Interview: Julian James, Sompo International
Sompo International’s international insurance CEO Julian James sat down for a ‘virtual chinwag’ with Harry Curtis to talk returning from retirement, the business’s Lloyd’s exit and brand ambitions, the hardening market and ‘Armageddon scenarios’.
In January, Julian James returned to the insurance market as international insurance CEO at Sompo International, having been absent since departing Allied World in 2018.
“I came out of retirement
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