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The Political Risk Podcast
Geopolitics, insured. An independent podcast, focused on geopolitics and insurance markets, serving risk professionals, leaders and decision makers in specialty insurance and beyond. Join journalist and host David Benyon for an exclusive guest list mixing senior brokers and underwriters from the world of specialty insurance with wider geopolitical expertise from authors, academics, analysts and diplomats.
Episodes
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: A multipolar world played out in financial markets; with Maximilian Hess & Mosaic's Finn McGuirk
A multipolar world meets the weaponization of the global financial system, and the Bretton Woods institutions at the core of the rules/norms-based…
The Political Risk PodcastGenevieve Ahinful: African political risk outlook – five countries in focus
An episode dedicated to political risk and investor confidence in a selection of African territories, featuring Africa Specialty Risks’ head of political risk…
The Political Risk PodcastTom Clementi: Pool Re's treaty transformation of terrorism risk and talks about cyber risk
Featuring Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re, the UK's government-backed mutual reinsurance fund for terrorism risk. We discuss freshly agreed plans to transform…
The Political Risk PodcastMichael Burle & Neil Roberts: War Risk in the Red Sea, Black Sea & Ukraine
This is a war risk insurance flavoured episode, featuring Michael Burle, head of marine at Liberty Specialty Markets, and Neil Roberts, secretary of the Joint…
The Political Risk PodcastMichael Feller: Geopolitical Interregnum
The 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…
The Political Risk PodcastCarla Jordan & Rafic Abi Saleh: South African PV & MENA markets in focus
Two 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…
The Political Risk PodcastSpecial Ep: Ransomware resilience & Cyber insurance; with Mosaic's Yosha DeLong and Jason Nurse
A special episode in association with Mosaic Insurance. Guests Yosha DeLong, global head of cyber, Mosaic Insurance, and Jason Nurse, reader in cyber security…
The Political Risk PodcastSir Stewart Eldon: Global Strategic Change; Adjusting to new Realities
Sir Stewart Eldon, KCMG OBE, is a consultant and former senior diplomat. His diplomatic postings include serving as UK permanent representative to NATO…
The Political Risk PodcastBruce Carman: Aviation War; Knowledge-led underwriting
Bruce Carman is founder and chief underwriting officer of HIVE Underwriters. To coincide with the two-year anniversary of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine…
The Political Risk PodcastJohn Hulsman: The Last Best Hope; A History of American Realism
John 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…
The Political Risk PodcastChris Holt: Malicious Risk in 2024
This 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…
The Political Risk PodcastStephen Tench: Modelling terrorism and political violence
Insurers are used to catastrophe risk models, but modelling terrorism and PV, such as marauding attacks or outbreaks of civil unrest, is a very different…
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…
The Political Risk PodcastChina-Taiwan crisis scenario, with Mark Wheeler & Zeno Leoni
Tensions 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…
The Political Risk PodcastElizabeth Stephens: Israel, Gaza and the risks of regional escalation
A conversation with Elizabeth Stephens of Geopolitical Risk Advisory, on events in Israel, Gaza and the threat of regional escalation for the Middle East. We…
The Political Risk PodcastCrispin Hodges: Ukrainian grain and African food security
Political stability and food prices are closely linked. This episode with Crispin Hodges, head of trade political risk, Canopius, looks at the effects of…
The Political Risk PodcastPressure Cooker: LatAm Political Violence; with Napoleon Montes-Amaya, Tom Bradbrook & Mario Salcedo
Latin America is a political violence hotspot. SRCC claims in some territories have surpassed natural catastrophe losses, driving insurers to exclude these…
The Political Risk PodcastFrédéric Denèfle & Neil Roberts: Black Sea Marine War Risk from IUMI's Conference
Frédéric 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…
The Political Risk PodcastCharlie Hanbury: Climate Change and Malicious Risks
Charlie Hanbury is the CEO of Samphire Risk, an independent London market MGA, focused on malicious risks, such as kidnap and ransom, crisis response…
The Political Risk PodcastJake Hernandez: Rebuilding Ukraine; Making War Risks Insurable
Jake Hernandez runs crisis management consultancy AnotherDay, recently acquired by Gallagher, an insurance broker. He recently returned from Kyiv and has been…
The Political Risk PodcastWe need to talk about China: CCP Political Interference; with George Magnus & David Worsfold
A launch episode on the risk of political interference by the Chinese Communist Party. Insurance companies have courted Chinese commerce while neglecting this…