InsTech - insurance & innovation with Matthew Grant

21. Tony Russell, Chief Commercial Officer of Charles Taylor InsureTech

Matthew Grant talks to Tony Russell, Chief Commercial Officer of Charles Taylor InsureTech - an Instech London corporate member.

Charles Taylor has a long history in the insurance arena with over 3,000 employees in over 100 locations across 30 countries. Charles Taylor InsureTech was founded three years ago with, as Tony says, "the aim to work with the global insurance market on their digital journey, by blending measurable business outcomes and technology whilst appreciating how their clients wanted to trade."

Tony also talks about their success in winning the DA SATS project (Delegated Authority: Submission, Access and Transformation Solution), which is powered by Charles Taylor InsureTech’s Tide solution, the partnership with Covi Analytics and the work that Charles Taylor InsureTech is doing in Latin America.

20. Live from Insurtech Insights Conference

Matthew and Robin attended the Insurtech Insights conference in London on 19th and 20th March and in this short podcast discuss their impressions from this event. They review Matthew's panel discussion with Munich Re, SCOR, Prudential, Cytora and Cape Analytics on AI in underwriting (a full write up here).  They talk about some of the new companies at the event and themes emerging - plus other topics of the day.

19. Innovations in Claims: Shift, 360Globalnet and Previsico

Claims is one of the areas of insurance where there is still massive potential for cost savings (managing fraud and increasing efficiency) and improving the customer experience.

This podcast features speakers from three very different companies all providing solutions for managing claims, but each at different stages in their growth.  Recorded live from our Innovation in Claims Event in London on 5th March, with an introduction from Instech London Partners Matthew Grant and Robin Merttens.

Paul Stanley CEO of 360Globalnet (3.40)

Jeff Manricks and Thomas Verduzco-Weisel from Shift Technology joined us the day after picking up another $60 million in funding. (15:10)

Avi Baruch from Previsico, a spin out from Loughborough University, on forecasting flood and use of new techniques to help reduce claims. (25:10)

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18. The experts speak: what 2019 has in store for Insurtech, data and analytics

We are back with the recording of Part 2 of our 29th January event from The Steelyard. For the second half of the evening some of the leading figures from the insurers, investors, innovators and the start-up community gave their 5 minute view of what they are seeing, and their opinions on the future of insurance.  

Sam Evans the Founding Partner from Eos Ventures (2.27)

Milan Sud, Head of Innovation at AXA (7.45)

Niall Barton, CEO of Wrisk (13.14)

Dominic Suchett-Kaye of Aon Reinsurance Solutions (20.19)

Madeline Bailey, Head of Strategic Initiatives for MSAmlin (25.50)

Tom Hardcastle Partner at Ninety (34.40)

Erik Abrahamsson CEO of Digital FinePrint (41.13)

Saadhvi Khullar European Portfolio Manager for Munich Re (46.00)

You can see more information about the event, including contact details for our speakers, and many photos from the evening at our website events page - https://www.instech.london/events

If you missed the first of this event, you can catch with our previous podcast, number 17.

 

17. What's changing in 2019? The InsTech London Partners on stage

Recorded live from the InsTech London evening session at The Steelyard, Robin Merttens, Matthew Grant and Paolo Cuomo, the InsTech London partners, talk to Mark Geoghegan of Insurance Insider. The first half of our event on 29th January 2019. We discuss whether partnerships between the start-ups and insurers are failing, and does that mean that disruption is back on the table? What is happening globally, who has made a difference in 2018, and yes, what about blockchain? We had a packed evening for this one - over 200 people in the room providing some great questions. 

See more details from the events, including access to all the photographs from our Flickr gallery at our www.instech.london on the new dedicated event page

Recording from the second half of this event follows in Podcast 18

 

 

16 "Banking is for children, insurance for grown ups". An interview with Brian Sullivan of Risk Information inc.

Brian Sullivan is well known in the US as the founder of Risk Information inc. and the publisher of the Property Insurance Report and the Auto Insurance Report.

Brian has been writing about and consulting to the insurance industry since 1993. Matthew Grant joined a select group of leaders from insurance and technology at his Property Insurance Report conference recently to hear about some of the latest trends in the industry. In this episode Brian talks to InsTech London about his love of insurance, and the real reason it's so hard for established companies to innovate (and it's not because the incumbents don't want to). We discuss what impact the wildfires of 2018 will have, sources of new data, the emergence of cyber as a new class of risk, flood shut off valves and connected homes. We also tackle important issues such as how insurers can effectively work with their insurance partners, the differences between the US and European insurance market and much more.

Brian brings a different perspective from many industry commentators when talking about data, analytics and Insurtech. He knows the industry from the inside and optimistic about the opportunities, but cautious about the speed of adoption.

You can learn more about Brian from at https://riskinformation.com/ including details of his 2019 Property Insurance Report conference, back again in Laguna Niguel, California in November.

Thanks to Todd Rissel and the team at e2Value, one of the leading providers of US property rebuild costs, for the introduction to Brian and his colleagues at Risk Information. 

15 - Brokers shaping the future. Lyn Grobler of Hyperion, Ben Rose of Aon and Howard Lickens of Clear

Innovation can be hard, but it's not impossible. Three of the leaders from insurance broking came together for the Novidea webinar on 28 November to talk to Matthew Grant about the practical steps they are taking to drive change using data, analytics, technology - whilst bringing their colleagues with them.

Lyn Grobler of Hyperion talks about how her experience of working in the Oil and Gas industries has helped her ensure that Hyperion can take advantage of its extensive data. Ben Rose from Aon explains how he is working with people across the world to create a unified way to bring new ideas to emerging opportunities. Howard Lickens, founder of Clear explains how important culture is when successfully acquiring new companies and why he chose to invest in start up Konselio rather than build something internally. 

And not surprisingly, for everyone, the client is at the heart of what they do.

In 30 minutes we covered many of the themes from the white paper on this topic written by Matthew Grant and Roi Agababa CEO of Novidea, earlier this year. 

14 - The Great Insurtech Debate Part Two: "Who will own the future of insurance?”

In the second part of the Great Insurtech Debate, held at The Steelyard, London on 30th October, Instech London brought back together industry leaders for the second part of the evening to debate who will own the future of insurance. Speakers included Novidea, BoughtByMany, Trov, Zego, Zurich, EOS Ventures, InsurTech Gateway, AXA ventures, KPMG and Deloitte. Many thanks to our sponsors for the night, SAS and Novidea.

 

Listen to podcast 13 for the first part of the debate - "Is the insurance industry failing its customers?"

13 - The Great Insurtech Debate Part One: "Is the insurance industry failing its customers?”

On 30th October, InsTech London brought together industry leaders at The Steelyard in London to debate whether the insurance industry is failing its customers in part one of the Great Insurtech Debate. Speakers included BoughtByMany, Trov, Zego, Zurich, EOS Ventures, InsurTech Gateway, KPMG, SAS and Deloitte. Many thanks to our sponsors for the night, SAS and Novidea.

Join Instech London, our speakers and another packed audience to hear what they had say -  and what our audience had to ask them.

The second part of the debate - Who will own the future of insurance?” - to follow in our next podcast.

InsTech London Podcast 12 - Todd Rissel, CEO of e2Value talks about developments in US property data information

Property insurance relies on good quality data about the characteristics of buildings, and the replacement costs after a loss.  Todd Rissel, CEO of e2Value was over in London recently talking about how his company has been providing replacement values to the US insurance industry for 20 years, and how he is now expanding his offering to provide more detailed information about US properties.