

(Re)thinking insurance
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In (Re)thinking insurance we discuss the issues facing P&C, Life, and composite insurers around the globe, as well as exploring the latest tools, techniques and innovations that will help you to re-think insurance.
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Jul 7, 2022 • 30min
Episode 8 – Open source – what can it offer insurers?
Carrie Kelley is joined by Pardeep Bassi and Serhat Guven to discuss what open source is, what the pros and cons are and how to strike the right balance when applying it within the insurance industry.

Jul 7, 2022 • 31min
Episode 7 – How automation is reshaping capital modeling
Peter Royek is joined by Charlie Carwin and Scott Gibson to discuss how automation can benefit capital modeling practices to become more efficient, robust and accurate.

Jul 1, 2022 • 14min
Episode 6: Future changes to the Solvency II regime
Sina Thieme is joined by Miroslav Kotaska to discuss where we currently are with the EC Solvency II review process and what can EEA insurers expect in the coming years from the prudential requirements at a European level.

May 19, 2022 • 32min
Episode 5: Middle East Special: Gaining competitive advantage in the GCC through pricing
Guest host Matthew Facey is joined by pricing experts Tim Rourke and Andrew Davies to discuss pricing relevance in the Middle East market and how pricing has wide reaching implications for insurers, peoples, processes, systems and data.

May 18, 2022 • 39min
Episode 4: Middle East Special: IFRS17
Matthew Facey is joined by Susann Roeske and Bastian Kurth to discuss what the implementation of IFRS 17 means for insurers operating in the Middle East, and what can be done to make the process as smooth as possible.

Feb 22, 2022 • 12min
Episode 3: Insights from the 2021 P&C Insurance Advanced Analytics Survey
In this episode: Michael McPhail is joined by Nathalie Bégin and Lisa Sukow, who share key findings, takeaways and insights from our 2021 P&C Insurance Advanced Analytics Survey of North American insurers. By listening to this podcast, you'll learn how insurers are expanding and improving the use of advanced analytics.

Feb 7, 2022 • 17min
Episode 2: Generating more business and at the right price
In this episode, Vittorio Magatti is joined by Gero Niessen who explores how agents today decide on pricing and discounts, the potential pitfalls of this approach, and how both insurers and agents can benefit when agents are provided with the right information in the right way.

Jan 28, 2022 • 17min
Episode 27: Commercial lines insurance trends
Michael McPhail is joined by Jeff Van Kley and Nancy Serio, who explore key trends and challenges that are impacting commercial lines insurers, as well as how companies are preparing for the future.

Jan 17, 2022 • 27min
Episode 1: COVID-19 and the future of work
In this episode: Michael McPhail is joined by Day Bishop and George Zarkadakis, who discuss how the pandemic has accelerated the shift to new ways of working, how insurers are leveraging technology to derive value and mitigate future uncertainty and how companies are redesigning critical roles to achieve positive business outcomes.

Nov 26, 2021 • 19min
Episode 26: Machine Learning and alternative methods for reserving
Vittorio Magatti is joined by Lewis Maddock to talk about some of the greatest challenges facing reserving teams today, to explore why historically there has been so little innovation, and discuss the meaning and impact of machine learning in the context of reserving.


