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InsTech - insurance & innovation with Matthew Grant & Robin Merttens

Bringing together the best technology and innovation for insurance and risk management together from around the world. Podcast hosted by Matthew Grant.

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37:54

Nigel Walsh, Partner at Deloitte and insurtech guru (81)

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2020/05/03

Nigel Walsh has been helping the insurance industry get to grips with the opportunities offered by technology for many years - both in his day job as a partner at consulting firm Deloitte, and as a regular speaker, writer and co-host of the Insurtech Insider podcast. In another lively discussion, Matthew Grant talks to Nigel, covering a wide range of subjects including: - Has insurtech lived up to its potential? - Will the future of insurance give us more choice, but more complexity or less choice

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13:43

Sai Lakshmi, Caura and Amit Patel, Hlthie: Founders...

InsTech - insurance & innovation with Matthew Grant &... ·

2020/04/26

We like to mix it up for our events - a chance to hear from some established companies, insurers and the newcomers. Part of our philosophy at InsTech London is our "pay forward" approach. We lookout for the best upcoming companies, or even just great people with great ideas - and we give them a place to talk about what they are up to. We've been delighted to have so many of our early speakers return as corporate members in the last couple of years supporting what we do, and getting more benefits

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32:13

Andy Wiggans: BrightTALK: Live connection in a locked...

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2020/04/19

Live events can still exist even if we can't all hang out together in the same place. In this episode, Matthew Grant is talking to Andy Wiggans of the digital video platform BrightTALK about best practices for sharing content and engaging with your customers. Not surprisingly BrightTALK has seen a massive increase in usage for its platform over the last few weeks as its client base of over 1,500 companies relies on it to talk directly to their clients and prospects. At InsTech London we are now

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27:46

Partners’ Chat - April 2020: Matthew and Robin launch...

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2020/04/07

Matthew Grant and Robin Merttens discuss the latest insurance, innovation and insurtech news that has caught their attention. The conversation took place to launch our new series of live events on Brighttalk, where we'll be bringing you news and interviews until we can relaunch our events at The Steelyard in London. You can find out more about what we're planning on our new Brighttalk channel, including details of our Insurtech Survival Guide event on Thursday 6 April. Continuing Professional

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37:16

Ruth Foxe Blader: Partner at Anthemis Group:...

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2020/04/05

Anthemis is one of the most well known investors in technology start-ups and scale-ups supporting insurance and financial services. Portfolio companies include: Goji, Flock, Hockodo, Insurdata, Quantemplate, Stable, Trov, Tremor and Yulife. Matthew Grant caught up with Anthemis partner and former lead investor at Allianz, Ruth Foxe Blader, to learn about how and why Anthemis invests. The discussion covers life before and during the pandemic, as well as a look to the future state of fintech and

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16:36

InsTech Investigates: podcasting & recording tips...

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2020/04/03

Wondering about how to create a podcast and best practices for recording sound? In Episode 75 of the InsTech London podcasts, we're kicking off a series of "Instech Investigates" - a look beyond the usual topics and a chance to learn more about the skills you or your team may need in today's world. Matthew talks to former BBC Sound Engineer Peter Roach, who now runs VisualMonkeys and who is normally on the other side of the microphone editing our weekly podcast. Matthew and Peter discuss

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41:24

Google Cloud and Insurance – Planning for a Truly...

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2020/03/29

Remember when we all got together and ran in person events? Recorded live at The Steelyard, Episode 74 features the highlights from our event with Google Cloud, including what their plans are for insurance and they type of companies they want to work with. InsTech London’s Robin Merttens and Matthew Grant talked to Damion Thompson, Head of Insurance UK, Google Cloud along with some of the partners they are already working with. Take a trip with us down memory lane to hear more from Cytora,

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40:51

Gary Hoberman: CEO & founder of Unqork: Accelerating...

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2020/03/22

This week's episode, recorded in February 2020 - is a great lesson in the "art of the possible" when it comes to having, and delivering on a bold vision. CEO & founder Gary Hoberman and his team have raised more than $150m for Unqork since the company was founded in 2017, to provide "no code" solutions to insurers. Today the company is working with a number of insurers, and at scale. Wondering if legacy is still a problem? Keep listening. Matthew Grant finds out how and why Gary founded the

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39:12

Pandemic Podcast Special: Matthew Grant speaks to the...

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2020/03/15

This week we have a "pandemic podcast" special edition. A series of interviews recorded on Thursday 12 March, the day after the WHO had declared Covid-19 Coronavirus a pandemic. In this 40 minute edition Matthew Grant sets the scene for exploring the potential for new and established innovation, analytics and data to help manage the spread of the virus in the short term, and improve insurance offerings and understanding and mitigation of the risk in the future. Matthew reviews the context of the

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43:00

Andrew Yeoman: CEO and Co-founder of Concirrus: A...

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2020/03/13

Concirrus is one of the most well-known companies in London to have emerged in recent years, providing analytics for commercial underwriting to a growing list of insurers. CEO and Co-founder Andrew Yeoman joined Matthew on Episode 71 to talk about his motivation for starting the company, how Concirrus has grown and the future opportunities for helping insurers and companies with risk selection and risk prevention. Topics include: How to be relevant when talking to potential clients Finding

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29:24

David King: Founder of Artificial Labs: Organising...

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2020/03/01

After honing his skills and gaining experience in other industries, David King settled on insurance and, with co-founder Johnny Bridges set up Artificial Labs in 2013. Today Artificial is helping deliver major efficiencies for insurance companies in how they collect and analyse third-party data. David joined Matthew on Episode 70 of the InsTech London podcast and topics include: Why the insurance industry is a great place to launch a business The benefits of different accelerators and

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41:41

John Cavanagh: Co-founder Beat Capital: Supporting...

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2020/02/23

Proving that it's never too late to start a new business, John Cavanagh retired as CEO from Willis Re in 2017 to set up Beat Capital with Tom Milligan (previously Co-CEO of Ariel Re). Today Beat Capital is supporting multiple underwriting businesses, set up by experienced and entrepreneurial underwriters. John has been working for over 45 years in insurance, including 21 years at international specialty reinsurance broker RK Carvill where he was joint CEO. In addition to running Beat Capital, John

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31:14

Richard Hartley: CEO & Co-Founder of Cytora:...

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2020/02/16

As data becomes more widely available, underwriters may have more information to select and price the business they are taking on, but they don't have more time. This week Matthew Grant talks to Richard Hartley about how Cytora has grown since 2014, the challenges of being a founder and how the company helps insurers identify and focus on the accounts that are going to be more profitable. Topics include: Finding investors as a start-up and scale-up The challenges of building a team as the company

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32:38

Future of Payments in Insurance: Mastercard and...

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2020/02/09

Live highlights from the InsTech London "Future of Payments" evening at The Steelyard on 21st January 2020 hosted by Robin Merttens and Matthew Grant Mastercard's Ian Slater & Ruth Polyblank discuss: Why Mastercard is so enthusiastic about the opportunities of working with partners in insurance Lessons from the banks and fintech - and relevance for insurtech Why data will change perceptions of insurance How insurers can collaborate with Mastercard Followed by Laura Harvey, Strategic Director at

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28:08

Nick Mair: CEO & Founder of Atticus DQPro: Delivering...

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2020/02/02

Data is at the heart of many decisions in insurance - pricing, risk mitigation, claims and capital management. But data needs to be high quality - and that requires constant diligence. CEO and founder of Atticus DQPro Nick Mair is Matthew’s guest on Episode 66. Nick talks about how he has successfully built a business, with no external funding, and which in only a few years has signed up a number of major insurance companies to help them manage and measure data quality. Their conversation

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28:01

Erik Abrahamsson: CEO & Founder, Digital Fineprint:...

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2020/01/26

Ask someone to name some of the more successful UK insurtech scale-ups and Digital Fineprint (DFP) often gets a mention. In 3 years CEO and Founder Erik Abrahamsson has taken DFP from holding meetings in a garden shed to raising £7m in funding and securing an impressive list of clients. He joined Matthew on Episode 65 of the InsTech London podcast for a conversation that covered: Using new data sources for selecting and pricing SME insurance Tips for a new company on pitching to prospective

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29:27

Martha Notaras: Managing Partner, Brewer Lane...

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2020/01/19

The launch of a new Insurtech fund – Brewer Lane Ventures – was announced earlier this month. Martha Notaras will be Managing Partner along with founder John Kim. Martha was formerly part of the team at XL Innovate – investing in successful startups such as Lemonade, Cape Analytics and Slice and she has many years of experience in identifying and investing in technology companies in and outside of insurance. Martha is also well known as a lively and informed presenter and panelist at insurance

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21:30

Bernard Goyder: Senior Reporter, Insurance Insider:...

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2020/01/12

This week we're talking once again to Bernard Goyder, a journalist with Insurance Insider. Bernard is currently on a posting to New York, having previously been the Insurance Insiders' technology correspondent in London. We last featured Bernard in June 2019 shortly after he arrived in the US and Matthew catches up to find what the world of insurance, technology and insurtech looks like from the US. The areas we cover include: A review of the end of year reinsurance renewals (and what they

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26:06

Insurance leadership: what do they really care about?...

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2020/01/05

We've interviewed well over 100 people in 2019 and you can hear most of them on the InsTech London podcasts. Our guests share fantastic insights - whether on stage speaking to us at our events, or for Matthew's longer in-depth interviews. The leaders from insurance companies, the founders and CEO of technology companies (small and large) that they are working with and others that are truly influencing the shape of the industry. Over the break we've been looking to see what consistent themes have

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23:44

Jacqueline McNamee: CEO &Founder: C-Quence Building a...

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2019/12/29

The role, and potential, for MGAs has been much discussed in 2019, with some significant fundraising and acquisitions. Jacqueline McNamee, a former underwriter, became frustrated with the speed of innovation at her previous employer and launched C-Quence in 2017. Matthew interviewed Jacqueline for one of the keynote presentations at the Cytora conference in November and this episode has the highlights of their discussion. Topics covered include: What is Management Liability insurance The sources of

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