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Sarah is back hosting with Nigel this week, joined by guests Arslan Hannani, Head of Market Management at Zurich and Tim Attia, CEO and Co-founder of Slice. We kick things off with a roundtable discussion on the types of partnerships in the industry, the benefits they bring and what role (if any) regulators should play. They examine just how common incumbent/startup partnerships are, if they can ever be judged as successful and what those metrics are. The group also take a look at how investment funds factor into the picture, where accelerators fit in and what the future of partnerships looks like. Sarah also met with Andy Rear, Chief Executive of Munich Re's digital partners and heads up their venture fund. They talk all about the type of startups Munich Re works with, the various ways it can be done and how incumbents have learned from working with startups. They also talk about how these partnerships have evolved over the years and the hurdles that lay ahead. All that and much more on this week's epi

Sarah is back hosting with Nigel this week, joined by guest Tobias Taupitz, CEO and Founder of Laka. We kick things off with a discussion on what the sports insurance market, looking at what it covers. Next up we take a look at the latest insurtech news, starting with the evolution of winter sports cover. According to official UK Government statistics, between 2012 and 2016, there were 118 hospitalisations of British skiers and snowboarders in European resorts, and 58 deaths – and when it comes to theft in ski resorts, recent research from the Ski Club of Great Britain found that theft and loss of snow-sports equipment has affected one in eight winter holidaymakers. Many winter sports policies still have exclusions whereby an insurer doesn’t provide cover for certain activities – e.g. off-piste skiing when not accompanied by a fully qualified ski instructor. Ethos raises $35 million. The life insurtech successfully raised $35 million in a Series B financing round, led by Accel with participation from G

David is hosting with Nigel this week with a great guest, Renaud Million CEO of SPIXII to talk all about the latest news in insurtech. Including: First up, AXA XL moving European arm out of UK ahead of Brexit. AXA XL has received authorisation to move its EU business from the UK to Ireland in advance of the UK’s exit on 29 March 2019. The insurer says it will minimise disruption in its dealings with brokers and clients. It is the latest insurer to announce it’s post-Brexit plans - following the likes of QBE, RSA, AIG, Lloyd’s, Liberty and MS Amlin. Hiscox reveals volume of cyberattack attempts against small businesses. An estimated 65,000 attempts EVERY DAY. The approximation was based on tests undertaken by Hiscox to monitor, in real time, the number of attempted breaches on decoy computer systems similar to those used by small UK firms. Hackers are prolific and sophisticated which makes staying on top of cyber security a challenge for all organisations. MAPFRE Is Now on Amazon. Leading Spanish-insure

Sarah is back hosting this week, joined by guests: James Garthwaite, Underwriter in Art and Private Clients at Hiscox UK and Ireland, and Luke Mullett, Account Executive for Commercial and Private Fine Art at CBC UK. We kick things off with a roundtable discussion on what the market is, looking at what it covers and how expansive the range of objects is. Why art insurance is so different from the rest of the insurance world, what art's insured against, the biggest risks to art and how transportation has an impact on insurance. We also discuss how tech is transforming the art insurance industry and the problems in the sector that insurtech has a shot at solving. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Laura Watkins and edited by Michael Bailey. Special Guests: James Garthwaite and Luke Mullett.

Sarah is back hosting with David this week with two great guests, Lea Nonninger, Research Analyst at Business Insider Intelligence and James York, Founder at Worry + Peace to talk all about the latest news in insurtech. Including: Hong Kong based OneDegree gets $25.5 million Series A to make insurance more accessible, starting with pet insurance. OneDegree offers an online insurance platform that lets consumers purchase personal lines and health insurance products via an app which automates claims processing, policy management and customer service. 50% of the investment was pledged by investors pending regulatory approval through the Hong Kong Insurance Authority’s new fast-track licensing program for online-only insurers. Munich Re buys IoT startup for $300 million. The reinsurance giant’s HSB subsidiary (which specialises in engineering insurance) has bought Berlin-based relayr which helps industrial companies unlock data insights from machinery using IoT devices (e.g telling business owners when a mach

Sarah Kocianski is back hosting with Nigel Walsh this week, they're joined by guests: Emil Pfeiffer, CEO and Founder of Krizo and FT Insurance Correspondent, Oliver Ralph. We kick things off with a discussion on what catastrophe insurance actually is, turns out it's not just an 'act of god'. Once the panel have established the definition, they move on to examining what technology is actually changing the catastrophe insurance space and what the current problems facing the industry are. The panel also examines how emerging global issues are forcing the catastrophe industry to play catch up. Climate change is one such issue, with 2017 being a record breaking year for hurricanes, terrorist action is another issue that's affecting the space. To wrap things up, Sarah meets with Jason Futers, CEO at Insurdata to talk to him all about their catastrophe insurance offering and then sits down with Barney Schauble, Managing Partner at Nephila Capital to discuss catastrophe bonds and tech in the sector. This epis

Sarah Kocianski is hosting seat this week, joined by guests: Ahmed Zaidi, CTO at Catalyst AI, Erik Abrahamsson, Founder and CEO of Digital Fineprint, and Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Founder and CEO of Tapoly. We kick things off with a quick intro into what AI really means and what it can do before having a roundtable discussion on the effect it can have on the insurance industry. We continue with a discussion on the areas where AI can have the biggest impact and what AI products in the market are actually real. And is this real AI or better results from rules based automation as more data can be included? The panel also looks at how smart devices can fit into the discussion and where insurtechs are doing things differently in this space. Sarah also has a great interview with John Berthels, CTO and Co-Founder of Cocoon, on the role of AI in home security systems. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Laura Watkins and edited by Holly Blaxill. Special Guests: Ahmed Zaidi, Erik Abrahamsson, Janth

Sarah Kocianski is back in the hosting seat this week, joined by guests Luca Scnettler, CEO of HealthyHealth and Ari Zadkov, Head of Technical Marketing, Vitality Health. We kick things off with a roundtable discussion on the challenges facing the health insurance industry at the moment. How technology is changing the health insurance industry, how it works for pre-existing conditions, how to companies choose what they will and won’t pay out for, and how that affects consumers. We also discuss the cheaper products available to consumers and if they have any relevance at all compared to fuller coverage and where the future of the health insurance industry lies in terms of what impact new technologies will have on it. Sarah also met with Yashish Dahiya, CEO and Co-Founder of PolicyBazaar at MoneyConf earlier in June to discuss things further. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Laura Watkins and edited by Holly Blaxill. Special Guests: Ari Zadikov, Luca Schnettler, and Yashish Dahiya.

Sarah Kocianski is back in the hosting seat this week, joined by guests: Jonathan Roomer, CFO and Co-Founder of Yulife and Oliver Ralph, Insurance Correspondant at the FT. We kick things off with a roundtable discussion on life insurance, before the deep dive the panel sets out the many different types of life insurance and which ones are most common and relevant to customers. Then they take a look at when and why people take out life insurance in the first place, what solutions are they looking for, and do customers even know what sort of insurance they need? They examine why the price comparison sites haven't been able to crack life insurance in the same way as other sectors and what technology is disrupting life insurance as a whole. Rounding out the discussion the panel discusses what the future of life insurance looks like and what it's heading towards at the moment. Sarah also met with Adam Erlebacher, CEO and Co-Founder of Fabric at Insurtech Insights to interview him on life insurance. Sarah the

Sarah Kocianski is back in the hosting seat this week, joined by Nigel Walsh and guests Alex Wheal, Commercial Client Manager at Hiscox and Ania Kubow, Co-founder of Nimbla. We kick things off by discussing what types of insurance are most meaningful to SMBs, discussing the issue of how SMBs can discover which type of insurance they actually need and how much cover they'll require. We also discuss how currently there appear to be almost no tailor-made insurance policies for SMBs. Then we go on to examine why insurtechs have decided that SMBs are worth the trouble and how technology is helping improve the space for SMBs. Sarah also has a great interview with Harry Franks, CEO of Zego while at Insurtech Insights last month. The two explore the insurance space for gig economy and small businesses. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Laura Watkins and edited by Holly Blaxill. Special Guests: Alex Wheal, Ania Kubow, and Harry Franks.

James York, CEO and Founder, Worry+Peace, Liam Gray, Head of Research & Partner Management at Startupbootcamp InsurTech, Tshidi Hagan, Program Director at Startupbootcamp, Tobias Taupitz, CEO and Co-founder at Laka, all join Sarah to discuss: Startup Bootcamp, the benefits of accelerators hubs and innovation labs, how to measure their success, and much more. Sarah also has a great interview with James Birch at Insurtech Gateway As always you can find the show on Twitter @instechinsiders and if you like what you've heard this week, don’t forget subscribe to our podcast and please leave us a review us on iTunes. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please reach out on Twitter or email podcasts@11fs.com Special Guests: James Birch, James York, Liam Gray, Tobias Taupitz, and Tshidi Hagan. Sponsored By:

George Herber, Business Development Manager at Friss, David Hartley, Director of Fraud and Financial Crime Practice at SAS Global and Greg Brown, Partner at Oxbow Partners, join Nigel and Sarah to dig into: How insurance is preventing fraud right now, who's actually making fraudulent claims, the threat of organised fraudsters, staying wary of cracking down too hard and much more. Nigel and Sarah also take a look into the top insurtech news stories. As always you can find the show on Twitter @instechinsiders and if you like what you've heard this week, don’t forget subscribe to our podcast and please leave us a review us on iTunes. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please reach out on Twitter or email podcasts@11fs.com Special Guests: David Hartley, George Herber, and Greg Brown. Sponsored By:

Bought By Many COO Oke Eleazu joins Sarah and David to share his expertise in a show dedicated to pet insurance. David has just bought (and insured) a puppy so we had a lot of vested interest in this one! 1 in 10 of the entire UK population have taken out pet insurance and there are 51 million pets in the UK alone, Oke tells us all about the pet insurance industry, which is a growing sector in insurance. We also cover the top insurtech news stories of the moment, including the Beast from the East using up all of Direct Line's annual weather-related claims budget. If you enjoy the show, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave us a review on iTunes. If you want to get in touch, reach out to us on Twitter @InstechInsiders or email podcasts@11fs.com. Special Guest: Oke Eleazu. Sponsored By:

The panel discuss their insights into insurtech, covering a bevy of issues. They look at where insurance technology is right now: discussing the impact of blockchain, the possibilities of AI, and the reality of smart contracts. We also bring you a great interview with Jason Futers, CEO of Insurdata As always you can find the show on Twitter @instechinsiders and if you like what you've heard this week, don’t forget subscribe to our podcast and please leave us a review us on iTunes. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please reach out on Twitter or email podcasts@11fs.com Special Guests: Chris Sandilands, Jason Futers, and Ruth Foxe-Blader. Sponsored By:

The panel discuss their insights into insurtech, covering a bevy of issues. They look at where travel insurance is right now: discussing how low the usage of travel insurance actually is, captured markets affecting the space, pay as you go insurance, the difference a cruise makes and much more. We also bring you an amazing interview with Parul Green, Head of UK Strategy, M&A and Innovation at AXA. As always you can find the show on Twitter @instechinsiders and if you like what you've heard this week, don’t forget subscribe to our podcast and please leave us a review us on iTunes. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please reach out on Twitter or email podcasts@11fs.com Special Guests: James Gibson, Oke Eleazu, and Parul Green. Sponsored By:

The panel discuss their insights into insurtech, covering a bevy of issues. They look at where vehicle insurance is right now: what driving disruption actually is, if price comparison websites are on their way out, what’s going on in the latest regtech sandbox, and how insurtech disruption is changing traditional insurance models. The panel also discusses how mandatory insurance and price comparison websites force a race to the bottom and how companies can combat that by providing personalised products. We also bring you an amazing interview with Christopher Sharpe, the CEO of Kinsu As always you can find the show on Twitter @instechinsiders and if you like what you've heard this week, don’t forget subscribe to our podcast and please leave us a review us on iTunes. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please reach out on Twitter or email podcasts@11fs.com Special Guests: David Wiliams, Freddy Macnamara, and Tobias Taupitz. Sponsored By:

We kick off the show with everyone’s favourite, a trip to dictionary corner to define the London Market and its key players. The panel celebrate London in all its glory, delving into the city’s importance with a 25% global market share of the Cyber sector. The importance of market share loss gets a thorough examination with newer markets providing a significant challenge to businesses. It’s all about being an easy place to do business with. Innovation and disruption get some recognition in a slow moving industry. Why is it so lethargic and what can be done to speed things up? Lloyds have a focus on technology and new business models that may help. Machine learning, blockchain and predictive modeling are considered some of the most exciting forms of innovation, the panel examines how they can be applied to insurtech and if innovation is impacting the way policies are underwritten. Tech giants are inbound and bring a whole host of new threats. The panel examines the effect external companies like Amazo

The roundtable begins by discussing what cyber insurance actually is! Who needs it most? What are the benefits? Cyber security doesn't always work and we've seen some high profile hacks in recent times- the biggest of all being Equifax. We ask our panel what the consequences of being on the end of a breach so large? How do massive companies deal with it? How important is PR in these situations? We also asked what actually happens when you're hacked but you're cyber insured- a topic for which our panel gave great insights. With all it's benefits and the fact it's been around for 10 years, our panel also discussed why the profile of the insurance product hasn't yet been raised or enhanced! We also bring you a fantastic interview from none other than the CEO of Lemonade himself, Daniel Schreiber, as Nigel caught up with him at IFGS 2018. Enjoy the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave us a review on iTunes. If you want to get in touch, reach out to us on Twitter @Instech

So what are Connected Homes? The panel begin by actually explaining the concept. How do these smart devices feed information to home owners and to third parties, such as retailers and insurers? More importantly- how comfortable are consumers- in an era where data is starting to become more sovereign, in allowing insurers access to this data? Next we discuss the benefits and negatives for the consumer. What demographic loses out? Moving on, the panel talk about consumer awareness. 77% of people have never heard of connected homes- so how does the insurance market create a more trusting image? Is it through education? Or must be wait until IOT becomes part of our daily lives. As Arslan rightly puts it "Netflix wasn't part of our daily lives 5 or so years ago....now it is. In 5 years, we'll be looking back and saying exactly the same about smart homes". We also bring you a fantastic interview from Head of Innovation at Zurich, Mark Budd, who tells us all about their brand new Innovation Foundry. Enjoy t

In this very special Blockchain Insider takeover of our show, Simon Taylor hosts a roundtable all about insurance on a blockchain - why do we need it, what problems does it solve, what is it making better and for whom? He was joined by some fantastic guests from across the industry: Greg Crow - Global Head of Architecture at XL Catlin Walid Al Saqqaf - Innovation Manager at Beazley Kadhim Shubber - Journalist at FT Alphaville Sebastian De Zulueta - Managing Director at Market Minds Ltd Later on in the show guest co-host Colin Platt interviews Stephan Karpischek, Co-founder of Etherisc, who want to revolutionise the insurance industry with smart contracts and blockchain. Enjoy the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave us a review on iTunes. If you want to get in touch, reach out to us on Twitter @InstechInsiders or email podcasts@11fs.com. Special Guests: Colin G. Platt, Greg Crow, Kadhim Shubber, Sebastian de Zulueta, Simon Taylor, Stephan Karpischek, and Walid Al Saqqa