COVERED
with Francois Jacquemin
Leadership, risk, and the business of protection.
COVERED is the podcast, blog, and executive newsletter of Francois Jacquemin, global CEO and thought leader in international insurance and reinsurance.
From long-form conversations with top executives to sharp, focused insights on market trends, leadership dilemmas, and the future of insurance, COVERED offers a calm, informed perspective on what matters.
It’s built for leaders who value depth over drama, precision over posturing, and who know that the most challenging part isn’t strategy, but execution.
Looking for perspective? I’ve got you COVERED.
EP49 - Why Luxembourg's Insurance Wrapped Funds Change How Banks and Insurers Work Together
Francois Jacquemin explains why Luxembourg's ability to wrap a fund inside an insurance contract gives banks and insurers a genuine partnership advantage across the EU and EEA.
EP48 - How One Family Used Life Insurance To Transfer Wealth
François Jacquemin explains how individual life insurance contracts support generational wealth management and cross-border wealth transfer, sharing a personal story about structuring a family trust for grandchildren in Luxembourg.
EP47 - Why a Bank Account Is Not Enough to Keep a Client
François Jacquemin on how insurance contracts help banks, asset managers and family offices keep clients for the long term, told through a story from early in his career with a bank in Luxembourg.
EP46 - Change Is Not The Exception. It Never Was.
François Jacquemin, an international insurance executive, explores the nature of change in this podcast episode, drawing on historical examples in warfare and leadership, as well as the recent transformation of the automotive industry, before bringing the conversation back to insurance. He explains why the core promise of an insurance contract must remain stable while everything around it evolves, how regulation across global markets is designed to preserve that stability, and what it means for insurers to manage change in a controlled, deliberate way. The episode is aimed at professionals in insurance, financial services, and international distribution who want to understand how to navigate change in a highly regulated, trust-driven industry.
EP45 - Warum Sprache Mehr Ist Als Kommunikation
François Jacquemin, internationaler Versicherungsmanager mit Erfahrung bei global agierenden Unternehmen, spricht in dieser Podcast-Episode über die Rolle von Sprache und Kultur in internationalen Versicherungsstrukturen. Er erklärt, wie er Deutsch als Geschäftssprache eingesetzt hat, um Vertrauen aufzubauen und grenzüberschreitende Partnerschaften langfristig zu stabilisieren. Die Episode richtet sich an Führungskräfte, die in multikulturellen Organisationen arbeiten und verstehen wollen, wie kulturelle Kompetenz zu einem konkreten Wettbewerbsvorteil werden kann.