Village Global Podcast A Deep Dive On InsureTech with Karn Saroya and Sheel Mohnot
Jun 6, 2019
55:48
Erik is joined on this episode by Karn Saroya (@karnsaroya), CEO of Cover, and Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi), investor in FinTech.
They talk about…
* How Karn navigated the idea maze in starting Cover.
* The quirks of the insurance market and the real business model of big insurers.
* How insurance is comparable to prediction markets.
* Their requests for startups in the space, where the opportunities are, and what to stay away from.
* Why there has been a trend towards specialty insurance.
* How companies are using new sources of data to make underwriting decisions.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg, and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
They talk about…
* How Karn navigated the idea maze in starting Cover.
* The quirks of the insurance market and the real business model of big insurers.
* How insurance is comparable to prediction markets.
* Their requests for startups in the space, where the opportunities are, and what to stay away from.
* Why there has been a trend towards specialty insurance.
* How companies are using new sources of data to make underwriting decisions.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg, and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.