

(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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May 20, 2021 • 30min
Episode 15: Analytical applications for commercial underwriting
In this episode: Jarrett Cabell is joined by Dave Ovenden and Tasha Pettet, who will discuss how commercial lines insurers can improve underwriting performance by digitally enabling the underwriting process and embracing analytics.

May 11, 2021 • 20min
Episode 14: Impact of InsurTech on the life insurance industry
In this episode: Carrie Kelley is joined by Magdalena Ramada to explore InsurTech for life insurance, current industry trends and ways that traditional insurance companies can integrate new innovations.

Apr 28, 2021 • 29min
Episode 13: Leveraging automation to improve P&C reserving processes
Jarrett Cabell is joined by Jamie Mackay, who will explore how reserving teams can use automation to improve processes. Jamie discusses what they should automate and how to get started and identifies some challenges to overcome.

Mar 24, 2021 • 10min
Episode 12 Life insurance M&A and COVID-19
Carrie Kelley is joined by Nick Komissarov, who will explore M&A market trends and what impact COVID-19 has had on deals. Nick will also discuss how the low interest rate environment is impacting transactions and what companies should do if they're considering M&A.

Mar 24, 2021 • 27min
Episode 11: So what is parametric insurance?
Sina Thieme is joined by Dr Simon Young to discuss what parametric insurance is, how it works alongside traditional indemnity insurance, and how it may evolve and grow in the commercial and personal lines space.

Mar 24, 2021 • 18min
Episode 10: Navigating the pension risk transfer landscape
Carrie Kelley is joined by Karen Grote, who will discuss the pension risk transfer market - what it is, current activity levels and why deals are on the rise.

Mar 4, 2021 • 31min
Episode 9: Key evolutions in technology and their impact on insurance
Simon Bleach is joined by Magdalena Ramada and Duncan Anderson, who discuss the latest trends, developments and evolutions in technology; consider the impacts of this on insurers; and identify what some of the new opportunities arising for the industry are.

Mar 4, 2021 • 23min
Episode 8: COVID-19 adds some new twists to pricing protection products
Carrie Kelley is joined by Alastair Black and Matthew Edwards, who will discuss the challenges that companies face when pricing and issuing products during the pandemic as well as the increased interest in protection products.

Mar 4, 2021 • 23min
Episode 7: Preparing for emerging risks
Sina Thieme is joined by Stefanie Schriek and André Gerling who will be discussing emerging risks: what they are; the role insurance plays; how the risk management function should deal with getting to know the unknown; managing liabilities; and dealing with an accumulation of extreme risks.

Mar 4, 2021 • 30min
Episode 6: Business technology transformation
Jarrett Cabell is joined by Joe Milicia and Tom Beasley who explore how insurers are deploying automation to meet rapidly increasing future business needs, reduce errors, simplify processes and drive down costs. They also discuss some key lessons learnt from their experience of running large scale automation and transformation projects.


