AIRROC's The Legacy Life
Welcome to AIRROC's The Legacy Life, the podcast asking: "what does a career in runoff insurance or reinsurance actually look like?" Join us as we sit down with industry professionals who have built long, rewarding careers in the legacy space and hear their stories.
This podcast is produced by AIRROC's NextGen Task Force as part of our initiative to introduce more young professionals to the legacy insurance and reinsurance space. Whether you are already familiar with runoff or are asking "what's reinsurance?", this podcast is for you. And don't worry, we get that "what's reinsurance?" question all the time!
Please join us every other week for a new episode. For more information, please visit us at airroc.org!
This podcast is produced by AIRROC's NextGen Task Force as part of our initiative to introduce more young professionals to the legacy insurance and reinsurance space. Whether you are already familiar with runoff or are asking "what's reinsurance?", this podcast is for you. And don't worry, we get that "what's reinsurance?" question all the time!
Please join us every other week for a new episode. For more information, please visit us at airroc.org!
Episodes
26 episodes
Juliana Toes - Mayer Brown
We are joined by Juliana Toes, an Associate at Mayer Brown, this week on AIRROC’s The Legacy Life. Juliana is a member of the AIRROC NextGen Council, and we have been keeping her very busy with speaking engagements this year. She ha...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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13:41
Layla Trummer - Munich Re
This week we are joined by Layla Trummer, a Reinsurance Structurer at Munich Re Insurance America Incorporated. Layla is an active member of the AIRROC NextGen Council. If she sounds familiar, you may have heard her speaking at the 2023 Deal Fo...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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12:41
Sandra Santomenno and Eric Pince - WTW
We’re talking to Sandy Santomenno and Eric Pince from WTW this week. Sandy is the soon-to-be retired Senior Director in charge of the legacy liabilities space at WTW which includes asbestos, environmental and health hazard claims. We’re glad we...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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15:22
Natalie Weedman - Swiss Re
In the legacy spotlight this week is Natalie Weedman, a Portfolio Management Analyst at Swiss Re. Natalie is also a member of the AIRROC NextGen Council and has been actively involved with NextGen almost since its creation in 2020.
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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12:44
Megan McHugh - Brandywine
This week on The Legacy Life we are talking to Megan McHugh, AVP on the Assumed Reinsurance team at Brandywine Group of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies. Only a few of our guests have had linear career paths, and Megan is certainly not one o...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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13:04
Eric Haller - Fleming Insurance Holdings
Welcome to season 4 of AIRROC's The Legacy Life! We are thrilled to be back and chatting with Eric Haller, CEO and co-founder of Fleming Insurance Holdings. For those not in the know, Fleming was founded in 2018 with the goal of reimagining the...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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15:33
Lee Vuu - Argo Group
This week we’re joined by Lee Vuu, Vice President of Reinsurance Claims at Argo Group. Lee discusses how she started her career as an Executive Assistant with no reinsurance experience and eventually became a VP of Reinsurance. The secret to he...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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20:12
Jose Martinez - Swiss Re
This week we're joined by Jose Martinez, Vice President of Reinsurance and Commutations Expert at Swiss Re. We asked a lot of Jose in this episode and he rose to the challenge. In addition to describing his role and career thus far...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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15:46
Dustin Loeffler and Matt DiSanto - Aon
We have two guests joining us this week: Dustin Loeffler, Managing Director and Head of U.S. Legacy Reinsurance Solutions at Aon, and Matt DiSanto, Associate Director of Reinsurance Solutions, Capital Advisory, also at Aon. When we...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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17:36
Chris Hampshire - Gallagher Bassett
Chris Hampshire is the Vice President of Gallagher Bassett’s Carrier Practice and the President and Chair of the CPCU Leadership Council. In this episode of The Legacy Life, Chris discusses his career, his work with the CPCU Society and his tho...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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21:33
Richard Burrows - Weightmans
We’re talking to another NextGen rising star in this week’s episode of The Legacy Life: Richard Burrows, Principal Associate at Weightmans LLP. Richard discusses his current role at Weightmans, his career path thus far, his love of emerging ris...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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18:38
Megan Kuzniewski - Enstar
We’re back for Season 3 of AIRROC’s the Legacy Life! This week we’re talking to a NextGen rising star, Megan Kuzniewski. Megan works for Enstar Group as an AVP and legal counsel in M&A Corporate Development. Megan started her career as outs...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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12:51
Ed Hochberg - Guy Carpenter
In our season finale, Ed Hochberg, Head of Global Risk Solutions at Guy Carpenter, stops by to discuss his legacy career and his thoughts on why broking firms have been successful at attracting and retaining young talent. "I think that we offer...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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18:45
Paul Ginnett - Allianz Reinsurance America
We are joined by Paul Ginnett, CEO of Allianz Reinsurance America, in this week’s episode of AIRROC’s The Legacy Life. Like so many of us, Paul fell into insurance. “After I got out of college, I was, like many graduates, I was in n...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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16:13
Tom Hodson - Genesis Legacy Solutions
Tom Hodson, President and General Counsel of Genesis Legacy Solutions, LLC, joins us for this episode of The Legacy Life. Tom grew up in a family of reinsurance brokers (G.L. Hodson & Son, anyone?) and has spent much of his career as an ins...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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17:18
Keith Kaplan - Bedivere Insurance Company
In this episode of AIRROC’s The Legacy Life we are talking to Keith Kaplan, Chief Liquidation Officer of Bedivere Insurance Company. When asked how he ended up in his role, Keith responds: “How did I get to be a liquidator? You just need to go ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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17:09
Marty Rosemann and David Presley - Swiss Re
We have not one but two guests this week: Marty Rosemann, Head of Transaction and Legacy Management, and David Presley, Senior Legacy Origination Manager, both from Swiss Re. Like many of our guests, both started their careers as lawyers and th...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:58
Oumou Tounkara - 2021 Trish Getty Scholarship Recipient
We're doing something a little different this week! Instead of talking to someone who has spent years in the insurance industry, we're talking to someone at the very beginning of her career. Oumou Tounkara was AIRROC's 2021 Trish Getty Scholars...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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12:19
Glen Mulready - Insurance Commissioner for the State of Oklahoma
Welcome back! Season 2 of AIRROC’s The Legacy Life kicks off with Glen Mulready, Insurance Commissioner for the State of Oklahoma. As many of our listeners will know, Commissioner Mulready was instrumental in the development and implementation ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:36
Andrew Rothseid - Gallagher Re
Joining us in episode 7 is Andrew Rothseid, Partner and Head of Legacy Solutions at Gallagher Re. Andy describes his career path as being "far from a straight line." He notes that working runoff initially took a leap of faith. "I took a year to...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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14:43
Rich Seelinger - Enstar US
Rich Seelinger, CEO and Chief Claims Officer of Enstar US, stops by to discuss his career and Enstar’s role as a global legacy management specialist.Like so many others, Rich joined Enstar as the result of an acquisition. He came aboard ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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16:11
Leah Spivey - Munich Re
Leah Spivey, Head of Claims Runoff Solutions at Munich Re, joins us in episode 5 to discuss her career in legacy claims. Early in her career, Leah found herself in a position many young professionals can relate to today. She had zero work-life ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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17:13
Bill Bouvier - RiverStone
Bill Bouvier stops by to discuss his career in the legacy space. As the Director of Assumed Reinsurance at RiverStone, Bill is responsible for managing and developing a team of assumed claim handlers. As part of that development, Bill believes ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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16:53