A weekly interview hosted by Matthew Grant peeking behind the curtain of what‘s going on with some of the most well know companies - and some the newest - from in and around insurance, technology, data and investment.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 5 hours 26 minutes
episode 300: Dani Katz, Co-founder & Director: Optalitix: Fix the roof while the sun is still shining (298)
Optalitix was borne out of the need for ‘optimization’ and ‘analytics’, as Co-founder and Director Dani Katz realized the biggest blocker for insurance companies was converting spreadsheets. Having now expanded beyond spreadsheets, Optalitix offers t...
episode 299: Ben Ruddle, Senior Principle: Publicis Sapient: Beyond Beige - The untapped potential of underserved niches
Robin Merttens is joined by Ben Ruddle, Senior Principle in Strategy at Publicis Sapient, to discuss how technology can help insurers cater to customers outside the typical insurance model. The discussion covers the concept of 'Beyond Beige,' focusin...
episode 298: Verena Brenner, Founder: HDI TH!NX: Insurer-led innovation (296)
HDI TH!NX was founded in 2019 by Verena Brenner, initially operating within the German insurer HDI Global, as an incubator for IIoT solutions. Now providing software to support risk management applications for insurers and insurance clients, tune in...
episode 297: Dr Avi Baruch, Previsico & Allison Whittington, Zurich Municipal & Mark Murphy, Donaldson Timber: Managing your flood risk - stories from the frontline (295)
How would your clients describe you? This week on the podcast we have taken a slightly different approach and brought Previsico’s clients, Zurich Munciple and Donaldson Timber, to discuss how Previsico has helped them with flood risk management. Pre...
episode 296: Mark Fermor, Non-Executive Director: GeoSmart: Groundwater - the hidden predictor of future flood loss (294)
Groundwater flooding poses a great risk to properties in the UK but remains much less widely modelled than other types of flooding. This week, Matthew Grant caught up with Mark Fermor at GeoSmart, a company specializing in flood data analytics in th...
episode 295: Chris Temple & Christine Brogan: PwC: ESG - from ambition to action (293)
PwC’s Chris Temple and Christine Brogan join Matthew Grant to discuss transformation in insurance, specifically steering organizations towards achieving their ESG goals. The conversation covers the role of technology and AI in driving change in insu...
episode 294: Tom Wilde, CEO: Indico Data: Better decisions with better data (292)
“This economy we are heading into [...] we are referring to as the decision economy”. Robin Merttens spoke to Tom Wilde, CEO of Indico Data on how the company's intelligent intake solution is shaping the decision-making process in the insurance indu...
episode 293: Marty Smuin, CEO: Arturo: Protecting against assuming unsustainable risk (291)
Arturo is a property intelligence company which combines multispectral imagery, geographic data and customer portfolio insights with machine learning models in a single platform. A lot has developed in property intelligence since we last spoke to Art...
episode 292: Tim Rayner, CEO: Verisk Specialty Business Solutions: Innovation in the London Market (290)
Robin Merttens is joined by CEO and President of Verisk Specialty Business Solutions (VSBS), Tim Rayner. The discussion covers VSBS’s acquisitions such as Rulebook and Whitespace for a broader digital ecosystem, and the challenges of decision-making ...
episode 291: John Mullen, President and CRO: Guidewire: A view from the top (289)
Since its start in 2001, the insurance platform provider Guidewire has grown to be used by more than 540 insurers in 40 countries. Guidewire's President and Chief Revenue Officer, John Mullen, spoke to Matthew Grant about the company's journey as it ...