Ep 109 Bronek Masojada: Just the same, but completely different

Tuesday Feb 01, 2022

The idea at the heart of the voice of insurance is to give everyone access to the most senior and influential leaders in the industry.

I want to democatise the sorts of insights that until recently were only available to the privileged few.

Today is one of those days when the mission is properly fulfilled because my guest is a very strong leader at one of the London Market’s best success stories of the last 30 years and someone who has almost always been in the room when the key decisions affecting the market have been taken over that period.

Bronek Masojada is smart and direct and as Chief executive of Hiscox has built that business into a high-quality insurance franchise with global reach.

Now he has stepped down from that major Chief Executive role this interview reflects on what has driven and continues to drive him and examines some of the pivotal moments in the past decades in which he has played a leading role.

But we don’t dwell on the past for long and using his position as Chair of London Market electronic placing platform PPL we focus on his vision for a digitally-native global London Market, the challenges of market modernisation and the skills needed by the top underwriters of the future.

We also get a feel for what sort of future roles might appeal to one of the London Market’s stars.

But more importantly by listening in today you’ll get a great feel for what sort of person and what kind of leader Bronek is and get the benefit of all his hard-earned experience.

NOTES, ABBREVIATIONS AND THANKS

Bronek mentioned early London electronic trading initiative EPS. EPS stood for Electronic Placing Support.

In addition to PPL Bronek mentioned he is Chair of East End Community Foundation

We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo:
https://www.advantagego.com/

We also thank Claims Direct Access (CDA) for their support today:
https://www.claimsdirectaccess.com/