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The Leadership in Insurance Podcast - Insurtech & Innovation

The insurance industry gets better through sharing innovation. On the Leadership in Insurance Podcast we speak to insurance thought leaders that are changing the game. The LIIP is a podcast helping Insurance professionals, Investors and supporters learn what it takes to achieve and succeed in the global insurance industry. We specifically look at what it takes to build a modern insurance business and how great teams are built, we share their stories to educate and inspire change to help build the future of insurance.



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Episodes

Improved outcomes and driving automation, An Interview with Max Drucker, CEO, Carpe Data

Is the ‘Insurtech revolution’ over? Max Drucker, CEO of Carpe Data and I explore this and other questions on this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast . We also discussed the refocus of Insurtech from revolution to measurable results using an evolutionary approach. 🎯 Yes I’m talking about really understanding the ROI of insurance technology purchasing. Insurtech is no longer about generic use of technology and AI but rather discrete solutions (often bought off the shelf) with specific use...

Sep 09, 202435 min

Maximising gender balance in Insurtech, A FinPro team discussion

In this week’s unusual The Leadership in Insurance Podcast 🎧we have an all FinPro line-up - Rebekah Bostan, Director of Operations and Hattie Armstrong, Lead Consultant where we discuss the gender imbalance in the Insurtech community and what we can all do to rebalance. 💡We all know the stats ( 🤔 see below in case you’ve been living under a rock) female founding team outperform, yet women are still underrepresented in leadership roles. The We Are Insurtech Women Community was borne out of a f...

Sep 03, 202428 min

Overcoming legacy debt and activating innovation with Gen AI, An Interview with Denise Garth, Chief Strategy Officer, Majesco

On this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast 🎧I talk with Denise Garth, Chief Strategy Officer at Majesco where we take a deep dive into the topic of the moment Gen AI and why the ROI of removing legacy tech debt is higher than you think. We discussed how insurance is at a crossroads ,🎌with changing risks due to climate change and changing buyer demographics amongst other drivers, and why insurers need to take a step back and take time to review their business systems and technology mode...

Aug 26, 202434 min

Incentive and product alignment: An interview with Alex Cardona, CEO and co-Founder, Recorder

How do we genuinely overcome the challenges of ‘moving data around’ in insurance? Second time round entrepreneur Alex Cordona, CEO and co-Founder at Recorder and I discuss enabling better risk and information sharing on this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast🎧, as well as some great nuggets of advice for early stage entrepreneurs. 🤔 BUILD OR BUY - we discuss how the culture of technology silos is still very prevalent across insurance with a focus still on building in-house – is this ho...

Aug 19, 202437 min

Understanding changing peril risk, An Interview with Jon Schneyer, Director of Cat Response, CoreLogic

On this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast I discussed with Jon Schneyer, Director of Cat Response, CoreLogic Insurance Solutions why⚡peril risk is changing (and it’s not climate change) and how proactive risk management and mitigation is now more important than ever. We also talked about the continued value of thought leadership not just for customers but also as an important and often undervalued 😀talent retention tool. Corelogic’s 2024 Hurricane report (👇 click in the comments to do...

Aug 12, 202436 min

Closing the cyber protection gap, An Interview with Xing Xin, CEO & co-Founder, Upfort

This week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast 🎧continues our deep-dive into #Cyber, where I talk to Xing Xin, CEO and co-Founder at Upfort about 🔨 ‘enabler tools’ that can empower companies of all sizes to better manage cyber risk by unlocking their data to improve understanding of a company risk and support proactive interventions. In this episode we take a look at the growing Cyber protection gap – even a one man band now has multiple technology touch points. ⇝ We discuss how the growing S...

Aug 05, 202430 min

The value of naivety and micro entrepreneurs in creating new products: An interview with Justine Levine, CEO, Shepherd

Ever wondered how "Naivete" could be an advantage in insurance innovation? In this week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast🎧 with Justin Levine, CEO at Shepherd, I explore his unique background and how this has enabled him to challenge traditional views of insurance including focusing on hiring ‘micro-entrepreneurs’. We look at the advantages of Justin's background in 🏢 construction and his journey into the tech-enabled insurance space via risk management and construction finance. 💡 He emph...

Jul 29, 202429 min

AI and the Underwriter, An Interview with Caroline Thompson, CUO, Cowbell

This week’s The Leadership in Insurance Podcast focuses on all things Cyber and AI - where I am joined by Caroline Thompson, CUO, Cowbell. 🔊Caroline and I unpack real-world use cases for AI to enable more effective underwriting that: ✅Provides a better customer experience 💲Drives growth and improving loss ratios We also dig into changing workforce dynamics and why having a flexible mindset is more important than ever. Here are some of the other highlights: ➡ How many data points you actually n...

Jul 22, 202433 min

I Love Claims - The Pitch! Episode 2 : Live with Amira Nakouri, Co-Founder & CEO of Klaimy, Maarten Callaert , Co-Founder & COO of Paperbox, Peter Dubiez & James Murrey, CEO & Founder and COO of Enviro Trees

Monday rolls around and it's time for another episode on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast 🎧 What I love most about podcasting is the relationships we build and the people we meet along the way through conversation, collaboration & sharing ideas. That's why this week we our excited to share our the second episode in our collaboration with I Love Claims live from their recent pitch event 🚀 Tune in to this week's behind the scenes feature to hear from 👇 ➡ Amira Nakouri , Co-Founder & ...

Jul 15, 202418 min

I Love Claims - The Pitch! Live with Jonthon Valentine - ILC, Laurent Feuilleaubois - Mitigrate, Pavel Gertsberg - ClaimSorted

Following a brilliant event at I Love Claims last week, we are excited to release our 1st episode covering the the behind the scens on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast today 🎧 🎧 🎙 Starting off with Jonathon Valentine from ILC we take a deep dive in to telematics, the ethos of the pitch event, and more.. 👇 ➡ We look at the growing interest in telematics in the insurance industry & the need for improved customer trust... While telematics can improve loss ratios, many people are still he...

Jul 08, 202444 min

Why Is Reinsurance Innovation Underserved? : An Interview with Tom Spier, CCO of Supercede

Good morning and welcome back to this week's episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where for this week's episode I am joined by Tom Spier, Supercede's CCO. In this episode we dig in to all things #Reinsurance and predominately the big topic of, why is reinsurance innovation underserved? Tom has a great ocean analogy for insurance innovation (see below 👇 ) 🐠 He equates the brightly coloured fish swimming at the top of the sea to be the retail brokers and MGAs attracting the domestic bu...

Jul 01, 202438 min

FinPro Take Over of 'The Leadership In Insurance Podcast' with Alex Bond & Rebekah Bostan

Ever wondered what the secret sauce is for hiring and growing and a team, especially as an early stage business? Rebekah Bostan , Director of Operations at FinPro, takes over The Leadership in Insurance Podcast this week turning the tables on me diving into all the questions you've probably wanted to ask as a hiring manager or a founding team member looking to grow your team. Some highlights from our conversation 👇 💡How do early businesses grow their team sustainability? - know your company pe...

Jun 24, 202434 min

Future First : Attracting & Empowering Tomorrow's Insurance Workforce

Attracting & Empowering Tomorrow's Insurance Workforce, but what does that actually mean? In today's highly competitive insurance industry, attracting and retaining top talent has become a critical strategic imperative. As the industry undergoes rapid digital transformation and faces evolving customer demands, the "War for Talent" intensifies. Tune into this panel discussion with Catherine Richardson , Bill Martin , Alex Bond , Anupam Malhotra and moderated by Stephen Goldstein to hear our t...

Jun 12, 202443 min

A Deep Dive into MGUs, Digital Underwriting & MGA Opportunites : An Interview with Caroline Taylor, COO at Acies MGU

Tune into this week's epsiode of of The Leadrship In Insurance Podcast : A Deep Dive Into MGUs, Digital Underwriting & MGA Opportunites with Caroline Taylor ACII , COO at ACIES MGU ➡ Why do we need another MGU platform? ➡ What do you mean when you say digital underwriting? Is this not just how underwriting is done? ➡ You have some pledges around social and environmental issues - what are you doing practically? ➡ Acies has significant growth ambitions over the next few years to support a grow...

May 13, 202441 min

A Deep Dive in to Gallagher Re's Take on Insurtech; AI, Funding & More : An Interview with Andrew Johnston & Freddie Scarratt, Global Head & Deputy Global Head, Insurtech at Gallagher Re

🔊 A Deep Dive Into Insurtech & the Q1 Landscape with Gallagher Re I was joined by Andrew Johnston & Freddie Scarratt , Global Head & Deputy Global Head, Insurtech at Gallagher Re to celebrate the launch of their latest report. ➡ We look how Gallagher Re define’s insurtech, and Andrew & Freddie’s route in to the industry. ➡ We get into the value of reports and why conversation, research and communication around innovation is so important. ➡ & Finally, honing in on AI - how ca...

May 07, 202438 min

The Lloyds Lab Low Down : An Interview with Rosie Denée

Good morning and welcome to a very spcial episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast where we are joined by no other than Rosie Denee for an episode all about The Lloyd's Lab. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 202426 min

The Emerging Tech Series with Tom Clark, Field CTO of Hyperexponential

Delighted to have Tom Clark , Field CTO of hyperexponential on the podcast this week 🎤 Tom walks us through his role and provides an interesting insight into his evolving role from being a traditional CTO to a "Field CTO". We got a great insight into how hyperexponential's platform is revolutionizing the traditional actuarial modeling process, and why after 7 years Tom and the team have decided to shift the technology strategy. hyperexponential (hx) a startup that serves the property-casualty i...

Apr 03, 202443 min

The Leadership in Insurance Podcast with Richard Gunn, HyperExponential

Transforming the insurance industry through the power of decision intelligence Tune into our episode with Richard Gunn , hyperexponential 's CRO with Alex Bond for their discussion on the hashtag #evolution of the insurance industry towards a more hashtag #data -driven and efficient model, pricing intelligence and the use of hashtag #emerging technologies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 01, 202439 min

An Interview with Aaron Letzeiser, Co-Founder of Obie

Good morninf and welcome to the next episode of the Leadership In Insurance Podcast, where this wk we are joined by Aaron Letzeiser, the co-founder of Obie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 01, 202436 min

The Emerging Tech Series with Thierry Bonfante, CPO of Unqork

This week on The Emerging Tech Series, Gavin savage had the pleasure of chatting with Thierry Bonfante , the CPO of Unqork . Thierry possesses 25 years of enterprise software experience, ranging from early startups to large corporations, and is a true expert in AI. He masterfully walks us through how Gen AI is transforming how insurance companies can do business and at Unqork, how they are integrating GenAI into their solutions. Thierry also discusses how these advanced AI features will impact t...

Mar 13, 202433 min

The Emerging Tech Series with Brian Moseley, Co-Founder & CTO of Sixfold

Good morning and welcome to the next episode of The Emerging Tech Series with Brian Moseley, Co-Founder & CTO of Sixfold The Sixofld team was founded by a world-class team with deep AI, SaaS, security, and insurance industry expertise. They have developed GenAI to handle the most difficult problems in the insurance industry and created it to assist insurance underwriters in increasing accuracy, maximizing capacity, and improving their overall quality of life. Brian provides a great insight i...

Mar 06, 202438 min
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