The Leadership in Insurance Podcast - Insurtech & Innovation

Ever wondered how "Naivete" could be an advantage in insurance innovation? In this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast🎧 with Justin Levine, CEO at Shepherd, I explore his unique background and how this has enabled him to challenge traditional views of insurance including focusing on hiring ‘micro-entrepreneurs’.We look at the advantages of Justin's background in 🏢construction and his journey into the tech-enabled insurance space via risk management and construction finance. 💡 He emphasises the advantages of being "naïve" and questioning the status quo, in an industry that can often be resistant to change, whilst still valuing experience and expertise.🤔Insurtech is more than a buzzword…. Justine provides us with great explanation of Insurtech (listen below for more details👇 ) including technology that:➡ Supports improved underwriting including integrating novel sector-specific data sources➡ Improves data extraction and analysis➡ Enhances risk management servicesWe also explored the importance of evolving your business model whilst finding a balance between improving direct client services and enhancing cores platform for internal efficiency 💬Justin also explains how Shepherd focuses on seeking out 'micro entrepreneurs' passionate about innovation and transforming the traditional insurance model and those excited about their multi-product approach and expansion plans.💡 including a discuss of Shepherd’s upcoming plans to complement their core casualty offering with a builders risk insurance product and their wider plans too expand into industries adjacent to construction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast focuses on all things Cyber and AI - where I am joined by Caroline Thompson, CUO, Cowbell.🔊Caroline and I unpack real-world use cases for AI to enable more effective underwriting that:✅Provides a better customer experience 💲Drives growth and improving loss ratiosWe also dig into changing workforce dynamics and why having a flexible mindset is more important than ever. Here are some of the other highlights:➡ How many data points you actually need to effectively underwrite cyber risk➡ Why brokers are your secret weapon for product development➡ How Cowbell’s AI co-pilot is increasing underwriting efficiency by more accurately identifying risks and providing more detailed referral reasons➡ The importance of team upskilling for the AI tech revolution (without neglecting core business skills)➡ Why versatility is the new superpower in insurance (for both employers AND employees)➡ The value of empathy, communication and honesty in managing change - a constant reality in start-up and scale-up environments Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Monday rolls around and it's time for another episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast 🎧 What I love most about podcasting is the relationships we build and the people we meet along the way through conversation, collaboration & sharing ideas. That's why this week we our excited to share our the second episode in our collaboration with I Love Claims live from their recent pitch event 🚀 Tune in to this week's behind the scenes feature to hear from 👇 ➡ Amira Nakouri, Co-Founder & CEO of Klaimy➡ Maarten Callaert 📦, Co-Founder & COO of Paperbox➡ Peter Dubiez & James Murrey, CEO & Founder and COO of Enviro TreesIt was an absolute pleasure to be involved in this event and the ILC team really have put together something special (and I'm not just saying that as I'm a hashtag#claims fan..!) - so thank you for having us. And now the secret is out - congratulations to the Enviro Trees team for walking away as the winners - so well deserved, and tough competition with so many amazing ideas in the room 👏 👏 👏 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests Jonathon Levine, Laurent Feuilleaubois, and Pavel Gertsberg discuss telematics in the insurance industry, the impact of pitching to a curated audience, and the importance of customer trust. They also share insights on diverse perspectives in insurance events, reinsurance strategies, and revolutionizing third-party administrators in insurance.

Good morning and welcome back to this week's episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where for this week's episode I am joined by Tom Spier, Supercede's CCO.In this episode we dig in to all things #Reinsurance and predominately the big topic of, why is reinsurance innovation underserved? Tom has a great ocean analogy for insurance innovation (see below 👇 ) 🐠 He equates the brightly coloured fish swimming at the top of the sea to be the retail brokers and MGAs attracting the domestic buyers. Then we get to the darker, uglier fish further down ocean (& further down the value chain) - these are the harder to solve, less attractive problems that lack innovation ➡ this is what Supercede are tackling. We look at whether as an industry, are we approaching Reinsurance wrong? It's often seen as an addition to insurance, often an after thought - this is even highlighted by putting the 'Re' in brackets ➡ (Re)insurance - the solutions we currently have aren't fit for purpose and they won't fit the same mold as insurance. Do we need to change our perspective? 💭 Supercede's only thought is reinsurance - never an after thought - that's where innovation lies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever wondered what the secret sauce is for hiring and growing and a team, especially as an early stage business?Rebekah Bostan, Director of Operations at FinPro, takes over The Leadership in Insurance Podcast this week turning the tables on me diving into all the questions you've probably wanted to ask as a hiring manager or a founding team member looking to grow your team.Some highlights from our conversation 👇💡How do early businesses grow their team sustainability? - know your company personality and direction and really embed shared values to create a company story💡How to attract pure SaaS talent in a challenging hiring market - accept it is hard but have a proactive plan about your talent pools and focus on enabling all employees to become storytelling advocates💡How to overcome the barriers to cross industry hiring - a good onboarding process will overcome speed to ramp up concerns💡How someone leaving is a chance to innovate a role and a team - don't just replace 'like with like' -- look for ways to bring in new diverse talent pools including by restructuring roles💡What genuinely make people stay or leave a role and a business - focus on living your company values and personality every day and be brave and create challenges to allow employees to grow 📢 And you'll have to listen to the end for my three best pieces of recruiting advice! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Attracting & Empowering Tomorrow's Insurance Workforce, but what does that actually mean? In today's highly competitive insurance industry, attracting and retaining top talent has become a critical strategic imperative. As the industry undergoes rapid digital transformation and faces evolving customer demands, the "War for Talent" intensifies.Tune into this panel discussion with Catherine Richardson, Bill Martin, Alex Bond, Anupam Malhotra and moderated by Stephen Goldstein to hear our takes on this topic 📣 📣 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tune into this week's epsiode of of The Leadrship In Insurance Podcast : A Deep Dive Into MGUs, Digital Underwriting & MGA Opportunites with Caroline Taylor ACII, COO at ACIES MGU➡ Why do we need another MGU platform?➡ What do you mean when you say digital underwriting? Is this not just how underwriting is done?➡ You have some pledges around social and environmental issues - what are you doing practically?➡ Acies has significant growth ambitions over the next few years to support a growing number of MGAs - its a competitive landscape how do you secure the best MGA opportunities? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.