

The Leadership in Insurance Podcast - Insurtech & Innovation
Alex Bond
The insurance industry gets better through sharing innovation. On the Leadership in Insurance Podcast we speak to insurance thought leaders that are changing the game. The LIIP is a podcast helping Insurance professionals, Investors and supporters learn what it takes to achieve and succeed in the global insurance industry. We specifically look at what it takes to build a modern insurance business and how great teams are built, we share their stories to educate and inspire change to help build the future of insurance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 18, 2023 • 41min
A Deep Dive into FinTech's Serving The Insurtech Space : An Interview with Douglas Ver Mulm, Founder of Turris
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.

Sep 13, 2023 • 46min
The Emerging Tech Series with Nav Dhuti, the Product Innovation Lead & Fergus Cooney, the Lead Analytics Engineer at Carbon Underwriting
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.

Sep 11, 2023 • 36min
All Things Small Business Insurance : An Interview ith David Embry, CEO and Founder of Mylo
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.

Sep 6, 2023 • 42min
The Emerging Tech Series with Dale Gonzalez, CPO at Axio
Hello and welcome to this week's episode of The Emerging Tech Series on The Leadership on Insurance Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 3, 2023 • 36min
IoT, Parametric Innovation and the African Insurtech Scene : An Interview with Oghenetega Iortim, CEO of Figorr
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.

Aug 30, 2023 • 42min
The Emerging Tech Series with Oleg Korol, CTO of Kasko2Go
Good morning and welcome to the next episode of The Emerging Tech Sereies on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 28, 2023 • 38min
Smart Contracts, Resistance to Innovation & the Democratisation of Procurement : An Interview with Andreas Akeret, CEO & Co-Founder of Yarowa
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.

Aug 23, 2023 • 36min
The Emerging Tech Series with Loris Candylaftis, Founder & Head Of Technology, Loro Inusrtech
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.

Aug 21, 2023 • 46min
Underwriting, Raising and the Underutilisation of Data : An Interview with Will Ross, CEO & Co-Founder of Federato
In this episode, Will Ross, CEO & Co-Founder of Federato, discusses the origin of their product made by underwriters for underwriters. They explore the underutilization of data in the insurance industry and the opportunities of embedded insurance. They also touch on the challenges faced by insurance carriers, the role of culture in building Insurtech teams, and the recent Series B raise of Federato.

Aug 16, 2023 • 33min
The Emerging Tech Series with Eyal Bar-Noy , VP of Engineering and GM at Atidot
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.