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Matthew Grant
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Claims is a vital component in the insurance value chain, but despite its importance it doesn’t always get the innovation attention and headlines that it deserves.
On this week’s podcast, Matthew is joined by Ed Gaze from the Lloyd’s Lab and Colin Masson, Head of First Party Complex Claims at Beazley, and member of the Future at Lloyd's Claims Design Group, to discuss innovation and new technology solutions for settling claims for complex risks.
Episode 150 also features insights from Tautona, Safekeep, SettleIndex and distriBind - four companies who have recently built solutions in the Lloyd’s Lab to improve claims processes and the customer experience.
Talking points include:
The role of the Future at Lloyd’s Claims Design Group
The unique challenges of settling claims for complex risks
The fundamental elements of claims innovation
How data, analytics and AI are improving claims processes
The goals and benefits of the Lloyd’s Lab
The conversation was recorded from the InsTech London Live Chat, The Future of Lloyd's and Claims Solutions for Complex Risks, which is available to view on our BrightTALK channel.
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While insurtech, start-up funding and data and technology developments are important to all of us, we also need to understand how the major insurers make money, what their needs are from technology and how they address the challenge of change.
William Hawkins, Director of Research for Europe at investment bank KBW, joins Matthew to share insights from his team's research into the mainstream world of insurance.
With incumbent insurers spending an annual IT budget of $200 billion how much is earmarked for innovation, and how should a technology company attract insurers as clients?
Talking points include:
The basics of how insurers make money
Why incumbent insurers struggle to innovate
What senior executives think about insurtech
MGAs and new distribution models
Which emerging technologies could become the norm
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To claim 0.5 hours for this podcast, go to the Episode 147 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.
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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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.
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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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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 126 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.
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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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 125 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.
Money is the rocket fuel for business growth, but raising funds is a major challenge for almost every company looking to scale.
So how do you do it? Matthew asks three founders who secured early stage funding for their tips. Goncalo de Vasconcelos (Rnwl), Sam White (Stella Insurance) and Jonathan Spry (Envelop Risk) share the lessons they learned in turning start-ups into scale-ups.
The conversation was recorded from Raising Money: The Founders' Stories, an InsTech London Live Chat sponsored by Genasys Technologies. CGO Andre Symes also shared his insights on the key characteristics Genasys sees in successful start-ups.
Talking points include:
Identifying potential brand advocates
Crowdfunding vs bootstrapping
What to expect from angel investors
How to spot when you’re wasting your time
The importance of having a strong narrative
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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 124 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.
Robin Merttens talks to guest host Mark Geoghegan ahead of the release of our new report on e-trading of reinsurance and complex risks.
E-Trading Platforms: Challenges, Opportunities and Imperative examines the renewed interest in the platforms space, accelerated by Covid-19, Lloyd’s Blueprint Two and the needs of increasingly demanding customers.
Talking points include:
What’s needed to help e-trading catch on
The lessons learned so far
Who is doing what in the platform space
How to get brokers on board
The role that Lloyd’s has to play
E-Trading Platforms: Challenges, Opportunities and Imperative is available to download from the InsTech London website.
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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 122 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.
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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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 121 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.
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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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 120 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.
This week we're hearing from a well-known leader from one of the largest global speciality insurers, AXA XL and someone who always provides a refreshing perspective on what is happening around us.
The core purpose of insurance is to provide a safety net for customers. As the industry looks at improving its own efficiency, is it at risk of losing sight of that purpose?
Robin Merttens is this week's host, and our guest is Parul Kaul-Green, Chief of Staff, AXA XL Asia and Europe.
Talking points include:
The importance of context in digital transformation
What commercial teams can learn from the consumer side
Accelerating disruption to meet Covid challenges
Becoming a true partner to the customer
Tackling the industry's diversity issues
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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 119 page of the InsTech London website, or email cpd@instech.london.