🎙️ New Episode Out Now! 🎙️ This week on The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, Alex Bond is joined by Juan Garcia, Co-Founder of Tuio, to discuss how this cutting-edge insurtech is simplifying insurance for a new generation of customers. If you’re curious about how technology is revolutionizing the industry, this episode is a must-watch (or listen!). By combining advanced data insights with AI-powered customer interactions, Tuio delivers: 🔹 Smarter, personalized pricing that factors in not just...

What if the biggest hurdle to starting a family – the financial cost – could be eased by a breakthrough insurance model? In this eye-opening episode, The Leadership in Insurance Podcast welcomes Ines Cheaib, the COO at Gaia, a company reshaping fertility care with a purpose-driven, outcome-based insurance solution. 🌱✨ Gaia is on a mission to make family-building more affordable, accessible, and transparent. With an innovative model that prioritizes outcomes over traditional payment...

We’re excited to share our latest episode on The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, featuring Romaney O’Malley, a trailblazer in the insurance and insurtech space and a key leader at bolttech. Join us as we explore bolttech’s groundbreaking work in connecting insurers, distributors, and customers worldwide through seamless, tech-driven solutions. In this insightful episode, Romaney dives into: 💫bolttech’s Game-Changing Vision: Discover how bolttech is redefining insurance access and...

In this episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Zachary Townsend, CEO of Meanwhile, who’s leading a game-changing initiative by using Bitcoin to tackle underinsurance in high-inflation countries. Zac and his team are rethinking life insurance from the ground up, and our conversation was packed with fascinating insights into how they’re doing it. Here’s what you’ll learn: 🔹 Bitcoin in Life Insurance: How Meanwhile exclusively transacts in Bitcoin to provide stability in economies with...

🎧 Just Dropped! New Podcast Episode with Robin Gilthorpe, CEO of Earnix 🚀 This week, we’re diving deep into the future of insurance with Robin Guildford, CEO of Earnix, on the Leadership in Insurance Podcast! In this jam-packed episode, Robin shares how Ernix is transforming the industry with AI-driven software that helps insurers: 🔹 Stay profitable while adapting to fast-changing markets 🔹 Personalize customer interactions like never before 🔹 Seamlessly integrate legacy systems with...

We're thrilled to announce the latest episode of The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, featuring Maria Coko, COO of Insurtech Gateway — one of the leading incubators and investors in the insurtech space. In this insightful conversation, Maria shares how Insurtech Gateway accelerates the growth of startups, offering a unique combination of insurance capacity, regulatory expertise, and strategic investment. We discuss: 💡 The essential role of resilient founding teams and the importance of...

On this weeks episode of The Emerging Tech Series on The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jim Heide, Co-Founder & COO of LoadShore, about their vision to revolutionize the freight and logistics industry. 🎙️ We covered some great topics including: Mastering Innovation: The art of intent behind continuous improvement in processes, platforms, and products. 🚀AI & Machine Learning: How these technologies are transforming claims processing and risk...

In this exciting episode we sit down with Sam Hoppe, the Chief Commercial Officer and Insurance Officer at Open, to dive into the company's journey from its Australian roots to becoming a leader in the insurtech space🌍🚀 Sam shares her remarkable career shift from ⚖️ law to insurtech leadership and reveals how Open is driving innovation through technology-led, multi-product insurance solutions. 💡 Discover how Open is tackling the unique challenges of expanding into the UK market , creating...

In our latest episode of The Emerging Tech Series  I had the opportunity to chat with Anirban Gangopadhyay, Co-founder of Angle Health, about their mission to transform the healthcare industry. 🎙️ We discussed: Personalized Care: How Angle Health is tailoring healthcare solutions to individual needs.Innovative Tech: Their use of technology to streamline processes and improve member experiences. 🚀Addressing Healthcare Challenges: Their commitment to tackling issues like misaligned incentives...

In the latest episode of the Leadership and Insurance podcast, I had the opportunity to enjoy a compelling conversation with Alex Hearn, CEO and Founder of Slipcase. For those unfamiliar, Slipcase is a leading platform providing curated content and insights for the global insurance and reinsurance industries. It serves as a central information portal, catering to both individual professionals and organisations, offering unparalleled access to specialised, contextual intelligence. In this...

I had the pleasure of speaking with Bob Frady, Co-Founder & CEO of Property Lens, where we explored the evolving landscape of real estate and insurance. In this episode of The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, Bob shared his entrepreneurial journey, including the sale of Hazard Hub to Guidewire, and how that experience shaped his vision for Property Lens. Property Lens is helping reduce the stress of home buying with comprehensive property history reports, uncovering hidden issues for just...

Curious about how to take your career to the next level? In this week’s episode of The Leadership in Insurance Podcast, I connect with Emmanuel Djengue, CEO & Co-Founder of Kaatch, to discuss actionable strategies that could transform your career journey.  🌟 How can we activate career mobility? Together, Emmanuel and I explore innovative strategies for empowering employees, creating dynamic recruitment processes, and rethinking how companies can support individuals re-entering the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...