John Cavanagh: Co-founder Beat Capital: Supporting entrepreneurial underwriting at Lloyd's (69)

Proving that it's never too late to start a new business, John Cavanagh retired as CEO from Willis Re in 2017 to set up Beat Capital with Tom Milligan (previously Co-CEO of Ariel Re). Today Beat Capital is supporting multiple underwriting businesses, set up by experienced and entrepreneurial underwriters.

John has been working for over 45 years in insurance, including 21 years at international specialty reinsurance broker RK Carvill where he was joint CEO. In addition to running Beat Capital, John is Chairman of Slipcase, founded by Alex Hearn. 

It was a real pleasure to speak to such an experienced and well known figure from the global insurance market. Matthew has known John for many years and he is a long time supporter of the use of technology, data and analytics to enhance underwriting and risk management.  

This wide-ranging discussion includes:

• Launching a start-up
• The importance of Lloyd's in the global insurance market
• The balance between using analytics and underwriting intuition
• The role of the new "Syndicate in a box" at Lloyd's (and what that actually means)
• Why John got involved with Slipcase and why what they do is so relevant for insurance
• Getting the right work-life balance

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InsTech London Podcast Host: Matthew Grant

Produced by Simon Fyles: simon@instech.london

Edited by Peter Roach: visualmonkeys.co.uk