InsTech - insurance & innovation with Matthew Grant (InsTech)

PwC’s Chris Temple and Christine Brogan join Matthew Grant to discuss transformation in insurance, specifically steering organizations towards achieving their ESG goals. 

The conversation covers the role of technology and AI in driving change in insurance as well as building resilient business models for the future. This episode is a great introduction to how ESG operates in the financial sector and how transformation in insurance is made possible through collaboration.

Key talking points:

• Understanding ESG - what are the main priorities business need to consider to be successful in the future
• Transforming insurance - how AI can help
• The importance of strategy driven by data
• How the Life Insurance sector got it right
• Balancing commercial gain with progress
• Defining “baseline” - current carbon output
• The biggest driver of innovation is regulation
• FSTE 100 and sustainability
• Our upcoming Investor Networking event sponsored by PwC

For more information, please see the following PwC reports:

• PwC UK 2024 Energy Survey
• Hold your nerve to maintain momentum: our 2024 actions for sustainability leaders
• Sustainability Reporting in 2024
• Banana Skins Survey Report

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

To find out more about InsTech, our membership and offerings visit www.instech.co or contact us hello@instech.co

Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe how generative AI can help implement ESG measures in insurance
• Specify what is meant by ESG and its role in insurance
• Summarise what companies can do to become Net Zero in the future

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 293 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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There has been no shortage of founders looking to transform insurance over the last five years, but turning innovative insurtech ideas into successful businesses is an incredibly tough challenge.

Jerad Leigh is the co-founder of Supercede, one of many companies we’ve worked with at InsTech London that have made the leap from 'early stage' to ‘established'.

He joins Matthew on Podcast 151 to share his experience of that journey and some great advice on how to build a business.

Talking points include:

• How to test your idea before you quit your job 
• Whether to build or buy your technology 
• Where to look for seed funding
• Juggling day-to-day operations with fundraising
• Selling versus research? Tactics for getting your first clients
• The power of communities

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Discern some of the important elements of founding a company
• Understand how to get funding in an early-stage company
• Realise some of the ways to help a new company grow

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 151 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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“This economy we are heading into [...] we are referring to as the decision economy”. 

Robin Merttens spoke to Tom Wilde, CEO of Indico Data on how the company's intelligent intake solution is shaping the decision-making process in the insurance industry by structuring unstructured data. 

Data is important in our current 'decision economy'. Indico Data applies generative AI to help insurance companies handle complex and high-volume data challenges, particularly in commercial and specialty lines. 

Covering the AI hype cycle, the concept of hallucinations and avoiding hyperbole, tune in to hear Tom Wilde discuss generative AI and why it is an important language for insurers to utilise.

Key talking points:

• Founded by undergraduates - how Indico Data started
• In the hype cycle - avoiding hyperbole and thinking rationally
• Defining generative AI - not an application but a language
• Indico Data's role in the insurance industry - the data problem
• Programmed with the user in mind
• Specialising in commercial insurance
• Indico Data’s decision to enter the UK market - and off-siding with some football anecdotes

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

To find out more about InsTech, our membership and offerings visit www.instech.co or contact us hello@instech.co

Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Specify why capturing the right data as quickly and as accurately as possible is significant in insurance, to drive correct decision making
• Explain the term hype cycle and what this means in terms of generative AI
• Summarise what companies have to focus on when entering a new market

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 292 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Ask someone to name some of the more successful UK insurtech scale-ups and Digital Fineprint (DFP) often gets a mention.

In 3 years CEO and Founder Erik Abrahamsson has taken DFP from holding meetings in a garden shed to raising £7m in funding and securing an impressive list of clients. 

He joined Matthew on Episode 65 of the InsTech London podcast for a conversation that covered:

• Using new data sources for selecting and pricing SME insurance
• Tips for a new company on pitching to prospective clients
• Why in a world that is turning digital, personal contact still matters in insurance
• How DFP is able to recruit senior people from established insurers 
• Lessons learned from working in the Lloyd’s Lab

If you liked what you have heard then please leave us a review or a comment on your chosen podcast platform. Look out for the shareable summary of this episode at https://www.instech.london/podcasts

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InsTech London Podcast Host: Matthew Grant

Produced by Simon Fyles: simon@instech.london

Edited by Peter Roach: visualmonkeys.co.uk

Flood events are increasing around the world, with many losses uncovered by insurance. Whilst parametric solutions can help provide new capacity to insure catastrophic risks and widen access to insurance, parametric flood insurance is not yet as widespread as parametric covers for hurricanes or earthquakes, due in part to data and modelling challenges specific to flood. 

Henry Gale speaks to Peter Lacovara, Head of Commercial, Floodbase about how the company is working to make parametric flood insurance possible with satellite imagery, machine learning and partnerships with insurers and brokers.

Topics include:

• Peter's experience leading parametric broking in North America at Marsh
• The types of companies looking for parametric flood insurance
• Training a machine to find flood water in satellite images
• What 'fractional flooded area' is and how it can be used as a parametric trigger
• Floodbase's work with FEMA on the US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain some of the data & modelling challenges flood insurance encounters
• Describe how using satellite imagery can provide a solution to flood insurance
• Identify the key benefits of having different partnerships

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 252 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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We've interviewed well over 100 people in 2019 and you can hear most of them on the InsTech London podcasts. Our guests share fantastic insights - whether on stage speaking to us at our events, or for Matthew's longer in-depth interviews.  The leaders from insurance companies, the founders and CEO of technology companies (small and large) that they are working with and others that are truly influencing the shape of the industry.

Over the break we've been looking to see what consistent themes have emerged during our chats to some of the leading figures from a handful of the largest and most well-known insurance companies in the world. Some of the most frequent topics that came up were:

1. Why it's important to look at the customers' problems when considering innovation opportunities.
2. How data is really being used, with a particular emphasis on what the future of IOT holds.
3. The importance of partnerships between insurtech and other technology providers and insurers.
4. The emergence of the augmented underwriter.
5. How to encourage innovation throughout a large organisation.

We're starting off the year with the specific thoughts on these topics pulled from conversations with some of our most popular guests:

Sean Ringsted, Chief Digital Officer for Chubb (episode 35)

Graham Elliott, CEO & Founder of Azur Underwriting (episode 37)

Adrian Jones, Head of Ventures & Strategic Partnerships at SCOR Global P&C (episode 42)

James Slaughter, CUO for Commercial Speciality at Liberty Mutual (episode 47)

Kelly Ward, AXA Partners on stage at Instech London in November (episode 55)

Michele Williams, Head of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's central innovation unit XSE  (episode 56)

This episode will give you a useful taster of our full interview (or a chance to hear the highlights again) but the originals are definitely worth a listen. Take a look at the full list of episodes at https://www.instech.london/podcasts

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InsTech London Podcast Host: Matthew Grant

Produced by Simon Fyles: simon@instech.london

Edited by Peter Roach: visualmonkeys.co.uk

 

Henry Gale spoke to four young people across the insurance industry to produce a podcast about what it's like to be a young person in insurance.

Ainsley Martin, Beazley; Kinga Wazydrag, Markel; Areefih Ghaith, Quantexa; Adam Yasir, Aon Inpoint, share personal experiences in the industry and discuss what the industry can learn from young people - covering topics like diversity & inclusion, technology and social media. The guests highlight where the industry has done well in those areas as well as where insurers can learn from the next generation.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• List some of the entry points and potential careers paths within the insurance industry for young people
• Summarise the common digital practices already implemented by insurers, and where these can be improved 
• Identify some of the barriers faced by young people within the industry, and how these can be overcome

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 199 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

This week James Orchard, CEO of QBE Ventures, joins the podcast and discusses the shift in insurers' appetite for innovation, partnerships with startups, and the importance of collaboration in achieving strategic goals. 

The conversation covers how QBE Ventures is making strides in data and AI, resilience, and growth in emerging markets, with interesting prospects for cyber coverage and embedded insurance. James also reveals his predictions for 2024, foreseeing consolidation and challenges in investment as well as a focus on AI and strategic partnerships. 

An immensely packed episode, for everyone curious about how investing and insurance intersect.

Key talking points:

• Exploring QBE Ventures and its investment strategy
• The strategy and focus of QBE Ventures
• The challenges and opportunities in the insurtech space
• How QBE can become a start-up partner
• Using AI for resilience 
• What QBE looks for - the culture of collaboration
• Coalition of the willing 
• Predictions and expectations for 2024 in insurtech

As well as hearing about QBE Venures, Matthew and James touch on innovation from Cytora, Sixfold, CGG, GeoSmart Information, Tensorflight, Geosite, Beazley, Chaucer, Tokio Marine, hyperexponential, The Demex Group, and Clara Analytics.

To listen to Cytora's podcast with Andrew Horton, QBE Insurance's Group CEO, click here.

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Specify the potential developments and challenges the insurtech community will face in 2024
• Define what resilience can mean to a company from a strategic perspective, and how investors can help support this 
• Identify what traits an investor looks for in a company 

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 285 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Changes to the US government’s National Flood Insurance Programme have created opportunities for insurers to offer alternative solutions for protection against flood risk.

Fathom is one of the technology companies helping insurers to do that by providing accurate flood modelling hazard data for the entire US, down to a resolution of one metre.

Matthew is joined on Podcast 130 by Fathom’s Chief Operations Officer Dr Andrew Smith and Chief Research Officer Dr Oliver Wing to discuss the creation of its US flood model and how Fathom evolved from a university research project into a successful commercial product.

Talking points include:

• the impact of different types of flooding
• making data consumable through technology platforms
• tracking vulnerability as well as hazards
• the key focus areas for growing a business
• why insurance technology is attracting interest from other sectors

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 130 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

InsTech London was really pleased to be involved in a panel discussion on Allyship in the workplace hosted by The Camelot Network’s Inclusion & Diversity Think Tank and sponsored by Genasys.

The diverse panel explained what Allyship is, how to action it and the impact it can have in creating a truly inclusive society.

The speakers include:

• Rebekah Bostan – Director of Research and Insight, InsTech London
• Lethabo Motsoaledi – Co-founder, Creator and CTO, Voyc
• Dr Joanna Abeyie MBE – Founder and Director, Blue Moon
• Paul Jardine – Chairman, Asta and Chaucer

The discussion was moderated by Miriam Reason, Founder at Reasonful.

Talking points include:

• What is Allyship, and why should you care?
• Why is Allyship the most powerful thing you can do at work?
• Why is the future of work about intersectional inclusion and Allyship?
• What do all the relevant terms mean?

For more information on The Camelot Network, go to thecamelotnetwork.com.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn. 

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Describe what Allyship is
• Summarise why Allyship is an important part of the workplace
• Explain how you can action Allyship and the impact it can have

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 170 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Elizabeth Jenkin is the CEO of Nimbla, Co-founder of the women's network "Lift as you Climb" and is on the boards of Gallagher, Fidelis and the Women's Football Association. She joins Robin to discuss why she left her 20-year career as a broker with Aon and RFIB to join a start-up, how brokers and insurers differ and the importance of curiosity. 

Talking points include: 

• The importance of the voice of the customer
• Factors that enable a company to scale effectively
• Embedded insurance
• What a good partner looks like
• Their 5-year tie-up with Accelerant
• Taking inspiration from role models and mentors

You can also get more information on the InsTech member profile page for Nimbla.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise the relationship between brokers and insurers, and some key differences in their practices
• Identify the factors a company needs to consider when looking to scale its business in the insurance industry
• Describe how companies can collaborate effectively with customers to enhance the quality of their offering

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 188 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

 

Covid-19 has led to insurance companies ramping up the speed of their digital evolution, but relying on third-party services like a cloud provider creates new external risks that need insuring.  

Parametrix Insurance was launched 18 months ago to protect businesses from the hidden costs of going offline. As well as attracting strong interest from brokers, the company also had a parametric product named after them in the Lloyd’s Lab.

Co-founder and CTO Neta Rozy joins Matthew on Episode 115 to discuss the company’s rapid growth and how they’re using technology to monitor thousands of digital services worldwide.

Talking points include:

• Tailoring solutions for large and small businesses
• Defining payouts without physical losses
• Why brokers love parametric products
• What to look for in potential partners
• Standing out and scaling at speed

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 115 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

Jupiter Intelligence has achieved rapid growth since its launch five years ago and is now providing analytics on the impact of climate change to insurers, governments, and corporations worldwide.

CEO and Co-founder Rich Sorkin joins Matthew to discuss how his experience of extreme weather events motivated him to launch the company.

Their conversation covers the products and services Jupiter offers, how clients are using its data, and why it is vital that insurers track the long-term impacts and risks they face from climate change.

Talking points include:

• Using data to understand physical and financial portfolio risk
• Duration mismatch - why planning for the future matters
• Regulation and reporting - the impacts for insurance
• The lessons insurance can learn from banking
• Scaling at speed - building the right team and products

Jupiter Intelligence was featured in the InsTech London report, Climate Change Risk Regulation and Measurement: 22 companies to know, which is available as a free download.

You can also get more information about the company on the Jupiter Intelligence InsTech member profile page.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn. 

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Understand some of the long-term challenges faced by the insurance industry as a result of climate change
• Define duration mismatch and how important it is for insurers to factor this into business plans
• Identify some of the products and services available to help insurers mitigate the risks of climate change

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 181 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

A pause from interviewing our usual guests this week as Matthew Grant and Robin Merttens - the InsTech London partners - are back to reflect on the year that's passed and what's coming up.

Find out:

• how we've been getting on putting some of the insurtech offerings to the test - personally
• high and low points of the year
• the insured and uninsurable
• from real life to digital in 26 steps

and more random recollections. Normal service will be resumed soon.

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If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use, or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 117 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

In our first podcast of 2024, Jamie Crystal, CEO of MIC Global, discusses with Matthew Grant their aim to close the insurance protection gaps by offering insurance products tailored to the needs of underserved individuals, including income protection, identity theft protection, and incident coverage. 

MIC uses a business-to-business-to-customer (B2B2C) model and all of its products are embedded within other platforms or services. MIC offers insurance products in various forms including embedded insurance methods, aiming to make the process simpler and more relevant to everyday life. Crystal highlights the company’s partnerships with brokers, digital platforms, and other insurance companies to distribute their coverage. The need for these products is global, Crystal insists, and not limited to specific demographics or regions.

Key Talking Points Include:

• Understanding the concept of microinsurance
• The problem MIC is solving - access to affordable products
• The role of embedded insurance
• The future of MIC and the insurance industry
• Closing the insurance protection gap

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

Visit MIC Global here.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain what is the insurance protection gap and how it can be remedied
• Summarise how an embedded insurance product operates and how it can help consumers
• Identify key industries where there is an under-insurance problem and why that is the case

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 282 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Matthew Grant is back talking to another co-founder of a successful technology company. Louw Hopley is Co-founder and CEO of Root which is providing technology to support embedded insurance for companies in South Africa, UK and other countries.

Topics include:

• The advantages of building technology for companies in South Africa
• What an API really is and how it works
• The emerging use of Generative AI for writing and testing code
• Finding your business partner

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe some of the advantages geographical locations have when considering where you should build-a-business
• Explain the pros and cons of using AI across insurance platforms

• Identify some of the successes partnering with smaller start-up businesses can bring

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 250 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Swiss Re Reinsurance Solutions was launched two years ago to make Swiss Re’s unique knowledge and tools available across the insurance value chain.

Swiss Re’s strongest point of knowledge is property - around which we centre this podcast. Robin Merttens spoke to CEO of Reinsurance Solutions Russell Higginbotham on approaching climate-related risks in the insurance industry as well as managing the balance between data accuracy and inclusivity of insurance products for customers.

Key talking points:

• The implication of climate change on property insurance
• If you are running an insurer now - what should you be focusing on?
• What should the whole ecosystem be doing with climate change? Planning the future
• Understanding ‘uninsurability’ 
• Partnerships with Google X, the moonshot factory and acquiring Fathom

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

To find out more about InsTech, our membership and offerings visit www.instech.co or contact us hello@instech.co

Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe how better data can help tackle the insurance protection gap
• Explain how acquisitions can help a company gain better data and why partnerships are important in the industry
• Summarise why climate change is such an important risk and what insurers should focus on to tackle it best

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 302 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) provides catastrophe event response intelligence to the insurance market. It combines space and ground imagery with human intelligence and AI to estimate losses, helping insurers aggregate exposure data.

Brush Claims is a US-based property and liability claims service provider.

Matthew Grant and Ali Smedley spoke to Daniel Grimwood-Bird, Head of Sales and Marketing at MIS and Troy Stewart, COO and President at Brush Claims. They cover the way the two companies are working together and how responses to future events will change as a result.

Other talking points include:

• MIS’ provision of event intelligence following Hurricane Ian
• How MIS integrates data from various sources into its GEO platform to estimate losses
• How MIS identifies flood and wind damage at the property level using satellites and Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Troy’s experience at the Lloyd’s Lab
• The detrimental impact of uncertainty on a claims process and how MIS and Brush Claims partnership is addressing this
• How Brush works with InsTech members Liberty Specialty Markets and Markel International

Learn more about MIS including our past interviews, podcasts and reports here.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Describe some of the ways integrating data can have a healthy impact on a business when measuring losses
• Identify how collaboration between businesses can improve event intelligence and responses
• List some examples of how advances in science and technology play a key role in understanding flood and wind damage severity

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 219 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Since its inception in 2015, Flock has grown from a promising insurtech to setting its sights on becoming a truly global insurance provider. 

The company’s micro-duration policies have made it a market leader for insuring drone flights, and it launched Flock Motor last year to provide flexible, digital-first products to the commercial motor space. 

CEO Ed Leon Klinger joins Matthew to discuss the company’s growth, its new connected vehicles division, and a whole lot more. 

Talking points include: 

• Finding funding and building a brand
• Identifying and researching new markets
• How to innovate with insurers
• Augmenting traditional datasets
• Embedded insurance solutions 

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Launching a new insurance business is hard, particularly for those with limited experience in the complexities of a regulated market. OneAdvent can help. Joining Matthew this week are Tim Quayle, COO at OneAdvent and Matt Jones, Chief Strategy Officer at Cowbell, a cyber insurance company entering the UK market. We cover some of the important areas when launching an MGA - and proved that talking about insurance can even be quite fun. 

Topics covered include:

• Core problems in launching insurance businesses and why “plumbers” are needed to fix them
• What you need from a partner when entering a new market
• The barriers to entry for cyber insurance businesses
• How to stay flexible and why it is the key to success
• What gives successful MGAs the “edge” in growing their business

In addition to hearing about Cowbell Cyber’s experience, we talk about other OneAdvent partners including OTT Risk and ARMD.

You can contact this week's guests, Tim Quayle and Matt Jones, on Linkedin. 

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Identify the primary challenges involved in launching an insurance business
• Describe the factors to consider when entering a new market in the insurance industry
• Summarise some of the unique challenges and barriers to entry faced by cyber insurance businesses

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 257 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Anthemis is one of the most well known investors in technology start-ups and scale-ups supporting insurance and financial services. Portfolio companies include: Goji, Flock, Hockodo, Insurdata, Quantemplate, Stable, Trov, Tremor and Yulife.

Matthew Grant caught up with Anthemis partner and former lead investor at Allianz, Ruth Foxe Blader, to learn about how and why Anthemis invests. The discussion covers life before and during the pandemic, as well as a look to the future state of fintech and insurtech. 

A great discussion with another instech.london member company.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

After listening to Episode 76 you will know:

1. What Anthemis Group means by "embedded finance"
2. How it evaluates companies for the fund
3. What characteristics it looks for when meeting companies

Complete the InsTech London Podcast Feedback Survey to claim your CPD time. 

On Podcast 121, Matthew Grant talks to Mark Patterson from Deloitte about its survey, The Future of Home and Motor Insurance.

The survey is the result of interviews with 8,000 consumers across 12 countries. Mark Eastham, CEO of Avantia, which sells insurance under its HomeProtect brand, joins the discussion with a view from insurance. 

Talking points include: 

• The importance of simplicity
• Pros and cons of embedded insurance products
• Connected devices and what’s holding the market back
• Flexibility of policy systems
• Why parametric solutions are capturing consumer attention

Download the Deloitte report here.

Read edited highlights of the conversation on the InsTech London podcast page.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 121 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

While weather-related catastrophic events are on the rise, insurance policies and federal aid are still inaccessible for many globally.

Jonathan Gonzalez is the CEO and co-founder of Raincoat, a platform to support insurers in the development and distribution of parametric insurance solutions for consumers in at-risk countries and regions.

He joins Matthew on Podcast 183 to explain how scalable parametric insurance products are helping to reduce the protection gap, Raincoat’s consumer-focused approach, and tailoring solutions to tackle relevant climate risks in different areas of the world.

Talking points include:

• How Hurricane Maria inspired Jonathan to launch a company
• How he used his software background to build Raincoat
• What is needed to successfully collaborate with insurers 
• The indices used to measure perils and how various data sources are handled 
• The importance of regulation in the application of parametric insurance

You can get more information about Raincoat on the company’s InsTech London member profile page.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise what the protection gap is and the role of parametric insurance products in reducing this

• Understand how various indices and data sources are used to measure risk

• List some of the relevant climate risks in different areas of the world and some solutions to mitigate against these

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 183 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Liberty Mutual Insurance is a global insurance company that embraces innovation, with a strong track record of building successful partnerships with technology companies.

Matthew talks to Brendan Smyth, SVP, Global Risk Solutions Innovation, and Premal Gohil, Head of Innovation Partnerships & Investments, to understand how Liberty approaches innovation projects and works with third parties to understand new insurance trends. 

The episode also includes advice for start-ups on how to approach insurers with new ideas and what Liberty is looking for from potential data and technology partners.  

Talking points include:

• How to create a culture of innovation
• Balancing innovation projects with day-to-day business
• Building successful commercial partnerships
• The importance of ecosystems and efficient integration
• Comparing insurance innovation - differences between the US and Europe

Premal’s article, 5 Tips for ensuring Startup-Corporate collaboration success, is available to read on LinkedIn.

More information on Liberty Mutual Insurance is available on the company’s InsTech London member profile page.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Identify some of the impacts of innovation and its importance in the future of the insurance industry
• Discern the roles required for successful innovation partnerships
• Understand how incumbents and start-ups can work together and learn from each other

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 161 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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PwC is a professional services network of firms. The company is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms.

Glynn Austen-Brown and Michael Cook, Partners at PwC, joined Matthew and covered topics including why insurance companies need to move to be fully digital and what that takes.

Other topics include:

• Examples of where analytics are improving how companies support their customers
• How companies are overcoming the historical challenge of the “trust gap”
• Underinsurance in Southeast Asia and how insurtechs can address this market
• How PwC is working with companies in the insurance industry such as Admiral

You can find PwC’s report referred to in the podcast here.

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Describe some of the ways insurance companies will benefit by going fully digital and the processes involved in making the transition
• Identify key points on how collaboration between different industries can improve business efficiency
• Explain some of the advantages of using analytics and list examples of how implementing this feature can enhance customer support

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 218 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Wondering about how to create a podcast and best practices for recording sound? In Episode 75 of the InsTech London podcasts, we're kicking off a series of "Instech Investigates" - a look beyond the usual topics and a chance to learn more about the skills you or your team may need in today's world.  

Matthew talks to former BBC Sound Engineer Peter Roach, who now runs VisualMonkeys and who is normally on the other side of the microphone editing our weekly podcast. Matthew and Peter discuss podcasting and recording techniques, subject types, what equipment to use and how to edit. 

You can listen to all the previous episodes of our podcast on the InsTech London website.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

After listening to Episode 75 you will know:

1. the equipment you need to record a podcast
2. how to edit your audio 
3. where to distribute your podcast online

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A lack of standardisation and the ability to transfer data through the entirety of the insurance lifecycle remains a major challenge for the industry.

Charles Taylor InsureTech CEO Arjun Ramdas joins Matthew on Podcast 125 to discuss data collaboration between insurers, MGAs and brokers, and how Charles Taylor’s technology is supporting the Lloyd’s market.

Talking points include:

• Moving from on-prem to SaaS tech solutions
• The shift towards platform solutions
• Delegated Data Manager (previously known as DA SATS)
• Minimising paperwork through automation
• Forging partnerships with Systems Integrators

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To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 125 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

Neil Eckert is a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in many areas of insurance and beyond.

He was an early advocate for the benefits of digital innovation and had the vision to predict the need for companies to manage their exposure to carbon almost 20 years ago.

Neil joins Robin to discuss how the insurance industry has changed throughout his career, how to recognise and respond to new opportunities in the climate space and his current work as Chairman of IncubEx and Conduit Re.

Talking points include:

• Why the insurance industry is so reluctant to be truly digital
• Why he believes insurance is inextricably linked with climate change
• The genesis of IncubEx as an iteration of a carbon trading platform
• The role of carbon credits for insurers
• Where the next big opportunity in insurance lies

Matthew's article, 'Data Disasters and Career Limiting Catastrophes' is available to read on LinkedIn.

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise the benefits and barriers to implementing digital operations within insurance practices
• Explain the relevance of carbon emissions and carbon trading to the insurance industry
• List some of the potential opportunities available for insurers within the climate space

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 191 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Gaia uses medical data to offer personalised financial plans to remove the financial barriers to accessing fertility care. It is the world’s first IVF (in vitro fertilisation) insurance product that predicts fertility outcomes and insures against the risk of failure.

Robin Merttens is joined by the Founder and CEO of Gaia, Nader AlSalim, to discuss why he wants to remove the financial barriers to fertility treatment.

Talking points include:

• The insurance gap
• Nader’s personal journey that encouraged him to start Gaia
• Gaia’s experience with Lloyd’s Lab
• Gaia’s identity as a brand and the long-term plans for its evolution
• The partners they’re looking for as they expand into new markets and geographies

More InsTech content featuring Gaia is available on the company’s member profile page. 

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise the key financial barriers faced by potential fertility treatment patients
• Explain how medical data is used by insurers to create a personalised insurance offering
• List some of the benefits and initial challenges for an organisation engaging with Lloyd’s Lab

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 210 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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This week Matthew Grant is talking to Nigel Walsh, Managing Director of Insurance, Google Cloud.

You'll find out why Google launched its recent “start-up” - Google Cloud - growing in excess of 36% quarter to quarter.

Nigel is well known for his love of insurance and engagement across a whole range of innovative topics - and his annual predictions. He relocated to the US from the UK last year so we get a perspective of how attitudes, and technology, vary on both sides of the Atlantic.

Topics include

• What’s changed since the phrase “Insurtech” was invented 7 years ago?
• What consumers really want?
• Don't mistake a clear view for a short distance
• Are insurers returning as investors with a fresh appetite for innovation?
• Predicting the future and scoring past forecasts

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe some of the advances in insurance operations since Insurtech came about and the benefits this has brought for insurance businesses.

• Identify the key trends when insurers decide to return as investors.

• Learn some of the techniques used to predict future business growth & success

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 229 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Insurance might be “swimming in data” - but without actionable insights that data is just noise.

Matthew catches up with Paul Mang, Chief Innovation Officer at Guidewire to explore the latest developments in innovation, modelling and interpreting data to advance the understanding and management of risk.

Talking points include: 

• Parallels between biotechnology and insurance
• Sense-making of data for actionable insights
• The challenges of managing cyber risk
• Innovating through the Guidewire Marketplace
• The hype vs reality of IoT and sensors

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Robin Merttens is joined by Ben Ruddle, Senior Principle in Strategy at Publicis Sapient, to discuss how technology can help insurers cater to customers outside the typical insurance model. The discussion covers the concept of 'Beyond Beige,' focusing on the opportunity to serve individuals and businesses with unique or specialized needs that standard insurance products don't cover.

Key talking points include:

• The rise of comparison sites
• What is ‘Beyond Beige’ - the opportunities in the market
• Publicis Sapient's expansion into insurance 
• Addressing the issue of underserved markets

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This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Specify why comparison sites are not helpful to the customer and their insurance journey
• Define what markets are typically underinsured and why
• Identify how incumbents can utilise technology to help better serve niche markets

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 297 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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As climate extremes worsen, insurance plays a more important role in helping people recover from disasters. Yet even many of the most exposed people do not buy the coverage they need, while the global protection gap continues to widen as more homes are developed in high-risk areas.

In this episode, InsTech's Ali Smedley and Henry Gale talk to Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy, Environmental Defense Fund and author of 'Understanding Disaster Insurance: New Tools for a More Resilient Future'. The book provides an overview of disaster insurance markets and the role of the public sector, then focuses on how innovations in insurance, such as parametric coverage and community-based catastrophe insurance, can build resilience.

Topics include:

• Encouraging risk reduction and mitigation
• How to design effective parametric microinsurance products
• Implementing community-based flood insurance in New York City
• How insurance can help create a nature-positive economy
• The roles of the public and private sectors in building disaster resilience
• Why countries with developed insurance markets still have large protection gaps

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe some of the ways insurance can increase resilience in disaster-prone communities
• Explain some of the reasons large protection gaps still exist in the insurance market
• List the key resources required to design microinsurance products successfully

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 243 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Concirrus was founded in 2012 and has evolved to become one of the leaders in supporting marine underwriting through tracking ships and managing data. Today the company is expanding into a platform for multiple risk types and provides analytics into areas including aviation and liability. The goal is to make all underwriters as smart as the smartest underwriter in a company using AI tools. With his fourth appearance on the InsTech podcast and third dedicated interview, Co-founder and CEO Andy Yeoman explains to Matthew Grant the lessons and insights since founding the business.

Topics include: 

• Creating “decision optimizations solutions” and what they are
• How to make technology work better for underwriters
• What it means to move AI from a point solution to a platform solution
• Lessons from Silicon Valley to Silicon Roundabout
• When looking to the future, consider the “but for…
• Why insurers should study the designed instability of the F-35 fighter jet

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe the different components of an optimisation solution and how to implement each one
• Identify the key advantages of using a platform system with AI instead of a single-use approach
• Explain the significance of advanced technology to create underwriting efficiencies

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 244 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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The InsTech team is taking a break and we’ve outsourced this week’s short podcast to ChatGPT. But fear not - humans will be back in the loop next week.

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ICEYE delivers what it calls “persistent monitoring capabilities for any location on earth” using synthetic aperture radar satellites. ICEYE’s data can be collected day or night and through cloud cover.

Its constellation of 21 satellites enables it to capture images before, during, and after a flood event multiple times a day.

Stephen Lathrope is the Global Head of Insurance for ICEYE and joined Matthew to discuss how ICEYE is expanding its offering from floods and into other natural perils, its ability to acquire information and the benefits of the geospatial platform.

Talking points include:

• What synthetic aperture radar is and why it is important
• The advanced field testing happening to enable insights and imaging of wildfires
• How the team at ICEYE delivered data within 24 hours following the floods in Queensland
• How the company works with partners including Arturo, AXA Climate, Swiss Re and EigenRisk
• How its data is acting as the trigger point in parametric insurance services

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Define 'synthetic aperture radar' (SAR) and the benefits of using this for data collection
• Describe the process of capturing and delivering insights and imaging following natural catastrophes
• Summarise the relevance of SAR satellite data for the parametric insurance space

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 197 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Technology comes in many forms - some of it is very visible and accessible - but a lot of the important technology is working away out of sight - and usually out of mind. And many of the most successful companies are those that are building out this critical infrastructure. 

Richard Tyler, Founder and CEO of Phinsys and Eric Butler, Head of Americas and Bermuda join Matthew Grant to discuss why Phinsys was launched.

Topics include:

• How to help insurers understand where they have been, where they are now and where they are going
• From frustrated business user to successful start-up founder - why these companies succeed
• Connecting the financial plumbing - the benefits of buy versus build

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe some of the ways of successfully building a business & the challenges that must be overcome
• Summarise the transition of modern-day insurers
• Explain the importance of technological infrastructure

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 254 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Send Technology is a software company founded in 2017 that has developed a connected workbench that enables insurers, brokers and MGAs to automate, streamline and optimise its operations.

It has recently entered its scale-up phase and secured major clients such as Renaissance Reinsurance and Bowhead Specialty.

Send Technology’s Co-founder and CEO, Ben Huckel, joined Matthew to talk about the importance of companies using the right technology, the benefits of leading with a service rather than a product and the advantages of providing a software service that is tailored to clients’ needs.

Talking points include: 

• What Ben has learned from implementing major systems for insurers in the past
• How the cloud-based commercial insurance platform, Send Connect, has evolved to prioritise integration, adoption and speed and what this means for underwriters
• The importance of flexibility in software and how it provides insurers with resilience against dynamic markets
• The role of low code and no code tools
• How Send Technology plans to incorporate additional functionality such as integrated pricing doctrines and delegated authority to its Underwriting Workbench to support pre and post buying businesses

You can find the demo discussed in the episode here.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Define some of the functions of modern underwriting technology and their advantages for underwriters
• Identify the specific considerations a company needs to make when looking to select new insurance technology
• Summarise how insurers can prepare for the challenges of dynamic markets through the implementation of software

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 187 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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With so much new technology and data available to insurers, it’s becoming critical to have an effective way to enable insurers to access these solutions in one place. Appian is working across many industries, using a low-code platform that improves access to legacy systems, joins up multiple solutions and increases the speed of implementation. 

Gijsbert Cox, Industry Leader Insurance for Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific at Appian, joins Matthew to discuss examples of what the company is doing, closing the technology gap in insurance and lessons from working in the insurance industry for over 15 years.

Talking points include: 

• Appian’s workflow, process mining capabilities and flowchart concept
• How the low-code platform is distributed, taught and integrated 
• How they worked with Aviva to provide Robotic Process Automation
• Takeaways from the Forrester report on the economics of low code and application installation
• Overcoming the challenges of streamlining technological business practices and connecting data

Connected Insurance with Appian

1. FNOL Whitepaper: Facilitate Faster Time to Close with Accelerated FNOL Operations
2. GRC for Insurers: ESG and the Louder-than-Ever Call to be Agile

More InsTech content featuring Appian is available on the company’s member profile page. 

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Describe what the technology gap in insurance is and explain what closing it would mean for the industry
• Summarise what low-code means and why organisations might choose the route of low-code applications
• Identify the challenges of streamlining technological business practices and connecting data

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 196 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Insurance Business Applications (IBA) has established itself as a genuine insurance innovator over the past decade, embracing new technologies to offer a full cycle property and casualty insurance platform in the cloud.

Chief Commercial Officer Karina Buch joins Robin to discuss the company's origins and growth so far, why global insurers like Zurich and AIG are choosing to use its IBSuite platform, and the potential of both embedded and parametric insurance.  

Talking points include:

• Why speed matters when building products
• Re-platforming vs greenfield development
• Covid-19 and the race to modernise
• The demand and attraction of embedded insurance
• Integrating external data for parametric triggers

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Understand what a full cycle insurance platform is and some of its benefits
• Compare some of the differences between building a new platform or onto a preexisting one
• Realise some of the potential opportunities within parametric and embedded insurance

To continue learning about platforms in insurance, read our report No-Code/Low-Code Platforms - A Bridge from Legacy to Digital?

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 156 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Nigel Walsh has been helping the insurance industry get to grips with the opportunities offered by technology for many years - both in his day job as a partner at consulting firm Deloitte, and as a regular speaker, writer and co-host of the Insurtech Insider podcast.

In another lively discussion, Matthew Grant talks to Nigel, covering a wide range of subjects including:

- Has insurtech lived up to its potential?

- Will the future of insurance give us more choice, but more complexity or less choice but more simplicity?

- Starting up your own business or staying employed?

- Why insurers need to call us by our names, not our numbers

And of course a whole lot more

Find out what we are up to at Instech London at www.instech.london

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Robin speaks to Liselotte Munk, CEO of core administration system provider Fadata, available across all major lines of business to help insurers contribute successfully to the security and well-being of customers.

Join Robin and Liselotte as they discuss meeting customer demands in an increasingly digital world, the benefits of a diverse and global workforce, the power of networking and the experience of running the insurance technology company as a woman CEO. 

Topics covered include:

• The importance of trusting yourself 
• The shift towards cloud-based solutions
• Experience of being a women in technology and insurance

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Summarise how networking can help develop and grow your company
• Specify the various factors needed to run a successful technology company
• Explain the value of a global and diverse workforce

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 270 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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This week we have a "pandemic podcast" special edition. A series of interviews recorded on Thursday 12 March, the day after the WHO had declared Covid-19 Coronavirus a pandemic.

In this 40 minute edition Matthew Grant sets the scene for exploring the potential for new and established innovation, analytics and data to help manage the spread of the virus in the short term, and improve insurance offerings and understanding and mitigation of the risk in the future. 

Matthew reviews the context of the pandemic to understand how what we are hearing in the news compares to medical opinion, talking to Dr Chris Martin. Whilst there has been modelling of pandemics and research in the medical community, it's been somewhat limited for insurance purposes. Robert Muir-Wood, Chief Research Officer for RMS, the catastrophe modelling company provides an overview of the issues, the impact from an insurance perspective and how Covid-19 can be modelled and losses estimated. 

The impact on the insurance industry will be significant. Sam Casey from Insurance Insider, has been talking to insurers and provides an assessment of the breadth of covers affected, and some of the largest unknowns such as the potential for cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics. Nick Wildgoose, formerly responsible for supply chain at Zurich Insurance, explains some of the challenges and potential pinch points.

SparkBeyond is providing AI tools to help the Italian government understand and manage the spread of the virus and Alex Easaw explains what they have been finding. 

Matthew released a companion article to this podcast on Saturday, available here on Linkedin. We are planning to continue to review the lessons to be learnt from Covid-19, impact on the insurance industry, data sources available and opportunities for innovation. 

Thanks to all our guests for taking the time to speak to us at a busy time, and Peter Roach of Visual Monkeys for the fast turnaround of this episode. 

 

Plnar’s technology platform allows users to capture detailed property and loss information on their phones, with the data being used by insurers to support underwriting and claim processes.

Matthew speaks to CEO Andy Greff about how images captured remotely by policyholders are providing new insights on property characteristics, speeding up claims by removing the need for a home inspection and Plnar’s plans for further expansion. 

Talking points include: 

• The importance of creating digital measurements when performing remote claims assessments
• How Plnar evolved during Covid-19 
• The importance of the policyholder and the role of “digital desk adjusters” in effective use of the system
• How developments in Artificial Intelligence enable essential loss details to be picked up when producing images from mobile phones
• 'Intelligent augmentation' vs Artificial Intelligence
• How Plnar is working with partners including CoreLogic

Plnar is one of the companies featured in the InsTech report, Property Remote Claims Assessment: the 40 Companies to Watch, which is available to download on the InsTech website.

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• List some of the core necessities for insurers when performing remote claims assessments
• Define a 'digital desk adjuster' and their role in an insurance organisation
• Compare the benefits and challenges of implementing intelligence augmentation and artificial intelligence approaches

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 195 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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On episode 200 of the InsTech podcast, Matthew and Robin get together for another occasional chat about what is happening in the world of insurance innovation, insurtech and InsTech itself.

Since the launch of the podcast, InsTech has released around 133 hours of podcasts, featured 220 guests and had 170,000 downloads. Our top listener countries are the UK, USA, Germany, Italy and Canada.

Talking points include:

• Good news on funding for early-stage companies from the Amsterdam DIA conference
• An overview of our Risk Exchange report
• Our real-life insurance stories
• Celebrating our podcasts guest with the “1,000 fans awards”
• Our expanding sub-communities for founders, people in marketing, ESG and parametric

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise the recent insurtech developments within the industry and where there is potential for growth
• Describe some of the different risk exchange models being adopted by insurers, brokers and technology partners
• List some of the funding opportunities for early-stage insurance companies and how these are accessed

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 200 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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After the rollercoaster of 2020 it’s a brave soul that’s willing to commit to what 2021 will look like. But running a global network of talented and successful people means that we have been able to dip into the collective wisdom of 20 of our friends and supporters from InsTech London.

We crowdsourced what is top of mind from some of the best people to predict the year ahead – i.e. those that are part of making it happen.

One investor, two reinsurers, three consultants, five Lloyd’s syndicates, six growing insurtechs, and three others – all that was missing was the partridge and the pear tree.

Scrubbed and polished - find out what the movers, shakers and thinkers at PKF, Munich Re, Swiss Re, EY, PwC, Deloitte, Brit, Talbot, Convex, Wakam, Chaucer, Concirrus, CyberCube, Blink, Riskbook, Flock, Zego, Insurtech Gateway, Voice of Insurance, Miller and FintechOS had to say.

So much in 40 minutes:

• Why platforms will be so powerful, finally
• Climate change - here it comes
• Data - still hard to extract, but will be more in demand
• Trust - can insurance win it back?
• Outsiders - who's going to be revealing their true colours this year?
• Parametrics 

And much much more. 

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 118 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

The role, and potential, for MGAs has been much discussed in 2019, with some significant fundraising and acquisitions. 

Jacqueline McNamee, a former underwriter, became frustrated with the speed of innovation at her previous employer and launched C-Quence in 2017. Matthew interviewed Jacqueline for one of the keynote presentations at the Cytora conference in November and this episode has the highlights of their discussion. Topics covered include:

• What is Management Liability insurance
• The sources of data used for underwriting
• Why C-Quence built its own technology stack
• The importance of speed
• The value of the broker channel
• Use of Cytora product

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The global pandemic and the shutdown of the Suez Canal in March highlighted the importance of the global supply chain and the risks involved in shipping goods around the world. 

Tracking what happens at sea is a major challenge, however, innovations in data and technology are now allowing insurers and businesses to track ship and cargo movements from start to finish. 

Matthew is joined on Podcast 169 by George Devereese and Turloch Mooney from IHS Markit, a global data provider and the primary source of information on vessels being used for international trade. 

The conversation covers how technology is being used in the real-time monitoring of vessels and the data and analytics IHS Markit provides to marine insurers to assist with underwriting, risk allocation, and claims investigation/mitigation.

Talking points include: 

• The main risks involved in container ship journeys
• How sensors are being used to track individual cargo containers
• Using data to forecast global supply chain delays
• Partnering with insurers and accessing IHS Markit data 
• The next steps in supply chain and marine insurance innovation

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Describe how maritime shipping data can be used in insurance
• Compare some of the possible ways to track containers
• Identify some of the additional uses of maritime shipping data

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 169 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Embedded insurance was one of the hot topics of 2021, with a growing number of successful propositions emerging that target potential customers with insurance at the point of purchase. ARMD is one of a crop of new companies putting embedded insurance into action. It offers theft and damage insurance to UK tradespeople purchasing tools through its online shop and supplies IoT sensors to help protect their vehicles.  Co-founder and CEO Devin Chawda joins Matthew to discuss how the technology works, why customers like embedded insurance, and the challenge of building a business and raising funds during Covid-19 lockdowns. Talking points include:

• Market research and identifying pain points
• Aligning e-commerce and embedded insurance products
• Using app technology to expedite digital claims
• Gathering new data to assess risk and pricing
• Raising funds via crowdsourcing

To learn more about what embedded insurance means in practice and the potential opportunities, download our 'Insurance: to Embed, or not to Embed' report. 

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise the benefits of aligning e-commerce and embedded insurance products to enhance overall customer experience
• List some of the technological developments allowing better claims experience for embedded insurance products
• Identify key impacts of the pandemic on the growth of new insurance businesses

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 177 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Data has never been so important or abundant in insurance but finding the right information is still a major challenge for insurers.

That has led to opportunities for companies like VIPR, which is providing extraction and ingestion solutions to help standardise data from third parties and creating analytics to improve underwriting accuracy.

CEO Paul Templar joins Matthew on Podcast 180 to discuss how brokers and insurers are using VIPR’s data and analytics platform to manage data, getting information flowing efficiently across the market, and how VIPR is looking to scale with the help of private equity.

Talking points include:

• Improving communication between insurers, brokers and clients
• Using the cloud to improve data access and processing efficiency
• Producing new underwriting insights through improved processing
• APIs, portals and making technology work
• Working with clients to drive product direction

VIPR was featured in the InsTech London report, Data Extraction and Ingestion: The 40 companies to watch in 2021, which is available as a free download.

You can also get more information on the InsTech member profile page for VIPR.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise the challenges for insurers in collecting relevant information and how these contribute to inefficient underwriting
• List the benefits data and analytics platforms have on improving processing efficiency
• Identify the role of clients in helping insurers to direct and implement new products

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 180 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Cytora is well known in London and increasingly in the US too, as providing analytics for insurers - founded in 2014 and with some well-known clients including Allianz, Beazley and Markel - this is another company that’s made the transition from start-up to scale-up. 

Richard Hartley is the Co-founder and CEO. In this episode you will discover why the company pivoted from its original premise of sourcing data to help with commercial underwriting pricing - to its new solution, which is making underwriters' lives better,  improving, as Richard puts it, how information glides through companies.

You will also hear:

• How Richard and his team refocused the business when they realised that it's not the lack of data that is often holding insurers back, but too much data and data that’s hard to organise.
• When insurers should be making decisions to buy versus build their own technology
• Some of the differences between those of you in the US compared to us here in the UK.
• When it's better for hiring to go and find people with fresh ideas from outside the industry or tap into the experts from within 
• Which insurance company - and Cytora client - has a goal of getting 80% of its insurance submissions managed with straight-through processing - untouched by human hands
• And finally - you can’t do everything so how do you say no to your client?

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Identify how to make important investment decisions regarding buying and building technology

• List some of the benefits a business can achieve by recruiting externally and compare this to using in-house expertise

• Describe some of the issues surrounding data and the challenges a business can face if there’s too much

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 227 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

The attraction and vast potential for ‘embedding’ insurance products has made it one of the hottest topics of 2021. 

Robin Merttens chats to Simon Torrance on Podcast 144 about the opportunities offered by embedded insurance and insights from the InsTech London report, Insurance: to Embed or not to Embed.

Talking points include:

• The definition of embedded insurance
• Embedded success stories from around the world
• Why customers like embedded solutions
• Third-party distributors and platform business models
• The challenges facing incumbents

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use, or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Insurance: to Embed or not to Embed will be available to download on the InsTech London website from 9am on Thursday 1 July. The report takes an in-depth look at what embedded means in practice, the emerging opportunities, and the companies who are making it work.

Join Robin at 12pm on 1 July as he discusses the findings from the report in a Live Chat with Franck Pivert, Chief Revenue Officer, Wakam; Jean-Charles Velge, Co-Founder, Qover; Louisa Murray, Chief Operating Officer (UK & Europe), Railsbank.

Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Understand what embedded insurance is and how it differs from some pre-existing solutions
• Realise some of the opportunities embedded insurance offers and its value in the future
• Recognise how incumbents could benefit from embedded insurance and what is holding them back

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 144 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Digital innovation is creating new opportunities to support customers and create efficiencies for claims handling. Oliver McGuinness, CEO of RightIndem, and Tim Rankin, Managing Director of AA Accident Assist, join Robin Merttens to discuss how the two organisations are working together. Talking points include:

• How RightIndem has evolved since being launched in 2016 with a new founder and new focus
• The opportunities presented by Electronic First Notification of Loss (EFNOL)
• Advances in claims for motor and auto
• The role of "estimatics"

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Summarise some of the opportunities that digital claims handling can create
• Describe a range of the key points and considerations in evolving a business
• Identify how new digital tools such as estimatics can enhance the digital claims experience

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 233 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Arbol, an MGA specializing in parametric insurance, has been rapidly growing and expanding since we last spoke a year ago. Arbol recently announced a partnership with reinsurer Beazley, enabling them to deploy capacity in the US for weather risks. Tune in to Henry Gale, Senior Research Analyst at InsTech as he speaks to Arbol’s CEO, Sid Jha, about Arbol’s plans to target unmet risks in the energy and agriculture sectors and its new products to help companies manage climate risks beyond insurance.

Key talking points include:

• Insuring renewable energy and agribusinesses with parametric
• Helping companies understand their exposure to climate risks
• Measuring carbon offsets and the potential for carbon credit insurance
• Building an ecosystem for climate risk management
• Hybrid parametric insurance for difficult-to-insure risks
• "Climate risk time bombs" in our financial system

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe how parametric insurance mitigates climate risks. 
• List areas within different industries where parametric insurance can close the coverage gap.
• Explain how parametric insurance can help understand both past and future pay-outs with data.

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 274 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

There are some fascinating stories about companies that have existed for 10 years. At this point, almost every company will have found its product-market fit, be generating revenue and, in most cases, moved beyond start-up to scale up - but each of them will also have had to navigate through some tough headwinds and in many cases shift tack to identify what their clients really need.

Praedicat is one such company and Matthew Grant caught up again with Bob Reville, Co-founder and CEO.

With a mission to help insurers, and others, understand the emerging risks and potential litigation costs from substances that have the potential to be as expensive as asbestos is - Bob and his team reveal some of the hidden problems facing society, and insurers, in the years ahead.

But you don’t have to be a casualty underwriter, or even have any knowledge of liability insurance to find a lot of value from this discussion. We cover a lot.

• Bob explains why a change of name from its original offering - as a casualty catastrophe model - got the attention of underwriters as buyers.
• You will learn about the major new threat from “litigation finance”.
• Hear about the three phases of emerging risks and what insurers can do about them - look out for “emerging interest, emerging damage and emerging litigation.”
• Do you ever wonder how to determine the cost-benefit of the data, analytics, or technology you are buying or selling? Bob reveals some of the approaches and measurements that Praedicat uses to demonstrate the value to its clients of using its product, the Nekomodel X.  (Nekomodel X - if you are wondering what it does - and where the name came from - we reveal that too.)

We’re delighted to have Praedicat as one of our corporate members at InsTech. Details of how to contact Bob and his colleagues are in the episode notes. If you are an insurer looking for technology partners - or building and selling your own solutions and are interested in membership, please contact me, Matthew Grant on LinkedIn or any of us - hello@instech.co 

There is so much fascinating content in there, we’re going to be releasing this as a feature article in the near future so look out for that. In the meantime, to find out more about what we are doing at InsTech with our events, reports, articles and newsletters - and what we can do for you - head to www.instech.co.

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Describe some of the potential future issues affecting insurance industries and how to overcome the challenges
• List some of the advantages rebranding a product can make a positive impact on a business
• Explain some of the ways transparency and accuracy in underwriting can reduce churn rate

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 225 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

The increasing threat from cyber attacks has presented the insurance industry with its biggest opportunity in over a century, according to Pascal Millaire.

The CyberCube CEO joins host Matthew Grant to discuss the expansion of the cyber insurance market since his first podcast appearance in 2019, and why the world’s largest insurance institutions are turning to CyberCube to manage their cyber exposures.

Talking points include:

• Business interruption and lessons from Covid-19
• The role of data, and how to access it, in improving modelling capabilities
• Establishing clear exclusions and lines for cyber risk
• How brokers are engaging with their clients and using analytic tools
• Why regulation is key to tackling cyber risk 
• Capital markets and public-private partnerships

Learn more about CyberCube on their dedicated member's page on the InsTech London website.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 120 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

Live highlights from the InsTech London "Future of Payments" evening at The Steelyard on 21st January 2020 hosted by Robin Merttens and Matthew Grant

Mastercard's Ian Slater & Ruth Polyblank discuss: 

• Why Mastercard is so enthusiastic about the opportunities of working with partners in insurance 
• Lessons from the banks and fintech - and relevance for insurtech
• Why data will change perceptions of insurance
• How insurers can collaborate with Mastercard

Followed by Laura Harvey, Strategic Director at Davies Group on the benefits of virtual credit numbers (VCN) to speed up payments to policyholders.

A written summary of Ian, Ruth and Laura’s conversations is available on the podcast section of our website - https://www.instech.london/podcasts

You can also download the full agenda and photos from our Past Events section - https://www.instech.london/past-events/future-of-payments-in-insurance

Membership details and other enquiries: hello@instech.london

InsTech London Podcast Host: Matthew Grant

Produced by Simon Fyles: simon@instech.london

Edited by Peter Roach: visualmonkeys.co.uk

Parsyl is an integrated risk management and insurance solution for supply chains in food and health, which underwrites policies globally via its managing general underwriter in the US, its Lloyd’s cover holder and its Lloyd’s syndicate (Syndicate 1796). 

Robin Merttens is joined by Gavin Spencer, Chief Insurance Officer at Parsyl, to discuss how the company is able to establish its identity as a data-led insurtech and a Lloyd’s of London consortium. This episode touches on the importance of data in improving underwriting, growth and development of start-up businesses, as well as how traditional marketplaces can cooperate and collaborate with leaders of innovation.

Talking points include:

• How Parsyl translates Math into English - the power of insights from data
• The low-hanging fruit model
• Lloyd’s, consortiums, syndicates and more
• Data Darwinism

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain the definition of a data-led insurtech
• Describe the role data plays in business growth
• Identify the key collaboration techniques to get the most out of your business model

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 265 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

For start-ups and scale-ups, funding is the fuel for growth. But after a record-breaking year for insurtech investment, what can we expect to see in the investment space in 2022? Ruth Foxe Blader and Matthew Jones from venture capital investor Anthemis join Matthew to discuss the current financial markets and the opportunities that are attracting investors right now. Talking points include:

• Assessing IPO performance and the investment appetite for insurtech
• What Anthemis looks for from new companies and solutions
• How new sources of data are creating new product opportunities
• The growth of embedded insurance and what’s next
• How to encourage entrepreneur diversity in insurtech

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn. 

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Define what an IPO is and how it is reflected in an investment's performance
• Summarise some of the things an investor looks for in a new investment opportunity
• Identify the developments in the insurance industry that are leading to new investment opportunities

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 176 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

The potential for sensors, data and IOT (Internet of Things) to dramatically improve risk reduction has been known for many years. Telematics are now widely used for motor insurance,  but some insurers still struggle to find ways to effectively partner with their clients to integrate the use of IOT into their overall offering.

Sean Ringsted is chief digital officer at global insurer Chubb. He's also the company's chief risk officer and was formerly chief actuary, sitting on the company's executive committee. He is one of the best-placed people in the industry to both know, and influence, the use of IOT, and he's a big supporter of the "prevent and predict" approach to insurance.  When we spoke to Sean for episode 35 in July last year he spoke enthusiastically about the use of sensors and IOT, and referenced some of the companies Chubb was working with.

For this episode Matthew Grant and Sean talk specifically about examples of how Chubb is supporting its clients with IOT solutions that are providing benefits for their clients and for Chubb. They also discuss what can be done today, and what the opportunities are further into the future.  Topics include:

• Why IOT offers so much more than just risk pricing
• Recovery of multi-millions of dollars of stolen computers through the use of tracking sensors
• The prevention of major water damage to a college through early intervention
• Working with brokers to support the client
• Real-time exposure measurement
• Who should pay
• The opportunities and challenges of wearables

A summary and transcript of this discussion is available on request

Find out what we are up to at Instech London at www.instech.london

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Since its start in 2001, the insurance platform provider Guidewire has grown to be used by more than 540 insurers in 40 countries. Guidewire's President and Chief Revenue Officer, John Mullen, spoke to Matthew Grant about the company's journey as it continues to grow, the climate of the insurance industry and what are the driving forces of innovation in the company.

Key talking points:

• Why standardisation of critical functions is important in the upcoming year
• How insurers can find ways of being innovative
• Collaboration - working with other corporates
• The value of experimentation
• Supporting InsTech’s New York Event in March

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Specify how community and collaboration can help generate innovation in insurance
• Identify the ways insurance can develop and change in the future
• Summarise the role of technology in insurance 

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 289 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Instabase offers technology solutions to extract information from unstructured data and automate processes. This week Matthew Grant speaks with Bas de Goei, Director of Growth Marketing at Instabase about how generative AI is helping the insurance industry tackle its pain points, and specifically “give people time back to do things that are uniquely human”. 

To find out more about how Instabase can specifically help you, visit the AI Hub where you can trial various data extractions from your own documents.

Key talking points:

• Upside down startup - the beginning of Instabase and its journey in insurance
• The proof is in the statistics - listen to Instabase’s case examples.
• Why democratising automation is important.
• Where will generative AI go next? The potential for collaboration.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain the importance of changing and adapting a business model to operate successfully and cater to the insurance market
• Describe the impact automating and integrating AI into underwriting workbenches can have on a company and its growth
• Summarise some of the methods AI is being used in the insurance sector and how this can evolve in the future

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 279 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Graham Elliott describes Azur as a "Managing Digital Agency" (MDA). He founded the business in 2015, providing High Net Worth insurance for clients of UK brokers, in partnership with AIG.

Matthew Grant and Graham talk about the challenges of becoming a full digital insurer and other topics such as offering quotes based on only 5 questions, sources of data and the role of brokers.  

You can learn more about Azur at https://www.azuruw.com/

And find out what we are up to at InsTech London at https://www.instech.london/

Inari delivers core technology platforms that provide cloud-based end-to-end management for insurers and reinsurers. Since launching 5 years ago, Inari has helped its clients increase operational efficiency, business flexibility and provide data governance. Inari uses Distributed Ledger technology within its platforms to record every event in the life cycle of a risk.

Frank Perkins, Founder and CEO of Inari, joined Robin Merttens to talk about:

• The benefits of interconnected systems
• The immutability of data and how it applies to distributed ledger technology
• Frank’s experiences of scaling up Inari
• Plans for partnerships and funding
• Frank’s experience as a professional gamer and how it makes him a better entrepreneur

More InsTech content featuring Inari is available on the company’s member profile page. 

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Describe what distributed ledger technology entails, and the benefits of incorporating it within insurance platforms
• List some of the advantages of implementing interconnected systems for organisational practices
• Summarise the key factors organisations in the insurance industry need to consider when looking to scale up

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 209 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Another fast moving series of chats with more leaders from insurance, technology and data. In this episode, the first half of our 8th July evening at The SteelYard, Robin investigates how Hitachi (2:00), the 7th largest technology group in the world, is making it easier for established insurers to work with the emerging providers of data for trains, buildings and a whole lot more. Serif Otterburn, Business Development Manager, and Insurance Subject Matter Expert  “Everything Hitachi builds, from trains to medical equipment, requires insurance. A lot of insurers use historical data to calculate risk, but Hitachi is using its expertise in IoT to assist insurers to develop newer better risk models". Joining Robin and Serif are Chris Gill from QBE (7:50) and Stephen Chadwick from Shepherd (16:00).

Munich Re Digital Partners (22:00) are well known for supporting a whole range of new MGAs and technology companies with capacity and sometimes investment. We get a peek behind the kimono at how they are getting on. In the words of Mark Dennis, European CEO "We’ve met with about a thousand InsurTech start-ups in the last three years. To date, we have about twenty live and wish ultimately to work with about fifty. Our job is to provide the scalability to get them to market as quickly as possible as InsurTech services.”

Kasko (34:20) was on stage at InsTech London 4 years ago at one of our earliest events, CEO Nick Sühr returns to talk about the work they are doing today with over 15 insurers providing plug-and-play ready solutions, enabling insurers to turn insurance products from idea or paper to digital in a few weeks.

The second half of this event follows in episode 39 with more from Hitachi and their partners.

For more details on the companies speaking at the event, and transcripts from all our recent events go to the dedicated event page 

See the last 2 years history of InsTech London events and profiles with many of our speakers and sign up for our newsletter at www.instech.london

One of the strengths of using parametric insurance for climate-related perils and events is the ability to offer an immediate payout to policyholders who can’t afford to wait for financial assistance.

AXA Climate Underwriter Mia Vioulès and Robert Schablik, Associate Vice President, Head of Global Risk Management Sales at CoreLogic, join Matthew to discuss how the two companies are providing parametric insurance for property damage and business interruption caused by hailstorms.

The conversation covers how the technology behind the product works and the pain points being solved by parametric insurance.

Talking points include:

• The data and triggers being used in CoreLogic’s hailstorm model
• Using parametric to overcome traditional barriers to underwriting hail
• Educating buyers on the potential of parametric insurance
• Working with clients and brokers to build appropriate coverage
• How the AXA Climate School helps clients understand their climate change exposures

If you like what you are hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

More information and content from AXA XL and CoreLogic are available on their respective InsTech member profiles pages.

The InsTech report mentioned in the episode, ‘Parametric Insurance in 2022 - the 150+ companies to watch’, will be released on Tuesday 14 June. The report is free to InsTech members and we are offering a 50% discount code to non-members who register before 14 June.

If you would like to get regular updates on parametric insurance and climate-related risk developments, sign up to our Parametric Post and Climate Risk newsletters.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Discuss some of the typical pain points from climate-related perils and how parametric insurance offers a solution to those
• Identify the relevant data and information needed to build effective hailstorm models
• Explain the importance of companies understanding their climate change exposures

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 192 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Turning a start-up into a successful company requires the ability to clearly identify customer problems and spotting market opportunities for growth. 

A conversation with a friend about eBay led Robin Roberson to found WeGoLook, which grew from mitigating risks around online purchases to helping assess property damage from natural catastrophes.

Robin joins Matthew on Podcast 112 to share her inspiring story on growing a new business, leveraging technology and her new role at Claim Central Consolidated. 

Talking points include:

• Switching careers and starting a company
• Why start-ups need to shift and pivot
• Finding the balance between people and tech
• Cybersecurity and data protection
• The challenges for female founders

The report on the success of female founders can be found here

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

Complete the InsTech London Podcast Feedback Survey to claim your CPD time.

The ability to accurately forecast annual changes in the likelihood of damaging hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons occurring has been a challenge in the past.    Now, with advances in technology, research and the use of AI, new companies are emerging with techniques to provide insurers with the evidence they need to confidently change their assessment of potential catastrophe risks over the short term (less than one year). Australia-based reask is rethinking how catastrophe models are built, with a global solution that has caught the attention of leading insurers and investors. Co-founders Nick Hassam and Thomas Loridan join Matthew on Podcast 127 to discuss how they are helping insurers understand climate change, and why it is driving a greater frequency and intensity in natural disasters. Talking points include:

• Why today’s models need a global focus
• Seasonal forecasting
• Machine learning and neural networks
• Integrating new approaches with historical views
• Tracking storms after landfall

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 127 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.

The consequences of non-damage business interruption (NDBI), when events like pandemics don't cause physical damage to a business but do result in significant drops in revenue, have been particularly clear since 2020. Small businesses and gig workers are particularly vulnerable to losses of income during events beyond their control, but these losses tend to be uninsured.

OTT Risk, an MGA founded during the Covid-19 pandemic, is developing new approaches to underwriting non-damage business interruption insurance. It's now partnered with Apollo ibott Syndicate 1971, at Lloyd's, to offer revenue protection to the users of digital economy platforms.

Topics include

•  How the principle of parametric insurance is extending from covering catastrophic events to non-physical losses
• Examples of how small businesses and gig workers could be affected by future NDBI events
• How digital economy platforms could offer revenue protection to their users
• The data sources you need to underwrite NDBI insurance
• OTT Risk's experience in the Lloyd's Lab

We’d love to know what you think about this episode - click here and add your thoughts to our LinkedIn post about it.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or leave a post on Linkedin or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe some of the challenges faced by small businesses during non-damage business interruption events (NDBI)

• Identify the advantages of using digital economy platforms and how they can offer revenue protection

• Summarise the obstacles underwriters face with NDBI insurance and the tools required to overcome them

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 237 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

This Christmas Eve, we bring to you our last Partners’ Chat of the year. Robin Merttens and Matthew Grant reflect on the year and the developments we’ve seen in insurance, particularly those set to define the industry in the next year. As always there are things to celebrate, and some things to be grumpy about.

Talking points include:

• Our increasing understanding of what can or cannot be automated
• M&A and MGAs - how they fared this year
• Recognition of interdependence in insurance
• War exclusions - what are they and why were they relevant in 2023?
• The data in the hands of risk managers - how can we use it?
• What to do when there is no capacity available
• Love for wines

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain what Smart Follow is in insurance, particularly its evolution in algorithmic underwriting practices
• Identify the positives and negatives of collaborations and acquisitions in the insurance industry
• Summarise the importance of the untapped potential of Risk Manager data, and how practices can change to accommodate the data

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 280 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

We are hearing alot about what the future is for insurance brokers - where they add value, how they are evolving and even, in some areas, whether they are relevant at all. 

But when it comes to complicated insurance covers, the brokers that are expanding their traditional roles and moving into offering advice, analytics and data will continue playing a vital role for many years to come.

Barnaby Rugge-Price, CEO of Hyperion X, one of the divisions of Hyperion insurance group joins Matthew Grant to discuss how they, as the technology arm of a fast growing broker, are expanding the company's offering to fit the changing needs of the customer.

Listen now for more on:

• Using data to provide real benefits to clients
• Building a truly digital market strategy
• How Hyperion X works with the rest of the Hyperion Group
• Changing habits for the post-pandemic world
• Recruiting talent from outside the industry

Tell us what you think or contact Matthew Grant on Linkedin.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

Complete the InsTech London Podcast Feedback Survey to claim your CPD time.

This week Matthew and Robin are pointing the microphones at each other and back for our popular "Partners' Chat" as they review the world around us. Find out what is making Robin happy this month - almost 10 years after the term Insurtech was coined are established insurers now finally embracing innovation and technology? What can we learn from the start of the hurricane season and do investors share our enthusiasm for the role that start-ups and scale-ups can play in really changing insurance for the good in 2025.

Key talking points:

• Robin on becoming a grandfather
• Robin’s article on the positive aspects of the industry
• Alignment of interest between technology and insurance in the US
• Reflecting back on InsTech’s events in New York
• Hurricane season and the companies to look out for
• Is parametric insurance a potential solution to volatile risk?
• 2024 and funding
• The rise of partnerships and ecosystems and Smart Follow
• Wine tasting and looking into what InsTech has in store for 2025  

If you like what you’re hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe how technology and insurance has aligned better together in recent years and why this innovation and development is important
• Identify changes in trends to investing in startups in the industry
• Summarise why parametric is a solution to volatile and hard to insure risk

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 315 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

We’re back talking about life and health for this week’s special edition with Tim Smith and Lisa Balboa from Hannover Re. Robin Merttens leads the discussion.

Topics include:

• The role of a reinsurance company in providing protection for insurers and their clients
• An update on the use of wearables
• Making health insurance affordable for many
• How Hannover Re nurtures innovation

We’d love to know what you think about this episode - click here and add your thoughts to our LinkedIn post about it.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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To find out more about InsTech, our membership and offerings visit www.instech.co or contact us hello@instech.co

Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe the key attributes of reinsurance companies and the significant role they undertake
• Identify some of the ways technology can help to assess risk levels within health insurance
• List some of the reasons there are gaps in life and health insurance and what can be done to overcome them

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 245 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

There is no shortage of ideas, and opportunities, for starting up new companies in and around insurance, but scaling fast, with access to capital, capacity and connections is critical.

Stephen Brittain is the Co-founder of Insurtech Gateway, an incubator and fund offering start-ups advice, investment and capacity, with a portfolio that includes By Miles, FloodFlash and Jumpstart.

He joins Matthew on Episode 102 of the podcast to give an investor’s view on the market and some great insights for founders.

Talking points include:

• Defining an underserved target market
• How to scale at speed
• Identifying insurance advocates and investors.
• New solutions for “uninsurable” risks
• Proving performance through metrics

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This week, we’re bringing you the highlights from our recent live event featuring companies providing and using near real time hazard data to speed up claims handling, reduce costs and provide more accurate underwriting.

Data is only any good if it can be easily embedded in the workflow - so we get practical and specific with all our guests to explore real case studies and challenges they have overcome. 

Matthew leads off talking to CEO and founder of ICEYE Rafal Modrzewski and Head of Insurance Solutions Lisa Wardlaw.

Extracts follow from:

• Forbes McKenzie, CEO, McKenzie Intelligence Services
• Alun Jones, Chief Commercial Officer, Addresscloud
• Andrew Smith, Chief Operations Officer, Fathom
• Jonathon Hopper, Claims Manager, Atrium Underwriters
• Colin Masson, Head of First Party Complex Claims, Beazley
• Gethin Jones, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Skyline Partners

Talking points include:

• Using radar satellite imaging technology to assess flood depths at individual building level
• Tracking climate risks and risk movements in near real time
• The potential and future role of parametric insurance for property risks
• How new data and technology is improving climate change models
• Using real time data to make faster claims payments

If you would like to hear more about the companies featured on this episode, click the links above to see additional content on their InsTech London member profiles.

Additional podcast episodes are also available for ICEYE, McKenzie Intelligence Services, Fathom, Atrium Underwriters and Skyline Partners.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Understand some of the ways that innovation is changing the claims process for climate risk
• Compare sources of hazard data and uncover its importance in the claims process
• Learn how better monitoring of hazard data could help improve the customer experience

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 167 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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This week we hand over the mic to Robin Merttens as he talks to James Gillespie, Head of Pricing, and Grant Dewar, Client Services Director at Aon’s Strategy and Technology Group (STG).

In this episode, they discuss the evolution of Aon STG in the 18 months since it was created, what has been learned and what clients are seeking. It goes on to describe the body of services and resources it is building and the scale of its ambitions.

Key talking points include:

• How the role of insurance brokers is changing
• The development of the Aon STG ecosystem and plans for that
• What the data model of the future looks like and how a conjoined approach through the whole value chain could transform insurance
• The strength of what Aon can offer when the brokerage and STG join forces
• How the size of the group has attracted new business, not deterred prospects
• Nostalgia for 70’s prog rock music, art and design
• Why everyone should do Lego in their spare time

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain the changing role of insurance brokers, moving beyond traditional risk placement to providing value through data and analytics
• Summarise some of the methods for integration of technology divisions, talent acquisition, and the adoption of emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning in the insurance sector
• Describe the concept of ecosystems in the insurance industry and how partnerships and collaborations contribute to creating a comprehensive solution for clients

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 278 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Zywave provides a platform of modular solutions that enables digital distribution and revenue operation optimisation for insurers and brokers.

Over the past five years, the company has made ten acquisitions, spending nearly $1 billion dollars to bring leading brands and innovative companies together under one unified organization. Join Matthew as he speaks to Zywave CEO, Jason Liu on how the company is a fast growing and ambitious player in the space, as well as how it focuses on the customer and external front-office operations. 

Curious to find out more? Jason Liu co-authored with Don Bailey “The Sales Revolution” on demystifying digital distribution.

Key talking points:

• Evolution versus revolution - when disruption is your friend
• Why focus on the customer front end trumps back end
• Merging data and software - acquisitions that allow software to be more intelligent and automated 
• Funding in 2023 - the Impact of private equity on insurance
• Top tips for a CEO - Running, mental health and company culture

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain how data and software integration can occur
• Identify why Application Process Interfaces (APIs) are key for industry integration
• Summarise the changes the insurance industry has seen due to private equity

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 271 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Reinsurers are often the leaders in innovation - and usually identify earlier trends before they go mainstream. In this episode, Robin Merttens talks to Brian O'Reilly, Head of Innovation and Nicole Van Allen, Associate, to discover what Greenlight Re looks for in its business partners.

Topics include:

• What to look for in founders
• Why actuaries still have a critical role
• Where to find the best innovation
• What the future will look like
• Examples of companies Greenlight Re has worked with

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe the key attributes of a successful founder
• Identify the role of an actuary and the significance it has in measuring risk
• Explain the challenges investing brings to start-up businesses

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 246 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Descartes Underwriting, founded in 2018, has scaled quickly to provide parametric insurance against climate risks to corporate clients around the world.

Co-founder & Head of Underwriting Sébastien Piguet joins Matthew on Podcast 165 to discuss trends in parametric insurance and Descartes' experiences with its clients.

Talking points include:

• Why some corporates are replacing indemnity policies with parametric
• Educating brokers and risk managers about parametric
• Insuring solar and wind farms
• Data sources for natural perils
• The potential for parametric cyber insurance

Descartes Underwriting was featured in our report Parametric Insurance - 2021 outlook and the companies to watch, which is available to download for free to InsTech London members.

If you want to keep up-to-date with the latest parametric insurance news and developments, sign up for our Parametric Post newsletter.

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InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Understand the value of parametric insurance
• Explore the role parametric insurance can play in climate change mitigation
• Compare some of the data sources for parametric insurance

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 165 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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A shortage of data isn’t a problem in insurance but identifying sources that are high-quality can mean a lot of shopping around.

WhenFresh is one company looking to speed up that process, through what Co-founder Mark Cunningham calls a ‘digital supermarket’ of curated choices for insurers and lenders.

He joins Matthew on Podcast 111 to explain how the technology works and why WhenFresh should be “the least exciting company” that insurers work with.

Talking points include:

• Getting trusted data during Covid-19
• Identifying new sources and partners
• Moral hazards and customer experience
• Why insurers should embrace pre-fill
• The hidden costs in property valuations

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HDI TH!NX was founded in 2019 by Verena Brenner, initially operating within the German insurer HDI Global, as an incubator for IIoT solutions. 

Now providing software to support risk management applications for insurers and insurance clients, tune in to hear Verena discuss the mechanics behind founding a startup within an insurer and the company’s development in providing varying solutions for their customers.

Key talking points include:

• Why HDI TH!NX was launched - from a PhD in global supply chains to utilising the impact of IIoT solutions
• The centrality of the customer
• Advice for launching a startup - innovation is not a hobby
• Growing into the ESG space - evolution in the company’s direction
• Helping insurers understand their risk better

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Dr Verena Brenner or Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Specify what is required to successfully develop a business model intended to help insurers
• Define what an IIoT is and how it can help risk managers and insurers in understanding their risk better
• Identify sectors where IIoT and sensors are valuable in collecting the right data

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 296 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Isabelle Santenac, Global Insurance Leader at EY, joins Robin on Podcast 193 to share her views on the future of insurance, digital transformation and why the industry needs to get better at attracting talent.

The conversation covers the importance of 'human capital' to support automation and communicating career opportunities to people with digital and technology backgrounds.

They also discuss how EY is supporting insurers in tackling legacy issues and emerging opportunities in ESG and embedded insurance.

Talking points include:

• The importance of diversity and inclusiveness
• How to get younger workers interested in insurance
• Consumer expectations - why ESG matters
• The growth of ecosystems and open insurance
• Legacy investment vs greenfield development

You can read more from Isabelle and EY about the topics discussed in this podcast by downloading the EY 2022 Global Insurance Outlook.

More InsTech content featuring EY is available on the company’s member profile page on our website. 

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Explain the importance of ESG for insurers and some of the opportunities emerging within this space
• Describe some of the barriers faced by younger workers entering the insurance industry and how these can be overcome
• Summarise the benefits and challenges to consider for legacy investments when compared with greenfield developments

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 193 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

While supply chains are under increasing pressure, many losses associated with cargo delays go uninsured. If shipments are late, perishable goods are lost, business is interrupted and budgets are overspent. Henry Gale speaks to Yann Barbarroux, CEO and Co-founder at Otonomi about the insurance product the company has built to cover supply chain delays for third-party logistics companies and freight forwarders.

Topics include:

• Getting cargo underwriters at Lloyd’s comfortable with a delay product
• Three approaches to distribution for new insurance products
• How the Ever Given ship stuck in the Suez Canal affected supply chains
• Customer responses to parametric products
• Otonomi's experience in the Lloyd's Lab

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If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Explain some of the financial challenges cargo shipment delays cause
• Describe some of the benefits of creating successful partnerships
• Identify the key role underwriters have in financial risk

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 255 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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If we want to understand opportunities for innovation in insurance we need to understand what the customer wants – the people and companies buying insurance. Many companies are now setting up captives to use their own capital as an alternative or to complement the insurance they are buying. 

In this episode, Matthew is joined by Richard Cutcher, Executive Producer of the Global Captive Podcast and the Ambassador for the Captive Special Interest Group at the UK Risk Managers Association (Airmic).

They start off with an explanation of what a captive is, and discuss the opportunities for risk managers and insurance buyers for using data and analytics.

Other talking points include: 

• How captives are regulated

• Examples of companies using captives 

• Data and analytics that are being used by captives from companies such as Arbol

• Recommended podcast episodes from the Global Captive Podcast

You can find Global Captive Podcasts 35, 63 and 67 mentioned in the podcast here.

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Define the role of 'captives' in the insurance industry and how they are regulated
• List some examples of the relevant data and analytics of interest to captives
• Summarise the benefits of companies setting up captives to complement or offer alternatives to traditional insurance

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 198 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

One of our most lively and most popular events so far - in this, the second half of our "Reverse Pitch" event from The Steelyard that we held on 24th September, Matthew Grant is on stage talking to Hayley Maynard, Chief of Staff to the CUO of Allianz ACGS and Karl Stanley VP Technology Ventures, Renaissance Re. Two great guests from two of the world's biggest insurers. 

You can find out highlights from every speaker on the night - and what help they are looking for - on the event section of www.instech.london

Enjoyed this? If you haven't found the first half yet - it's Episode 49. 

Please do drop us a line if you like what we are up to - or what to know how you can get involved with InsTech London (made in the UK but connecting globally) to Hello@Instech.london.

And we are still offering our Insurance Insider free copy - more details here  -  http://campaigns.insuranceinsider.com/instechlondon/

Staying relevant and able to embrace new technology is a big challenge for any established company.

Despite being 20 years old, Genasys Technologies continues to innovate and work on new solutions for emerging and establishing companies, deploying policy administration systems for insurance products, including no-code solutions.

CGO Andre Symes joined Matthew on Podcast 106 to discuss the company's approach to innovation, how Genasys is partnering with others and what has driven its growth over the past two decades.

Talking points and lessons include:

• Combining the best of legacy with new technology
• Implementing no-code solutions
• Designing products at speed
• Building a business with no external funding
• Expanding to the UK and US

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Robin Merttens is joined by CEO and President of Verisk Specialty Business Solutions (VSBS), Tim Rayner. The discussion covers VSBS’s acquisitions such as Rulebook and Whitespace for a broader digital ecosystem, and the challenges of decision-making and procurement in the London market. 

Key talking point:

• Growth and opportunities in the specialty market
• Acquisitions and the role of Whitespace and Rulebook
• The impact of London Market modernisation on Verisk
• The importance of providing solutions rather than products
• A challenge to the market to innovate

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe how the London Market operates and how it can subsequently modernise its processes
• Explain what an acquisition is and why they are important for a company
• Identify the opportunities for change in the specialty market

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 290 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

We like to mix it up for our events - a chance to hear from some established companies, insurers and the newcomers. Part of our philosophy at InsTech London is our "pay forward" approach. We lookout for the best upcoming companies, or even just great people with great ideas - and we give them a place to talk about what they are up to. We've been delighted to have so many of our early speakers return as corporate members in the last couple of years supporting what we do, and getting more benefits from our network once they have funding. 

These two interviews were recorded live in February at The Steelyard. Sai Lakshmi from Caura and Amit Patel from Hlthie both have great stories to tell about their own emerging businesses including:

- Establishing market fit

- Developing partnerships

- Building a career to gain experience

Find out more about what we are up to at Instech London on the website www.instech.london

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Insurance is about managing risk, but so is law - and both industries are discovering the changes and challenges from new sources of data, remote working and the power of platforms.

LawBite was founded in 2011 to provide affordable and accessible online access to legal services and is now supporting over 1,000 small/medium sized businesses.

Founder & Chairman Clive Rich joins Matthew on InsTech London Podcast 107 to discuss the company’s beginnings and growth, and how it uses technology to embed legal support into everyday transactions. 

Talking points include: 

• Reaching an SME audience through new technology
• Matching clients to the right legal support
• Using data science and machine learning
• Working with insurers and new partnerships
• Running a business remotely

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If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use, or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Capgemini is an information technology services and consulting company which partners with businesses to develop innovation solutions.

In this episode, Matthew Grant speaks to Kristofer le Sage de Fontenay, Insurance Leader at Capgemini, about the company's investment in generative AI. Capgemini is focusing on helping clients solve their pain points through digital solutions, investing $2 billion USD in generative AI over the next three years and recruiting 30,000 new people with expertise in data and artificial intelligence. Tune in to find out how Capgemini is trying to alleviate pain points including legacy systems, data access and control, and talent acquisition. 

Talking points include:

• Developing and investing in generative AI
• Consumer trust in generative AI 
• The potential for advertising through AI

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Kristofer le Sage de Fontenay and Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe how generative AI can be deployed and developed within a company. 
• Define various pain points in the insurance industry and their causes.
• Summarise the factors that need to be considered before integrating generative AI into an industry.

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 272 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Finding comprehensive sources of data for property underwriting continues to be a challenge around the world. Companies such as RE5Q are tapping into data sources previously unavailable to insurers and creating new analytics.

Join Matthew Grant as he talks to CEO Martin Samworth and CTO Seth Rogers about how the company is using its experience in real estate to tackle some of the hardest problems when finding verifiable and timely information for insurers, along with case studies and client examples.

Topics discussed include:

• New sources of hazard around the world
• The convergence of real estate and insurance
• Exploding sawmills
• Building powerful AI engines
• Getting the data in the hands of the underwriters

More information at https://www.re5q.com/ - and don’t miss the special offer at the end of the episode!

More InsTech content featuring RE5Q is available on the company’s member profile page. 

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Summarise the current challenges faced within insurance when sourcing the relevant data for property underwriting
• List examples of how experience in the real estate industry has aided the property underwriting process
• Describe how AI technology is being implemented to generate relevant analytics for insurers in the property space

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 205 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

JBA Risk Management provides catastrophe models, flood maps and analytics worldwide to the insurance, financial, property and international development sectors.

Judith Ellison, the Climate Commercial Lead at JBA Risk, talks to Matthew about the challenges of meeting multiple demands from different clients and sectors, the importance of working with academics and industry specialists and how standardisation across the industry will increase resilience.

Talking points include: 

• How JBA Risk can provide future flood risk data across the globe
• Understanding uncertainty in the context of different scenarios and timelines
• How regulation drives innovation and the impact that new reporting requirements will have on the insurance industry
• How Flood Re supports insurers and what drives the insurance industry to continue providing premiums and insights on flood risk
• The benefits of having a partner strategy and which companies JBA Risk is working with

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InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• List some of the relevant metrics and resources used by insurers when assessing flood risk
• Summarise what the new reporting requirements are and how insurers will be impacted by these changes
• Describe the current insurance practices that would benefit most from standardisation

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 206 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Even podcasters need a break, so we're borrowing the podcast for this episode from Supercede to bring you founders Ben Rose and Jerad Leigh interviewing InsTech's Robin Merttens.

This was recorded back in August 2022 and reviews our Marketplaces and Exchanges report released at that time (available here). Topics include

• What Is a Platform?
• The Evolution of Technology
• Lessons from RI3K
• Challenges of Digital Risk
• Documents Vs. Data
• Difficulties of Industry Consensus
• The B3i Blockchain Initiative
• InsTech: Collaboration & Partnerships
• InsTech Marketplace & Exchanges Report
• Benefits to the End Consumer

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe some of the recent advances in the digital sharing of data in insurance
• Summarise the challenges for underwriters and how these are being overcome
• Explain further about the resources available to continue your learning

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the podcast page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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We’re back with another “Partners’ Chat” as Robin Merttens and Matthew Grant reflect on what has happened in the world of innovation and insurance and where it is going next. 

The conversation touches on InsTech’s various events in the year so far, the success of InsTech’s recent carbon offsetting report and a look forward to the progress being made by our members in analytics and data.

Talking points include:

• Claims ecosystems and interdependency
• An introduction to Carbon Offsetting: an insurance use case
• Technology resistance and adoption: from the ‘digital lipstick on a pig’ to the ‘Big Bang’ 
• Rips and Clouds in New York City
• A look ahead to our Cytora Evening Event
• The skill of the future: uploading data
• Chat GPT tells us what the value of an InsTech membership is

In addition to hearing from Matthew and Robin on the data disconnect in insurance and making life easier for underwriters, the conversation mentions recent developments from our member community including examples from Overstone, CGG, Kroll, Aurora, Carbon Underwriting, hx, Send and many more.

If you like what you are hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn. 

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Continuing Professional Development

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Identify some of the key takeaways regarding the dynamic changes in the insurance industry, with a focus on emerging trends and innovations
• Summarise what the concept of carbon offsetting is within the insurance industry
• Identify the spectrum of technology adoption in the insurance sector, from incremental changes to transformative shifts

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 258 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Podcast 158 features the highlights from Part 1 of our first live event back at The Steel Yard in London and is packed with advice for start-ups looking to grow and future founders.

Ed Leon Klinger (Flock), Oliver Brew (CyberCube), Andre Symes (Genasys Technologies), and Jonathan Spry (Envelop Risk) returned to the InsTech London stage to discuss their experiences of the journey from start-up to scale-up.

They shared their insights with Matthew and Robin on surviving the ups and downs of early-stage growth and building successful products, right through to securing hundreds of millions of dollars in investment funding and much more. 

Talking points include:

• Market analysis and how to spot opportunities
• Focusing on your USP and building the right team
• The importance of data and how to get it from clients
• The benefits of ecosystems and harnessing new technologies 
• Insurtech disruption vs insurer partnerships

If you would like to hear more from the speakers and companies involved in the event, you can listen to separate podcasts with Ed (Podcast 126), Andre (Podcast 106) and CyberCube CEO Pascal Millaire (Podcast 120).

Jonathan shared his insights on how to build a successful technology enabled MGA on Podcast 142.

Part 2 of the highlights from the event, featuring interviews with the founders of four new arrivals on the insurtech scene, will be available in a future episode of the InsTech London podcast.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use, or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech London podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Hear from established companies on the challenges facing start-ups and the key to ensuring their survival
• Realise the importance of data for start-ups and where to source it
• Compare some of the ways a start-up can build a team

If your organisation is a member of InsTech London and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 158 page of the InsTech London website or email cpd@instech.london to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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With so much data now available from above us and around us to help understand properties, how should insurers, governments and others know which is the most reliable to use - and importantly - how to deal with the uncertainty and sometimes conflicting opinions?

This week Matthew Grant is talking to Rachel Olney, Founder and CEO of Geosite. Join us to discover:

• The key problem Geosite is solving for insurers and others
• How Rachel discovered that insurance offered the biggest opportunity to launch a new business
• Lessons from working with the US Department of Defense
• Why does “accuracy” mean different things when identifying building locations depending on the hazard?
• What are the top three attributes founders need to be successful?

We’d love to know what you think about this episode - click here and add your thoughts to our LinkedIn post about it.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• List some of the opportunities the insurance industry presents for start-ups
• Describe some of the key differences between organisations when it comes to decision-making
• Identify the different solutions to some of the biggest challenges insurers face

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 235 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

Maintaining growth is hard, no matter how good the technology. Novidea was founded in 2009 and today provides its technology platform to 90 brokers and MGAs in 20 countries.

Lianne Trantz, VP Marketing, Novidea, joins Matthew Grant to discuss how she has brought together her experience and lessons from marketing in industries outside of insurance (such as advertising), along with her personal experience in technology to create an integrated and fresh approach to marketing at Novidea.

There are some great lessons here for anyone wanting to learn about best practices and new techniques.

Listen here or on any decent podcast platform, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

Topics include:

• Best-practice learnings from working in Adtech and other sectors
• B2B insurance marketing – examples of techniques that work
• Differences in marketing approaches between the US, UK, and elsewhere
• The benefits of an integrated multi-channel approach (podcasts, webinars, LinkedIn, PR, etc)
• How to convert marketing activities to sales leads

Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

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Matthew Grant is joined by Paul Templar, CEO and Co-founder of VIPR, and Greg Massey, US Advisor for VIPR. VIPR was founded in 2009 in the UK but has continued to grow and is expanding into the US following funding from PE firm Tenzing in 2020. Paul Templar has been with the company since its early days and Greg Massey joined recently having formerly been SVP - Head of Programs for Zurich in the US and a long history of working for US carriers.

Topics covered include:

• The key challenges and opportunities for companies expanding their presence outside of the UK
• Industry trends - what are you keeping an eye on?
• A preview of the coming “Real-time data exchange” 
• Working with Lloyd's managing agents
• Helping companies justify buying decision

You can contact this week's guests, Paul Templar and Greg Massey, on LinkedIn. 

If you like what you are hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn. 

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Continuing Professional Development

InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Identify some of the key challenges and opportunities that companies face when expanding their presence beyond the UK
• Describe a range of industry trends within the insurance sector
• Summarise strategies for justifying buying decisions within organisations to improve ability to make informed and cost-effective choices

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 260 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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Launched in 2013 Quantemplate was one of the early insurtech stories in the London and US, but after a few years things went quiet. Quantemplate had not gone away, but instead had been busily building up its technology to organise, clean and harmonise the variety of data being used by insurers around the world. 

In this episode Matthew Grant talks to Scott Quiana to find out:

• How an emerging company found its product-market fit
• Why it's so important to be part of the client workflow and how to do so
• Deploying Machine Language and Artificial Intelligence at scale
• Lessons for all entrepreneurs looking to move from beyond start-up to scale-up.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use, or contact Matthew Grant on Linkedin.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme.

Complete the InsTech London Podcast Feedback Survey to claim your CPD time.

Optalitix was borne out of the need for ‘optimization’ and ‘analytics’, as Co-founder and Director Dani Katz realized the biggest blocker for insurance companies was converting spreadsheets. Having now expanded beyond spreadsheets, Optalitix offers three software products to UK (re)insurers and MGAs. 

Robin Merttens spoke to Dani about the spreadsheet polemic, innovation in the London Market and the permeability of finding solutions to difficult problems in both work and personal life.

Key talking points include:

• Growing out a company - solving challenges for insurers
• To spreadsheet or not to spreadsheet
• Reflecting on how far digitisation has come in the industry
• Suns and roofs - best moment to innovate
• Underwriting workbenches - where to start? - Find out in InsTech's recent report
• Joining Google Cloud Marketplace
• Founding a charity

Read Matthew’s tips on being a panel host here.

If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Dani Katz or Matthew Grant on LinkedIn.

To find out more about InsTech, our membership and offerings visit www.instech.co or contact us hello@instech.co

Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

• Describe how the London Market can adopt digital transformation
• Explain how an underwriting workbench operates and how an insurer can adopt them
• Identify the issue with spreadsheets and what are the pros and cons of using them

If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 298 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.