Russell Higginbotham, CEO: Swiss Re Reinsurance Solutions: Making society more resilient - using new data to close the protection gap (302)

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

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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 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

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