Dame Susan Langley: The City Has Gone Too Quiet | TRP #179

Dame Susan Langley, the first Lady Mayor of the City of London in 800 years and only the third woman to hold the office, has spent a year flying round the world telling people what London’s insurance and reinsurance market actually does. Recorded at Mansion House, this is her case for why the quietest industry in finance needs to find its voice.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• What the Lady Mayor’s job actually is once you strip away the golden coach (and why it finally has an insurer in it)
• Why “we’re very British about it” has become a competitive disadvantage against cities that shout
• How 220 companies and some chalk art outside Lloyd’s reached 20 million people without a single spin line
• Why the Global Risk Summit exists, and what the nine-day secondment tells you about how London is losing its training-ground status
• How a rolling three-year plan fixes the one-year-tenure problem, and what her successor inherits

TIMESTAMPS:00:00 Intro00:35 Third woman in 800 years, first Lady Mayor01:05 What the Lady Mayor actually does (it isn’t the parade)02:29 The Lady Mayor’s Show and 697 women03:41 Representation: the Oxford friend and four women on one stage05:52 Why the City needs an insurance Lord or Lady Mayor07:13 “Insurance is boring.” “Thank you.”08:34 The Global Risk Summit and the nine-day secondment10:17 How the world sees London, and the disinformation problem12:00 Team UK: 220 companies and a chalk-art campaign14:04 A three-year plan and a second insurer in a row15:34 Pension capital, fintech, and why stability sells16:52 What she’ll miss (hint: not the heating bill)17:30 Outro

EPISODE LINKS:
Dame Susan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanclangley/

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