Insurance Coffee House Podcast with Andrew Robinson, Skyward Specialty Insurance

S4 EP17: Understanding investors and ruling your niche

“We listed immediately following what was the worst public market environment in modern day. We ended up having almost 60 ‘Testing the Waters’ meetings with investors”, says Skyward Specialty Insurance CEO, Andrew Robinson.

“It allowed us to learn about how investors thought about our company and the market. It ended up being incredibly valuable.”

Hear Andrew talk to Nick Hoadley about:

Skyward’s turnaround journey to the first successful IPO of 2023
moving to a flatter, modern and more fluid environment
cultural transformation and its impact on talent attraction.
his advice for business leaders considering a public offering
his perspective on the current state of the insurance industry.
ruling their niche with great talent

“We want to focus on parts of the market where we can “rule our niche”. That means build positions that are genuinely defensible, where we can deliver top quartile underwriting returns in all parts of the cycle. The most critical thing is great talent. Great people improve the fidelity of our risk selection, our ability to price risk and drive towards optimal claims outcomes.”

Full episode links:
www.insurance-search.com/podcast
Spotify: https://bit.ly/3D5PqQS
Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3rew61e