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Goof morning and welcm to the next epsiode of The Emerging Tech Series where this week our host Gavin Savage is joined by Alexander Igwe-Ufendu, Co-Founder & CPO of MyCover.AI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 MHAJane - thank you for joining me for this one - a truly insightful conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 buildingMany 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 weekFirst 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 👏 👏 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good morning andwelcomebackto thisweeks wpeisode of The Emerging Tech Series where. our host Gavin Savage is joined by Mike Calhoun, VP of Engineering at Overalls Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good morning and welcome to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series where our host Gavin nSavage is joined by Azeem Ansar, CTO, Attune. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 happenThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🚨 Brand new episode of #TheEmergingTechSeries is out today 🚨Thank you to everyone who tuned into last week’s episode with Patrick Koeller from When InsuranceIn 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 productsHere 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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🚨 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 healthcareHere 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 CTOThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 InsuranceIn this week’s episode- our tech expert Gavin Savage had the opportunity to talk to Sven G., the CTO of TurrisHere 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 🇺🇦This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start-up and scale-up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🚨 Brand new episode of #TheEmergingTechSeries is out today 🚨Thank you to everyone who tuned into last week’s episode with Mo El Mahallawy from ShepherdTune 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 ConvergeHere 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 insurtechHope you enjoy this one!This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🚨 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 This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ShepherdThere 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 ShepherdTune in to listen to the rest 😊, hope you enjoy this oneThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s The Leadership In Insurance Podcast, host Alex Bond was joined by Sean Harper, the Founder & CEO of KinKin 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 neutralThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 cultureThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 insuranceHere 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 ArmillaThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 FederatoHope you enjoy this one!🎙 Catch this episode here - https://lnkd.in/eQkvbGxxThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 safetyI 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 TechnologiesThank you again Rashid for joining me - I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I didThis podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 beyondWe loved this one, a truly inspiring discussion this week - thank you Talha for joining us!This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 holdsFind 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!This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 businessWe loved this one, a truly insightful conversation this week - thank you Nav & Fergus for joining us!This podcast was brought to you by FinPro - the leading executive search firm, for start up and scale up insurtechs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 moreHope you all enjoy this one as much as I did - thank you David for joining me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where our eetch expert, Gavin Savage is joined by Loris Candylaftis, Founder & Head Of Technology at Loro Inusrtech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 🚀 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where our eetch expert, Gavin Savage is joined by Eyal Bar-Noy , VP of Engineering and GM at Atidot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ageHope 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where our eetch expert, Gavin Savage is joined by Martjin Rutten, CTO of Insify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series where our host Gavin Savage is joined by Al Robertson, CTO of ICE Insuretech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series where our host Gavin Savage is joined by Jezen Thomas, Co-Founder & CTO of Supercede. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode dive's into all things #Tech, #ESG & Engineering #Culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good morning and welcome back to episode 5 of The Emerging Tech Series on The Leadership In Insurance PodcastThank you to everyone who has tuned into last week’s episode with Jason Bingham from Stubben EdgeTune 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 levelsWe loved this one, a truly inspiring discussion this week - thank you Dipti for joining us Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, AonIt 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 seriesAt 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 PartnerLeo Capital👉 Markus Lampinen, CEO & Co-FounderPrifina - Liberty. Equality. Data.👉 Tunde Salako, Co-Founder, Hadiel Health Coop &Managing Partner, Africa Insurtech LabHope 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 🚨 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 approachHow many firms actually make it past their first fund?'The Emperor Has No Tech' as Nico puts it - Why the Insurance Industry Desperately Needs StartupsIf 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 premiumDo 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 dataYou'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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 🎧This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ethosWhat defines an insurtech? Technologically native insurance businesses vs. insurance SaaSKnightcorp’s mission to do things differently in an inherently non-traditional environmentChange is who then what - we need people to drive changeHow do we augment the process not replace?Who is the true customer?To change broking you need to change the whole ecosystemPeople 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 placeBuilding loyalty into the culture and fostering a growth mindset, not a replacement mindsetInsurance has a replacement mindset - we replace like for like - that inhibits growth. Growth democratizes influence and power in organizationsBalance is key to building a team - talent beats experience but you need experience in your team. Promote talent not tenureregulation 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 stillThank you Trent for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 oneThis Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 🎧This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 🙌This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 🎧This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 PodcastThe 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 🎧This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? 🚀Thanks Aaron for joining me - loved recording this one!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 jacketThis Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? 🚀Thanks for joining me for this conversation Rosina!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 systemsTechnology stacks within incumbents & core system road blocksMisinformation in legacy systemsMaking chances for efficiency and how that will impact company culture2017 & the cultural shift towards cloud systemsRisk profiles shiftingHow the insurance industry chooses the low risk pathHow cloud is now seen as the safer optionHow true cloud can revolutionize innovationITC & Socotra's new app market placeThank you Dan for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 100When ‘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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 journeyUpasana's experience making the move into insurtechHow 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 relationshipsSayata 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 biohackingHow 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 CapitalWe 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 BRZFocusing on the underserved Latinx community that make up 18% of the populationWhere 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 communityAre 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 RiskGeniusBoldPenguin acquiring RiskGeniusBold Penguin was acquired by American Family in 2021Did 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 BriteCoreWe 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 worldThe shift towards working from home and its impact on the benefits spaceThe changing demand in a post covid marketHow 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 insurtechWhat 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 VCWe 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, TapolyMark McDonald, Head of Strategy, Atlus LTDMatt Connolly, CEO, Sonr David Fontain, CEO , Foresight This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 realityWith 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/2040This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 sourcesThe massive market opportunity in computer visionWhat 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 processHow do you think this industry will evolve in the next 3 to 5 years?What are other much-needed automations in this space?Thank you Robert for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by James Benham, CEO of JBKnowledge.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: How important do you think insurance domain knowledge is important to Insurtech businesses?  Do we overplay the need for this experience when hiring? How smart compliance digitises and streamlines the compliance process As we move towards more open information sharing, how will compliance offering evolve?  Do you think the general public would be surprised how manual this process is?  Will the lack of industry wide collaboration hold this back?  Will those who hold back their data be left behind? Does it surprise you that more investment hasn’t been made with claims tech?  How far can we go with claims tech? Is the ultimate goal to have full automation on as many classes of business as possible?  Do you feel there are still certain circumstances where the “white glove” approach is better even if not faster?  Will claims service be an added cost of insurance – could we go that far?  How much is what you do fixing vs future building?  How much do you see integrating new tech vs building tech?Thank you James for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 modelThank you Megan for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space. Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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?Thank you Benjamin for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Vinodkumar Iyer, CEO of iNube, the leading provider of digital insurance solutions for the global insurance industry.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:    Offering a whole insurance product suite Which area has the most demand? How this has changed over the last 2 years? Has the pandemic had an impact on businesses as Insurers push for more digital solutions? How important is technology to be consumer first? How far can the technology go? Could we have a fully automated insurer? Should we? How does regulation impact your ability to innovate?Thank you Vinodkumar for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO of Tapoly.Tapoly is the award-winning Insurtech providing on-demand business insurance for SMEs and freelancers, they provide an extensive list of insurance types to cover your business for a day, a year, or anything in between as well as offering a SAAS solution for corporates wishing to rapidly deploy their own white-labelled insurance schemes.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: From a practical perspective is the insurance industry set up to serve small businesses? Innovation starts in leadership, how do you approach this at Tapoly? ‘Insurance as a social good?’ How important is hiring the right personality types when providing a social good and selling trust? Is there ever a clash between morals and motives in insurance? How important is it to acknowledge the needs of different personality types, more introverted people for example, when leading a team? What are the practical measures you put in place to lead and support your team in a remote setting? How does this impact the funding experience for women? Men are naturally more inclined to overestimate their projections, should we evaluate female-founded pitches in a different way? Issues around networking, inherently male dynamic, what is the knock-on impact for women? (issues around finding women outside of the network)Thank you Janthana for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Simon Bentholm, Chief Customer Officer at Penni.io.  We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:   Embedded insurance being the buzz term of 2022 already   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”?  The solution is in scalability, and how do you create software that enables that?   Thank you Simon for your time, it was great to speak to you!  This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.  Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond  Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Bargmann, Pathpoint's CEO and Co-Founder & Ralph Blust, Pathpoint's President and CRO. Pathpoint is the insurtech on a mission to make it faster and easier for retail agents to get great E&S coverage options. Pathpoint allows you to quote and bind coverage for your small business clients online with one streamlined submission and receive multiple bindable quotes for your clients in minutes, not days.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Being an advocate for insurtech in the 90s before it even was insurtech How can we address the client's needs using technology? Striving for efficiency both in the user experience and the operational experience Revolutionizing the way we integrate with carriers Embracing technology  Marrying together the backgrounds in technological knowledge and insurance experience How has technology changed how agents place accounts today compared to 5 years ago? Looking at the wholesale distribution channel from the carrier perspective The difficulty in encouraging trading partners to utilise technology The self-service revolution Why has this revolution in E&S lagged behind that of other areas? The lack of connectivity in the wholesale marketplaceThank you Alex and Ralph for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by LeX Tan, CEO and Co-Founder of MotionsCloud.MotionsCloud helps property & vehicle inspection teams to streamline and automate inspection processes by using their tools to empower inspection teams to be efficient and effective.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: The recent developments in claims technology Is it surprising that claims has lagged behind in digitisation? Claims as the main customer engagement point How did the founding team come together? The instantaneous action and ease that parametric products provide The potential opportunity for partnerships Computer vision technology White labeling the solution Who is adopting this solution?Thank you LeX for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by David Bryant, CEO and Co-Founder of MonarkHQ.MonarkHQ is a real-time quoting platform for employee benefits who are committed to streamlining benefits procurement by providing instant quotes, proposal management, and analytic dashboards to track vendor trends.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Solving real-world issues Dave’s 15 years of experience in the insurance industry Monark’s mission to solve the underserved inefficiencies in the insurtech space MonarkHQ’s InsurTech 100 nomination! The importance of networks in the insurance industry What is it like as a non-technical founder running a tech-led business? Why was the timing right for you to start Monark? The need for transparency in marketplace solutions  Is there a resistance to transparency?  what goes into creating an effective marketplace? Boot-strapping vs Raising seed Choosing the self-funded route - what was that journey like? The innovation in the benefits space What's next for Monark?Thank you David for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Jacqueline Legrand, CEO and Co-Founder of Maptycs. Maptycs is a New York-based insurtech start-up that use geospatial risk visualization and advanced analytics technology to help insurance professional better understand property risk exposure in real-time. Their software integrates its own proprietary Geographic Information System (GIS) along with a broad set of algorithms to deliver a high level of performance while managing large volumes of data.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Projecting losses in realtime What important is a network in getting an insurtech off the ground? The growing importance of relationships in the post-covid world What is Maptycs’ USP? The acceleration of natural disasters driving demand The recent explosion of location-based data Is this information currently inaccessible to insurance companies? The long path from data to information to insight Is there a resistance to true data transparency?Thank you Jacqueline for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Alan Ringvald, CEO, Relativity6. We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:  Solving the industry classification problem  How can you predict the value of a company when you don’t know what industry they are in?  Taking a new approach to building tech   Finding alternatives to buying 3rd party databases  How has this unique stance impacted the success of Relativity6?  How have you found working in this space with a non-insurance background?  The impact of covid on Relativity6's journey  How do you distinguish pivot from panic?  Trusting what feels right  How do you think pivot stories impact the ability to raise capital? & Is it seen as a fail? Thank you Alan for your time, it was great to speak to you! This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space. Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond  Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Neta Rozy, CTO, Parametrix.Parametrix is the insurtech start-up that offers financial protection against Cloud downtime, their hassle-free fast-paying policies protect you from financial losses when those services go down, enabling you to quickly get back to business.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Creating downtime insurance Cloud space is the 2nd or 3rd largest expense for a business - why isn’t this covered? The team dynamic being both friends and co-founders How do you go about creating a new product? The challenges of making those first hires at the early stages How do you generate interest and capacity? What are you looking at that’s new data wise? Was there ever a consideration of producing a pure technology product? The value in understanding the customer needs What’s been the consumer feedback? Shortening the claims process to improve the customer experienceThank you Neta for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by James Cowen, Chief Commercial Officer at Humn.AI. Humn.AI are a commercial motor insurance solution based on data science, they use their unique data platform to understand the risk of a vehicle at any moment in time by looking at drivers, vehicles and the environment around vehicles in real time.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Why offer an insurance product as opposed to a pure SaaS play? Expansion in the UK and entering into the European market Remote working culture and how that works for Humn's team Using real time data to improve safety for commercial motor fleets The differences between the UK & the US VC market and differing cultures around funding Humn’s organic and inorganic growth plans Do you think there is an advantage to being tech-first as opposed to insurance first? How did you gain the insurance knowledge coming from a tech background? Data transparency gives a major USP for the consumer, why was it not like this before?Thank you James for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Kata Ludvig, CEO and Co-Founder of Baoba Insurance, the insurtech start up who are combining location intelligence with technology to create a data driven market place for geo-trigged and data driven products to provide on-demand, realtime automated coverage.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Kata’s serial entrepreneur background Centralisation of information and the utilisation of data Why does the digitisation of insurance lag behind that of neo-banking? Increasing the level of engagement for the consumer What stands out to you in insurance adverts? Marketing for insurance doesn’t reach the customer on a person level - why? What are the practical steps for creating a people first culture? Drawing on the diverse background’s of Baoba’s team to really tackle the pain points in the industry Acknowledging that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to creating niche products The insurance industry has so much knowledge, but why isn’t it being shared?Thank you Kata for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by a special guest and our first returning podcast guest Paul Prendergast, CEO of Kayna. Paul first joined us on the podcast in January 2021 where we discussed his previous business Blink Parametrics, one year on and it's great to have him back to introduce his latest venture Kayna, the embedded platform that leverages unique data to provide more accurate and dynamic insurance for small businesses.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Tackling the issues around small businesses insurance Thinking how can we do better? Taking an innovative approach to embedded insurance Innovation through distribution, product and claims Great customer experience starts with underwriting Small businesses aren’t simple and their insurance needs to reflect that 40% of small businesses in the US don’t have insurance Why has it taken so long for these issues to be addressed? Is there a systemic risk attached to vertical stacks? Removing costs from the delivery of insurance Working with Founders Factory Whats interesting in insurtech right now?Thank you Paul for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by , Lotta Rauséus, COO & Co-Founder of Insurely, who are using their open insurance ecosystem to help insurance companies and banks give proper peace-of-mind to their customers.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Injecting transparency into the insurance industry Open banking - what does that actually mean? The empowerment of open data and transparency Why has insurance lagged behind banking in digitisation? Was there an incentive to make insurance transparent? The reaction on the regulatory side The lack of touch points insurance companies have with the consumer How do we build loyalty with a lack of touch points? The difficultly of engaging with your insurer as a consumer Are brokers the true customer of the insurance market? Taking back the control of the customer experience, its about more than just price How our experiences as a consumer drive our decisions in business How important is transparency to the insurance industry? How transparency is key to making informed decisions The positive correlation of transparency and innovation How restrictions drive creativityThank you Lotta for your time, it was great to speak to you!This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Jenny Cohen Derfler, CEO & Founder of AirDoctor.  We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide variety of topics such as:    What was the impact of Covid-19 on AirDoctor? How the pandemic highlighted the need for AirDoctor and telemedicine How covid-19 has impacted the demand for insurance AirDoctor’s founding team and their team dynamics Insurance partnerships The competitor landscape and what makes AirDoctor different? The challenge of language barriers in telemedicine The importance of AirDoctor’s network What surprised you about working with insurers? The need for innovation How often technology just provides maintenance instead of innovation The willingness to take risksThank you Jenny for your time, it was great to speak to you!  This Podcast was brought to you by FinPro, an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Insurtech space.  Our host in FinPro Director, Alex Bond   Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk often of pivots in the start-up world but I have yet to speak to someone that truly pivoted - often I would argue it's a deviation.  Today I was lucky enough to sit down with Meeri Rebane, Co-CEO of Inzmo, an insurance provider born out of a motorbike tracking business.   In the ultimate example of listening to customer feedback, Meeri told me how the business was born from the feedback they got from their original business model - tracking stolen bikes.   In this episode we discuss:   How to spot a gap in the market - listen to your customers  The benefits of being an outsider - no pre-loaded restrictive attitude  The importance of luck How supportive insurance companies can be?  Time to build new products in Insurance can kill a new start-up! You need a plan!  How owning the customer experience is key to success  Benefits of the MGA model in product design and testing product  Why Inzmo moved to Berlin - talent. market size and investability (if that's a word?)  Why go B2B2C?  Talent challenges of Berlin - how to attract talent to a start-up?  Gamification of Insurance - can we make insurance as fun as other financial services?  Why can't we make money in certain lines of business - we need to challenge the status quo!  Marketing and advertising in personal lines - how to surpass that  The importance of strong partnerships and maintaining relationships  How to spot applicable trends in Insurance in a pandemic world  Thank you Meeri for being a great guest   This podcast was brought to you by FinPro an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex Bond  Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is one I have been looking forward to for a while. We have talked often about insurance trading platforms but most platforms focus on insurance with the reinsurance market slightly underserved. In this week's episode, I was joined by Jerad Leigh and Ben Rose, Co-Founders of Supercede.Supercede is a platform for stakeholders in reinsurance to network and trade with software made exclusively for the reinsurance industry.   In this episode, we discuss:  Supercedes goal of being the Zoopla of reinsurance and why it's such a good analogy  The role of the broker in a world of digital networks and marketplaces  How our personal experience as consumers must impact how we view technology in our professional lives  What can we learn from consumer tech and take into the commercial market  The importance of clearly defining the problem you are trying to solve  Codifying the uncodified - the culture of insurance and how it can be intrinsically anti-tech  Is there an optimum moment in your career to launch a start-up? Know enough to do it, not so much to be fearful  Tech roles in incumbents - Maintenence vs innovation   Raising money for a nuanced business  The importance of angel investors  Sticking with your solution in the face of investor feedback - when to update the deck  The responsibility of taking investment  Sacrifice for success - do you owe it to your investors and staff?  Thanks to Jerad and Ben for their time.  This podcast was brought to you by FinPro an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex Bond  Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the most prominent discussions on the Leadership in Insurance Podcast is Investment - how to get it and who to get it from. I wanted to speak to people who really know the process: the VC.  I was very lucky this week to be joined by James Tootell.  James is the investment director of Insurtech specific venture fund - Eos Venture Partners. This is a talk I have wanted to engage with for some time. In this conversation we discussed:   The formation of the Eos Venture Partners How they engage with their Investors, how does it differ between each company?  The importance of independence   What makes a good strategic relationship?  Why investments into portfolio companies are more than just money  SMART money - what does it mean?  We make some attempt to define Insurtech - in the broadest sense  I get to understand the scale of the investment opportunities - 5 new companies a week  Why they have only made 7 new investments?  The importance of referrals and references within the VC community  At what point does Eos want to be involved with a portfolio company?  What are the indicators for a good investment?  The importance of the Angel investor model the USA vs European investing?  The challenge of getting beyond early adopters   What makes a good and engaging pitch?  The importance of a good team  Challenge of start-up culture for people coming from a corporate environment  Raising money in the pandemic?  How has Eos been impacted GTM strategy - the key question to answer  The importance of sales - turning interest into cash  Thanks to James for being a great guest  This podcast was brought to you by FinPro. an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex Bond  Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast where we were fortunate to be joined by Joel Pridmore  Joel is MD and Co-Founder of Frontier Global Underwriting a UK-based MGA operated out of London and Australia that focuses on the D&O market. We have wanted to get an MGA entrepreneur on for some time and having only started Frontier in 2020 we were keen to hear about Joel's experience of launching a traditional MGA mid pandemic!  In this episode we talk about:   The good foundations of working at a global corporate  Why now is time for an MGA?  Unique distribution and unique products - the MGA golden rules  Knowing your niche - the value of an MGA  How intrusive can we be to truly assess D&O risk?  Utilizing AI tools to better understand the risk  The MGA platform- the opportunities and limitations for you and your capacity providers  Why did Joel decide to raise investment vs plug into an existing MGA platform?  Build vs buy - why did Joel decide to build?  Configuration as a hindrance? can you have too much choice? soft market vs hard market perceptions of the MGA model   Does criticism of MGA ultimately fall back on capacity providers? are they complicit?  Is the capacity relationship inefficient? Should there be longer-term deals?  Why does Frontier only have one capacity provider? The state of the D&O market in 2021  The importance of giving people opportunities into the insurance market  The benefits of joining a small company as a grad - you see the whole business  Syndicate in a box  Should insurance ever be a competition on price?  Volume vs Value  Can we do better in attracting talent to the insurance market?  This podcast was brought to you by FinPro​​​​​​​ an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex Bond  Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast.   In today's episode, I was joined by the CEO of Retechnica, Marco IannoneRetechnica is a business that extracts meaning from Data using artificial intelligence offering both a technology solution and consultancy services to a wide range of clients.We originally reached out to Marco because of his participation in Lloyd's lab. Marco had not previously applied the Ingenia service to the insurance market so I wanted to talk with him about his experience in applying AI to not just the Insurance market but other industries that may be more advanced than Insurance with respect to AI and learn about the best practice and its application to insurance.  In today's episode we talked about:   Being invited to Lloyd's lab and how it compares to other lab environments  How AI has progressed infancy to wide adoption  Product creation leading to service creation  What is Co-creation in respect of AI consultancy?   Marco has a great example of how AI can supplement team members  Augmentation vs automation  AI can lead to greater work-life balance and fulfillment  The complexity of insurance suggests a greater use case for augmentation   Many opportunities for AI in insurance: which has the most ROI?  Are insurance participants ready to engage with an external partner in AI?  Challenge of large companies to automate - not just technical Embracing technological change "a muscle" that can be trained  Importance of talent and the movement of talent to helping an industry embrace change  The embracing of change to automation is "grittier" than expected - resilience is required  It's key to define what success looks like!  Automation shouldn't just be on cost reduction it can lead to new products or a premium product  Getting the right people to champion automation/modernization is key to success   Top-down support is required to achieve automation   Beware SNAKEOIL in AI efforts - plenty being sold!   Thank you to Marco for being a great guest.  This podcast was brought to you by FinPro​​​​ an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex BondPlease like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, we are joined by the brilliant Dickie Whitaker Dickie has a portfolio of businesses and ventures he is involved with but in this episode, we focussed on his work with Oasis Loss Modelling FrameworkIn this episode we talk about:  The reason to start a business - find a problem large enough to solve that people will pay for it  Why "we have always done it this way" is the very reason to change "that way"  How important diversity - in all forms, create brilliant teams  How startup teams are not created equal - and how that's good.   Why team structures should be fluid  European vs US start-up psychology (Huge sweeping generalization warning!)   What does innovation mean?   We hear why Dickie is uncomfortable about Innovation teams in companies  Why culture is everything and why we can be so bad at articulating it within Insurance  Why "work hard, play hard" needs to be replaced with "work smart, play......how you like!"  The pandemic has shone a light on the "last person in the office" culture of office work  The importance of collaboration in the industry to innovation Collaboration starts with trust  The role of insurance in society and its unique position to impact society  Collaboration can't just is volunteers it needs rigour and structure and the best talent!  The best people don't always or don't often volunteer! (Open goal for a recruitment professional!)  The benefit of blissful ignorance in building anything  The importance of looking forward as opposed to looking back   Thanks to Dickie for being a great guest - a really enjoyable discussion.This podcast was brought to you by FinPro​​ an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex Bond  Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 10 of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast.  In this episode, we are joined by Bob Frady of Hazard Hub  Hazard Hub is a 3rd party data supplier that boasts the most comprehensive property data ever assembled for the insurance industry and works with the industry and helps them to better understand their risk   Bob is a really interesting and engaging guy it was a pleasure to spend some time talking to him, we met through his involvement in Lloyd's lab. In this conversation we talk about:   Data quality and data skill within the insurance industry  The difficulty of obtaining and accessing the right data Data efficiency and using data to distribute labour   How ideas are free but that's the easy part  The importance of end-user feedback early on and the benefits of MVP  How VC money can be easier to get with an idea than actual revenue  The importance of sharing ideas and not being too protective  The slow sales cycle of the insurance market - you need the money or the stomach for the long haul  Use of data analysis after the fact - the lunacy of that process!  What the data says about rate rises - it isn't enough!  The social dilemma around tailored pricing - people can be priced out  The importance of asking the right questions   This podcast was brought to you by FinPro an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the latest edition of The Leadership in Insurance Podcast in this episode we were lucky enough to be joined by John McClelland of MiBroker  MiBroker is an on-demand insurance product for the solopreneur market place utilising technology to buy insurance as you need it.   In this conversation we talk cover a range of topics to include:  Learning new skills outside of insurance led to opportunities within Insurance The rise in on-demand insurance Customer demand being the "right way" to build insurance businesses How consumer journey in any industry is viewed via personal buying experiences and how commercial experiences don't seem to catch up Why we won't see true disruption in insurance How innovation should bring in new business to the insurance market not simply carve profit from existing markets The short term view of insurers and how it can sometimes contradict the willingness to innovation  Value of Lloyd's Lab and collaboration with experts in digital insurance The start-up scene in Canada and virtual meeting burn out  The benefits of virtual meeting and the one to one environment - how it drives efficiency The informal nature of face to face meeting and how we lose opportunities in virtual rooms Businesses growing in the "new normal" by adapting and evolving their service   Thanks once again to John for being part of the LiiP podcast and we look forward to watching his journey  This podcast was brought to you by FinPro an executive recruitment business that works in the Insurance and Instech space   Our host is FinPro Director, Alex Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast.   This week I was lucky enough to be joined by Marco Del Carlo   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcodelc...   Marco is CEO and Founder of Capacity Place.   https://capacityplace.com/ Capacity place is a marketplace that brings together interested parties seeking capacity with businesses looking to provide capacity. It's a brilliantly simple solution to a problem that in my role as a headhunter I have personally experienced.   This was a great conversation that covered a wide range of topics:   Marcos path into insurance from management consultancy The inefficiency of Lloyd's market and therefore opportunities ( I miss the suitcases) The evolution of the banking and hedge fund market and whats it means to the insurance market Algorithmic trading Setting up an MGA Choosing the right partners for starting a business and having clear objectives Setting the right criteria for growth Building networks Finding you are a salesman when you don't think you are Discovering "The Idea" and knowing when to commit to it full time The different objectives of carriers: distribution vs margin How simple ideas are the best Transparent market places and building robust, secure marketplaces  How to grow a  business with multiple customer segments Timing in an acquisition is everything And much more in between.  This is a really interesting chat with an engaging founder with a great business concept.  If you want to find out more about me: Alex Bond you can check me out on Linkedin  https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbondf...  FinPro is a talent consultancy to the Insurance, Reinsurance and Insuretech markets on a global basis, for more information visit our website  https://www.wearefinpro.com/ Look out for more episodes coming soon and please like and subscribe as it would be greatly appreciated Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the second episode of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast "The LiiP"  In this episode, I am very lucky to be joined by FJ Smith of Clearview with FJ https://www.linkedin.com/in/fjsmith1/ FJ has a long history with the Insurance market and was previously head of Recruitment for Lloyd's of London before retraining and making a career for herself as an Executive coach and latterly as an Empowerment coach (this was a new term to me too)  FJ is someone I have known a very long time, she is funny, engaging and very direct which is a huge part of her appeal as a coach!  In this episode, I wanted to tackle what an Executive coach is, what they do and who should have one?  We covered much more than that. We talked about: FJ's first-hand experience of getting a coach whilst at Lloyd's of London  What FJ felt she gained from having a coach that inspired her to retrain as a coach  How to find the right coach   The stigma attached to coaching  Why everyone should have a coach and how we should now view coaching as something just for senior executives  When is the right time to get a coach? (JFDI - you will learn about this acronym by watching)  The 5 Gremlins everyone has that coaches work on Graduate experience of insurance  Who is coaching for and who it isn't for  What makes a good recruitment process  The most common flaws in internal recruitment function  The importance of empowerment and much, much more.  This was a great podcast and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm sure you will too.  To find out more about FJ please contact her on Linkedin.  If you want to find out more about me: Alex Bond you can check me out on Linkedin  https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbondfinpro/FinPro is a talent consultancy to the Insurance, Reinsurance and Insuretech markets on a global basis, for more information visit our website  https://www.wearefinpro.com/ Look out for more episodes coming soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the Leadership in Insurance podcast, otherwise known as the Liip.   On today's episode, we talk to Naby Mariyam, CEO and Founder of Coverhero.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabymariyamCoverhero is an Australian based Insurtech platform that this year launched its first product, Hustle cover, aimed at the rapidly growing gig economy workforce   https://www.hustlecover.com/ Naby was one of the first people I wanted on the show when I thought of the idea. A host of her own podcast #Hustlechat, she is an experienced and insightful guest - not your typical insurance professional.https://www.hustlecover.com/events Naby was incredibly honest, open and direct in this podcast. We cover such topics as: Her unusual route into Insurance and entrepreneurship (Academia - Filmmaker - Entrepreneur -  Insurance?)  The challenges and opportunities of Innovation labs Pitching for funds  The true cost of entrepreneurship - money and family and the sacrifices required  Embracing serendipity to get moving  Building teams in startups  Effective communication  Being "Human" in business  Mental Health  What's next for Coverhero  I really enjoyed this podcast. Naby was a great guest - I look forward to seeing what she achieves next!  If you want to find out more about me: Alex Bond you can check me out on Linkedin  https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbondfinproFinPro is a talent consultancy to the Insurance, Reinsurance and Insuretech markets on a global basis, for more information visit our website  https://www.wearefinpro.com/ Look out for more episodes coming soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.