#44 - Paul Gadsby: Buying Reinsurance
We’re lucky to be joined with Paul Gadsby, Ceded Reinsurance Officer at Chubb now turned consultant for the reinsurtech Supercede platform. The guys run through the importance of relationships, how reinsurance technology and practices have evolved over time, and the importance of structured information via quality data. EPISODE LINKS: Paul's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-gadsby-640b3a25/ CONNECT & SUPPORT: Website: https://www.supercede.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq Twitter: https://twitter.com/SupercedeHQ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuzfykcesD0phGaCK7qB09Q RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/7e741c8c/podcast/rss Say Hello: cordy@supercede.com OUTLINE & TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (01:10) Paul’s Beginnings in Reinsurance (05:29) Shifting Into a Buyers Position in a Hard Market (06:38) Travelling & Writing Property Catastrophe in Bermuda (08:26) Managing the Impact of Huge Catastrophe Events (10:46) Relationships in Reinsurance (16:25) How Buyer’s Build Trust With Reinsurers (18:41) Data Preparation: Challenges & Improvements (20:59) Changes in Reinsurance Since the 1980s (25:37) Innovation In Reinsurance Technology (29:41) Data vs. Structured Information (31:20) Collaboration With Reinsurance Brokers & Data Cleansing (34:43) Portfolio Optimisation Through Reinsurtech