The Leadership in Insurance Podcast - Insurtech & Innovation

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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