MS Amlin

If lots of capital is around, buyers get to pick the kind that best suits them.

Martin Burke, chief underwriting officer of MS Amlin, sees a market that has reached a point at which decisions need to be made.

I think there's definitely choice there.

But again, when you go back to the insurance cycle and the insurance market, I think that's also driving a lot more demand in the sense of there being need to buy more cover.

If only every encounter could be so straightforward.

That speed and efficiency left us with lots of time to record a whole new podcast of material.

Meanwhile, Martin Burke at MS Amlin had spent his summer at the cinema, and this year's blockbuster gave him what might be the analogy of the year for the predicament of underwriters at this stage

of the cycle.

When did you sort of first realise that expertise and influence aren't actually the same thing?

I think I was, you know, when we were talking before, I was thinking, oh, when did I? But the time when I think it really brought home is when I joined Amlin.

I went originally as a consultant to do a review of their investment processes.

And then I joined, you know, became chief investment officer.