs like Pool Re was on the agenda in DC, and is also the focus of an industry consultation with Pool Re in the UK.
2024-05-3025 min
The Political Risk PodcastMichael Burle & Neil Roberts: War Risk in the Red Sea, Black Sea & UkraineThis is a war risk insurance flavoured episode, featuring Michael Burle, head of marine at Liberty Specialty Markets, and Neil Roberts, secretary of the Joint War Committee, and head of marine and aviation at the Lloyd's Market Association. We discuss the Red Sea Crisis of Houthi attacks on shipping, plus Somali piracy activity in the Gulf of Aden, and we also talk about re/insuring Ukrainian war risks, on land and in the Black Sea.
2024-05-1627 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastOur take on the IndyCar scandal, McLaughlin's Barber win, and Malukas' McLaren exitThere's a lot to get into on this episode, with two of the biggest IndyCar stories in recent memory sandwiching a race weekend.Jack Benyon and co-host JR Hildebrand give their thoughts on the scandal engulfing the series last week as Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin were disqualified from the season opener for illegal push-to-pass usage.McLaughlin rebounded in the perfect way to give Penske victory last weekend at Barber and the episode breaks down how he did it, as at one point it was certain his unassailable lead had been taken away from him.
2024-05-011h 04
The Political Risk PodcastMichael Feller: Geopolitical InterregnumThe liberal international order, sometimes called Pax Americana, is in decline, but it's unclear what happens next. In this episode we explore the concept of geopolitical 'interregnum' as a framework for markets and insurers to consider the business environment. Michael Feller is a partner at Geopolitical Strategy, based in Melbourne, who has held senior roles in Australia’s foreign service and prime minister’s department.
2024-04-2531 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastPrema, Pourchaire, and Larson stars at Indy - a wild week in IndyCarA crucial test for the Indy 500, an extended injury delay opening the door for the reigning F2 champion and an F1 feeder series juggernaut entering a new two-car team left plenty to discuss on this week’s episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast.JR Hildebrand and Jack Benyon are back to discuss Josef Newgarden and Team Penske’s form after topping the Indy 500 Open Test, and break down NASCAR star Kyle Larson’s second-fastest time performance with some key insight into how he’s approaching advice for his IndyCar debut as well.Prema Racing’s two-car te...
2024-04-1553 min
The Political Risk PodcastCarla Jordan & Rafic Abi Saleh: South African PV & MENA markets in focusTwo political violence interviews from the recent GAIF34 event in Oman. The first focuses on South Africa before the country's tense general election in May. Carla Jordan is CEO of London-based Santam Specialist Business, and CEO of Santam-owned, Johannesburg-based MGA, Emerald Risk Transfer. The second conversation is with Rafic Abi Saleh, assistant vice president, war & terrorism at Liberty Specialty Markets in Dubai, to discuss the rapid growth of the Middle East's PV market.
2024-04-0927 min
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Ransomware resilience & Cyber insurance; with Mosaic's Yosha DeLong and Jason NurseA special episode in association with Mosaic Insurance. Guests Yosha DeLong, global head of cyber, Mosaic Insurance, and Jason Nurse, reader in cyber security, University of Kent, discuss the need for greater alignment between insurance, corporate and government stakeholders for managing cyber security, particularly against the heightened threat posed by ransomware attacks.
2024-03-2042 min
The Political Risk PodcastSir Stewart Eldon: Global Strategic Change; Adjusting to new RealitiesSir Stewart Eldon, KCMG OBE, is a consultant and former senior diplomat. His diplomatic postings include serving as UK permanent representative to NATO, ambassador to Ireland, and as the UK’s deputy permanent representative to the UN in New York. He advises Transparency International on counter-corruption in defence, and is senior civil adviser to the Higher Command & Staff College at the UK Defence Academy. Working with The Ambassador Partnership, a specialist consultancy of former diplomats, he recently published an article on geopolitical shifts for 2024. In this episode we discuss Ukraine, NATO’s expansion northwards, Turkey, the ambitions of Saudi Arab...
2024-03-0733 min
The Political Risk PodcastBruce Carman: Aviation War; Knowledge-led underwritingBruce Carman is founder and chief underwriting officer of HIVE Underwriters. To coincide with the two-year anniversary of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, when Russia's government seized many western aircraft, this episode focuses on the aviation war insurance market in the period since then. Reinsurers have withdrawn capacity and increased prices exponentially, and last year a civil war in Sudan led to several airliners destroyed at Khartoum's airport, demonstrating the value of systems like Sentinel, which HIVE has developed to monitor accumulation risk for its insured assets in real-time.
2024-02-2229 min
The Political Risk PodcastJohn Hulsman: The Last Best Hope; A History of American RealismJohn Hulsman is a political risk analyst and best-selling author. A Washington insider, John is a life member of the US Council on Foreign Relations, and served as a senior research fellow in geopolitics and foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation. He has made a name for himself as a pre-eminent predictor of geopolitical risk. His new book draws on realist case studies in American political history for a future Republican foreign policy.
2024-02-0940 min
The Political Risk PodcastChris Holt: Malicious Risk in 2024This episode features Chris Holt, CEO of Lloyd's broker and advisory CHC Global, and a former British Army bomb disposal officer. We discuss CHC's Annual Malicious Risk Report 2024, which has three themes: political polarisation; the implications of energy transition; and the race for technological superiority.
2024-01-2629 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastMalukas on joining McLaren + F1 vs IndyCar in your tech questionsThe Race IndyCar Podcast is back for 2024 with an interview with one of the surprises of the silly season and more listeners’ tech questions answered.At one stage Alex Palou looked nailed on to drive for Arrow McLaren in IndyCar this year, but a change of heart meant McLaren had to move quickly to snap up a replacement.They turned to young prospect David Malukas, who joins the show for the first time as a McLaren driver.He talks about what is expected of him at McLaren given he is Palou’s replacement, disc...
2024-01-191h 03
The Political Risk PodcastStephen Tench: Modelling terrorism and political violenceInsurers are used to catastrophe risk models, but modelling terrorism and PV, such as marauding attacks or outbreaks of civil unrest, is a very different challenge. Stephen Tench, Gallagher Re's head of Middle East & Africa catastrophe analytics, is a pioneer on this subject, employing fresh data for frequency as well as severity, adapting existing modelling techniques, and harnessing the revolutionary power of AI.
2024-01-1727 min
The Political Risk PodcastMichele Wucker: Geopolitics – the new Gray Rhino?Michele Wucker is a best selling author, strategist, speaker, and qualified risk director. A strategic advisor and global economic policy expert, Michele coined the term “Gray Rhino” as a call to decision makers to improve how they respond to obvious, probable, impactful risks. A former media and think tank executive drawing on decades of experience in global finance and economics, she works at the nexus of policy, behavioural science, and business strategy. Her four books include the influential global bestseller, The Gray Rhino, and its sequel, You Are What You Risk.
2023-12-1936 min
The Political Risk PodcastChina-Taiwan crisis scenario, with Mark Wheeler & Zeno LeoniTensions are high between Xi's China and Taiwan. Taiwanese elections in January could be the next flashpoint. The risk of conflict has been a live wire of Asian geopolitics since China’s civil war ended, splitting the island from the Communist mainland. Taiwan is a top exporter of semiconductors and sits astride a maritime trade artery. In early 2023, Lloyd’s undertook an RDS-style exercise to gather exposure data to a Taiwan conflict. Of three scenarios, “Quarantine” focused on hybrid warfare, combining maritime blockade with air, space and cyberspace, to squeeze Taiwan’s economy and coerce its US-backed government into reunificat...
2023-11-2938 min
The Political Risk PodcastElizabeth Stephens: Israel, Gaza and the risks of regional escalationA conversation with Elizabeth Stephens of Geopolitical Risk Advisory, on events in Israel, Gaza and the threat of regional escalation for the Middle East. We also discuss the rising emphasis on geopolitical risk for financial services firms, advice for entities with operations in the Arab world, and the respective roles of Iran, Russia and China in the ongoing conflict.
2023-11-1427 min
The Political Risk PodcastCrispin Hodges: Ukrainian grain and African food securityPolitical stability and food prices are closely linked. This episode with Crispin Hodges, head of trade political risk, Canopius, looks at the effects of Russia's decision not to renew the Ukrainian grain corridor deal and a resulting drop in Black Sea grain exports. If food costs increase and grain shortages ensue, how will this impact emerging economies in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
2023-10-3029 min
The Political Risk PodcastPressure Cooker: LatAm Political Violence; with Napoleon Montes-Amaya, Tom Bradbrook & Mario SalcedoLatin America is a political violence hotspot. SRCC claims in some territories have surpassed natural catastrophe losses, driving insurers to exclude these risks, in turn resulting in strong demand for standalone political violence products. This episode focuses on the threat landscape and likely triggers. Guests: Napoleon Montes-Amaya, head of Hiscox Miami; Mario Andrés Salcedo, head of terrorism and political violence for Latin America, Howden; and Tom Bradbrook, global head of terrorism and political violence, Howden.
2023-10-1237 min
The Political Risk PodcastFrédéric Denèfle & Neil Roberts: Black Sea Marine War Risk from IUMI's ConferenceFrédéric Denèfle is the president of IUMI, and MD of marine war risk insurer Garex. Neil Roberts is head of marine and aviation at the Lloyd’s Market Association, and secretary of the Joint War Committee. This episode looks at marine war risk in the Black Sea, the "Dark Fleet" of tankers, and the war risk and geopolitical focus for marine insurance at IUMI 2023.
2023-09-2824 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastMalukas on Gateway hopes, future plans + Palou latestAhead of the race where he earned his best IndyCar result last year, and amid rumours over his future, David Malukas joins The Race IndyCar Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation.The 21-year-old discusses his decision to leave Dale Coyne Racing and the reasons behind it, why this year has been a struggle for the team, and his belief that his talent could secure a better seat for 2024.He also talks about the changes he's made to his physical training and diet, and why he's using a mental coach as he looks to improve his performance...
2023-08-2330 min
The Political Risk PodcastCharlie Hanbury: Climate Change and Malicious RisksCharlie Hanbury is the CEO of Samphire Risk, an independent London market MGA, focused on malicious risks, such as kidnap and ransom, crisis response, terrorism and political violence. This episode focuses on the interplay between malicious risks and climate change.
2023-08-1030 min
To Have & DownloadEpisode 6: David ScholesWelcome to Episode 6 of To Have & Download, the laid-back wedding photography podcast.
On this week's episode, Alex is joined by the awesome David Scholes. Dave is a multi award-winning documentary wedding photographer based in Clitheroe, Lancashire.
Dave shares his personal journey to becoming a wedding photographer, his family's history with photography, and chats about his time working for Venture Studios, shooting his first weddings with one camera and lens and being mistaken as a stripper.
Alex and Dave also discuss his award-winning approach to capturing images with a storytelling mindset, how he uses...
2023-08-091h 40
The Political Risk PodcastJake Hernandez: Rebuilding Ukraine; Making War Risks InsurableJake Hernandez runs crisis management consultancy AnotherDay, recently acquired by Gallagher, an insurance broker. He recently returned from Kyiv and has been a regular visitor to Ukraine before and after the Russian invasion. Jake’s aim is to find ways to make Ukrainian war risks insurable. Finding solutions to this challenge is crucial for economic activity to continue within the country, as well as towards efforts to underwrite Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction.
2023-07-1329 min
The Political Risk PodcastWe need to talk about China: CCP Political Interference; with George Magnus & David WorsfoldA launch episode on the risk of political interference by the Chinese Communist Party. Insurance companies have courted Chinese commerce while neglecting this threat to their own business. George Magnus is a research associate for University of Oxford China Centre and a former UBS chief economist. David Worsfold is an author and journalist who has experienced this Chinese wall of silence interviewing insurance industry CEOs about China.
2023-07-1125 min
Holy Trinity Church Cambridge1076. Zealous For God's Honour | 18 June 23 | Oli BenyonDavid couldn't use his own strength to defeat Goliath. His confidence was in the power of God to fight his battle.
Are you living today with this confidence when facing life's giants? Is your heart at rest. trusting in God and his power?
Passage: 1 Samuel 17:34-47
2023-06-1933 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastRookie sensation David Malukas on his Gateway heroicsThis week's episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast features a chat with rookie sensation David Malukas, fresh off the back of his barnstorming run to second place at Gateway.The Dale Coyne Racing driver shares his thoughts on his incredible last stint, what it was like to be on the podium with Josef Newgarden as a fan of IndyCar, and the effects of being linked with the top teams he has dreamed of driving for in the silly season.He also discusses some of the trials and tribulations he's endured in his maiden year in...
2022-08-2353 min
The Race IndyCar PodcastDixon's weird season gets back on track + Palou saga updateThis week’s The Race IndyCar Podcast examines the latest in the Alex Palou saga, as McLaren and Ganassi continue to fight over his services in 2023, and provides reaction to Scott Dixon’s composed Toronto victory - a win which gets his season back on track.Coming into the weekend, Dixon had finished in the top 10 in all but one race this year but it wasn't until Sunday that he finally reached the top step of the podium again, capturing the 52nd victory of his career to equal Mario Andretti on the all-time list. Hosts Jack Benyon and...
2022-07-201h 13
Absolute Rally PodcastEpisode 8 - SEASON 18 - 20.11.19Ryan and Tony preview East African Safari Rally which RC flies off this week to do. Twice Roger Albert Clark winner Marty McCormack previews the classic event starting in the UK this week and team time American Rally Champion and hall of fame inductee David Higgins talks his season and his story of various manufacture supported seats over his career and Subaru USA. Also we have a late entry from Jack Benyon for his AOB!
We recorded this week prior to the announcement of Citroens departure from WRC, we will discuss this fully next week.
2019-11-201h 16