Simon Matson's guest appearances

Simon Matson

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

Tom Wakefield

Today’s podcast is crackling with energy. When I listened back to the recording it was unmistakable.   The reason is obvious – the subject matter we are discussing is Gallagher’s imminent takeover of Willis Re.   This is the biggest thing to happen in reinsurance broking since Aon bought Benfield back in 2008 and here I spend some time with an ebullient pair of senior executives, clearly ecstatic about how the deal is going to transform the Gallagher group and fulfil its long-held ambition to build a genuinely global reinsurance broker.   Talking to Gallagher Europe Middle East and Asia CEO Simon Matson (Picture Left) and Tom Wakefield the CEO of Gallagher Re (Picture Right) was a lot of fun.   In the next half an hour or so you will get a good idea of how Gallagher plans to welcome, integrate and invest in the newly formed business in the coming years.  We also talk in depth about the dynamics of the global reinsurance market itself, both in the short term, looking at the upcoming renewal season and strategically in the very long term. LINKS  We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo - enabling an enterprise view of exposure: https://www.advantagego.com/ We also thank Claims Direct Access (CDA) for their support today: https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/

Today’s podcast is crackling with energy. When I listened back to the recording it was unmistakable. The reason is obvious – the subject matter we are discussing is Gallagher’s imminent takeover of Willis Re. This is the biggest thing to happen in reinsurance broking since Aon bought Benfield back in 2008 and here I spend some time with an ebullient pair of senior executives, clearly ecstatic about how the deal is going to transform the Gallagher group and fulfil its long-held ambition to build a genuinely global reinsurance broker. Talking to Gallagher Europe Middle East and Asia CEO Simon Matson (Picture Left) and Tom Wakefield the CEO of Gallagher Re (Picture Right) was a lot of fun. In the next half an hour or so you will get a good idea of how Gallagher plans to welcome, integrate and invest in the newly formed business in the coming years. We also talk in depth about the dynamics of the global reinsurance market itself, both in the short term, looking at the upcoming renewal season and strategically in the very long term. LINKS We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo - enabling an enterprise view of exposure: <a href="https://www.advantagego.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.advantagego.com/</a> We also thank Claims Direct Access (CDA) for their support today: <a href="https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/</a>

Ep 93 Simon Matson of Gallagher and Tom Wakefield of Gallagher Re: A deal made by customers

Following Gallagher's deal to buy out 100% ownership of Capsicum Re - the reinsurance broker it founded as a joint venture with former Benfield boss Graeme Chilton and colleagues back in 2013 - The Voice of Insurance caught up with Capsicum Re CEO Rupert Swallow and Simon Matson, the CEO of Gallagher’s UK Broking &amp; Underwriting division. What were Gallagher's plans now that it had finally broken successfully into reinsurance after decades of trying? What would Capsicum do with major human and financial resources at its disposal? Would it stay specialist or have a go at the big three brokers? What would happen to the Capsicum name? With new owner Gallagher such an accomplished serial acquirer, was more dealmaking a likelihood? How would the executives keep the Capsicum founding entrepreneurs motivated after the deal? Tune in for the answers. This was a relaxed and friendly discussion. As you’d imagine there’s plenty of talk about what the plans are for Gallagher’s new reinsurance intermediary but there are a lot of other market insights blended in...

Following Gallagher's deal to buy out 100% ownership of Capsicum Re - the reinsurance broker it founded as a joint venture with former Benfield boss Graeme Chilton and colleagues back in 2013 - The Voice of Insurance caught up with Capsicum Re CEO Rupert Swallow and Simon Matson, the CEO of Gallagher’s UK Broking &amp; Underwriting division. What were Gallagher's plans now that it had finally broken successfully into reinsurance after decades of trying? What would Capsicum do with major human and financial resources at its disposal? Would it stay specialist or have a go at the big three brokers? What would happen to the Capsicum name? With new owner Gallagher such an accomplished serial acquirer, was more dealmaking a likelihood? How would the executives keep the Capsicum founding entrepreneurs motivated after the deal? Tune in for the answers. This was a relaxed and friendly discussion. As you’d imagine there’s plenty of talk about what the plans are for Gallagher’s new reinsurance intermediary but there are a lot of other market insights blended in...

Ep.6 The Capsicum-Gallagher deal with Rupert Swallow and Simon Matson