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Colum D'Auria

Colum D'Auria

Global Product Leader - Portfolio Solutions at Canopius; insurance and actuarial executive with 25+ years in London Market specialty (re)insurance.

Jun 23, 2026

Actuarial Talk

Actuarial Talk

Actuarial Talk: Colum D'Auria

Jun 23 · 25m

Will Gallimore
Will GallimoreHOST
10:22
Tell us more about that because that's moved away from actuarial again and it's pretty exciting what you're doing.
Colum D'Auria
Colum D'AuriaGUEST
10:27
Yeah, it is.
Colum D'Auria
Colum D'AuriaGUEST
10:28
And that was a really left field option for me actually.
Colum D'Auria
Colum D'AuriaGUEST
10:32
And it came about because I'd worked with Well, the ex-group CUO of QBE and now the group CUO of Canopius, a guy called Sam Harrison.
Colum D'Auria
Colum D'AuriaGUEST
10:44
And although I didn't work for him at QBE, we had a lot to do with each other and we kept in touch after I left and indeed he had left.
Colum D'Auria
Colum D'AuriaGUEST
10:55
So QBE has a portfolio solutions department, arguably the market leader.
Colum D'Auria
Colum D'AuriaGUEST
11:03
And, you know, Sam would have had his part to play in building that up.

12 MINS LATER

Will Gallimore
Will GallimoreHOST
22:46
And how do you see the actuarial profession change? How's it changed during your career? And how do you see it changing in the future?

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