The Political Risk Podcast
David Benyon
An independent, journalist-run podcast, focused on geopolitics and insurance markets, serving risk professionals and decision makers in specialty insurance, reinsurance, and beyond. The guest list mixes senior underwriters, brokers and CEOs from the world of specialty insurance markets with geopolitics expertise from analysts, authors, diplomats and academics.
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Aug 10, 2023 • 31min
Charlie 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, terrorism and political violence. This episode focuses on the interplay between malicious risks and climate change.
Jul 13, 2023 • 29min
Jake 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 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.
Jul 11, 2023 • 26min
We 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 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.
