Mark Cloutier's guest appearances

Mark Cloutier

The Voice of Insurance

Jason Howard

Inga Beale

James Kent

David Ritchie

Andrew Newman

Dan Trueman

Andrew Robinson

John Turner

James Vickers

Mike Reynolds

Richard Watson

Nick Cook

David Bearman

David Walsh

Patrick Tiernan

OwlTail

Mark Cloutier is a dream guest.  And that’s not just because he’s the person some of the smartest financial minds in the industry turn to to shepherd and shape their strategic turnaround investments.   Mark Cloutier knows the insurance industry inside and out and from top to bottom, but what makes him a great podcast guest is his openness and willingness to talk about how the insurance, reinsurance and capital markets fit together and interact with each other.   He’s also one of the most easygoing people you’ll meet. His job must involve huge stresses and strains, but you would never know if you met him.   Well today you do get to meet him and together we’ll go on a grand tour of Aspen and its place in the most dynamic and challenging markets for a generation.   Mark’s long career and perspective combined with Aspen’s multi-faceted business model bring a really great insight into this jittery and completely plastic market environment.   Inflation, industry capital and investor appetites, property cat, specialty in a post-Ukraine world, the explosion in hybrid carriers, how to handle the ESG challenge – there is valuable understanding and a calm authority backing every statement.  LINKS We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo: https://www.advantagego.com/  We also thank this Episode’s advertising supporter Oxbow Partners https://oxbowpartners.com

Mark Cloutier is a dream guest. And that’s not just because he’s the person some of the smartest financial minds in the industry turn to to shepherd and shape their strategic turnaround investments. Mark Cloutier knows the insurance industry inside and out and from top to bottom, but what makes him a great podcast guest is his openness and willingness to talk about how the insurance, reinsurance and capital markets fit together and interact with each other. He’s also one of the most easygoing people you’ll meet. His job must involve huge stresses and strains, but you would never know if you met him. Well today you do get to meet him and together we’ll go on a grand tour of Aspen and its place in the most dynamic and challenging markets for a generation. Mark’s long career and perspective combined with Aspen’s multi-faceted business model bring a really great insight into this jittery and completely plastic market environment. Inflation, industry capital and investor appetites, property cat, specialty in a post-Ukraine world, the explosion in hybrid carriers, how to handle the ESG challenge – there is valuable understanding and a calm authority backing every statement. LINKS We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo: <a href="https://www.advantagego.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.advantagego.com/</a> We also thank this Episode’s advertising supporter Oxbow Partners <a href="https://oxbowpartners.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://oxbowpartners.com</a>

Ep139 Mark Cloutier Group CEO Aspen: Still taking volatility down

The Aspen story is one that in many ways mirrors the global wholesale specialty insurance and reinsurance markets that we know and love so much.   After a few years of relative underperformance – nothing catastrophic or life-threatening but underperformance nonetheless – Aspen now finds itself in the hands of private equity in the form of serial industry investor Apollo.   Mark Cloutier is in post to turn Aspen around for its new owner just at the time that much of the market is taking similar remedial action to improve performance.   Mark and Apollo have done this successfully before and that’s why this is such a good episode to get wrapped up in.   After all If you are openly turning something around for a sale you have to be building the sort of long-term value that a new owner is going to be looking to acquire.   Finding out how Mark plans to do this gives a lot of insight into how one of the smartest investors in our sector thinks.    LINK: We thank our supporter, Claims Direct Access (CDA) for their support today.   Here is a link to their website: https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/

The Aspen story is one that in many ways mirrors the global wholesale specialty insurance and reinsurance markets that we know and love so much. After a few years of relative underperformance – nothing catastrophic or life-threatening but underperformance nonetheless – Aspen now finds itself in the hands of private equity in the form of serial industry investor Apollo. Mark Cloutier is in post to turn Aspen around for its new owner just at the time that much of the market is taking similar remedial action to improve performance. Mark and Apollo have done this successfully before and that’s why this is such a good episode to get wrapped up in. After all If you are openly turning something around for a sale you have to be building the sort of long-term value that a new owner is going to be looking to acquire. Finding out how Mark plans to do this gives a lot of insight into how one of the smartest investors in our sector thinks. LINK: We thank our supporter, Claims Direct Access (CDA) for their support today. Here is a link to their website: <a href="https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/</a>

Ep 35 Re-shaping Aspen with Mark Cloutier