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Insurtech Radio
by Conor Sweetman
Insurtech Radio is a podcast about how technology is transforming the insurance industry and about the people making it happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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#057 Matthias Naumann, CEO of Companjon
Today, I am speaking to Matthias Naumann, founder, and CEO of an exciting new insurtech startup called Companjon. Matthias and I discuss the development of insurance technology over the last 10 years, what the future looks like for insurtech, and Matthias’ decision to set up the business in...
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#056 Bill Suneson, CEO & Co-Founder of Bindable
This month I am delighted to welcome Bill Suneson, the co-founder and CEO of Bindable. Bindable helps brands who want to distribute insurance products and help insurance companies to streamline their affinity and alternative distribution channels. We talk about how Bindable works with brands and...
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#054 Laura Drabik, Chief Evangelist at Guidewire
This week I am delighted to welcome Laura Drabik, Chief Evangelist at Guidewire. Guidewire are one of the largest software providers to the insurance industry. Over 400 P&C carriers use the Guidewire platform to engage, innovate and grow efficiently. Laura has been with Guidewire since 2006…
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#053 Jay Weintraub - Taking InsureTech Connect into the Virtual Wold
This week I am delighted to welcome Jay Weintraub, the CEO and co-founder of InsureTech Connect. InsureTech Connect (ITC) is the world’s largest insurtech event. Every year since it's inception, ITC has taken place in Las Vegas. But this year, Jay and his team have had to completely rethink how...
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#052 Energetic Insurance - Creating a New Insurance Market in the Solar Energy Sector
This week I am delighted to welcome Vincent LePore and James Bowen from Energetic Insurance. Energetic Insurance have created a first-of- its-kind credit insurance policy covering payment default risk on commercial solar energy projects.. Now if that sounds like a mouth-full, don't worry because...
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#051 Patrick Kosmützky, Hannover Re - Creating the "App Store" of Insurance Innovation... hr | equarium
My guest this week is Patrick Kosmützky of Hannover Re. Patrick is a Senior Actuary at Hannover Re. His is responsible for Hanover’s global Life and Health pricing methodology. In addition to that, he is also lead the development and launch of Hannover's hr | equarium platform. hr | equarium is...
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#050 Ogie Sheehy: RegTech, ViClarity and the Kingdom
Ogie Sheehy is the founder and CEO of regtech firm ViClarity. ViClarity is a very impressive business based in Kerry in Ireland. They help many Global Insurers to automate regulatory compliance, vendor management and Solvency II policy management. I really enjoyed this conversation. As you’ll…
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#049 Gene Murphy - How Startup Boost Will Help Your Business
Gene Murphy loves Startups and Entrepreneurs... Gene is the Co-Founder Startup Boost a global pre-accelerator program for pre seed startups and is MD at the NadiFin Fintech Accelerator powered by MiddleGame Ventures. He has also organised, helped or facilitated over 20 Startup Weekends!…
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#048 - Chris Lee of Exante: How to Pay Claims Before Losses Even Occur...
Today, I'm very excited to welcome my guest Chris Lee. Chris is the CEO and co-founder of Exante. Exante is a parametric insurance start-up that is revolutionising the claims process by paying claims based on forecasts. Exante is focussed on protecting underserved segments in areas that are prone...
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#047 Mbulelo Mpofana and Shane Curran from Investsure - New market innovation
This week my guest are Mbulelo Mpofana and Shane Curran from InvestSure. InvestSure is the world's first insurance product that protects shareholders from losses caused by management fraud and dishonesty. Think about the loss as a result Enron in the 2000's; the dozens of companies during the...
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#046 Dr. Robin Kiera of Digital Scouting - Using Tech to Scale the Effects of Good Insurance Salespeople
Dr. Robin Kiera, one of the most known insurance experts globally with over 80.000+ Follower on Social Media reaching Millions each month. After a career as insurance agent and in headquarters of insurer, banks and start-ups, Robin founded Digitalscouting, one of the fastest growing insurance...
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#045 Paul Carroll, Editor-in-Chief of Insurance Thought Leadership - Billion Dollar Lessons: What we can Learn from Failures of the Past
This week, my guest is Paul Carroll, Editor-in-Chief at Insurance Thought Leadership Paul spent 17 years as a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. He was nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist in 1996. Now, he is the editor-in-chief at Insurance Thought Leadership, an...
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#044 Cal McAllister of the Paper Crane Factory - Creativity is God...
Cal McAllister is founder of the Seattle-based marketing agency, the Paper Crane Factory. Cal works exclusively with early stage startups and helps them with strategy, brand development and content creation. We talk about problem-solving, brand building and using creativity to fuel your growth....
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#043 Patrick O'Brien of GreenLight Re - Fostering Innovation in Reinsurance
Patrick O'Brien is CEO of Greenlight Re ireland and also heads up Greenlight Re’s innovation division. We speak about how Greenlight partner with Insurtech companies and how to foster intrapreneurship in large organisations. Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn. Visit Greenlight Re's website. Hosted…
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#042 Quentin Coole, CEO of Waffle - How Waffle Plan to Challenge the Status Quo...
This week, my guest is Quentin Coolen, the co-founder and CEO of waffle. Quentin isn't your typical insurtech CEO. And Waffle are not your typical insurtech company. They have take the radical step of removing exclusions from their policies and their goal to cover each risk holistically. Quentin...
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#041 Natalie Novick - The Essential Guide to Building a Startup Community
Natalie Novick is Chief Community Officer of Startup Boost Pre-Accelerator. She is a passionate community builder, supporter and advocate of early stage founders globally. Her academic research on entrepreneurial ecosystems and the social practices of founders has taken her to nearly 30…
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#040 Jihan Abass, CEO of Griffin and Lami - How to Build Kenya's First Digital Car Insurance Company
Welcome to InsurTech Radio, the podcast that teaches you about how technology is transforming insurance and about the people making it happen... InsurTech Radio is brought to you by InsurTech Ireland. Visit insurtechireland.org and sign up to our community newsletter. It's a weekly email that…
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#039 Ben Shaw of InsurTech Hub Munich - Fostering Insurance Innovation in Germany and Beyond
This week my guest is Ben Shaw, Director of Programs & Strategy at InsurTech Hub Munich. InsurTech Hub Munich run a very cool accelerator programme. Ben and I speak about how they got started, what their alumni are up to and we chat about the innovative ways that the German government are…
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#038 Roger Peverelli of Digital Insurance Agenda - Accelerating Innovation in Insurance
Roger Peverelli is founder of Digital Insurance Agenda (DIA). The mission of DIA is to accelerate innovation in insurance by connecting insurance executives with insurtech leaders. Roger is a speaker, bestselling author and consultant in digital innovation and customer engagement strategies in...
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#037 Ron Glozman of Chisel AI - From Dorm Room to Board Room
My guest this week is Ron Glozman, CEO and founder of Chisel AI. We speak about how Ron founded the business in his dorm room at college, how Chisel AI's can instantly read and check complex documents, and why you should educate yourself on artificial intelligence. LINKS FOR THE EPISODE Chisel AI...
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#036 Richie Barter of AltViz - How To Use Intelligent Automation in Insurance
This week, my guest is Richie Barter, CEO of AltViz. AltViz are an intelligent automation platform that help companies access, analyse and act on their data. We speak about how insurers can utilize intelligent automation in their organisations, we discuss the investment landscape in the wake of...
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#35 Robert Le of PitchBook - Digital Transformation in Insurance
Robert Le is a Senior Analyst of emerging technologies at Pitchbook. PitchBook are a leading financial data and research firm that cover global venture capital, private equity and public markets. They have just released a report about the InsurTech landscape. You can download the report here....
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Injecting Life into the Life & Health Industry - Trevor Davis of Instanda
My guest this week is Trevor Davis, Managing Director of Life & Health of Instanda. Instanda are a global InsurTech platform working with insurers, brokers and reinsurers. Trevor and I speak about some of the exciting things Instanda are doing, how IoT will become more prevalent in Life & health,...
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Leading in Times of Anxiety and Uncertainty - Paul O'Beirne of Orca HR Solutions
Paul is an Organisational Consultant and Executive Coach based in Seattle. Paul worked in Microsoft for over 25 years in senior global HR leadership roles. He started businesses in Ireland, India, China, UK, and the US. He built organizational blueprints and governance models for complex global...
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Survival Tactics For Startups With Brian Caulfield Of Draper Esprit
Brian Caulfield is a serial tech entrepreneur, turned venture capital investor. We speak about the tactics insurtech startups can use to run their business and survive Coronavirus: from governments supports, to dealing with investors, to managing stress. SELECTED LINKS Brian on Twitter Brian on...
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Gerry de Vere and Stan Nazarenko: Recap on InsurTech Ireland Virtual Meetup: Weathering The Storm
In this episode, I speak to Gerry de Vere and Stan Nazarenko. Gerry and Stan are co-founders of InsurTech Ireland. Last week, InsurTech Ireland hosted their first virtual meetup. Gerry and Stan hosted last week's virtual event. In the podcast, we disc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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InsurTech Ireland Virtual Meetup: Weathering The Storm
This week's episode is a recording of InsurTech Ireland's first virtual meetup. We talk what startups are doing to weather the storm of COVID-19, how consumer behaviour will change dramatically in the next 6-12 months, and we debate whether the pace of in Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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How To Survive The Startup Rollercoaster - Ian Jeffrey of Breathe Life
EPISODE NOTES This week, I speak to Ian Jeffrey, co-founder and CEO of Breathe Life. The Breathe Life enterprise distribution platform empowers advisors to meet consumers where they are with the products they need. Ian is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in Montreal and Silicon Valley...
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How to Manage Risk on the Most Dangerous Mountains in the World - Paul Devaney of Seven Summit Soloutions
This weeks guest is Paul Devaney. Paul is an amateaur mountaineer and is attempting to climb the Seven Summits, the seven highest peaks on all seven continents. He's climbed 6 out of the 7, he's made 2 attempts at Everest but, as you will hear, disaster struck both times. We speak about his...
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How To Use Networking To Build A Successful Career - Kingsley Aikins of The Networking Institute
“It’s not about what you know, it’s not even about who you know…. it’s about who knows you” Kingsley Aikins (@kingsleyaikins) is the founder and CEO of The Networking Institute. He has spent over 30 years working in 6 countries in the areas of trade, investment, philanthropy, education, culture,...
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What Are Insurance-Linked Securities And How Do They Work - Mick Cooney of Describe Data
Welcome to InsurTech Radio, the weekly podcast that teaches you about how technology is changing insurance, and about the people making it happen. This week, my guest is Mick Cooney, CTO of Describe Data. He gives me a crash course on Insurance Linked Securities: what exactly they are, how they...
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InsurTech: Good Samaritans or Barbarians At The Gate? Chris Sandilands of Oxbow Partners
This week, my guest is Chris Sandliands of Oxbow Partners. He speaks to me about: Oxbow's InsurTech Impact 25 report Why the state of European insurers is in flux And about why most insurance executives won't bet their career on the latest technology... Want to stay ahead of the latest InsurTech...
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How To Share Your Medical Data The Safe Way - Dr Abdullah Albeyatti of Medicalchain
When underwriting cyber insurance, medical records are the most problematic. Not only are they extremely attractive to hackers, health records are also extremely vulnerable - they tend to be poorly protected electronically and physically. Security of medical records pose problems for insurers…
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Don't Just Sit There! Start Using Video Marketing!
Do you struggle to explain your product offering to customers? Would you like to be able to pitch your business to an investor in under 90 seconds? In this week's episode of InsurTech Radio, Charles Alexander shows you how. I speak to Charles Alexander about: How to start using video in your...
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What You Can Do About The Future Of Insurance
Will Big Tech take over insurance industry? How will wearables change life and health insurance? If you're working in insurance, you've probably thought about these questions and this week on InsurTech Radio, we try to answer them and many more... This podcast was recorded live at an InsurTech...
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Ethics in Artificial Intelligence with Pedro Ecija Serrano, Head of Actuarial and Data Analytics at Grant Thornton Ireland
Pedro Écija Serrano leads Grant Thornton’s actuarial and data analytics team. He has over 20 years of experience in insurance and completed a degree in statistics and operations research before becoming an actuary. Pedro is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland, where he chairs its data...
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Georgia Halston (Part 2) - On the Opportunities of RegTech and What Flying a Plane Can Teach Us About Business...
In part 1 of our discussion, Georgia Halston told us the story of how she started her own B2B marketing and communications consultancy, Halston Marketing. Amazingly, one of Georgia's first clients was a Fortune 500 company! Since starting up, Halston Marketing have developed a specialism within...
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Georgia Halston (part 1) - How to Think About Your B2B Marketing Strategy
In 2016, Georgia Halston left her job as a Social Media Manager to start her own B2B marketing and communications consultancy. Since then, Halston Marketing have launched projects with clients of varying sizes from start-ups to Fortune 500s. Many of Halston Marketing clients operate in Heavy...
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Marvin Mensah of UnderWrite
Marvin Mensah is the founder and CEO of UnderWrite. Marvin was working as an insurance agent in New Jersey. In January 2019, he made a small mistake that nearly got him fired. But that mistake got him thinking about a problem that agents and underwriters face. A few months later, Marvin left his...
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How Layr are Changing Insurance Distribution - Andrew Egenes and Phillip Napples of Layr
Phillip Naples had been working in Corporate Broking in the US for many years. Andrew Egenes was one of his clients. When Phillip told Andrew his idea for a new kind of insurance distribution, the pair set to work to create Layr. That was in 2016. Since then, the company has gone from strength to...
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What Customers Really Want - Adam Fischer of Clearcover
Clearcover is a Chicago-based auto insurance startup that uses artificial intelligence to more effectively market auto insurance. Their API offering allows shopping sites, car manufacturers, financial service providers and other platforms to complement their services with the addition of…
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Lloyds Labs, Innovation and Digital Underwriting- Peta Killian, Senior Executive of Market Operations and Innovation at the Lloyds Market Association
Peta Killian is Senior Executive of Market Operations and Innovation at the London Market Association (LMA). Peta joined the LMA in August 2018. Prior to joining the LMA, Peta worked for MS Amlin as a strategy and innovation analyst and previously as an underwriter. Hosted on Acast. See...
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IFRS 17 - Massive Change and Massive Opportunity... Mark Millar of Legerity Ltd .mp3
IFRS 17 is a once in a generation change in insurance accounting. In this episode, Mark Millar from Legerity explains what IFRS 17 is, the challenge it poses, and the exciting opportunities to deal with legacy and future-proof insurance business. -- Mark Millar is the Global IFRS 17 Lead at...
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Analysing Blueprint 1 - The Future at Lloyds with Greg Brown of Oxbox Partners
On 30 September 2019 Lloyd’s released ‘Blueprint One’. This 146 page document is the latest instalment in the Future At Lloyd’s – the marketplace’s transformation programme initiated by CEO John Neal. It follows the Prospectus, which was launched in May. In this episode, I speak to Greg Brown of...
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InsurTech Ireland meetup: Thursday 14th November
Would you like to know what the future holds?... Please join us on Thursday 14th November at Dogpatch Labs in CHQ, Dublin for our next InsurTech Ireland meetup. On the night, we will be discussing "What the future of Insurance might look like". You can attend for free by clicking here. We have a...
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Utmost Good Faith... World Values Day with Chris Smerald
This week on InsurTech Radio, former AIG Chief Actuary Chris Smerald speaks to us about World Values Day. World Values Day is an annual campaign to increase the awareness and practice of values around the world. Values are increasingly the focus of public debate and discussion, but their role in...
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Mick Cooney - What "Data is the New Oil" Really Means...
This is a fun episode. Mick Cooney is the CTO of Describe Data. Mick is also a mine of information. In this episode we decided to do something different... You’ve probably heard the phrase “data is the new oil” been thrown around. I have too. But I have never known what it actually means. Well…
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Ian Curtin - The Future of Talent in Insurance
Ian Curtin is Director of Human Capital at Deloitte Ireland. Ian has been working in strategic change and business transformation for the last 15 years. He advises clients on leadership, talent, digital enablement on the future of work. In 2018, Ian’s team released a report called the Future of...
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Nickolaus Sühr - InsurTech as a Service
Nickolaus Sühr is the co-founder and CEO of KASKO. Insurance runs in Nick’s blood – his family’s business are a market leader in classic and premium car insurance in Germany. Given his background, it’s no surprise that Nick is passionate about how insurance is an enabler of personal and…
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Karl Stanley - How to Innovate
Karl started his career back in the 1990s, writing computer vision algorithms for industrial automation equipment. For the last decade he has worked in the reinsurance sector in various roles: quantitative software engineer, pricing analyst, capital modeller. Now, Karl is the Technology Ventures...
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Insurtech Radio is a podcast about how technology is transforming the insurance industry and about the people making it happen.
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