From insurance risk to human capital.
A path in a few milestones. The first foundations, the key lessons, and the creation of Psycomet.
4 houses to learn the trade.
Field training through work-study placements in 4 houses: Abeille Assurances (client relations in Quimper), Verlingue (brokerage in Nantes), SIACI Saint-Honoré (CAC 40 / SBF 120 key accounts in Paris), then L'Oréal: a study of the impact of climate change on the insurance solutions of the Group's 41 industrial sites worldwide. The insurance trade learned through every door: agency, brokerage, key accounts, industrial risk.
AIG + I.A.P: the foundation of Psycomet.
4 years at AIG: Graduate Program (2 years), then underwriting and broker relations. Running a network of 60 Paris brokers. Underwriting General Liability, Marine, Aviation. Contributing to the management of SME and mid-market client portfolios. In parallel, studies at the Institut des Assurances de Paris-Dauphine (I.A.P), the reference school for insurance professions.
"4 years of daily risk assessment led me to one conviction: the least instrumented decision in a company is almost always a decision about a person. That experience is the foundation of the Psycomet approach."
Designing the Psycomet model.
Sole-trader phase: designing and validating the model. First field tests. AssessFirst Expert certification. Teaching at business school and university. This is where the bridge between actuarial rigour and scientific psychometrics was built.
Psycomet is incorporated.
The practice is founded as I meet Laurent Chrétien, École Polytechnique engineer. Architecture of the HRS™ method. At the same time, appointment as lecturer in Psychometrics & Predictive Career Paths at Paris-Dauphine and Excelia (4 campuses: Paris, Orléans, Tours, La Rochelle).
First engagements delivered.
The practice goes live. A selective stance: 3 engagements a month at most, a qualifying brief, a personal reply within 48 hours. Every engagement is led personally by Hugues Souron, with no delegation.
