Ep. 60: Inflation and Insurance Companies, with Bill Poutsiaka

The Inflation Guy doesn't understand why some people love to be the smartest person in the room. That's not fun at all! The Inflation Guy wants to be no better than the second-smartest, so he can always be learning. This is the first episode where he achieves this goal in a podcast format, with a real live guest who is deeply experienced in how insurance companies evaluate and address inflation risks.

Bill Poutsiaka is a senior financial services executive who has been a CEO, Chief Investment Officer, and board member for global insurance and asset management businesses. Bill has served as an active director on the boards of public, mutual, private and non-profit organizations. These organizations have included global, domestic, large, small, multiline and highly specialized insurance and investment entities. His executive roles include Chief Investment Officer & SVP of AIG Property Casualty following the financial crisis; CEO of quantitative firm PanAgora Asset Management, and CEO Arkwright Mutual Insurance Co which he merged to form FM Global.

More importantly, he is an old friend of the Inflation Guy. In this episode of the podcast, they talk about how insurance companies think about and address inflation risks...and also go 'into the lab' to talk about some of the things they ought to do, if they don't.

Bill is currently consulting, doing board work, research on application of emerging data science methods, mentoring, advising/coaching fintech organizations and startups, publishing, and speaking at conferences and universities. If you want to get in touch with him, drop the Inflation Guy a message at InflationGuy@EnduringInvestments.com