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 Vinodkumar Iyer, CEO of iNube, the leading provider of digital insurance solutions for the global insurance industry.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:    Offering a whole insurance product suite Which area has the most demand? How this has changed over the last 2 years? Has the pandemic had an impact on businesses as Insurers push for more digital solutions? How important is technology to be consumer first? How far can the technology go? Could we have a fully automated insurer? Should we? How does regulation impact your ability to innovate?Thank you Vinodkumar 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 where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO of Tapoly.Tapoly is the award-winning Insurtech providing on-demand business insurance for SMEs and freelancers, they provide an extensive list of insurance types to cover your business for a day, a year, or anything in between as well as offering a SAAS solution for corporates wishing to rapidly deploy their own white-labelled insurance schemes.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: From a practical perspective is the insurance industry set up to serve small businesses? Innovation starts in leadership, how do you approach this at Tapoly? ‘Insurance as a social good?’ How important is hiring the right personality types when providing a social good and selling trust? Is there ever a clash between morals and motives in insurance? How important is it to acknowledge the needs of different personality types, more introverted people for example, when leading a team? What are the practical measures you put in place to lead and support your team in a remote setting? How does this impact the funding experience for women? Men are naturally more inclined to overestimate their projections, should we evaluate female-founded pitches in a different way? Issues around networking, inherently male dynamic, what is the knock-on impact for women? (issues around finding women outside of the network)Thank you Janthana 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 where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Simon Bentholm, Chief Customer Officer at Penni.io.  We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:   Embedded insurance being the buzz term of 2022 already   How do you differentiate yourself in a market that has so much investment? Many embedded solutions appear to be built technology first  Do you think this is where some of the market gaps appear? Or is it something else?  What is driving the rise in embedded insurance?  How much of a threat does embedded insurance pose to the traditional insurance market?   How are customers are actually making decisions about purchasing insurance? How should customer journeys be done to really "embed insurance”?  The solution is in scalability, and how do you create software that enables that?   Thank you Simon 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 Bond  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 we are lucky enough to be joined by Alex Bargmann, Pathpoint's CEO and Co-Founder & Ralph Blust, Pathpoint's President and CRO. Pathpoint is the insurtech on a mission to make it faster and easier for retail agents to get great E&S coverage options. Pathpoint allows you to quote and bind coverage for your small business clients online with one streamlined submission and receive multiple bindable quotes for your clients in minutes, not days.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Being an advocate for insurtech in the 90s before it even was insurtech How can we address the client's needs using technology? Striving for efficiency both in the user experience and the operational experience Revolutionizing the way we integrate with carriers Embracing technology  Marrying together the backgrounds in technological knowledge and insurance experience How has technology changed how agents place accounts today compared to 5 years ago? Looking at the wholesale distribution channel from the carrier perspective The difficulty in encouraging trading partners to utilise technology The self-service revolution Why has this revolution in E&S lagged behind that of other areas? The lack of connectivity in the wholesale marketplaceThank you Alex and Ralph 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 where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by LeX Tan, CEO and Co-Founder of MotionsCloud.MotionsCloud helps property & vehicle inspection teams to streamline and automate inspection processes by using their tools to empower inspection teams to be efficient and effective.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: The recent developments in claims technology Is it surprising that claims has lagged behind in digitisation? Claims as the main customer engagement point How did the founding team come together? The instantaneous action and ease that parametric products provide The potential opportunity for partnerships Computer vision technology White labeling the solution Who is adopting this solution?Thank you LeX 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 where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by David Bryant, CEO and Co-Founder of MonarkHQ.MonarkHQ is a real-time quoting platform for employee benefits who are committed to streamlining benefits procurement by providing instant quotes, proposal management, and analytic dashboards to track vendor trends.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Solving real-world issues Dave’s 15 years of experience in the insurance industry Monark’s mission to solve the underserved inefficiencies in the insurtech space MonarkHQ’s InsurTech 100 nomination! The importance of networks in the insurance industry What is it like as a non-technical founder running a tech-led business? Why was the timing right for you to start Monark? The need for transparency in marketplace solutions  Is there a resistance to transparency?  what goes into creating an effective marketplace? Boot-strapping vs Raising seed Choosing the self-funded route - what was that journey like? The innovation in the benefits space What's next for Monark?Thank you David 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 where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Jacqueline Legrand, CEO and Co-Founder of Maptycs. Maptycs is a New York-based insurtech start-up that use geospatial risk visualization and advanced analytics technology to help insurance professional better understand property risk exposure in real-time. Their software integrates its own proprietary Geographic Information System (GIS) along with a broad set of algorithms to deliver a high level of performance while managing large volumes of data.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Projecting losses in realtime What important is a network in getting an insurtech off the ground? The growing importance of relationships in the post-covid world What is Maptycs’ USP? The acceleration of natural disasters driving demand The recent explosion of location-based data Is this information currently inaccessible to insurance companies? The long path from data to information to insight Is there a resistance to true data transparency?Thank you Jacqueline 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 where this week we are lucky enough to be joined by Alan Ringvald, CEO, Relativity6. We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as:  Solving the industry classification problem  How can you predict the value of a company when you don’t know what industry they are in?  Taking a new approach to building tech   Finding alternatives to buying 3rd party databases  How has this unique stance impacted the success of Relativity6?  How have you found working in this space with a non-insurance background?  The impact of covid on Relativity6's journey  How do you distinguish pivot from panic?  Trusting what feels right  How do you think pivot stories impact the ability to raise capital? & Is it seen as a fail? Thank you Alan 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 Bond  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 we are lucky enough to be joined by Neta Rozy, CTO, Parametrix.Parametrix is the insurtech start-up that offers financial protection against Cloud downtime, their hassle-free fast-paying policies protect you from financial losses when those services go down, enabling you to quickly get back to business.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Creating downtime insurance Cloud space is the 2nd or 3rd largest expense for a business - why isn’t this covered? The team dynamic being both friends and co-founders How do you go about creating a new product? The challenges of making those first hires at the early stages How do you generate interest and capacity? What are you looking at that’s new data wise? Was there ever a consideration of producing a pure technology product? The value in understanding the customer needs What’s been the consumer feedback? Shortening the claims process to improve the customer experienceThank you Neta 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 Bond 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 we are lucky enough to be joined by James Cowen, Chief Commercial Officer at Humn.AI. Humn.AI are a commercial motor insurance solution based on data science, they use their unique data platform to understand the risk of a vehicle at any moment in time by looking at drivers, vehicles and the environment around vehicles in real time.We had a great conversation this week where we discussed a wide range of topics such as: Why offer an insurance product as opposed to a pure SaaS play? Expansion in the UK and entering into the European market Remote working culture and how that works for Humn's team Using real time data to improve safety for commercial motor fleets The differences between the UK & the US VC market and differing cultures around funding Humn’s organic and inorganic growth plans Do you think there is an advantage to being tech-first as opposed to insurance first? How did you gain the insurance knowledge coming from a tech background? Data transparency gives a major USP for the consumer, why was it not like this before?Thank you James 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 Bond Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.