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Max Robbie

Max Robbie

Senior Executive Officer at Markel International Dubai, leading Markel's MENA office and a guest on the FS Brew insurtech podcast.

Sep 26, 2026

10:21
Looking back over the last few years of disruption, how has the internal thinking changed on this combined portfolio? Has it matured? Are you treating this as two books or is it now a single aggregated exposure?
10:34
That's a very good question.
10:35
So I think if you can just, I will answer your question if I just sort of provide some context and framework around how we view it.
10:41
So periods of heightened volatility and geopolitically can obviously increase demand for specialist covers, whether that's political violence, whether that's marine war, whether that's sort of sabotage and terrorism, whatever it might be.
10:54
And I think it's an incredibly good opportunity for us to demonstrate and provide value for our clients and support It's something that we, it's been challenging.
11:04
We have had issues, we've had claims, we've had losses, of course, because if you were underwriting political risk, political violence and more, and you hadn't had any claims in this region, then you would be doing something seriously wrong because you wouldn't have been insuring the right clients.
11:18
So it's for us to demonstrate our value, whether that's in terms of prompt claim payment, whether that's in terms of trying to provide flexible cover, whether it's trying to support clients in a very, very challenging time.
13:18
And before I jump into the whole question on data centers and insurance.

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