The Leadership in Insurance Podcast – Insurtech & Innovation

In our latest episode of The Emerging Tech Series  I had the opportunity to chat with Anirban Gangopadhyay, Co-founder of Angle Health, about their mission to transform the healthcare industry. 🎙️

We discussed:

• Personalized Care: How Angle Health is tailoring healthcare solutions to individual needs.
• Innovative Tech: Their use of technology to streamline processes and improve member experiences. 🚀
• Addressing Healthcare Challenges: Their commitment to tackling issues like misaligned incentives and limited access to care. 🏥
• Building a Strong Culture: Their focus on fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and a deep commitment to improving healthcare outcomes. 💪

Listen now to learn more about how Angle Health is shaping the future of healthcare!

#healthcare #insurance #healthtech #Insurtech 

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In the latest episode of the Leadership and Insurance podcast, I had the opportunity to enjoy a compelling conversation with Alex Hearn, CEO and Founder of Slipcase.

For those unfamiliar, Slipcase is a leading platform providing curated content and insights for the global insurance and reinsurance industries. It serves as a central information portal, catering to both individual professionals and organisations, offering unparalleled access to specialised, contextual intelligence.

In this episode, Alex shares the story behind Slipcase’s evolution—from a social tool to an indispensable platform for industry-specific knowledge. We also explore:

• The rise of data-driven content distribution in insurance marketing.
• The increasing demand for targeted, insightful content tailored to industry needs.
• Exciting developments ahead, including a major platform upgrade and Slipcase’s strategic acquisition of a key competitor, positioning the company for significant growth in 2025.

This discussion offers valuable insights into the changing landscape of insurance content and the role of intelligent curation in driving industry progress.

#Insurance #Reinsurance #Slipcase #ContentCuration #Leadership #Innovation #DataDrivenMarketing

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I had the pleasure of speaking with Bob Frady, Co-Founder & CEO of Property Lens, where we explored the evolving landscape of real estate and insurance.

In this episode of The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, Bob shared his entrepreneurial journey, including the sale of Hazard Hub to Guidewire, and how that experience shaped his vision for Property Lens. Property Lens is helping reduce the stress of home buying with comprehensive property history reports, uncovering hidden issues for just $99.

We also discussed: 

🏡 The challenges and opportunities in the real estate and insurance sectors.

📊 The critical role of innovation in making claim data accessible to consumers.

💡 How Property Lens aims to integrate with insurance companies to provide insurability scores and enhance risk management.

If you’re interested in the future of real estate, insurance, and technology, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss!

Tune in now to this week's episode and let us know your thoughts 👏🏼🎧

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Curious about how to take your career to the next level? In this week’s episode of The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, I connect with Emmanuel Djengue, CEO & Co-Founder of Kaatch, to discuss actionable strategies that could transform your career journey. 

🌟 How can we activate career mobility?

Together, Emmanuel and I explore innovative strategies for empowering employees, creating dynamic recruitment processes, and rethinking how companies can support individuals re-entering the market.

👥 From addressing the challenges of unemployment in the Spanish market to uncovering worthwhile solutions for Insurtech start-ups, we discuss key insights that could redefine career pathways and organisational success in the next chapter. 

💡 Tune in to hear Emmanuel’s top 3 strategies to:

•Support employees’ career growth

•Find and connect with the right mentors

•Elevate recruitment for better outcomes

Don’t miss this week’s eye-opening episode full of actionable advice for employers and employees alike. 🎧 Click the link in the comments to listen!

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Is the ‘Insurtech revolution’ over? Max Drucker, CEO of Carpe Data and I explore this and other questions on this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast . 

We also discussed the refocus of Insurtech from revolution to measurable results using an evolutionary approach. 🎯Yes I’m talking about really understanding the ROI of insurance technology purchasing.

Insurtech is no longer about generic use of technology and AI but rather discrete solutions (often bought off the shelf) with specific use cases focused on incremental changes, created by those with insurance expertise:

🙋Think… taking two steps out of an underwriting process rather than changing the whole process.

➡️ Importance of discrete data sources properly prepared that enhance predictions and automate decision-making to enable carriers to make better decisions and manage risk rather than overwhelming them.

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In this week’s unusual The Leadership in Insurance Podcast 🎧we have an all FinPro line-up - Rebekah Bostan, Director of Operations and Hattie Armstrong, Lead Consultant where we discuss the gender imbalance in the Insurtech community and what we can all do to rebalance.

💡We all know the stats (🤔see below in case you’ve been living under a rock) female founding team outperform, yet women are still underrepresented in leadership roles. The We Are Insurtech Women Community was borne out of a frustration to readdress the balance.

• Women only make up 18% of insurance C-Suite (according to McKinsey) but yet account for half of the insurance workforce….. and this is even lower for Insurtech.
• McKinsey has also shown a direct correlation between gender diversity and increased profitability💸— companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on their executive teams are 21% more likely to outperform.
• BCG found that companies founded or co-founded by women perform better financially, generating 10% more revenue over a five-year period than male-founded businesses. 
• They also found that they generate 78 cents for every dollar of funding, compared to 31 cents generated by male-founded startups. 

Creating more gender balance should be a business priority but also a societal focus – ⬇️minimise gender biases in funding allocation 

⛔remove barriers to women’s entrepreneurial journeys caused by continued gendered parenting and caring responsibilities 

🤝create inclusive networking opportunities for women to build networks that meet their needs and requirements… whilst avoiding ‘fixing women’ events

📣Listen all the way through to hear my easy wins for hiring and retaining diverse talent and creating a more balanced workforce.

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On this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast 🎧I talk with Denise Garth, Chief Strategy Officer at Majesco where we take a deep dive into the topic of the moment Gen AI and why the ROI of removing legacy tech debt is higher than you think.

We discussed how insurance is at a crossroads ,🎌with changing risks due to climate change and changing buyer demographics amongst other drivers, and why insurers need to take a step back and take time to review their business systems and technology models - in particular their 💽legacy debt to really activate innovation and productivity. 

➡️Moving away from legacy technology allows organisations to get product to market quicker, better manage or even reduce risk, improve underwriting using AI, as well as activate overall productivity gains through the use of Gen AI (👇 listen in for some impressive stats on the impact of moving away from legacy tech debt)

We also discuss how growing availability of high quality data and increasing use of 💻AI/Gen AI is creating a challenge for insurance leaders who are now also running technology businesses. It also changes who we need to hire into the insurance world – with more of a focus on genuine knowledge workers who can make decisions based on insights produced by AI, instead of keying in and out data.

Give this one a listen via the link in the comment below 👇 👇 👇

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How do we genuinely overcome the challenges of ‘moving data around’ in insurance?

Second time round entrepreneur Alex Cordona, CEO and co-Founder at Recorder and I discuss enabling better risk and information sharing on this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast🎧, as well as some great nuggets of advice for early stage entrepreneurs.

🤔BUILD OR BUY - we discuss how the culture of technology silos is still very prevalent across insurance with a focus still on building in-house – is this holding back insurers and brokers from focusing on where they can make the most value - enabling effective underwriting?

>>We discuss how Recorder has taken on the data gap by enabling brokers to adopt 🖥️ modern technology to improve data ingestion.

↗️Culture shock - moving from FinTech to Insurtech has lead to some moments of uncertainty but Recorder is navigating that by:

➡ Not assuming what they don’t know

➡ Making sure you have a good ‘insurance’ guide…. like an excellent Head of Insurance (FinPro can definitely help you with that 😉)

Looking to understand your future funding model? 👇listen in for us discussing the challenge of ‘incentive alignment’ when it comes to funding and decision making.

❓Deciding on your first hires - Alex has some excellent honest advice on how to build a business..  you’ll have to listen into the podcast to find out more.

Also, watch out for several moments where Alex starts 🎙️interviewing me…..

Give this one a listen via the links in the comment below 👇 👇 👇

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On this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast I discussed with Jon Schneyer, Director of Cat Response, CoreLogic Insurance Solutions why⚡peril risk is changing (and it’s not climate change) and how proactive risk management and mitigation is now more important than ever. We also talked about the continued value of thought leadership not just for customers but also as an important and often undervalued 😀talent retention tool.

Corelogic’s 2024 Hurricane report (👇click in the comments to download) focuses on the 32.7 million residential properties from Texas to Maine that have a combined reconstruction cost value of 💸$10.8 trillion. With the 2024 hurricane season likely be a very active season, potentially even more so than 2023 with a shift to La Niña conditions, understanding the risk to those properties is vital.

Did you know that peril risk is changing and it’s not just about climate change - it’s also due to changing population concentrations as post-pandemic people are redetermining where they are choosing to live (🌅think less densely populated, warmer, coastal areas where peril risk is already higher whilst living in larger footprint dwellings). 

⇝ alongside the rising cost of repairs ⚒️, this is impacting insurers portfolio risk, making it more challenging than ever to determine

🏘️Property tech Insurtechs are stepping up to support more proactive risk management by providing information that not only better identifies risk but also supports improved risk management and mitigation - enabling more affordable coverage to customers.

We also discussed an important emerging trend that could really impact property tech and risk mitigation… using 💻 AI to predict 🎐weather events in real time (think knowing where a tornado might form or specifically land ahead of time and notifying policy holders immediately) 👇listen to the full episode for even more insights 

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This week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast 🎧continues our deep-dive into #Cyber, where I talk to Xing Xin, CEO and co-Founder at Upfort about 🔨‘enabler tools’ that can empower companies of all sizes to better manage cyber risk by unlocking their data to improve understanding of a company risk and support proactive interventions.  

In this episode we take a look at the growing Cyber protection gap – even a one man band now has multiple technology touch points. 

⇝We discuss how the growing SME protection gap is often underserved - particular for products that support fundamental cyber security controls and effective cyber risk management - and that’s where Upfort steps in.

We also discuss the ROI that criminals are really looking for in a cyber attack and how focusing on where ransomware attacks are the most cost-effective for criminals enables organisiations to invest more wisely in their cyber security

💡Listen in below for the top routes of entry

Xing also explains the biggest challenge in managing cyber risk – changing user behaviour - as it often at the individual level that cyber risk enters a business (👇listen in for my great analogy comparing cyber security to a smoke detectors!). We discuss how there isn’t a single bullet but multiple avenues to support changing behaviour including:

💸encouraging more proactive behaviour e.g. through incentives and discounts

📲engaging in user training, simulated attacks and AI assistance – including the use of gamification

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Ever wondered how "Naivete" could be an advantage in insurance innovation? 

In this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast🎧 with Justin Levine, CEO at Shepherd, I explore his unique background and how this has enabled him to challenge traditional views of insurance including focusing on hiring ‘micro-entrepreneurs’.

We look at the advantages of Justin's background in 🏢construction and his journey into the tech-enabled insurance space via risk management and construction finance. 

💡 He emphasises the advantages of being "naïve" and questioning the status quo, in an industry that can often be resistant to change, whilst still valuing experience and expertise.

🤔Insurtech is more than a buzzword…. Justine provides us with great explanation of Insurtech (listen below for more details👇 ) including technology that:

➡ Supports improved underwriting including integrating novel sector-specific data sources

➡ Improves data extraction and analysis

➡ Enhances risk management services

We also explored the importance of evolving your business model whilst finding a balance between improving direct client services and enhancing cores platform for internal efficiency 

💬Justin also explains how Shepherd focuses on seeking out 'micro entrepreneurs' passionate about innovation and transforming the traditional insurance model and those excited about their multi-product approach and expansion plans.

💡 including a discuss of Shepherd’s upcoming plans to complement their core casualty offering with a builders risk insurance product and their wider plans too expand into industries adjacent to construction.

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This week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast focuses on all things Cyber and AI - where I am joined by Caroline Thompson, CUO, Cowbell.

🔊Caroline and I unpack real-world use cases for AI to enable more effective underwriting that:

✅Provides a better customer experience 

💲Drives growth and improving loss ratios

We also dig into changing workforce dynamics and why having a flexible mindset is more important than ever. 

Here are some of the other highlights:

➡ How many data points you actually need to effectively underwrite cyber risk

➡ Why brokers are your secret weapon for product development

➡ How Cowbell’s AI co-pilot is increasing underwriting efficiency by more accurately identifying risks and providing more detailed referral reasons

➡ The importance of team upskilling for the AI tech revolution (without neglecting core business skills)

➡ Why versatility is the new superpower in insurance (for both employers AND employees)

➡ The value of empathy, communication and honesty in managing change - a constant reality in start-up and scale-up environments

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Monday rolls around and it's time for another episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast 🎧

What I love most about podcasting is the relationships we build and the people we meet along the way through conversation, collaboration & sharing ideas. That's why this week we our excited to share our the second episode in our collaboration with I Love Claims live from their recent pitch event 🚀

Tune in to this week's behind the scenes feature to hear from 👇

➡ Amira Nakouri, Co-Founder & CEO of Klaimy

➡ Maarten Callaert 📦, Co-Founder & COO of Paperbox

➡ Peter Dubiez & James Murrey, CEO & Founder and COO of Enviro Trees

It was an absolute pleasure to be involved in this event and the ILC team really have put together something special (and I'm not just saying that as I'm a hashtag

#claims fan..!) - so thank you for having us.

And now the secret is out - congratulations to the Enviro Trees team for walking away as the winners - so well deserved, and tough competition with so many amazing ideas in the room 👏 👏 👏

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Following a brilliant event at I Love Claims last week, we are excited to release our 1st episode covering the the behind the scens on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today 🎧 🎧

🎙 Starting off with Jonathon Valentine from ILC we take a deep dive in to telematics, the ethos of the pitch event, and more.. 👇

➡ We look at the growing interest in telematics in the insurance industry & the need for improved customer trust...

While telematics can improve loss ratios, many people are still hesitant to use them, is this due to a lack of trust in insurance companies?

Do we need to give customers more control over their data?

➡ We discuss the impact of pitching to a curated audience...

What is the value of having industry experts and potential clients as judges, providing targeted and constructive feedback to the startups...?

🎙 Next up we catch the founders fresh from their pitch with the low down on what they are building and how thier pitch went...

Tune in for Part 1 with...

📣 Laurent Olivier Feuilleaubois, CEO & Founder of Mitigrate

📣 Pavel Gertsberg, CEO & Founer of ClaimSorted

👀 Keep your eyes pealed for Part 2 with more founders and more ILC action!

Thank you again Sue Whyte, Mark Hadaway mba and Jonathon Valentine for the invite and warm welcome 🙏

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Good morning and welcome back to this week's episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where for this week's episode I am joined by Tom Spier, Supercede's CCO.

In this episode we dig in to all things #Reinsurance and predominately the big topic of, why is reinsurance innovation underserved?

Tom has a great ocean analogy for insurance innovation (see below 👇 )

🐠 He equates the brightly coloured fish swimming at the top of the sea to be the retail brokers and MGAs attracting the domestic buyers. Then we get to the darker, uglier fish further down ocean (& further down the value chain) - these are the harder to solve, less attractive problems that lack innovation ➡ this is what Supercede are tackling.

We look at whether as an industry, are we approaching Reinsurance wrong?

It's often seen as an addition to insurance, often an after thought - this is even highlighted by putting the 'Re' in brackets ➡ (Re)insurance - the solutions we currently have aren't fit for purpose and they won't fit the same mold as insurance.

Do we need to change our perspective? 💭 Supercede's only thought is reinsurance - never an after thought - that's where innovation lies.

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Ever wondered what the secret sauce is for hiring and growing and a team, especially as an early stage business?

Rebekah Bostan, Director of Operations at FinPro, takes over The Leadership in Insurance Podcast this week turning the tables on me diving into all the questions you've probably wanted to ask as a hiring manager or a founding team member looking to grow your team.

Some highlights from our conversation 👇

💡How do early businesses grow their team sustainability? - know your company personality and direction and really embed shared values to create a company story

💡How to attract pure SaaS talent in a challenging hiring market - accept it is hard but have a proactive plan about your talent pools and focus on enabling all employees to become storytelling advocates

💡How to overcome the barriers to cross industry hiring - a good onboarding process will overcome speed to ramp up concerns

💡How someone leaving is a chance to innovate a role and a team - don't just replace 'like with like' -- look for ways to bring in new diverse talent pools including by restructuring roles

💡What genuinely make people stay or leave a role and a business - focus on living your company values and personality every day and be brave and create challenges to allow employees to grow

📢 And you'll have to listen to the end for my three best pieces of recruiting advice!

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Attracting & Empowering Tomorrow's Insurance Workforce, but what does that actually mean?

In today's highly competitive insurance industry, attracting and retaining top talent has become a critical strategic imperative. As the industry undergoes rapid digital transformation and faces evolving customer demands, the "War for Talent" intensifies.

Tune into this panel discussion with Catherine Richardson, Bill Martin, Alex Bond, Anupam Malhotra and moderated by Stephen Goldstein to hear our takes on this topic 📣 📣

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Tune into this week's epsiode of of The Leadrship In Insurance Podcast : A Deep Dive Into MGUs, Digital Underwriting & MGA Opportunites with Caroline Taylor ACII, COO at ACIES MGU

➡ Why do we need another MGU platform?

➡ What do you mean when you say digital underwriting? Is this not just how underwriting is done?

➡ You have some pledges around social and environmental issues - what are you doing practically?

➡ Acies has significant growth ambitions over the next few years to support a growing number of MGAs - its a competitive landscape how do you secure the best MGA opportunities?

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🔊 A Deep Dive Into Insurtech & the Q1 Landscape with Gallagher Re

I was joined by Andrew Johnston & Freddie Scarratt, Global Head & Deputy Global Head, Insurtech at Gallagher Re to celebrate the launch of their latest report.

➡ We look how Gallagher Re define’s insurtech, and Andrew & Freddie’s route in to the industry.

➡ We get into the value of reports and why conversation, research and communication around innovation is so important.

➡ & Finally, honing in on AI - how can insurtech harness it's power and more

& Read Gallagher Re's 2024 Q1 Report here : https://www.ajg.com/gallagherre/news-and-insights/2024/may/global-insurtech-report-q1-2024/

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Delighted to have Tom Clark, Field CTO of hyperexponential on the podcast this week 🎤

Tom walks us through his role and provides an interesting insight into his evolving role from being a traditional CTO to a "Field CTO".

We got a great insight into how hyperexponential's platform is revolutionizing the traditional actuarial modeling process, and why after 7 years Tom and the team have decided to shift the technology strategy.

hyperexponential (hx) a startup that serves the property-casualty insurance industry with decision intelligence for pricing.

Their Pricing Decision Intelligence platform - hx Renew, provides insurers with the ability to leverage large and alternative datasets, develop and refine rating tools rapidly, employ machine learning approaches to price risk, and ultimately make data-driven pricing decisions at the portfolio and individual level.

Since being founded in 2017, the company has grown 10x while staying profitable and is now expanding beyond the current operations in the UK over to the US, off the back of their $73 million Series B equity round of funding 💸

Tom thank you for joining me, it was a lot of fun 👏

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Transforming the insurance industry through the power of decision intelligence

Tune into our episode with Richard Gunn, hyperexponential's CRO with Alex Bond for their discussion on the hashtag

#evolution of the insurance industry towards a more hashtag

#data-driven and efficient model, pricing intelligence and the use of hashtag

#emerging technologies

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This week on The Emerging Tech Series, Gavin savage had the pleasure of chatting with Thierry Bonfante, the CPO of Unqork.

Thierry possesses 25 years of enterprise software experience, ranging from early startups to large corporations, and is a true expert in AI.

He masterfully walks us through how Gen AI is transforming how insurance companies can do business and at Unqork, how they are integrating GenAI into their solutions.

Thierry also discusses how these advanced AI features will impact their codeless platform's users.

Unqork brings codeless tech to insurance. Founded in 2017, raising over $350M to date and scaling the team to 350+ people they have been a huge hit in the insurance space

Their Codeless as a Service platform enables customers to democratize technology and free themselves from the pitfalls of legacy code, unlocking innovation and speed to market with enterprise-grade performance, scale, and security.

Here's a clip of Thierry describing what their platform is capable of, and why they have built this for the insurance industry.

Tune in via the link in the comments to hear the full discussion on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast "Emerging Tech Series ".

You don't want to miss this one!

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Good morning and welcome to the next episode of The Emerging Tech Series with Brian Moseley, Co-Founder & CTO of Sixfold

The Sixofld team was founded by a world-class team with deep AI, SaaS, security, and insurance industry expertise.

They have developed GenAI to handle the most difficult problems in the insurance industry and created it to assist insurance underwriters in increasing accuracy, maximizing capacity, and improving their overall quality of life.

Brian provides a great insight into how Sixfold is using AI specifically within underwriting and how he thinks an underwriters role be different compared to now in 5 years.

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Insurtech vs incumbent? Incumbent vs incumbent? Who will will?

In this week's episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast we are joined by a dear friend of FinPro. and a returning guest to the pod - none other than Matt Connolly, CEO of Sønr.

We dig in to the future state of insurtechs, Sønr's future 50 reports and how can we actually drive innovation?

Matt - always a pleasure to have you on - thanks for joining us

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Insurtech investing, the power of people and looking for that why.

This week on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast I was joined by Jane Podbelskaya, Principal at Information Venture Partners for a discussion about the investment landscape, what she looks for in a founder and more.

IVP is a fintech fund, their sweet spot being Series A investing - we discuss the recent investment landscape, its turbulence and more.

Jane looks at the venture trends from a wider lens and the broader fintech market. We discuss the mirrored patterns, and what insurtech could learn and expect from the fintech market.

We discuss the power of people, the integral role that having the right team plays for those early stage start ups and what stands out in a founder when watching pitch after pitch.

& Of course we discuss Wisedocs - IVP's latest investment, the investment journey, what stood out to Jane about Wisedocs vision. Connor Atchison MHA

Jane - thank you for joining me for this one - a truly insightful conversation.

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Happy Wednesday!

Welcome back to the next episode of The Emerging Tech Series where this week our host Gavin Savag is joined by Nathan Milford, CTO of Pumpkin

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast, where this week our host Alex Bond is joined by Cyrus Karai, CEO and Founder of CoverForce. 

CoverForce's API offers access to leading P&C carriers, enabling instant business insurance quotes and a one-click purchase experience.

They discuss their mission to strengthen independent agencies, wholesalers and corporates for closer relationships with their preferred carriers.

Delve into their funding journey, gaining investment from QED Investors, the Penn Wharton Innovation Fund, NYCA Partners amongst others. 

And what CoverForce have in store for 2024. 

Be sure to listen to this one - it’s a good one! 

This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up Insurtechs

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Wednesday morning means we have a new episode of The Emerging Tech Series!

For this week's epiisode our host Gavin Savage is joined by Dan Langevin, CTO & Co-Founder of Ideon 

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Sharing somthing fun and a little different on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today...

Back in October I was invited to host the 'Live at ITC' conversations at the Vegas InsureTech Connect confernce.

I was lucky enough to meet, get to know and interview several founders about the products they are creating and visions they are building

Many of you were there (it's Vegas - it's one not to miss!) but for those that weren't, you can listen back to these discussions on the pod this week

First up we've got Hamesh Chawla, CEO of Mulberri, Inc. & stay tuned for more!

Thank you to our media partners at ITC and the sponsors at bolt for this happen 👏 👏

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We are sharing something a little differnt on the podcast today, and we are tunring the table (and microphone!) on our host Alex Bond and hearing a bit more from him about his insights into insurtech and the future of the industry's talent.

Stepping in to the 'interviewer' role today in Alex's is place is FinPro's own Gavin Savage, our Head of Tech and Engineering and host of our Wednesday series, 'The Emerging Tech Series'

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Wildfire science and satellite imagery expertise to solve homeowners’ wildfire insurance...

Super excited for the first podcast episode release of 2024 😁. This week on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast "𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀" I was joined by Arik Yelovitch, CTO of Delos Insurance Solutions.

The home insurance market in California is broken and while wildfire risk isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, neither are Californians. Delos leverages a depth of understanding in data-modeling, ML, and wildfire behavior that traditional markets currently don’t possess.

Some of the highlights from our conversation 👇 

💡 The dynamic of the Delos team was a talking point, with leading fire scientists, expert underwriting staff, and of course the tech team, we get into what the biggest challenges, and successes have been when it comes to innovation

💡 AI, supercomputers, and other emerging technologies are making a huge impact on the insurtech industry. Arik gives us some insight into the possibilities for the future in the context of catastrophe insurance.

💡 The Delos team's approach of vertically integrating its wildfire science expertise and data from its custom built suite of wildfire models is very unique. We discuss the advantages of build v buy and why this has been key to their success.

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Product builder, distribution, policy admin, the no-code platform transforming the insurance industry…

This week on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast "𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀" I was joined by Ahmad Mosa, the CTO of CoverGo | Insurtech.

CoverGo's product agnostic, unique no-code platform and modular approach allow them to build and launch new insurance products in days instead of months. In over 3 years, they have built 500+ APIs covering any process and product imaginable in an insurance business ecosystem.

Ahmad being a seasoned Insurance and Insurtech technology executive, we get into the lessons he has learned from his previous ventures in the space and what he feels it takes to be a global insurtech market leader.

We dive deep into the topic of API’s within insurance and what Ahmad thinks the future of API development in insurance will look like.

CoverGo has employees across Silicon Valley, New York, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Europe, so I wanted to get an insight into what it takes to build a culture in different time zones in the ever-changing nature of the start-up environment.

Give this one a listen via the links in the comments below and please let me know what you think 😁 

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Keeping AI honest is a full-time job.

And that's what Monitaur do.

Live from InsureTech Connect Vegas, this week's episode explores AI governance & mitigating AI risk - responsible AI is a business problem, not just a tech problem.

Tune into this week's episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where I sat down with Anthony Habayeb to discuss just that.

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Happy Monday everyone - starting off the week with a very exciting episode where I was joined by no other than Andy Moss, CEO of Send.

Blending a composable SaaS platform with deep industry knowledge and open-minded collaboration, Send offers modular commercial insurance software to insurers, reinsurers and MGAs.

We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, from tech's role in underwriting and expanding investment in the pre-bind space and more. Here are some of the highlights...

🚀 How do you drive engagement and adoption for an underwriting tool?

🚀 Do you think there is a perception problem with UK companies going into the USA? How are you tackling this?

🚀 What do you think this type of technology means for the underwriter of the future? Do we need a new type of underwriting talent profile? More tech savvy?

🚀 How are you using AI in your products? How can we embrace AI – do we need to think differently in insurance?

🚀 And last but not least, what's on the horizon for Send?

Thank you again for joining me Andy Moss - I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did & thank you Sarah Sutton for helping us make this happen

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🚨 Brand new episode of #TheEmergingTechSeries is out today 🚨

Thank you to everyone who tuned into last week’s episode with Patrick Koeller from When Insurance

In this week’s episode, our tech expert Gavin Savage was joined by James Keal the Co-Founder, of Inktrap, a design and development studio that creates brilliant interfaces, websites, and apps for disruptive insurtech startups - design experts that understand insurance products

Here are some of the highlights from the conversation…

🎙 Gavin asks James about his background, how he got into product design, and ended up designing innovative products for insurtechs startups

🎙James discusses what inspired him to start Inktrap

🎙James talks about when startups and businesses should consider investing in design for their products or services

🎙They discuss design trends and the significance of getting the user experience right from the start

🎙What are some emerging design trends or technologies in the insurtech space, and how do these trends impact the user experience?

🎙They discuss culture when building a design team. What qualities or skills do you believe are essential for a successful design and development team?

🎙James gives his advice to aspiring designers and startups looking to make their mark in the insurtech industry.

🎙Finally, Gavin asks James if he could redesign any famous product or interface from history, what would it be, and why?

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Happy Monday everyone - coming off the back of a week of insurtech madness last week in Vegas we have a great podcast episode to share to continue the insurtech innovation conversation. This week I was joined by ARMD Limited's CEO Devin Chawda.

ARMD is reinventing the way tradespeople protect their livelihoods. Addressing an underserved £6.5B UK market opportunity, ARMD offers a unique combination of IoT technology with embedded insurance, designed to increase sales, reduce risk and minimise downtime.

We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, here are some of the highlights...

🚀 ARMD's famous raise on Seedrs; we all saw the great press, but has it been successful? What are your key learnings for this experience? Did it cause any complications?

🚀 All things Lloyd’s lab – you went through the process – what are your key takeaways – what would you say to people considering being part of the lab? How would you advise they make best use of the experience?

🚀 How long into the evolution of the business was Insurance seen as a key part of the offering?

🚀 You have numerous distribution opportunities – how many evolved out of the deepening understanding of the insurance industry?

🚀 Explain how new capacity has allowed you to wholesale you product what is the thinking here?

🚀 How do you define embedded insurance? Do we even need to mention “insurance” ?

🚀 What's next for ARMD?

ARMD have been on our podcast guest bucket list for a while now, so Devin, thanks for joining me and making this episode happen!

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🚨 Brand new episode of #TheEmergingTechSeries is out today 🚨

In this week’s episode our tech expert Gavin Savage interviewed Patrick Koeller, the Co- Founder & CTO of When Insurance. When Insurance is an employee benefit and an off boarding platform to help protect employee access to healthcare

Here are some of the highlights from the conversation…

🎙 Gavin asks about Patrick’s background & how he ended up in the world of #InsurTech

🎙 Patrick explains the USPs of the HR processes of When Insurance offboarding platform

🎙 Gavin asks Patrick about the risks of using AI in the HR perspective - is AI bias?

🎙 Who is Jamie? Patrick talks about the tool that helps to humanise the AI tool that When Insurance uses

🎙 Patrick's thoughts on AI & how AI has changed over the last years

🎙 Gavin asks about the role of an InsurTech to change insurance space & Patrick’s thoughts on the whole insurance space

🎙 Finally, Patrick explains the dynamic of the When Insurance team and the team culture & they cover what’s next for When Insurance and for Patrick as the CTO

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🚨 Brand new episode of #TheEmergingTechSeries is out today 🚨

Thank you to everyone who has tuned into last week’s episode with Tom Beale from Converge Insurance

In this week’s episode- our tech expert Gavin Savage had the opportunity to talk to Sven G., the CTO of Turris

Here are some of the highlights from the conversation…

👉 Gavin asks Sven about his unusual journey from investment banking into InsurTech and being a CTO of Turris

👉 Sven talks about the mission of Turris and how they want to ‘rewire how insurance agencies manage their funds flow’

👉 Sven explains what’s different about Turris and what differentiates them from the competitors in the market

👉 They discuss the main benefits of using Turris as a banking solution for entrepreneurs

👉 Sven explains Turris business module and understanding what the industry needs - technology as a superpower in the forefront of insurance innovation

👉 Gavin asks Sven what’s next for Turris

👉 Finally, Sven shares his recommendation for a must- read book: Advanced React by Nadia Makarevich 🇺🇦

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It's always nice to start the week with something fun to share and this week is no exception.

This week on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast I'm joined by the brilliant Garret Gray of CoreLogic to reflect on his entrepreneurial journey and discuss all things #disruption, #development and #acquisition.

We got into a lot of interesting topics, so without giving too many spoilers, here are some of the highlights...

& be sure to catch to the full conversation here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQkvbGxx

🚀 Will carriers become the largest distributors..? Do you think we might start to see that analogy with software?

🚀 Buy vs Build vs Partnership – is there ever still an argument for build? Is it not augment not build?

🚀 What do you think the change in tech stacks means for carrier and broker tech talent?

🚀 Can a company as large as CoreLogic get close to the earliest developments in Insurtech outside of those made in-house?

🚀 You obviously went through an acquisition with CoreLogic – how do you make that sort of transition successful?

Thank you Garret Gray for joining me!

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🚨 Brand new episode of #TheEmergingTechSeries is out today 🚨

Thank you to everyone who tuned into last week’s episode with Mo El Mahallawy from Shepherd

Tune into this week’s episode - where we get an insight into the world of cyber insurance, security, and advanced data technology with Tom Beale, the CTO of Converge

Here are some of the highlights from the conversation with our tech expert Gavin Savage…

👉 Tom’s career journey into tech, and entering the world of insurtech with Converge

👉 Gavin asks Tom about building loss models without historical data and the challenges Converge has overcome to tackle this issue

👉 Tom explains the gaps in cyber risk management

👉 They discuss the mindset businesses have around technology insurance and why cyber insurance is necessary

👉 Gavin asks Tom about the USP of Converge and what makes them stand out in the cyber insurance world

👉 Tom talks about their “everything as code” approach, and why DevOps plays such a significant role in their operations

👉 Gavin asks Tom about the onboarding process of Converge and the claims process

👉 Finally, they talk about the company culture of Converge and Tom shares his top tips for starting up a product and engineering-driven insurtech

Hope you enjoy this one!

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🚨 New episode out today 🚨

On this week’s The Leadership In Insurance Podcast, host Alex Bond was joined by Thomas Kang, the CEO of Converge Insurance to talk about all things #cybersecurity & #cyberinsurance

💥 The risk prevention vs. risk reduction trend across insurance – health and cyber are the first movers on this – helping insured lower their risk rather than just paying claims – what do you think this means for the future of insurance?

💥 Do you think insurance has been slow to embrace sector specific educations within their teams e.g. attracting cyber security experts to insurance etc? How do you think we could do a better job of attracting talent

💥 Cyber is a heavily populated field for Insurtechs – what’s unique about your approach?

💥 How does your blend of technology and insurance change or challenge the role of the underwriter?

💥 What is unique about the challenges SMBs face when it comes to Cyber risk and accessing Cyber Insurance?

💥 Does competition drive positives for the wider market when it comes to education of the insured? How much do you still have to educate the customer?

Thank you Tom for joining me and I hope you all enjoy this one as much as I did - give it a listen via the links below 

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On today’s episode, Gavin Savage got to do a deep dive into the world of construction insurance and construction technology - with Mo El Mahallawy, the CTO & Co-Founder of Shepherd

There were so many highlights for me on this one, but here are some of the main topics of discussion:

👉 Mo's journey into insurance and the story of starting Shepherd

👉 Mo talks about the biggest shifts from making the transition from being an individual contributor to being a CTO and building his own company

👉 How the construction industry is advancing and adopting technology

👉 Mo talks about Shepherd’s experience going through the famous Y-Combinator programme!

👉 The USP of Shepherd and the gaps in the industry they are filling

👉Shepherds company culture and how they drive productivity and innovation within the team

👉Finally, what the future holds for Shepherd

Tune in to listen to the rest 😊, hope you enjoy this one

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On this week’s The Leadership In Insurance Podcast, host Alex Bond was joined by Sean Harper, the Founder & CEO of Kin

Kin doesn’t need much introduction in the #InsurTech world, but for those who don’t know, Kin offers personalized home insurance solutions for everyone, even in areas most impacted by #climatechange

Here are some of the highlights from the conversation…

🎙 Sean talks about Kin’s unique approach to market - targeting specific homes and addresses

🎙 Alex asks Sean about the sticky customer & value proposition of Kin

🎙 They discuss the insurance value chain

🎙 Alex asks Sean about the future of Kin & plans for going public

🎙 Sean explains the responsibility the insurance industry has to climate change and the importance of doing at least 1 thing each year to move towards being carbon neutral

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Tune into this week’s episode with Nathan Hall, the CTO of Ledgebrook, hosted by our tech expert Gavin Savage.

Here are some of the highlights from the episode...

🎙 Gavin asks Nathan about Ledgebrook’s mission - speed & what differentiates Ledgebrook from others?

🎙 Nathan shares his story of coming on board with Ledgebrook right after the funding Seed Round - his journey coming to a company with less than 10 full time people after coming from a big company

🎙 Nathan talks about the difference of being a CTO for a small company vs a big company- main challenges, differences & how the challenges have changed over time

🎙 Gavin and Nathan discuss how the definition of a CTO changes when the company is scaling up

🎙 They talk about E&S- why is it receiving so much attention at the moment?

🎙 Nathan explains his view on the “when do you build vs when do you buy?” decision

🎙Finally, they discuss Ledgebrook’s unique team & company culture

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This week on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast, our host Alex Bond was joined by Karthik Ramakrishnan, the CEO & Co- Founder of Armilla Assurance to discuss all things #AI and the future of AI insurance

Here are some of the highlights...

🎙Alex asks Karthik about the future of AI and how are we going to see insurance improve moving forward

🎙 Karthik explains the role Armilla plays in helping companies make the right decisions when analysing the risks involving AI software

🎙 Alex and Karthik discuss the various uses of software and AI, using the chat GPT example

🎙They discuss the importance of trust and the trust deficit of AI and the future of self-driving organisations

🎙 Karthik talks about Armilla’s experience in the Lloyds Lab and how much it helped shape where the business is today

🎙Finally, they cover the embedded business opportunities for Armilla

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Tune in to this week's episode where our tech expert Gavin Savage is joined by William Steenbergen, the Co-Founder & CTO of Federato to discuss the founding story of Federato and the importance of investing into modern technology

👉 They talk about William’s background - how he moved from mathematics to #engineering, his career path so far and the growth opportunities ahead

👉 Gavin asks William about Federato’s mission in the insurtech market - risk & risk management

👉 William explains the challenges of fundraising - from the first round until now

👉 They discuss what has surprised William the most about the #insurance space - the lack of modern #technology in big insurance companies

👉 Gavin asks William about Federato’s biggest success stories and how companies have adjusted to Federato’s products - have they been an instant success?

👉 Finally, they cover the company culture of Federato

Hope you enjoy this one!

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Another great episode to share on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today - I was joined by Rashid Galadanci to discuss all things AI, telematics and how him and the Driver Technologies Inc. team are seeking to democratise car safety

I met Rashid in New York back in spring, and have been looking forward to having him on the podcast ever since. A lot has happened since then, they raised, ( 🎉 in a round led by IA Capital Group and CT Innovations) grown, announced new products & partnerships and more..

I’ve included some of the highlights below but be sure to give the full conversation a listen..

🎙 We discuss entrepreneurship, where the drive to build this business comes from & the founder story of driver

🎙 We get into the challenges of road safety: rapidly changing technology, resistance to investing in tech and the average age of cars on the road 10+ years plus - how can we tackle this?

🎙 Rashid explains how over 50% of accidents are caused by a distracted or drowsy driver and how they are using AI to mitigate this risk

🎙 We discuss the cultural push backs to surveillance technology and how Rashid and the team seek to avoid the ‘big brother approach’

🎙 Finally, we discuss what’s next for Driver Technologies

Thank you again Rashid for joining me - I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did

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Tune in to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series. Our tech expert Gavin Savage is joined by Talha Zubair, the Director of Product & Design from TheGuarantors to discuss #productdevelopment in the #insurance space.

👉 They discuss Talha’s career journey, what led him from consulting to product development and what drew him to TheGuarantors team

👉 Gavin and Talha chat about the importance of having a role that makes an impact and the #financial services industry

👉 Talha explains the inequalities and protection gaps in the rental market and how TheGuarantors are on a mission to address these disparities

👉 They discuss company culture, #startup & #scaleup environments, and how to empower and motivate a fast moving team

👉 Gavin asks about Talha’s experience as a product leader and what he believes it takes to be successful

👉 Finally, they cover what’s in store for TheGuarantors team in Q4 and beyond

We loved this one, a truly inspiring discussion this week - thank you Talha for joining us!

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We are sharing a really special episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast this morning, with a familiar face and returning guest…

I was joined by the one and only Douglas Ver Mulm, for long time podcast followers you’ll remember Doug’s first episode on the pod back in spring of 2022, in this episode we catch up on Doug latest venture Turris, his journey thus far and what the future holds

Find out about all that and more in this episode, here are some of the highlights..

🎙 We discuss Doug’s goal of building a FinTech for InsurTechs & the problems they are wanting to solve…

🎙 Why do we need a bank for insurtechs? Why innovate in this space? & Why hasn’t this been done before?

🎙 We talk about the lessons learnt from being a serial entrepreneur - why take the leap from law to start-up life? As a now three-time founder, what have you learnt about entrepreneurship?

🎙 Diving into the Insurtech Association, we discuss the importance and impacts of networks and communities

🎙 Finally, we discuss what’s next for Turris - new products, new partners & more!

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On this week's episode- our host Gavin Savage is joined by Nav Dhuti, the Product Innovation Lead, and Fergus Cooney, the Lead Analytics Engineer from Carbon Underwriting come on the tech series to talk about the role of #technology & #innovation in the #underwriting space.

👉 They discuss the USP of Carbon Underwriting and why they stand out from the competitors with their unique approach

👉 On shaping Carbon’s identity - Gavin asked Nav & Fergus about the decision to transfer Carbon Underwriting into an analytics & data led tech company

👉 Nav & Fergus explain the journey of understanding the potential of the Graphene platform for revolutionising the insurance industry with AI and automation

👉 They discuss how they have engineered a product that disrupts the insurance market and makes them stand out by being transparent and having a highly effective data model

👉 Gavin asks about the biggest wins for Carbon and gaps in the market they fill

👉 Finally, they talk about the most valuable takeaways from integrating the tech team with the insurance team and how it has transformed their business

We loved this one, a truly insightful conversation this week - thank you Nav & Fergus for joining us!

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We have a really great conversation out on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast this week - I was joined by Mylo’s CEO and Founder David Embry for a discussion all about small business coverage, underserved markets and his story of growing an ‘insurtech’ before the term insurtech existed…

Find out about all that and more in this episode, here are some of the highlights..

🎙 David’s experience building and scaling Mylo, the ‘independent broker insurtech’ : from launching with backing from Lockton, to their funding journey and investment from Guggneheim Partners

🎙 Being an early adopter of digitisation and the challenges and rewards of being a pioneering insurtech

🎙 Providing coverage for small businesses and why this market is underserved…Is there a lack of knowledge as to what insurance SME’s need?

🎙 Finally we discuss whats next for the Mylo team..growth, expansion and more

Hope you all enjoy this one as much as I did - thank you David for joining me

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Really excited to share this week’s episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast - in today’s episode I’m joined by Figorr’s CEO Oghenetega Iortim to discuss all things #IoT, #Parametric innovation and the African insurtech scene.

We love talking about innovation a lot on this podcast, and this episode is full of that…I learnt a lot from this one!

🎙 Our conversation covers the origin of story Figorr; pivoting from solar powered cold storage to IoT focus & now moving to insurance as a vertical..

🎙 And then to future avenues - is there a future where you launch an insurance MGA? • What has been the level of interest from the parametric community?

🎙 Has there been any resistance from your customers to the level of transparency your monitoring provides? End consumers may not wish to know how far and how distressed their food has been…

🎙 Vaccines and their safe transportation is obviously something we are focussed on post Covid – how much did this contribute towards your ability to fund raise?

🎙 We discuss the start up community in Nigeria and what’s going on their

🎙 Finally we discuss whats next for the Figorr team 🚀

Hope you all enjoy this one - this was a particularly insightful one - thank you Tega for joining me

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Another great episode going live on the pod today - this week I’m joined by Andreas Akeret, CEO & Co-Founder of Yarowa AG to discuss #SmartContracts, Resistance to #Innovation & the #Democratisation of #Procurement- Andreas has some pretty interesting takes on pricing models too..

We love talking about innovation a lot on this podcast, and this episode is just that…and for those of us who are UK based this is perfect for your bank holiday listening… enjoy!

🎙 Our conversation covers the origin of story Yarowa

🎙 We look at procurement – How do you democratise it? & Does that come at the expense of profitability?

🎙 We discuss pricing models and the pushbacks they’ve received

🎙 We delve into regulation and discuss whether it has a negative impact on adoption

🎙 We discuss all things smart contracts and why they are not more widely embraced in insurance

🎙 Finally we discuss whats next for the Yarowa team 🚀

Hope you all enjoy this one - this was a particularly insightful one - thank you Andreas for joining me

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Another great episode going live on the pod today - this week I’m joined by William Ross, CEO & Co-Founder of Federato to discuss #underwriting, #raising and the underutilisation of #data - Will has some pretty interesting takes on the opportunities of embedded too...

We love talking about #innovation a lot on this podcast, and this episode is just that…

🎙 Our conversation covers the origin of Federato; a product made by underwriters for underwriters and why Insurers can no longer afford to underutilise data

🎙 We look at #RiskOps – where portfolio strategy meets underwriting action - what does this actually look like?

🎙 We discuss the pushbacks from clients - is it more so tech stack suitability or culture?

🎙 We delve into embedded (of course) and why Will thinks embedded insurance isn’t just a #distribution play…

🎙 We look at what RiskOps means for the future of insurance carriers and what new opportunities it could allow them

🎙 Of course we touch on #culture and building #Insurtech teams – how much insurance knowledge did they need in-house? How much does this dictate their hiring?

🎙 Finally we discuss Federato's recent #SeriesB raise (congrats again!) - and get into what the next 12 months hold 🚀

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Another great episode going live on the pod today - this week I’m joined by Paul Monasterio, CEO & Co-Founder of Kalepa to discuss AI & how they are enabling insurers to bind with confidence.

We love talking about innovation on this podcast, and this episode is just that…

🎙 Our conversation covers the origin of Kalepa, their mission & defining a workbench

🎙 We look at the origin story of Kalepa and how the team came together (Shout out Paul’s other co-founder Daniel Hillman, the Kalepa team & Chris D'Angelo for helping us put this conversation together)

🎙 We discuss how important is it to talk in a language your target market understands - speak insurance to insurance people..!

🎙 We talk about AI - what is hype vs reality in AI conversation when it comes to insurance?

🎙 We delve into regulation - how can regulation be expected to cope – what would your advice to regulators be?

🎙 We look at Paul’s prediction that the insurers who reap the biggest benefits from LLMs in the next five years will be those who adopt effective augmentation strategies, not automation strategies... why is this?

🎙 Finally we discuss how insurers that are not tech pioneers set themselves up for success in the AI age

Hope you all enjoy this one - this was a particularly insightful one - thank you Paul for joining me - catch our conversation via links in the comments below 👇

For more on this Kalepa also have a great article on their website about the impact of ChatGPT and LLMs on underwriting - give it a read if you have some time spare - it's a good one

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We are sharing a very exciting episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today as we’re joined by two guests from the Kita team, Natalia Dorfman, CEO & Co-Founder & James Kench, CFA Kench, Head of Insurance to discuss all things #Carbon insurance.

We love talking about emerging risks a lot on this podcast, and this episode is just that…

🎙 Our conversation covers all things climate risk - If we as an industry say we are committed to ESG, what responsibility do we have to cover such risks?

🎙 We look at the origin story of Kita and how the team came together (Shout out Natalia’s other co-founders, Paul Young, PhD & Thomas Merriman)

🎙 We discuss the climate crisis and the specific problem they are trying to solve

🎙 We talk about the power of the insurance industry when it comes to environmental impact - does the. insurance have the potential to be a blocker, i.e. not covering the carbon risks, or an enabler – de-risking the business and allowing more efficient capital deployment?

🎙 We delve into the Lloyd's Lab experience, how was that? You entered the lab with the bones of an idea - what did you learn?

🎙 We look at James’ role within Kita and how his insurance expertise compliments thier forward-thinking strategy, as well as their distribution strategy, how does it work? what are the challenges you’re seeing? You’re not trying to disintermediate the broker - is it more a case of market education?

🎙 Finally we look at what’s on the horizon for Kita and the team - watch this space!

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We are sharing a very exciting episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today. We talk about innovation a lot on this podcast, often to start up and scale up insurtechs, but Kennedys brings a new perspective to insurtech innovation.

In this episode I am joined by Richard West who wears many hats; Partner at Kennedys, a leading global insurance legal service provider. Richard is the Global Head of Liability Defence and most importantly for this conversation, Head of Client Innovation.

Our conversation covers all things innovation in law - Why innovate in law? What does that look like, both internally and externally? And what role does Kennedys play within the insurance innovation ecosystem?

🎙 We look at the need for differentiation and client innovation - the launch of Kennedys IQ in 2022, identifying emerging risks and the importance of providing insights and more certainty for the insurance industry

🎙 We discuss Richard idea of helping clients use lawyers less - Lawyers are a distress purchase, used at moments of crisis - how can we evolve this?

🎙 We talk about the resistance to the idea to become less dependent on lawyers - Are you innovating yourself out of revenue? Will innovation engineer human lawyers out of the process?

🎙 We delve into AI - to what extent is it an opportunity or a threat? Will this force the legal profession to evolve again?

🎙 We examine the link between lawyers and trust, and how this will evolve with AI - people still want humans - but will start to see less reliance on humans for advice? When will society tolerate a robot performing surgery?

🎙 Finally we look at what’s on the horizon for Richard and his team; scaling the IQ offering, smart projects launch and more! Watch this space!

Hope you all enjoy this one - this was a particularly insightful one - thank you Richard for joining me

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Good morning and welcome back to episode 5 of The Emerging Tech Series on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast

Thank you to everyone who has tuned into last week’s episode with Jason Bingham from Stubben Edge

Tune in to this week's episode where our tech expert Gavin Savage is joined by Dipti Dhawan to discuss Omnis innovative approach to #insurance.

This episode dive's into all things #Tech #AI & #Leadership.

👉 They discuss Omnius’ series A raise and the turbulent investment landscape

👉 Dipti and Gavin discuss AI and the changing perspectives on such developments - is AI, or was AI considered taboo within insurance?

👉 They get into Dipti’s background and her non-traditional route to a VP of Engineering role

👉 Finally, they discuss culture, Omnius’ remote first team and culture of championing autonomy at all levels

We loved this one, a truly inspiring discussion this week - thank you Dipti for joining us

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Last week, at ITC DIA’s Barcelona conference I was lucky enough to share the stage with some of the industry’s most renowned thought leaders to host a conversation around the future of the workforce and how #Innovation, #Diversity & the war for #Talent go hand in hand.

🎙 Pamela Thomson-Hall - CEO International and Executive Officer, WTW

🎙 Alan De Bruyne, Inclusion & Diversity Strategist, Diversito

🎙 Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen, Former Chairman & Global Board Member, Aon

It was a truly inspiring conversation with so many great takeaways, so if you weren’t able to join us for the live conversation last week, you can catch the recording on the pod this week

(Or if you loved it so much you’d like to listen again!)

Some of the many take aways…

👉 "Don't forget the why": The underlying purpose of diversity is not just about ticking boxes; it's about harnessing the power of varied viewpoints to drive better decision-making and foster innovation. When diverse voices are heard, organisations thrive.

👉 "DE&I is hard work but pays out": Building a truly inclusive culture requires commitment and effort. However, the return on investment in terms of improved business outcomes and employee engagement is well worth it. It's a win-win situation for everyone involved.

👉 "DE&I is a leadership task": Diverse and inclusive organizations start with strong leadership. Leaders must actively champion diversity, ensuring there is a diverse pool of talent behind them. By doing so, they set the stage for success and enable the full potential of their teams.

👉 "Have your eyes open to see others and recognize them": Building a diverse and inclusive workplace requires an intentional effort to acknowledge and value the contributions of others. By embracing different perspectives, we foster an environment where everyone feels seen, heard, and appreciated.

👉 "Representation matters": People tend to stay with a company when they see others who share their backgrounds and experiences. By promoting diversity and inclusion, we create a sense of belonging that attracts and retains top talent, fueling long-term success.

Thank you to The ITC DIA Europe Community for having us - proud to be a media partner for such a great event and glad to be sharing the conversation further

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Its always exciting when we have a returning guest on the podcast, and it doesn’t happen often - but this is one of those weeks!

Back by popular demand, and following the success of our ‘Tour of Claims Village’ episode live from Insurtech insights (which is in our top 10 most listened to episodes!), this week I was lucky enough to be joined by Michael Lewis, CEO and Founder of Claim Technology.

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Thank you to every one who tuned into our new series so far & you'll be excited to now the next episode is out today 🎧

Tune in to this week's episode where our tech expert Gavin Savage is joined by Alex Sanders to discuss TONI Digital's innovative approach to #insurance. This episode dive's into all things #Tech #Raising & NoCode/LowCode.

They discuss TONI Digital’s Series B raise at the beginning of the year and look at the current funding landscape.

Alex and Gavin discuss industry trends, buzz words and how the Low Code / No Code space has evolved. Lots of people claim to be low code / no code but aren’t - they discuss wether this is more so an education piece needed for the wider community?

Finally, they discuss white labelling - the opportunities and the challenges, such as how do you tackle building trust and loyalty with this model?

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I’m excited to announce the release of a particularly special episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today…

Last week we were lucky enough to welcome, Instanda’s CEO and Co-Founder, Tim Hardcastle into FinPro. towers to record a live episode all about #entrepreneurship. Many of you will know Tim and the Instanda team, they’ve been on our podcast guest hit list for a while now so we’re glad the day has come!

For each episode, we typically plan out the episode structure prior to the recording (previous guests, you’ll know the process!) We delve into each founder’s unique view on the #insurtech landscape and how their company are contributing to the #insurance innovation ecosystem.

We try and maintain a candid nature while also (mostly!) sticking to script - this episode was slightly different… Tim is a natural presenter and our conversation evolved into a much richer and wider discussion around the mindsets of founders and what it takes to be an #entrepreneur.

Tim also flipped the interviewer / interviewee role on me and asked about my career as an entrepreneur. We discussed what motivates people to start their own business, is it restlessness? the need to make your own path? a mid-life crisis?

We discussed #funding and #bootstrapping and Tim’s choices to take the path less trodden. The Instanda team bootstrapped for five years and we get into the lessons learnt from this - the importance of ‘backing yourself with your own sweat capital and personal capital’ as he puts it - how deep do you learn those lessons if you don’t have as much at stake?

This conversation was a really fun one, you’ll hear the laughter throughout - thank you Tim joining me - and we’ve got those pre-planned questions to cover so you’ll have to come back soon!

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Thank you to everyone who tuned in and loved our first episode of our tech special last week with Dave Morris & you'll be excited to now the next episode is out today 🎧

Tune in to this week's episode where our tech expert Gavin Savage is joined by Alejandro Inestal to discuss Hometree 's innovative approach to #insurance.

This episode dive's into all things #Tech, #ESG & Engineering #Culture. They discuss all things from the cultural shift towards lean tech teams and how this impacts culture to ho Hometree's #decarbonisation initiatives & the insurance industry's responsibility to be more #sustainable.

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We are sharing a really great episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today. I sat down with Aviad Pinkovezky, President at First Connect, a Hippo Insurance company to discuss all things from Hippo’s story, to acquiring First Connect and beyond.

Acquired by Hippo in 2020, First Connect is a digital platform that helps independent insurance agents access carriers and insurtechs they may not otherwise reach on their own.

Aviad and I discuss a whole host of topics (and could have spoken for much longer!) digging into Aviad’s background in product, to the growth of Hippo, to why partner and the opportunities that lie in collaboration. Here are some of the highlights…

👉 As someone from the product side of technology - how do you think perception of insurance as an employment destination for product and tech people has evolved over time?

👉 The Insurtech landscape from a wider lense - What have been the biggest improvements of insurance customer experience in the time you’ve been at hippo? What part has product played in that?

👉 First Connect Acquisition - What the rational? What’s the opportunity you saw? Why this route as opposed to doubling down on the existing success you have?

👉 First Connect on a personal level - does it feel like a start up? Does it need to?

👉 Collaboration in the Insurance industry, what have you learnt? How can we empace this more?

👉 & Finally, what’s next for First Connect?

Thank you Aviad for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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We've been working on something very exciting for a while now, and we're excited to finally go live!

Welcome to our new series podcast 'The Emerging Tech Series', hosted by FinPro.'s tech guru Gavin Savage.

We love talking about innovation and all things insurtech. So when Gavin Savage joined us to head up all things tech and engineering we knew there would be some exciting conversations to be had on the podcast.

For our very first episode, Gavin is joined by Dave Morris, 11:FS's VP of Engineering to take a deep dive into tech innovation, leadership and culture.

We're so excited for this one - we hope you enjoy - tune in every Wednesday to hear more!

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Well its a big week for #insurtech and The Leadership In Insurance Podcast... we are releasing an episode every day this week for our new #MENAInsights series

At the end of May I was invited by Lars Gehrmann and the incredible team at QIC Digital Venture Partners to come out to Doha for their #MENA insurtech summit to report on the innovation taking place in the region.

I'm lucky enough to travel to lots of insurtech events globally, and I'd say that the Doha event has been a true highlight so far. From sand dune surfing to podcasting, the energy of the whole event was inspiring.

So we're excited to release episode one in our five part #MENAInsights series where I was joined by...

👉 Lars Gehrmann, Group Chief Digital Officer, QIC Digital Venture Partners

👉 Shwetank Verma, Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Leo Capital

👉 Markus Lampinen, CEO & Co-Founder

Prifina - Liberty. Equality. Data.

👉 Tunde Salako, Co-Founder, Hadiel Health Coop &

Managing Partner, Africa Insurtech Lab

Hope you enjoy this episode - it was a really fun one - we're releasing an episode every day this week so stay tuned for episode two coming out tomorrow... 🎧

🚨 Links in the comments below 🚨

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Nico Stainfeld, Partner at Foundation Capital.

Nico is an early-stage investment expert from the team at Foundation Capital, who since 1995 have been leading the way in fintech, enterprise, and consumer investments. Their tag line 'building companies is in our bones' summarises just that and these values are clear throughout this conversation.

We discuss a whole host of topics (and could have spoken for much longer!) but here are some of the highlights...

• Total early-stage focus - the value of honing in & the rarity of 'staying in your lane'
• Foundations 1+1+3 approach
• How many firms actually make it past their first fund?
• 'The Emperor Has No Tech' as Nico puts it - Why the Insurance Industry Desperately Needs Startups
• If they are not going to spend the money, then they need to bring on board the start-ups 
• There is no bad risk, only bad premium
• Do we need more of a sense of urgency?
• 2023 insurtech landscape - Profitability is not for losers anymore!
• Technology was meant to transform the insurance industry but it hasn’t - why?
• Embedded solutions and buying behaviour - is there trust?
• Next-generation risk needs next-generation data
• You're not still doing insurtech investing, are you?
• Insurtech locals vs. tourists?
• What's next for insurtech?

Thank you Nico for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Welcome to this week's episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast - we're back with another roaming podcast in our #VCInsights Series, this one recorded live from the ITC LATAM conference.

The #VCInsights series is quickly becoming my favourite series of the pod. In this episode, I was lucky enough to sit down with two more of the leading VC's to get their insight on the current state of play in the LATAM insurtech scene.

Tune In to this episode to hear from Nico Stainfled, Partner at Foundation Capital & Hughues Bertin, Partner at HCS Capital

Thank you all for joining me for this - another fun one to record 🎧

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Sharing a rather special episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast this week, with one of our favourite podcasting guests. It’s not often that we invite people back on pod, so when we do you know it’s a good one…

This week we welcome back Bryan Falchuk for a conversation all about #collaboration, to celebrate the release of his new book, ‘The Future of Insurance : Volume III. The Collaborators’.

Bryan is one of the thought leaders I truly admire in this space. Inspired by the findings of the Insurance Collaboration Index, Bryan and David Gritz of InsurTech NY collaborated on this project to help the industry as we strive to innovate and evolve.

In this episode we touch on some of the broader themes explored in the book...

👉 How do we get better at collaboration? What could we achieve if we truly embraced this?

👉 How do we innovate and collaborate in an inherently risk averse environment? & How do we work around that?

👉 Do we reward risk enough? In Insurance no new book will ever perform well - can we really push boundaries if this is how the industry operates?

I really enjoyed this one - and thank you Bryan for joining me to share some of the book's findings.

If you enjoyed this conversation (which I’m sure you will!), you’ll be sure to enjoy the book, which expands on this podcast in much more detail, & of course, got to mention the lovely forward by Sabine VanderLinden.

‘The Future of Insurance : Volume III. The Collaborators' is available on 8th of June 2023 - Congratulations once again Bryan & David -

For more info and to pre-order or buy the book: http://future-of-insurance.com/3

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Maya Prosor, Chief Business Officer at Lemonade.

• Lemonade has expanded into new markets and product lines since its founding. How do you decide which areas to enter, and what are your criteria for success in these ventures?
• Can you discuss Lemonade's approach to customer acquisition and retention, and how it has evolved over time?
• You led heavily with the social impact side of the business – do you have a measure on how this has affected customer acquisition – I'm interested to see how this trended over Covid lockdown time?
• Looking ahead, what are some of the biggest challenges and opportunities you see for Lemonade in the next 5-10 years, and how do you plan to address them?
• You have a bot named after you? Is that the ultimate staff retention tool, your own chat bot?
• Have you put any thought into how tools such as Chat GPT might impact your competitive advantage? Does it allow the insurance world to supercharge its CX – how will lemonade be addressing that?
• You have obviously been through a hugely evolving business environment – large investment round, IPO, Post IPO challenges – How does Lemonade maintain a strong sense of culture and employee brand through such a dynamic period of time?

Thank you Maya for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Welcome to this week's episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast - we're back with the 3rd episode in the #VCInsights Series recorded live from the InsurTech NY Spring Conference.

The #VCInsights series is quickly becoming my favourite series of the pod. In this episode, I was lucky enough to sit down with five more of the leading VC's and CVC's to get their insight on the current state of play in the insurtech scene.

Tune into part two of this feature to hear from Douglas Roth, from CI Ventures, Dominique Roudaut from MS&AD Ventures , Brian Gong from Cameron Ventures, Veronica Gabriele from Munich Re Ventures & Jonathan Crystal from Crystal Venture Partners.

Thank you all for joining me for this - another fun one to record 🎧

& a special thanks to the InsurTech NY team for putting on a brilliant event & making this episode happen 🚀 David Gritz Tony L. Bryan Falchuk.

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Trent Brown CEO of Australia-based Knightcorp.

As well as sharing a truly inspiring story of insurance innovation, Trent also shares a lot of insight that I will take forward into my own business. Do give this one a listen, I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. Here are some of the highlights…

• Creating an agile and innovative culture with a customer-centric ethos
• What defines an insurtech? Technologically native insurance businesses vs. insurance SaaS
• Knightcorp’s mission to do things differently in an inherently non-traditional environment
• Change is who then what - we need people to drive change
• How do we augment the process not replace?
• Who is the true customer?
• To change broking you need to change the whole ecosystem
• People are looking for a better experience, at a point they are going to demand it
• ‘First who then what’ - Change is a people action, once you have the people right, the rest falls into place
• Building loyalty into the culture and fostering a growth mindset, not a replacement mindset
• Insurance has a replacement mindset - we replace like for like - that inhibits growth. Growth democratizes influence and power in organizations
• Balance is key to building a team - talent beats experience but you need experience in your team. Promote talent not tenure
• regulation and 3rd parties in the broking ecosystems are the inhibitors to growth - we cant evolve beyond our carrier partners but that is not an excuse to stand still

Thank you Trent for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Dax Craig, co-founder and president of Pie Insurance.

Pie doesn’t need much of an introduction to those of us in the insurtech world, but for those who don’t know Pie, they are a workers’ compensation insurer with a direct distribution model and a fully digital experience. Their aim is to serve small businesses with insurance that is easy, accessible and affordable.

We dig into what it takes to grow an insurtech, Pie’s journey from start up to scale up and how our goalposts can change. We discuss the lessons learnt and the process of getting things wrong - sometimes its a case of right thesis, wrong application. We chat about culture and the balancing act of managing culture at scale - “We wouldn’t lie to our clients, we apply the same to our team”, as Dax puts it, “We don’t have all the answers, but we admit it”.

As well as sharing a truly inspiring story of insurtech growth and success, Dax also shares a lot of insight that I will take forward into my own business. Do give this one a listen, I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. Here are some of the highlights…

🚀 The ethos behind Pie - providing coverage that really is ‘as easy as pie’

🚀 A deep dive in to the insurance ecosystem : Is it outdated? What is actually outdated? Is it just the tech that’s missing?

🚀 ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’ - how do you maintain culture at scale?

🚀 The concept of a ‘Unicorn’ - it’s quite literally a mythical term that doesn’t exist, so is it a helpful term?

🚀 The art vs science argument for insurance : underwriters vs actuaries, are they at odds over price?

Thank you Dax for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Edward Ryall, Co-Founder of Neptune Mutual, to do a deep dive into #cryptocurrency market risks.

In this episode, Edward shares what the team at Neptune Mutual are doing & it's truly unique. Their platform uses a parametric model to simplify #decentralised insurance and explores new avenues to creating user-centric risk protection products on the #blockchain.

We cover a lot of ground in this episode & if you're like myself and interested in #crypto then I'm sure you'll find this episode interesting.

Here are some of the highlights...

💲 How big is the insurance risk in crypto? & What are the risks?

💲 A deep dive into de-fi insurance - Has de-fi got anything wrong?

💲 All things UX - everyone knows it's important, but how do you do it right?

💲 Buying insurance without an insurable interest - does that put us at risk of bad actors?

💲 Blockchain space is new with limited data available & traditional insurers are reticent about jumping into this space - what are the challenges of operating in a risk-averse environment?

Thank you Edward for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast, it's a very special episode this week and the last episode in our #LiveFromITI series 🎧

For those of you who tune in often you’ll know about my soft spot for claims, I’m a self-proclaimed claims nerd, & love to have conversations around the innovation happening in this space. So when Michael Lewis told me about the Claims Village pop-up at the London Insurtech Insights conference I jumped at the chance to record a live podcast roaming the event. Michael is CEO & Co-Founder of Claim Technology , an insurtech marketplace enabling anyone involved in the claims process to automate administrative tasks and customer journeys.

The Claims Village featured seven innovative insurtechs alongside Claim Technology ; Bdeo, Five Sigma, Imburse, omni:us, Resistant AI, Sprout.ai, and Trustly, each one challenging the status quo & aiming to optimize and streamline the claims process. Tune in to hear more from Claims Village and some insider insights from Philip Ternhem Kotuniak, Ofer Milavski, Lawrence Buckler, Chris Andrew & David Morris 🎙

Thank you, Michael, Claim Technology & everyone involved in Claims Village for this brilliant idea - it really was a true highlight of the Insurtech Insights exhibition

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week oday, a discussion all about innovation at scale.

For this episode, I was lucky enough to be joined by Jim Dwane, Chief Executive Officer at bolt, the world's largest technology-enabled ecosystem. We discussed all things from market dynamics and partnerships to making insurance fun. Here are some of the highlights...

💥 All things embedded - is the customer experience any better? Do the customers care?

💥 The challenge in B2B2C - who is the customer? Every touch point should be a customer

💥 Have incumbents been too successful to innovate?

💥 The myth of the digital journey - do people want human enablement? How to be successful - master the art of when to intervene

💥 The importance of giving people room to learn - do we struggle with a culture of innovation?

Thanks again Jim for joining me - this really was a great one

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the The Leadership In Insurance Podcast. Today we are sharing part two of our VC Insights series another one recorded live from Insurtech Insights Europe.

In this episode of #VCInsights I was lucky enough to sit down with four more of the leading VC's and CVC's to get their insight on the current state of play in the insurtech scene.

Tune into part two of this feature to hear from Simon Pink from QBE Ventures, Martyn Holman from Augmentum Fintech, Dr. Xenia Isabel Gioia Poppe from Plug and Play Tech Center & Javier Sánchez González from Mundi Ventures about what's piquing their interest right now 💥

And if you didn't catch last week's part one listen back to hear from Tiffine Wang from MS&AD Ventures , Michael Wieser from Helvetia Venture Fund, Samarth Shekhar from SixThirty and Connor Love from Lightspeed Venture Partners 🚀

Thank you all for joining me for this - another fun one to record 🎧

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We have an extra episode out on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today, we don't normally release an episode on a Friday but this bonus episode is particularly topical for everything that has happened this past week.

I connected with Max Bruner, CEO & Founder of Anzen Insurance this week after following his insightful commentary and advice for founders in light of the Silicon Valley Bank events.

The last week has without a doubt been a roller coaster ride for tech founders, employees, investors, and executives impacted by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank… at the mercy of the markets, the media, and the federal government, and initially with many more questions than answers. After the Federal Reserve, Treasury, and FDIC guaranteed depositors were protected in full, a collective sigh of relief was breathed by bank depositors and everyone in their orbit.

With the help of Brett McKenzie, we got together this week to record an extra episode discussing #SVB and how the turn of events is impacting the insurtech ecosystem.

Here are some of Max's recommendations - & tune in to this episode to hear more... 🎧

✅ Have a cash runway: don’t learn the hard way the way many of us have—expect a several month slowdown in #VC financing and do what you can to find an extra three months or more of runway than you had planned last week.

✅ Diversify your accounts: be aware of what is covered and what is not under the #fdic for each account. 

✅ Have at least two banking partners with active accounts. Don’t concentrate all funds in one sector specific bank.

✅ Be certain that your payroll provider is diversified in their treasury management. 

✅ Know what a sweep account is—the pros and cons—and know that you can control your funds and have appropriate short-term liquidity if invested in securities.

Thanks again Max Bruner for not only getting together this week to record this bonus episode but also for the valuable insight you are sharing for the insurtech community 🙌

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Sharing something a little different on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today, another live episode reporting straight from Insurtech Insights Europe.

This is episode one in our two-part VC Insights special where I was lucky enough to sit down with some of the leading VC's and CVC's to get their insight on the current state of play in the insurtech scene.

Tune into part one of this feature to hear from Tiffine Wang from MS&AD Ventures, Michael Wieser from Helvetia Venture Fund, Samarth Shekhar from SixThirty and Connor Love from Lightspeed Venture Partners about what's piquing their interest right now 💥

Thank you all for joining me for this - it was a fun one to record - and stay tuned for part two coming next week 🎧

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One of the (many!) highlights of Insurtech Insights last week was the chance to meet so many people who are fans and listeners of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast

The podcast is at the centre of what we do at FinPro. and it’s so exciting to see how it’s grown. It’s something we love doing, and we’ve been lucky enough to have met so many great guests and friends through hosting these conversations.

Day 2 of Insurtech Insights was a particular highlight as we hosted our first live podcast episode on stage with Oded Barak, CEO & Co-Founder of Five Sigma.

Going from seeing our audience as the weekly download figures to a room full of people feels like a true milestone. Thank you to Oded, the Five Sigma team, Insurtech Insights & all our listeners for making it happen! Already looking forward to doing it all again in New York in June 🎧

For those of you who didn't catch the live podcast last week, (or if you'd like to listen again!), I hope you enjoy tuning into our conversation about all things claims 🎧

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Another great episode out on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today, I was lucky enough to be joined by Aaron Steffey, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Propeller Bonds.

Aaron and I connected at the start of the year following their Seed funding round announced in January and I’ve been looking forward to having him on the podcast ever since.

We talk all things #surety, the first time we’ve delved into this topic on the podcast, so its great to be joined by an expert! We discuss everything from investor appetite, to distribution and white labelling. Here are some of the highlights…

⛓ Why is surety is an underserved market from an innovation perspective?

⛓The opportunities for some non-traditional carrier partner relations

⛓Why target SME’s as opposed to the traditional markets that use surety?

⛓How do you tackle building trust and brand loyalty when going down the white labeled route?

⛓What’s next for Propeller in 2023? 🚀

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Starting the week with a really great episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast. I sat down with Amir Kabir , partner at AV8 Ventures to chat about all things insurtech valuations, and emerging markets.

I always enjoy speaking to people in venture about their take on innovation as they are quick to spot what’s on the horizon. Prior to AV8, Amir was an investment director and founding team member at Munich Re Ventures where he lead and managed investment efforts for two of the funds and made early bets in Insurtech. Now at AV8 Amir heads up with fintech and insurtech portfolios.

We covered lots of ground in this conversation, discussing the evolution of insurtech and challenging how we approach valuations. We got stuck into what’s going on in Latam. What I particularly enjoyed about this conversation was that Amir has so many thoughts to share on how as an industry we approach emerging markets.

He raised some fascinating points I’ve been mulling over since.. such as, are we making a mistake by expecting the emerging markets to follow the same patterns that we’ve seen in more mature markets? Is this inherently limiting innovation?

Here are some of the highlights...

📌 Investing in insurtech - what do you look out for and what’s exciting you right now?

📌 How do go about valuing an insurtech? Have mistakes been made in how they are valued in the past?

📌 The Latam market - What is interesting about the insurtech activity in Latam?

📌 Parametric insurance and how it's closing the protection gap

📌 What is the next evolution of insurtech?

Thank you again Amir for joining us on the podcast!

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Christie Downs, CEO and Co-Founder of handdii on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast this week to discuss all things construction, culture and start up life.

Handdii is a property insurance claims fulfilment platform which aims to make communication between insurers, trades and customers better and faster.

After having the Handdii team on our podcast hitlist for a while, Christie and I finally met face-to-face at Insurtech Connect in Vegas last September. For those of you who were there, I’m sure you’ll remember the team decked out in their signature high-vis jackets wandering around the conference handing out the rubber ducks (One duck made its way back to London and has become a bit of an office mascot for team FinPro!)

Christie - thanks for being a great guest, I really enjoyed this episode - not only because I love what Handdii are doing, but also because this episode was really fun - you can hear our laughter throughout!

Here are some of the highlights....

⭐️ What is the problem Handii is trying to solve?

⭐️ From a practical perspective is the insurance industry set up to serve small businesses?

⭐️ How are marketplaces impacting insurance innovation?

⭐️ Are we seeing true innovation in insurtech or just a natural evolution?

⭐️ What's next for Handdii?

Give this one a listen - or for those of you who opt for the video version, you’ll catch Christie in the signature yellow jacket

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Starting off the week with a true The Leadership In Insurance Podcast highlight! This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Clarke to dig into all things EV and the evolution of motor insurance.

I’ve known Tom for a while now, and he really is the guru when it comes to all things EV. He is the Chief EV Officer at Abacai and sits on the advisory board at Voltric after 10 years at LV=. If you want to know about Electric Vehicles, Tom is the guy!

We dug into a whole host of topics from emerging industries, and new profiles to consider to the wider questions that insuring electric vehicles pose such as should EV’s be insured in the same way?

A truly fascinating conversation, and one that could have gone on for hours with so much to unpack. We kept it to 40 minutes, but maybe we should do a part 2!

Here are some of the highlights…

🚙 How do go about insuring EV’s? The differences and evolutions in traditional motor insurance

🚙 The economic downturn & fraudulent claims - with new products to insure, how do you validate these claims?

🚙 Emerging ecosystems, looking at Tesla’s approach to EV & Tom’s ‘Apple vs Android’ analogy

🚙 What’s next for EV…🚀

Thank you again Tom Clarke - this episode truly is a podcast favourite!

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Another great episode out on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast this Monday morning, I had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Quentin Saleur, COO of OTT Risk , the London-based MGA taking a new approach to business interruption coverage.

We dig into all things #BusinessInterruption, #IntangibleLosses & #CustomerNeeds. Here are some of the highlights...

📌 In the increasingly dynamic global environment with regard to pandemics, cyber attacks & civil unrest…How are looking to OTT Risk facilitating business resilience?

📌 With regard to intangible losses, Is the insurance industry running away from the needs of its customers?

📌 Do we need new ways to quantify damage?

📌 Lloyd’s Lab cohort 9 - How was the Lab experience? What did you learn from it?

📌 What’s next for OTT Risk & what does 2023 have to offer? 🚀

Thanks for joining me for the conversation Quentin!

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Another great episode out on the podcast this Monday morning, I had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with the lovely Rosina Smith, Chief Product Officer at McKenzie Intelligence Services Ltd.

London-based MIS provides data intelligence on a global scale with a mission to empower informed decision-making for the insurance industry.

We dig into Rosina’s background, how she moved into the world of insurtech and all the work they are doing at MIS, & of course, being the claims nerd that I am, we touched on the importance of innovation in the event-response space.

All in all a great conversation, and a fabulous listen to kick start your week. Here are some of the highlights...

📌 The surprises, challenges, and rewards of moving from the incumbent world, to a start-up and now the scale-up environment

📌 How MIS facilitates informed decision-making for the Lloyd’s market

📌 The future use cases of MIS in the insurance industry given the increasingly dynamic global environment we are living in

📌 What’s next for MIS & what does 2023 have to offer? 🚀

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So The Leadership In Insurance Podcast is back with a bang for 2023...We a kicking off the year with a great first episode with the one and only Nigel Walsh, Head of Insurance at Google. 💥

I'm sure most of you already know Nigel, he really is at the heart of insurance innovation. In this episode, he shared Google's perspective on insurance and what's on the horizon for innovation in 2023.

Here are some of the highlights:

📌 What does innovation mean for you?

📌What role does Google Cloud play within innovation in insurance?

📌 What challenges facing insurers that Google Cloud hopes to solve with technology?

📌 Google’s mission is to organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, how does this play into what Google Cloud is doing in insurance?

📌 When it comes to innovation, are insurers still falling into the trap of only being reactive? What else can insurers do to stay ahead?

Thank you Nigel for joining me for this conversation - what a way to start the year!

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Another great episode out on the podcast this Monday morning, I had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Jonathan Roomer, Co-Founder and Head of Customer Success at YuLife.

YuLife is a London-based life insurer (just around the corner from us actually!) who are disrupting the life insurance space through gamification.

Launched in 2016, YuLife is digital life insurance striving to transform the current space by addressing a protection gap that has only widened as a result of the pandemic. The insurtech’s philosophy believes that the insurance industry is not fit for the future due to low trust, low perceived value, and low engagement. Their motto 'Protect Lives, Reward Living & Inspire Life' truly encapsulates this.

We dig into the story of YuLife, their strategy of incentivising healthy lifestyle habits and the link between life insurance and well-being. Here are some of the highlights..

📌 As one of five co-founders, how did you come together and what inspired the formation of YuLife?

📌 Why is life insurance and well-being intrinsically linked?

📌 The gamification of healthy lifestyle habits to improve your user's health and wellness?

📌 Balancing & maintaining culture in a fast-growing insurtech

📌 What’s next for YuLife & what does 2023 have to offer? 🚀

Thanks for joining me for the conversation Jonathan!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Roy Mill, CEO of Joshu.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Roy's background, from working at Ancestry then moving into insurtech just five years ago at At-Bay, to becoming an insurtech start-up founder…
• What has that journey been like? What inspired the decision to start Joshu?
• How has each experience informed your role as a founder? & What are the key lessons you’ve learnt along the way?
• Launching in January 2020 – how did Covid impact your development journey? Did it cause you to pivot? 
• Joshu's fund raising journey in January 2021) You had a ringside seat in a hyper-growth business that went through several funding rounds, what’s it like now leading a business through that process yourself? Were there any surprises in that experience? 
• Your solution offers insurance carriers and MGAs a full suite of digital tools needed to bring their commercial insurance business online. Innovation is imperative to what you provide, how do you go about building a team and culture at Joshu that fosters this?
• We talk a lot about the waves of insurtech, what do you think the next wave will be?

Thank you Roy for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Dan Woods, CEO of Socotra.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Revolutionising core systems
• Technology stacks within incumbents & core system road blocks
• Misinformation in legacy systems
• Making chances for efficiency and how that will impact company culture
• 2017 & the cultural shift towards cloud systems
• Risk profiles shifting
• How the insurance industry chooses the low risk path
• How cloud is now seen as the safer option
• How true cloud can revolutionize innovation
• ITC & Socotra's new app market place

Thank you Dan for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Matt Connolly, CEO of Sønr.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What was the idea behind Sønr and how did it come about? Why insurtech, what drew you to insurtech in 2015?
• What have you learned from this experience? 
• How have the changes in the insurtech market in recent years shaped what you are doing at Sønr today? 
• You work with some major insurance players - how does the dynamic work across different businesses and where does it work best?
• The Insurtech 100
• When ‘scouting innovation’ what are you looking for? 
• When collating the insurtech 100 what stands out to you? 
• How do you identify the real game changers even if they are at an early stage?
• What are you most excited for the next insurtech 100? 
• Tuesday 
• What is Tuesday and what prompted you to create the platform? 
• Whats next for Sønr? Expanding, Adding attentional products? 

Thank you Matt for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Upasana Unni, CCO at Sayata.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What does innovation mean for you?
• Sayata's funding journey
• Upasana's experience making the move into insurtech
• How has your McKinsey background influenced your role in the c-suite of an Insurtech start up?
• Many large insurers are working with management consultancies on their innovation – as someone who worked in that field do you think this is the best approach? What are the weaknesses of this?
• As someone who has made the transition into insurtech, how can we continue to encourage more talent into the industry?
• The importance of a humanising our working relationships
• Sayata has a strong female leadership team, what can we do to encourage more women into these roles? 

Thank you Upasana for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Maria Enrica Angelone, CEO of Wallife.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Staying ahead when insuring against emerging and unknown risks
• The unique challenges of insuring genetic manipulation and biohacking
• How do you go about building a team and culture at Wallife that fosters innovation?
• Technology poses different risks to different generations.. How important is it to consider diverse age ranges when assessing such risks? 
• How do you create an interest for a new product and get capacity?
• You have recently raised your series A round, one of the largest funding rounds in the European insurtech space, what was this journey like? 
• Have you seen an uptake in demand since the world has shifted towards remote? 
• You have research first, create insurance products second but without the vanilla/run of the mill products to drive consistent income – how do you balance that challenge?
• How important will collaboration with third party tech businesses – such as advanced sensor data, biometric data – are there any exciting developments external that you are keeping an eye on?

Thank you Maria for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Brian McLoughlin & Kevin McLoughlin, Partners & Co-Founders, MTech Capital

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

Is it circumstance or strategic that one of you is based stateside and one of you is based in the UK?

How important are networks and the consensus of your networks when it comes to investing?

You have an ESG policy on your website ‘diversity goes beyond optics’ - What role does venture play in driving de&I agenda within its portfolios and in practical terms, what do you do to make this happen?

How do you differentiate yourself as a venture capital firm?

Has your thesis changed in the past 12 months?

Geographically, has there been a shift in the distribution in your deployment of capital?

Is the price correction that we’ve seen on the larger insurtech stocks a positive thing for insurtech specific funds such as mtech capital?

Given the state of the market, will we see more later-stage capital for m&a activity?

Thank you Brian & Kevin for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Tiago Prado, Co-Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BRZ Insurance the Boston-based start-up helping to build the next generation of financial services for Latinx in the US.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Tiago's journey founding BRZ
• Focusing on the underserved Latinx community that make up 18% of the population
• Where does a new product start and finish? 
• How does this thinking play out into your company culture and hiring strategy?
• How do you tackle hiring experienced talent when there is an underrepresentation of talent that fits your mission? 
• Why do you think the incumbent industry sees diversity as a challenge as opposed to an opportunity? 
• Are there parallel problems in other industries, such as other wider finical services? Where is insurance on this journey?
• Is this a global issue or something unique to the US? 
• Is the success of BRZ a result of the increasing economic power the latinx community
• Are we living society where we demand more products that are more representative of our needs? 

Thank you Tiago for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Chris Cheatham, Product Evangelist at Bold Penguin.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Being known as the “Luke Skywalker of Insurance Policies” & the story behind the name
• Which problem does Bold Penguin solve?
• Chris' background as the former CEO of RiskGenius
• BoldPenguin acquiring RiskGenius
• Bold Penguin was acquired by American Family in 2021
• Did you find any pushback from commercial carriers?
• What does Bold Penguin do for agents?
• Why do you think independent agents have struggled to move quickly on insurance technology?
• What will be the next wave of insurtech?

Thank you Chris for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by no other than Bruce Carnegie Brown, Chairman at Lloyd's of London.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What does innovation mean to you? 
• What forms does it take in insurance?
• How is that different to banking/other sectors? 
• How is Lloyd’s involved in innovation
• for the insurance sector, and how have you innovated to stay relevant? 
• When it comes to ESG initiatives, Lloyd’s has the power to set the tone for the industry to follow..
• Do you think you’ve been brave enough in how you approach them? 
• How are you approaching DE&I initiatives?
• What is currently being done at Lloyd’s, and what still needs to change? 
• What role does innovation play in supporting those goals? 
• What are the macro challenges of attracting new talent into the industry? 
• When it comes to innovation, are we still falling into the trap of only being reactive?
• Do we need to go further to stay ahead? 

Thank you Bruce for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Phil Reynolds, CEO of DevStride & Chairman of BriteCore

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• When did you realise it was the right time for you to step away from the CEO role?
• What did you learn about fund raising that they don’t teach you in the text books?
• What’s the best piece of advice you would give a start-up founder?
• What was the best piece of advice you personally received?
• How do you manage culture as a business grows and scales? Can you?
• Knowing what you know now – what do you look for in a funding partner?
• You have launched your next venture – what are you doing differently that other people might not think of?

Thank you Phil for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast. We are sharing an exciting episode this week, our second panel episode in our new monthly series...for July we bring you 'The Leadership In Insurance Product Special'.

We are lucky enough to be joined by a panel of some of the most prominent product leaders in insurtech...

🎙 Richard Giaannetti - Head of Product, Zego 

🎙 Monique Nelson - VP Product, Highwing

🎙 Colleen Wells - Chief Strategy Officer, Veruna

This episode takes a deep dive into all things product, discussing how to scale both product and product teams, the biggest mistakes founders make when hiring their first product hires, the core challenge in tech-driven businesses and the advice and lessons they have learned throughout their journey leading product teams.

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Ryan Sachtjen, CEO &. Co-Founder, Threeflow.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Benefits and the post covid world
• The shift towards working from home and its impact on the benefits space
• The changing demand in a post covid market
• How has ThreeFlow evolved thier products because of this?
• How do you maintain culture in a rapidly scaling business? 
• Changed name from WatchTower benefits - why are names important? 
• What was the shift from the insurance industry to tech startup founder like?
• Why do you think the insurance industry has generally been underserved by tech?
• How do you get people to adapt to new tools/processes?
• Interoperability is a popular topic in other industries like healthcare, what role does it play in the world of insurance?

Thank you Ryan for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Caribou Honig, Partner, Semper Virens VC.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What Macro trends are interesting to you in the Insurtech space at present?
• The different “flavors” of entrepreneur
• Starting up an events business
• How have investor's profiles changed?
• What do you zero in on when making an investment decision? People? Product? Other?
• 'Legacy culture vs legacy technology'
• What is actually standing in the way of change
• Making the move into insurance without an insurance background
• Being one of the first adopters of insurtech
• What attracted you to insurtech in those early stages?
• What's next for insurance?

Thank you Caribou for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Florian Graillot, Founding Partner at Astorya VC

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What are the key trends dominating Europe right now? 
• How do you decide what your portfolio should look like? What do you look for specifically?
• How does the European market differ from that in the us?
• What are the most exciting innovations you’ve seen lately? 
• What will be the next ‘wave’ of InsurTech?

Thank you Florian for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Rotem Iram, CEO & Founder of At-Bay.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What was the formation thesis for At-Bay?
• What was the problem you saw that you wanted to solve? What is it that’s disruptive about your business?
• Where are you on your journey today?
• What was the most surprising thing you learned getting to this point?
• What has been the most challenging and what changed throughout this journey?
• Have you evolved your offering?
• What did you get wrong - was it right thesis, wrong application?
• What excites you most about the future of your business and the industry?

Thank you Rotem for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast. We are sharing an exciting episode this week, our first panel episode in our new monthly series. This episode brings together some thought leaders in InsurTech for a special edition panel episode to discuss the latest InsurTech trends. In this episode, we will look back at the trend predictions made at the start of year, discuss their accuracy and what we’ve seen so far, as well going into what’s still to come.

Our panelists:

• Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO, Tapoly
• Mark McDonald, Head of Strategy, Atlus LTD
• Matt Connolly, CEO, Sonr 
• David Fontain, CEO , Foresight 

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Sten Saar, CEO of Zego.

Zego is a commercial motor insurance provider that powers opportunities for businesses, from entire fleets of vehicles to self-employed drivers and riders. It combines best-in-class technology with sophisticated data sources to offer insurance products that save businesses time and money. Since its inception, Zego has believed that the problem with traditional insurance is that it holds businesses back. It’s too expensive and time consuming, and it no longer suits businesses who use vehicles to earn money. Zego’s products represent a solution to this problem for businesses based across the UK, Europe and beyond.

In this episode Sten and podcast host, Alex Bond look to the future of insurance and discuss Zego's vision for the future of mobility going into a wide range of topics such as:

• Why is it important to future think for insurers?
• Regulation seems to be the great restriction on that vision - what part can the insurance industry do to help that vision a reality
• With the complexity of risk associated with anonymous vehicles do you think we will see a rise in internal risk solutions such as Mercedes announcing its insurance for autonomous vehicles - What can insurance do to continue its relevance when we see these types of developments?
• This vision of the future isn't new (blade runner came out in the 80s!) but it does feel more tangible, do you think tech is catching up to culture?
• How important do you think art and culture are to innovation?
• Do you think insurance as an industry should be doing more to encourage a move sway from fossil fuels? If it can't be insured it would stop...

Thank you Sten for your time, it was great to speak to you!

You can take a further look at Zego's2040 vision for the future of mobility at zego.com/2040

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Mauro Levi D'Ancona, CEO & Co-Founder, 180° Insurance.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• How did your founding team come together and what was that journey like?
• You have a manifesto of ‘digital, diverse and plural’ what does that mean in practical terms?
• How does your ‘insurance as a service’ model work?
• You started out in October 2020 and have grown rapidly since then, securing the largest seed round for an inusrtech in Latin America , how has that journey been? 
• Why do you think latin America has such an under-penetrated market? 
• What opportunities have partnerships provided for you? 

Thank you Mauro for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Robert Kozikowski, Chief Product Officer at Tensorflight.

Founded by ex-Google and ex-Microsoft engineers, Tensorflight is a leader in secure, ethical use of property data and artificial intelligence to make commercial property insurance fair and accessible.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What is your personal mission that led you to found Tensorflight?
• How did the founding team come together?
• Providing insurance companies with actionable insights from aerial and street view imagery
•  Using building records, geospatial imagery, and machine learning algorithms to help underwriters with risk assessment
• Being the first company to provide property data on-demand and to integrate different imagery sources
• The massive market opportunity in computer vision
• What do you think are the biggest opportunities in insurance right now?
• How AI and computer vision are improving the previous manual in-person property inspection process
• How do you think this industry will evolve in the next 3 to 5 years?
• What are other much-needed automations in this space?
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Thank you Robert for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Noam Shapira, Co-founder and President at Pattern insurance.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Embedded insurance being buzz term on 2022 
• How do you differentiate yourself in a market that has so much investment?
• Many embedded solutions appear to be built technology first – do you think this is where some of the market gaps appear? Or is it something else?
• What is driving the rise in embedded insurance?
• How much of a threat does embedded insurance pose to the traditional insurance market?
• How are customers are actually making decisions about purchasing insurance?
• How should customer journeys be done to really "embed insurance”?

Thank you Noam for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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 Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Joseph D'Souza, CEO and Founder of Pronavigator.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Being the 'Google of Insurance'
• And what does that mean in practical terms?
• How does your product Sage work?
• The key trends we are seeing in 2022
• How do these trends relate to hiring challenges, technology & AI?
• What’s going on with AI in insurance? 
• What is Pronavigator doing with AI?
• How is Knowledge Management critical for insurance and what role does it play?
• How can technology help boost employee productivity and improve customer satisfaction?
• How does a remote working environment accelerate this?
• Addressing the technology gap
• Are we seeing much innovation in AI and are there any applications that you’re yet to see using AI?

Thank you Joseph for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Douglas Ver Mulm, CEO and Co-Founder of Stable Insurance a distribution and analytics platform for mobility that helps rideshare, carshare, and delivery vehicle owners more efficiently and profitably run their business. 

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• How did your founding team come together and what was that journey like?
• Innovation starts in leadership, how do you approach this at stable?
• ‘Insurance as a social good?’ how important is hiring the right personality types when providing a social good?
• Doug’s background in law
• What made you make the move into insurance?
• What have you brought from that experience to your team at stable?
• What opportunities have partnerships provided for you?
• Has there needed to be a cultural shift for customers to be more comfortable with collecting behavioural based data?
• What’s next for stable?

Thank you Doug for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Manish Bhatt, CEO & Co-Founder, Plum Life.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Agents have had to adapt the ways in which they sell, from a face-to-face interaction to a remote setting
• How has this cultural shift impacted the market?
• How has your direct to consumer experience helped you?
• Has technology actually made people want insurance? What role does the play?
• How does analytics help improve sales for the broker
• I think we are in the 3rd wave of Insurtech – working with the market rather than disrupting/evolving – would you agree? 
• Do you think this says something about the founders of today's Insurtechs
• Previous guests have said the broker is the only true customer of insurance – do you think that’s fair? 
• Have we been customer-centric enough?

Thank you Manish for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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 Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Mark Scafaro, CEO and Co-Founder of Afficiency.

Mark Scafaro is the CEO and co-founder of Afficiency, an insurtech transforming the end-to-end life insurance buying process and accelerating the time it takes to get applicants approved and covered. He is an entrepreneur who is passionate about overhauling the outdated life insurance process by enabling distributors and valued partners to white-label and distribute its digital life insurance products. Prior to Afficiency, Scafaro previously worked at Morgan Stanley, American Express and MetLife.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• The lag in distribution of embedded solutions in the life insurance space
• Why has this sector been so slow to digitise?
• What are the most common challenges you find when working with distribution partners?
• How can they be better set up to work with you?
• How are you able to offer such speed in launching new products?
• How much of the product design come from the carrier?
• How does the new product design process work when working with a carrier?
• Overcoming obstacles
• How do you personally tackle adversity?
• What do you look for in carrier partners?
• Did you or would you consider becoming a full stack insurer with an embedded distribution?

Thank you Mark for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Megan Bingham-Walker, CEO and Co-Founder of Anansi the automated insurance platform for global businesses providing seamless integration, automated claims, zero admin solutions.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• How claims is key to having an excellent experience in insurance
• Partnerships and the opportunities they offer
• Building a remote team
• The importance of having strong company values
• How do you look at diversity and inclusion at Anansi?
• Anansi’s embedded insurance model

Thank you Megan for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Alex Maffeo CEO of Boost. 

Boost powers digital insurance programs for innovators across all industries. Their customers are leading technology companies and game changing startups that want to offer white-labeled insurance products tailored to their users’ needs. Their infrastructure-as-a-service (“IaaS”) makes it simple to monetize the insurance vertical by packaging all the back-end components needed to build, launch, and manage a program – including ‘A’-rated paper, dedicated risk capacity, and claims administration – all powered programmatically by thier API-driven policy admin system. Technically, they're a licensed managing general agency. They're just redefining what that means.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Embedded Insurance being the insurtech theme of 2022
• Where have you had most success in your business?
• ‘Create your own’ product -  what are the limitations from your capacity on what you can create? Any unusual products that you have been asked to create/develop?
• What is Boost’s team like?
• How much in-house Insurance support do you have?
• How do you create the right culture balance because fast moving tech and established insurance teams have a very different feel?
• Why do you feel now is the time when embedded solutions have exploded?
• Partnerships
• What is it about your solution that has attracted such marquee names?
• Alex’s investment background
• What’s your take on the valuations we have seen in the Insurtech space?
• The fall of the largest InsTech stock
• Are the more traditional Insurance carriers and businesses undervalued?
• As an insurtech veteran, what is interesting you in the space?

Thank you Alex for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Stephen Leguillon, CEO of Seyna, the all-in-one platform for insurance brokers who provide tailored insurance products and software tools to grow brokerage businesses. 

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: 

• How can we make sure that insurance is an enabler of progress? 
• Seynas founding team How did you come together & what was that journey like? 
• What problems and concerns have you noticed people have in the industry? 
• Coming from a leadership role, where do you put your attention?
• We have seen a cultural shift to the value add being put on customer experience over product, have you seen this? 
• This is a hard transition for the industry, what are the implications of that? 
• How have you found being in this industry with a non-tech background? 
• Traditional insurance relies on in-house software whereas many other industries are comfortable with using 3rd party software, where do you think this resistance comes from? 

Thank you Stephen for your time, it was great to speak to you! 

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Matan Slagter, CEO of Armadillo, the tech-enabled, subscription-based home warranty provider for homeowners and landlords, who are pioneers in the new age of home warranty.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• Matan's insurance career & why warranty?
• Is t surprising that the warranty market has only 4% penetration when we spend an increasing amount on technology in our homes? 
• What do you think this says about our relationship with insurance?
• Do we need to help people fall in love with insurance? 
• Do they not see its value because we haven’t shown them what that truly is?
• Is insurance lacking clarity of message and communication?
• Being 'tech forward'
• Are you an Insurtech or something else?
• Armadillo's distribution model 
• Will you narrow distribution over time?
• Why was now the right time to launch? 
• How did Covid impact Armadillo's plans? 
• How did it impact the funding round?
• You took on outside funding – at what stage had you taken the business before you did so?

Thank you Matan for your time, it was great to speak to you!

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Benjamin Piening, Honeycomb Insurance's Chief Underwriting Officer. 

Honeycomb provide reinvented real estate insurance with better coverage in a fraction of the time at a fraction of the cost, their unique product leverages advanced Artificial Intelligence and computer-vision to completely reinvent real-estate insurance.

We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:

• What does being ‘People first, tech driven’ practically mean for you as Chief Underwriting Officer?
• Are technology and people complementing or conflicting forces?
• Technology helps achieve a means to an end – People breathe life into technology
• People are the originators of thought, ideas, innovation
• Are technology and people mutually exclusive?
• The Inspector app
• From an insurance perspective what’s unique about the product - or is it the delivery/tech that makes it unique?
• Being underwriting driven
• Do investors look at underwriting?
• Long term partnerships
• Why are we still operating with year to year contracts?