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EP 219–Fred Hegner–Insurance Industry Expert–The Fundamental of the Claim Is the Promise to the Customer from 2023-12-11T06:50
The Asia InsurTech Podcast hosted Fred Hegner, an expert in life and health insurance claims. Fred’s deep passion for the insurance industry, particularly in the realm of claims, makes for a com...
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EP 218–Divyajot Singh–Neutrinos–The Introduction of Technology in Abundance from 2023-11-27T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was joined by Divyajot Singh, the Principal Product Strategist at Neutrinos. He dove into the topic of democratizing insurance through the use of technology and low-co...
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EP 217–Theresa Blissing–co-Founder AIP–The Future of Insurance, Volume IV–Asia Rising from 2023-10-30T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast had the pleasure of speaking with Theresa Blissing, the Founder of AIP and the best-selling author of the book “The Future of Insurance Volume IV, Asia Rising”. There...
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EP 216–Michail Chopra–Mayfair Group–A 30 Year Journey of Insurance Innovation from 2023-10-16T13:43:15
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Michail Chopra, CEO of Mayfair Group, and unveiled an in-depth exploration of the shifting terrains of the insurance industry, particularly through the lens...
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EP 215–Terence Ho–Chief Commercial Officer at Nanoinsure–We Just Love Insurance from 2023-09-18T12:50:27
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Terence Ho, Chief Commercial Officer at Nanoinsure, and delves into the evolution of the insurance industry in Hong Kong, especially its digital transformat...
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EP 214–Mark Simmons–CEO Europe and Asia at bolttech–I See It as a Way to Supercharge Customer Experience from 2023-08-21T06:30
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Mark Simmons, the CEO of bolttech for Europe and Asia, and delved into the changing landscape of insurance and insurtech, focusing on emerging trends in Asi...
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EP 213–Marco Mirabella–Ensuro–Certainty of Payment and a Simple Claims Process from 2023-08-07T06:50
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Marco Mirabella, the founder and CEO of Ensuro to discuss trends in the insurance industry, parametric insurance, and how blockchain can revolutionize this ...
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EP 212–Carolina Dreifuss–SyncTechnologies–There Is Always a Family or a Business Behind the Claim from 2023-07-24T06:34
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Carolina Dreifuss, Co-founder and CEO at SyncTechnologies, discusses the company’s mission to create a digital twin solution for the construction industry. ...
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EP 211–Japhire Gopi Kannan–Jaguar Transit–Technology Became an Empowering Tool For Us from 2023-07-10T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Japhire Gopi Kannan, the founder and CEO of Jaguar Transit, an insurtech that addresses the challenges faced by the trillion-dollar cash, gold, and valuable...
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EP 210–Jonathan Rake–Swiss Re Corporate Solutions–Working Off the Same Single Source of Truth from 2023-06-26T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast had an in-depth conversation with Jonathan Rake, CEO of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. Key Topics Discussed: Insurance Trends Jonathan mentions generative AI and partn...
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EP 209–Tom Gerritsen–AIA–This Is the iPhone Moment of AI from 2023-06-12T06:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Tom Gerritsen, Head of Group Data Analytics at AIA, about the impact and implications of AI in the insurance industry. Tom highlights AI as the most signifi...
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EP 208–Alex Taylor and Lapman Lee–ITC Asia 2023 ESG Panel–All of These Things Are Fundamentally Interconnected from 2023-05-29T07:00
In partnership with ITC Asia, the Asia Insurtech Podcast discussed ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing in the context of insurance and insurtechs with the panelists Lapman Lee,...
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EP 207–Amit Patel–a co-Founder and CEO at Peachy–It’s Time to Rewrite the Proposition from 2023-05-01T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast genuinely enjoyed speaking with Amit Patel, a Founder at Peachy. Some of the topics Amit covered in detail include: Some other titles we considered for this episode: P...
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EP 206–Jeffrey Khoo–Vice Chairman APAC at Arbol–Why Am I So in Love With Parametric Insurance? from 2023-04-17T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was impressed by Jeffrey Khoo’s energy level and his love of parametric insurance. Jeffrey is the Vice Chairman in APAC for Arbol, the future of climate risk managemen...
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EP 205–Samantha Ghiotti–co-Founder and CEO at Habitto–Japan Is Built for Resilience and Long-Term Stability from 2023-04-10T06:55
The conversation with Samantha Ghiotti, a co-founder and the CEO of Habitto, both started and ended with a smile. It also included a ton of interesting insights from Sam, who frankly surprised m...
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EP 204–Raunak Mehta–co-Founder and CEO at Igloo–People Want to Be Protected from 2023-04-03T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast had a great back-and-forth conversation with Raunak Mehta, a co-founder and the CEO of Igloo. Some of the topics Raunak discussed: Some other titles we also considered...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 64–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Insurance for Public Passenger Vehicles via Electronic Systems from 2023-03-30T16:44:15
The Asia InsurTech Podcast team got together again to go over some of the biggest stories from the region in March 2023. We started off with the news that Grab has partnered with Dhipaya Insuran...
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EP 203–Anjana Rao–Chief Strategy Officer at IndiaFirst Life–How Do I Make Myself Available Where My Customer Is? from 2023-03-13T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast welcomed Anjana Rao, the Chief Strategy Officer of IndiaFirst Life. IndiaFirst Life’s new-age intuitiveness drives its value through state-of-the-art digitalization in...
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EP 202 – Arvind Swami – Director at Red Hat – From Siloed Data to Hyper-Personalization from 2023-03-06T04:00:30
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Arvind Swami, a director of Financial Services APAC at Red Hat, about the importance of data and the many opportunities advanced data analytics unlock. Whil...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 63–Theresa Blissing, David Gritz and Michael Waitze–The Tourists in InsurTech Are Gone from 2023-02-28T09:43:04
The biggest news in InsurTech in February? The Asia InsurTech Podcast published its 200th episode! A lot has changed since Michael Waitze and Theresa Blissing started the Asia InsurTech Podcast ...
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EP 201–Evan Tanotogono–co-Founder and CEO at Rey–We Want Healthier Indonesians from 2023-02-27T07:00
Asia InsurTech Podcast enjoyed having Evan Tanotogono, a co-Founder and the CEO of Rey back on the show. Some of the topics Evan covered included: Please read the best efforts transcript below: ...
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AIP 200th Anniversary Episode from 2023-02-20T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast is celebrating its 200th episode! We took the opportunity to check in with some of our industry friends to understand how InsurTech in Asia has developed over the yea...
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EP 199–Harprem Doowa–Founder of Eazy Digital–Committing to an Idea Is a Whole Different Story from 2023-02-13T06:41
The Asia InsurTech Podcast caught up with Harprem Doowa to talk about the growth of his new(ish) venture, Eazy Digital, and the importance of having a great tech partner. We also spoke about gen...
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EP 198–Satishwar Balakrishnan–CEO Aegon Life Insurance–Each One of Us Is an Enabler from 2023-02-06T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast enjoyed speaking with Satishwar Balakrishnan, a Managing Director and the CEO of Aegon Life Insurance. We talked about the liberalization of India’s insurance market a...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 62–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Finally, Fewer Capital Raises and More Getting Stuff Done from 2023-02-02T14:45:14
Welcome to 2023! The AIP News Roundup team is excited about the new year and new InsurTech developments. Will we see a new wave of M&A in a changed investment climate? A stronger focus on produc...
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EP 197–Fred J. Hegner–General Manager, Regional Health at Tune Protect Group–Awareness Is Key to Gain Empathy from 2023-01-30T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Fred Hegner, General Manager, Regional Health at Tune Protect Group. Fred shared his unique perspectives on the adoption of AI and how it may help insurers ...
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EP 196–Daniel Fogarty–Founder and CEO at Evari and a non-Executive Director at InsurTech Australia–Waking Up to Innovation from 2023-01-09T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Daniel Fogarty, the founder and CEO at Evari, about how insurers can innovate down to the core and the constraints the industry is facing. Michael Waitze 0:...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 61–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–InsurTech Has Grown Up, in a Way from 2022-12-30T10:51:03
What an amazing year for InsurTech in Asia and globally. Michael and Theresa review for the last time in 2022 the InsurTech news in Asia and make some predictions for 2023. At the end of 2022, w...
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Year End Special 2022 from 2022-12-26T06:55
We are wrapping up 2022, another record breaking year for the Asia InsurTech Podcast. We made it to the top 10% of the most followed podcast globally and published close to 2,000 minutes of cont...
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EP 195–Nischal Tanna–Group CEO at TransformHub–Partnerships Are the New Business Model from 2022-12-19T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Nischal Tanna, the Group CEO of TransformHub about embedded insurance, his financial services background and the inspiration for founding TransformHub. He a...
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EP 194–Susanne Møllegaard–Partner and CEO at Process Factory–Have Insurers Become InsurTechs? from 2022-12-12T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast enjoyed speaking with Susanne Møllegaard, a Partner and the CEO at Process Factory. Susanne thoughtfully enlightened us about the biggest trends in insurance and Insur...
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EP 193–Gregor Arn–CEO at Verso Finance–It Is Not Just a Question of Technology from 2022-12-05T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Gregor Arn, the CEO of Verso Finance about how Gregor’s career and his experience as a consultant led him to the founding of Verso Finance and Wallet Engine...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 60 – Hugh Terry, Theresa Blissing and Simon Phipps–Raising a Round from 2022-12-02T01:07:33
Close to the end of 2022, we see more money pouring into InsurTech in APAC. Australian Cover Genius raises $70M in Series D funding, Hong Kong InsurTech platform CoverGo received a strategic inv...
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EP 192–Rajiv Malhan–Head of Strategic Projects&Business Transformation at Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance–If You Are Not Able to Touch Base With Your Customer Then You Are Going Out from 2022-11-07T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Rajiv Malhan, the Head of Strategic Projects and Business Transformation at Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance, about customer expectations today and how insur...
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EP 191–Cole Sirucek–CEO of DocDoc–Inside the Markets, There Is a Wicked Amount of Arbitrage from 2022-10-31T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast caught up with Cole Sirucek, a co-founder and the CEO of DocDoc, to talk about what is new with DocDoc, what entrepreneurship really means and why product innovation i...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 59 – Hugh Terry, Theresa Blissing and Simon Phipps–In a Digital World, Strategy Beats Execution from 2022-10-30T05:12:13
Another busy month and we see more investments pouring into the region. Warburg Pincus is investing $350m to set up a Southeast Asian digital general insurance platform called Oona Insurance. Si...
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EP 190–Jan Mandrup Olesen–Head of Delivery–Seven Peaks Software–You Need to Be Change-Ready from 2022-10-24T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Jan Mandrup Olesen, the Head of Delivery at Seven Peaks Software. Jan has a long history of digital transformation in and out of the insurance industry. We ...
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EP 189–James Benham–CEO and Co-founder of JBKnowledge–It’s Like Endless Optimism from 2022-10-17T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with James Benham, the co-founder and CEO of JBKnowledge and the host of the InsurTech Geek Podcast about the crucial components of innovation, the lessons learn...
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EP 188–Sam White–CEO of Stella Insurance–Every Business Sits in an Emotion from 2022-10-10T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Sam White, the CEO of Stella Insurance and the Chair of Freedom Services Group, about what products we are missing in the insurance industry and how to desi...
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EP 187–Michelle Chan–co-Founder and Managing Partner at The Phygital–Digital Methods Aren’t Magic from 2022-10-03T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Michelle Chan, a co-founder and managing partner at The Phygital and the FinTech Association of Hong Kong co-chair of InsurTech, about how to connect the ph...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 58–Hugh Terry, Theresa Blissing and Simon Phipps–When it Comes to Digital, There Are No Geographic Boundaries from 2022-09-30T08:43:28
It’s the end of the month again and the AIP News Roundup team has come together to discuss the latest news in digital insurance and InsurTech in Asia. In India, Liberty General Insurance introd...
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EP 186–Hassan Karim–Head of Strategy, APAC at Zurich Insurance–When You Stop Innovating, You Die from 2022-09-26T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Hassan Karim, Head of Strategy – APAC at Zurich Insurance to talk about the potential of strategic partnerships in APAC. The last time we spoke, H...
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EP 185–Moniruzzaman Khan–SEVP&Head of Digital Business at Green Delta Insurance–We Try to Find a Different Way from 2022-09-19T06:51
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Moniruzzaman Khan, the Head of Digital Business and Senior Executive Vice President at Green Delta Insurance, about the emerging insurance market in Banglad...
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Episode 184–Sabir Samad–Affinity Partnerships and Alliances at Symbo–You Have to Believe in the Outcome from 2022-09-12T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Sabir Samad, the Head of Sales and Partnerships at Symbo, about the difference of working for a startup compared to a corporate and why tier two and tier th...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 57–Hugh Terry and Simon Phipps–Continue to Walk the Talk On Insurance Innovation from 2022-09-03T06:06:29
We are wrapping up August with news from FWD. The group introduces a new health app called omne. Omne is an ecosystem of services in partnership with Dacadoo, Nuralogix, STASH NextGen, Shadow Fa...
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EP 183–Harprem Doowa–Founder and CEO of Eazy Digital–I Know How to Sell from 2022-08-29T08:34:09
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Harprem Doowa, a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Eazy Digital. We spoke about his new venture Eazy Digital and had an honest conver...
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EP 182–Varun Mittal–Group Head of Digital&Ecosystems, Singlife with Aviva–Rapidly Switching Context Between Optimism and Realism from 2022-08-22T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Varun Mittal, the Group Head of Digital&Ecosystems at Singlife with Aviva, about the power of ecosystems and what is needed to improve the ecosystem further...
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EP 181–Andrew Schwabe–Founder, Chairman at ForMotiv–People Are Starting to Wake Up and Say “Service Matters” from 2022-08-15T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Andrew Schwabe, the founder of ForMotiv, about his decision to build an US focused InsurTech in Vietnam and how data analytics can help insurer provide bett...
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EP 180–John Brisco–CEO of Coherent–It Takes a Lot of Small Changes to Get Things Done from 2022-08-08T06:54
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with John Brisco, the CEO of Coherent. The last time we had John on the show was in December 2020, you can find the episode here, and a lot has changed...
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EP 179–Mohandeep Singh–co-Founder and CEO of Agiliux Cloud Insurance–In the Next Ten Years, the InsurTechs Will Die from 2022-08-01T06:50
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Mohandeep Singh, a co-founder and the CEO of Agiliux, about the evolution of InsurTech and why InsurTechs might disappear in the next 10 years. Here is the...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 56–Theresa Blissing and Hugh Terry–Why Is the Metaverse Always in Purple? from 2022-07-30T03:44:02
Our July news roundup starts with exciting news from SingLife With Aviva. The insurer announced the launch of a cross-industry collaboration, A Better Odyssey, which will help promising start-up...
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EP 178–Thomas Dijohn and Jeremy Rolleston–dacadoo and Swiss Re–Looking at Insurance in a Snackable Way from 2022-07-25T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Thomas Dijohn, SVP APAC at Dacadoo and Jeremy Rolleston, Head of Global Partnerships for Life and Health at Swiss Re, about how to make partnerships between...
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EP 177–Lapman Lee–Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University–Building Trust With Data and Technology from 2022-07-18T06:50
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Lapman Lee, a professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Chulalongkorn University and a board member of the Hong Kong FinTech Association. We talked ...
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EP 176–Chris Borrett–Chief Officer at Flip Insurance–We Want Things to Be Super Simple from 2022-07-11T06:50
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Chris Borrett, the Chief “Everything” Officer at flip, about how flip is targeting younger demographics with new insurance products and how to build a fun b...
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EP 175–Cherie Wang–co-Founder Planner Bee–Doing Sales Digitally Is So Different from 2022-07-04T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Cherie Wang, the co-founder of Planner Bee, about the changes we are seeing in distribution in general and why the insurance industry has been lagging behin...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 55–Theresa Blissing, Simon Phipps and Hugh Terry–It Gives Us License to Speculate a Bit from 2022-07-01T15:34:55
June has been a busy month with ITC Asia in Singapore and the TDI APAC Awards. Congratulations to the winners: AIA and Bolttech. In other news, digital asset platform Amber Group has secured in...
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EP 174–Michael Waitze and Theresa Blissing–Has It Been Three Years Already? from 2022-06-27T07:00
Happy (belated) Birthday AIP! Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze have started the Asia InsurTech Podcast over three years ago and a lot has happened since then. Theresa and Michael discuss what...
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EP 173–Irene Tsang–Founder&CEO of LIFTwomen Group–We Have to Change the Narrative for Women from 2022-06-20T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Irene Tsang, the founder and CEO at LIFTwomen, about why we see fewer female founders, what challenges women experience when trying to raise funds and how L...
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EP 172–Luiza Gusmao–VP Customer at Cover Genius–We Create Magic from 2022-06-13T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Luiza Gusmao, the VP Customer at Cover Genius, about the excitement of working for an InsurTech startup and the power of embedded insurance. Listen to our o...
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EP 171–Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz–co-Founder&CTO at Nexar–Humans Are Teaching Computers How to Drive from 2022-06-06T06:52:22
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz, a co-founder and the CTO of Nexar, about the limitations of self-driving cars and the power of big data and AI to help people drive sa...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 54–Theresa Blissing, Simon Phipps and Hugh Terry–Partnering As Much As You Can to Make Things Happen from 2022-06-02T16:36:27
Wrapping up the month of May with more news from bolttech. The InsurTech partners with Viettel Telecom in Vietnam to launch their insurance exchange on Viettel’s mobile app. Viettel customers wi...
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EP 170–George Kesselman–Chief Commercial Officer, SEA at ZA Tech–Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Speed from 2022-05-30T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with George Kesselman, the Chief Commercial Officer for Southeast Asia at ZA Tech and the founder of the InsurTech Asia Association, about what it means to work ...
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EP 169–Matthias de Ferrieres–CEO at Wellnex–People Don’t Care About the Plan, They Care About the Advisor from 2022-05-23T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Matthias de Ferrieres, the CEO at Wellnex, about the current InsurTech hype and what academic research says about it. Matthias holds a PhD in Entrepreneuria...
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EP 168–InsureTech Connect Asia–Cherie Wang, Eddy Wong and Lapman Lee–What’s Next in InsurTech in Asia? from 2022-05-16T07:00
In partnership with TDI Connect and ITC Asia we recorded a live podcast with Cherie Wang, a co-founder and CEO of Planner Bee, Eddy Wong, a co-founder and CEO of VSure and Lapman Lee, a Profess...
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EP 167–InsurTech Sustainability–Gordon Tay, Matthias de Ferrieres, and Nicolas Faquet–How Do I Create Long-Term Value? from 2022-05-09T07:00
In partnership with InsureTech Connect (ITC) Asia, we recorded a podcast panel with Gordon Tay, the Co-founder of Surer, Matthias De Ferrieres the founder and CEO of Wellnex, and Nicolas Faquet,...
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EP 166–Tetiana George–Founder and CEO of Curium–Death of the Disruptors from 2022-05-02T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Tetiana George, a founder and the CEO of Curium, about the potential for InsurTech enablers, why nobody has solved the biggest challenges in claims manageme...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 53–Theresa Blissing and Simon Phipps–The Tokenization of Pretty Much Everything from 2022-04-30T04:25:41
April has been a busy month in InsurTech in Asia and we have seen lots of development in the digital asset and cyber space. Hong Kong virtual insurer OneDegree announced a multi-year partnership...
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EP 165–Alex Taylor–QBE Ventures at QBE Insurance–What Should We Be Doing and How Could We Be Doing It? from 2022-04-25T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast very much enjoyed speaking with Alex Taylor, the Global Head of Emerging Technology, QBE Ventures at QBE Insurance. We had a great conversation about how the increasin...
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EP 164–Gordon Tay–Surer–How Does Technology Change the Way the Insurance Industry Perceives What It Can Do? from 2022-04-18T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Gordon, a co-founder of Surer, about how he and his co-founders are solving some of the pain points the insurance industry is facing and are making the sale...
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EP 163–Sorabh Bhandari–Founder of Riskcovry–Going Towards the Vertex from 2022-04-11T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Sorabh Bhandari, a co-founder of Riskcovry, about how insurance can be integrated in other business models and how contextual insurance is changing the game...
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EP 162–Varun Dua–Founder and CEO at Acko–Before Malls Could Happen, There Was eCommerce from 2022-04-04T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke to Varun Dua, the founder and the CEO of Acko, about what sets Acko apart from other InsurTech players in India and how the insurer is changing the game for heal...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 52–Hugh Terry and Simon Phipps–There Is a Whole New Landscape Emerging from 2022-03-31T17:17:51
Hugh was still in the UK after attending InsurTech Insights’ conference in London and gave the lay of the land that included a huge focus on embedded insurance. While embedded insurance is not a...
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EP 161–Christina Cai–co-Founder and COO at LydiaAI–How Do We Link Health and Wealth? from 2022-03-28T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Christina Cai, a co-founder and the COO of Lydia AI, about applying AI to healthcare data and the challenges of founding a startup. Find the transcript of o...
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EP 160–Sanchit Malik–co-Founder and CEO of Pazcare–Every Problem Requires a Founder Market Fit from 2022-03-21T06:56:29
The Asia InsurTech Podcast had a great conversation with Sanchit Malik, the co-Founder and CEO of Pazcare. We discussed approaching the Insurance and InsurTech markets from a B2B perspective and...
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EP 159–Vivek Mannige–CEO at AccelTree Software–The Only Answer Is,“Talk to Them” from 2022-03-14T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was speaking with Vivek Mannige, the founder and CEO of AccelTree Software, about how to increase insurance penetration in rural India, how to build an innovation cult...
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EP 158–Amarit Franssen, Christopher Dennis, and Remy Dorflinger–The State of Digital Transformation in Thailand from 2022-03-07T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast in conjunction with The Digital Insurer recorded a panel with Amarit Franssen, a co-founder of Appman, Christopher Dennis, an advisor at Luma and Remy Dorflinger, a ma...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 51–Theresa Blissing, Hugh Terry and Simon Phipps–It Did Require That Long-Term Commitment from 2022-02-28T15:58:19
February has been a super busy month for InsurTech in Asia. AIA is again in the news. The insurer has announced their “One Billion” initiative planning to engage a billion people to live Healthi...
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EP 157–Bob Wouters–FWD and bolttech- It’s Digital With a Human Touch from 2022-02-28T07:00
In January 2022, the Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Bob Wouters who is in charge of FWD general insurance in Thailand and bolttech InsurTech Exchange. bolttech has entered the marke...
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EP 156–Vipul Sud–Head of Insurance–Azentio Software–We Want Those Different Colors To Change into Mercury from 2022-02-21T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Vipul Sud, the head of insurance at Azentio Software, about the importance of identifying the underlying business objective and how Azentio is consolidating...
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EP 155–Simon O’Dell–InsurTech Gateway Australia–Let’s Hold Hands and Partner, Please from 2022-02-14T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Simon O’Dell, the managing director at InsurTech Gateway Australia, about the state of InsurTech in Australia and how the industry has accelerated over the ...
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EP 154–Sanjib Jha–CEO&Executive Director of Coverfox–Every Crisis Is an Opportunity from 2022-02-07T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Sanjib Jha, the CEO and Executive Director of Coverfox, about the startup ecosystem in India and how Coverfox has pivoted during Covid and came out the othe...
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EP 153–Shanai Ghosh–CEO Edelweiss General Insurance–The FMCG of Financial Services from 2022-01-31T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Shanai Ghosh, the CEO and Executive Director at Edelweiss General Insurance, about how insurance can become easier, friendlier and more transparent and how ...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 50–Theresa Blissing, Hugh Terry and Simon Phipps–Falling IPOs from 2022-01-30T08:54:28
Happy New Year everyone! We are looking forward to another exciting year in InsurTech in Asia! Kicking off the year with a major acquisition story. UOB is looking to acquire Citibank’s operatio...
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EP 152–Skye Theodorou and Anish Sinha–UpCover–There’s Something Here from 2022-01-24T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast caughtup with Skye Theodorou and Anish Sinha, the co-founders of UpCover to talk about how UpCover has pivoted and redefined their business model. Listen to the episod...
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EP 151–Andy Ann–CEO and co-Founder of YAS Digital–It Feels Like a Gift from 2022-01-17T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Andy Ann, the co-founder of YAS Digital, about embedded, small ticket micro-insurance and how the pandemic has helped accelerate digital transformation of t...
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EP 150–Hamilton Angluben–Founder and CEO at Kwik Insure–You Have to Be Omnipresent from 2022-01-10T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Hamilton Angluben, the founder and CEO at Kwik Insure about how digital transformation of insurance has accelerated in the Philippines. Michael WaitzeOkay. ...
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EP 149–Alex Leung–OneDegree–In Hindsight, Everything Is Planned from 2022-01-03T07:00
The Asia IsnurTech Podcast spoke with Alex Leung, a co-founder of OneDegree, about their journey from starting a virtual insurer in Hong Kong selling pet insurance to cybersecurity and NFTs. Her...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 49–Theresa Blissing, Hugh Terry, and Simon Phipps–The BattleGrounds May Change a Bit from 2021-12-29T16:10:39
We end the year with a trend that we have been following throughout 2021 – embedded insurance. A pioneer in this space, Cover Genius, has just announced a new partnership with Agoda to offer emb...
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EP 148–Jess Tham–KSK Insurance–We Should Embrace Change and Not Fear The Inevitable from 2021-12-27T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Jess Tham, the Executive Director and Head of claims of KSK in Thailand, about how incumbent insurer KSK is working together with InsurTech startup Sunday. ...
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Year End 2021 Special from 2021-12-22T22:54:14
2021 has been another record year in InsurTech. According to Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly InsurTech Briefing – October 2021, InsurTech investments in 2021 could reach the entirety of 2018 an...
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EP 147–Suhail Ghai–Chief Digital&Information Officer–Maxlife Insurance–The Customer Wants a Consumer-Grade Experience from 2021-12-20T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Suhail Ghai, the Chief Digital and Information Officer at Max Life Insurance, about what insurance can learn from consumer goods companies and how technolog...
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EP 146–Kevin Angelini–Head of Strategy&M&A, Asia Pacific–Zurich Insurance–Customers Want Processes to Be Easy and Seamless from 2021-12-13T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Kevin Angelini, the head of strategy and M&A for Asia Pacific at Zurich Insurance about the Zurich Innovation Championship and how startups can work with in...
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EP 145–Rob Schimek–Group CEO bolttech–Enable the Customer to Get a Yes from 2021-12-06T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Rob Schimek, the Group CEO at bolttech about the power of embedded insurance and how bolttech is aiming to be the rails that the insurance industry builds i...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 48–Theresa Blissing and Hugh Terry–There’s a Bit of a Broader Dynamic Here from 2021-11-30T23:40:10
Another busy month in InsurTech in Asia. Swiss Re and Chinese tech giant Baidu are teaming up to help advance autonomous driving. Autonomous vehicles will disrupt the motor insurance market and ...
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EP 144–Evan Tanotogono–CEO and co-Founder at Rey–A New Level of Awareness from 2021-11-29T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Evan Tanotogono, a co-founder and the CEO of Rey, about his vision to revolutionize healthcare in Indonesia and the reason why seasoned insurance executives...
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EP 143–Amerson Lin–GigaCover–The Macro Trends Still Held in Place from 2021-11-22T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Amerson Lin, a co-founder, and the CEO of Giga Cover, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gig economy and how Giga Cover has pivoted since we l...
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EP 142–Andrew Wong–Koba Insurance–We Jumped in the Big Kids’Game from 2021-11-15T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke to Andrew Wong, the founder of Koba Insurance, about the insurance market in Australia and the potential of pay-per-mile usage-based insurance. Michael Waitze ...
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EP 141–Arijit Chakraborty–Managing Director, APAC at CoverGenius–Seamless, Curated, Event-based individual Needs from 2021-11-08T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Arijit Chakraborty, managing director for APAC at Cover Genius, about embedded insurance and the need for personalization. Here is the transcript of our co...
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EP 140–Prannay Batra–Director, Head of General Insurance at PhonePe–We’ve Barely Scratched the Surface from 2021-11-01T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Prannay Batra, Director and Head of General Insurance at PhonePe about affinity partnerships and the massive opportunities in the Indian insurance market. ...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 47–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–That Was Some Pretty Big News from 2021-10-27T03:00
October ends with some major partnership news! Check out our new episode for more details and to find out which two new guests decided to drop by the AIP News Roundup where we discuss how AIP is...
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EP 139–Aniruddha Sen–Kenko Health co-Founder–There Is Almost a $350BN Gap Waiting to Get Filled from 2021-10-25T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Aniruddha Sen, a co founder at Kenko Health about health insurance penetration in India and how Kenko Health is planning to close the gap in the market. Mi...
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EP 138–Nicolas du Cray and Rajive Keshup–Cathay Innovation–The Ecosystem Is Now Too Big to Ignore from 2021-10-18T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Rajive Keshup, a director at Cathay Innovation and Nicolas du Cray, a partner at Cathay Innovation, about ecosystems, embedded insurance and the role of Ins...
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EP 137–Mario Berta–Country Managing Director, Philippines–Igloo–Must Be My Italian Input from 2021-10-11T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Mario Berta, the Country Managing Director for Igloo in the Philippines about micro insurance in emerging markets and the potential for new insurance soluti...
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EP 136–Roopa Malhotra–Head of Digital, APAC at Chubb–Digital Is Part of Everyone from 2021-10-04T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Roopa Malhotra, the head of digital APAC at Chubb Insurance, about embedded insurance and how to build an innovation culture that embraces digital. Make sur...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 46–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–I Think It Was Just a Matter of Time from 2021-09-30T04:41:35
Another month with more record-breaking investments in InsurTech. While most economies in Asia are still suffering from the COVID pandemic, investment in InsurTechs is not slowing down. A catego...
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EP 135–Ala Uddin Ahmad–CEO MetLife Bangladesh–Customer Expectation Has Changed Significantly from 2021-09-27T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was speaking with Ala Ahmad, the CEO of MetLife in Bangladesh, about insurance innovation in Bangladesh. As one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia and with an in...
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EP 133–Aparajit Bhattacharya–Managing Partner at Insure First–From a Product-Centric Approach to a Solution-Centric Approach from 2021-09-13T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was speaking with Aparajit Bhattacharya, a managing partner at Insure First, about what kind of products, processes and technology is required to take insurance to the...
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EP 132–Tom Duncan–MD Insurance and Wealth–Grab Financial Group–What Are the Metrics You Manage To? from 2021-09-06T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Tom Duncan, the Managing Director Insurance and Wealth at Grab Financial Group to dicuss financial inclusion, the power and limitations of embedde...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 45–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–I Know What You Want to Say from 2021-09-01T15:47:58
There is no summer break for InsurTech. Hong Kong’s OneDegree raised $28 million in a new round of funding and is looking to expand further in Asia. The InsurTech startup holds a virtual general...
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EP 131–Benny Fajarai–LifePal co-Founder and CMO–Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness from 2021-08-30T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Benny Fajarai, a co-founder and CMO at Lifepal, about their latest funding round and how the company is leveraging social media to increase financial litera...
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EP 130–Nadia Suttikulpanich–Fuchsia Innovation Center for Muang Thai Life Assurance–We Believe In Repeatable Models from 2021-08-23T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast caught up with Nadia Suttikulpanich, the head of Fuchsia Innovation-Center for Muang Thai Life Insurance. Nadia has been on the show first in 2019 and a lot has change...
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EP 129–Jonas Piela and Theresa Blissing–Blockchain Is Over from 2021-08-16T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Jonas Piela, the host of the Digital Insurance Podcast in Germany. Since April 2020 Jonas has published podcasts around digital transformation and speaks wi...
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EP 128–Dhirendra Mahyavanshi–co-Founder Turtlemint–We Are Flag Bearers of Digitization from 2021-08-09T06:58
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Dhirendra Mahyavanshi, a co-founder of Turtlemint, about how to increase insurance penetration in India and bring insurance to tier two and tier three citie...
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EP 127–Romil Turakhia–Head of Markets at Azentio Software–This Is a Real Revolution from 2021-08-02T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Romil Turakhia, Head of Markets at Azentio Software and former co-founder at Candela Labs, about the cloud revolution in insurance and the new freedom insur...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 44–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–You Have the Perfect InsurTech Storm from 2021-07-31T17:31:17
We are kicking off the second half of the year with more incredible news on InsurTech. Global investment in InsurTech is at an all-time high, a trend we have been following in Asia all year. The...
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EP 126–Kamesh Goyal–Chairman of Digit Insurance–Don’t Only Go By the Scenario of Reverting to the Mean from 2021-07-26T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Kamesh Goyal, a founder and Chairman of Digit Insurance, to talk about the massive volatility we are experiencing at the moment and what this mean...
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EP 125–Guiam Wainwright–co-Founder at Jamm–Changing Those Habits Requires Lots of Little Engagements from 2021-07-19T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Gui Wainwright, a co-founder of Jamm about customer engagement in insurance and the future of telematics. Find the transcript of our conversation below. Mic...
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EP 124–Dominique Roudaut–Hannover Re–The Idea Is To Empower Your Lifestyle from 2021-07-12T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Dominique Roudaut, Head of Asia InsurTech Partnership and Innovation Solutions at HannoverRe, about the major trends in InsurTech, namely embedded insurance...
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EP 123–Amarit Franssen–co-Founder AppMan–It’s About Connectivity and Teamwork from 2021-07-05T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Amarit Franssen, a co-founder of Thai InsurTech Appman to talk about the impact of Covid, the future of motor insurance, and Appman’s latest fundi...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 43–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Ain’t Misbehavin’ from 2021-06-29T12:52:56
Money, fund raising and IPOs…where does it all end? We started with a conversation about FWD, the InsurTech arm of Pacific Century Group, and its planned IPO in New York. This would make it the ...
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EP 122–Sarbvir Singh–CEO at PolicyBazaar–Technology Platforms Tend To Bring Transparency from 2021-06-28T06:58
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Sarbvir Singh, the CEO of PolicyBazaar, about the future of the insurance industry in India and the power of data analytics. Find the transcript of our conv...
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EP 121–Manuel San Miguel–co-Founder and CEO of Ignatica–The Deeper You Go Down Into the Value Chain, the Higher the Stakes Are from 2021-06-21T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast caught up with Manuel San Miguel, a co-founder, and the CEO of Ignatica to talk about some of the changes, both good and bad, that the insurance industry has experienc...
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EP 120–Gustaf Agartson–Founder&CEO at Bima–Combine the Digital Approach With the Human Touch from 2021-06-14T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Gustaf Agartson, the founder and CEO at Bima about the opportunities for insurance in emerging markets like Africa and Asia. Find the full transcript of ou...
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EP 119–Russell Higginbotham–CEO Reinsurance Asia at Swiss Re–Ultimately, We Should Be Driven By How Our Customers Want To Do Business from 2021-06-07T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Russell Higginbotham, the CEO of Reinsurance Asia at Swiss Re about changing consumer behavior, the latest consumer trends and the new role of insurance. H...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 42–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Hopefully, We Are Getting Into a More Normal World from 2021-06-01T04:44:58
Another month, another regional expansion for bolttech in Southeast Asia. In May, bolttech announced its partnership with Vietnam’s e-commerce platform Tiki to offer device protection plans. The...
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EP 118–Nitin Malhotra–Yoors–This Is the Right Time To Invest In Digital Tools from 2021-05-31T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Nitin Malhotra, a co-founder and Head of Growth for Yoors about how insurers can drive digital transformation and about use cases that allow insurers to qui...
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EP 117–Naval Goel–CEO PolicyX.com–The Difference Lies In How You Serve Your Customers from 2021-05-24T07:00
The Asia Insurtech Podcast spoke with Naval Goel, the founder and CEO of Policyx.com. Michael Waitze Hi. This is Michael Waitze. And welcome back to the Asia InsurTech Podcast. This is the onl...
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EP 116–Rahul Nawab–Insurance Analytics and RPM, EXL–Are My Insurance Journeys Just As Robust as an Amazon Is? from 2021-05-17T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Rahul Nawab, Practice Leader – Insurance Analytics at EXL about data analytics, digital transformation and how InsurTech is impacting the insurance industry...
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AIP and AIR Conversations on Emerging Markets–EP 02–Tunde Salako and Thereas Blissing–The Dots Are Being Connected from 2021-05-16T12:13:26
Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze from the Asia InsurTech Podcast and Tunde Salako from Africa InsurTech Rising came together for another episode of Conversations on Emerging Markets. This tim...
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EP 115–Harshet Lunani–Founder of Qoala–Some Simple Things Can Go a Long Way from 2021-05-10T06:55
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was happy to be joined again by Harshet Lunani, the Founder of Qoala. The first time he was on the show was back in August of 2019 and then he subsequently participate...
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EP 114–Thomas Dijohn–SVP Asia-Pacific at dacadoo–Banking Is a High-Frequency Environment, Insurance Is Not from 2021-05-03T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Thomas Dijohn Senior Vice President Asia Pacific at Dacadoo about living in real time, ecosystems and data analytics. Michael WaitzeHi, this is Michael Wait...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 41–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–It Just Doesn’t Stop, Does It? from 2021-05-02T12:50:06
No slowing down in InsurTech in Asia. Despite the ongoing pandemic we see new funding rounds every month. This time, Hong Kong-based InsurTech Ignatica secured US$7 million in a pre-series A. Li...
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AIP and AIR Conversations on Emerging Markets–EP 01–Tunde Salako and Thereas Blissing–It’s Becoming a Whole New World of Opportunities from 2021-04-28T09:00
The majority of developing countries can be found in Africa and Asia. Designing insurance solutions for those markets has its very own challenges but at the same time presents the largest untapp...
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AIP and AIR Conversations on Emerging Markets–EP 01–Tunde Salako and Thereas Blissing–It’s Becoming a Whole New World of Opportunities from 2021-04-28T09:00
The majority of developing countries can be found in Africa and Asia. Designing insurance solutions for those markets has its very own challenges but at the same time presents the largest untapp...
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EP 113- Julie Kim–CEO SmallTicket–You Have To Jump In, Otherwise You Will Lose from 2021-04-26T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Julie Jung-Eun Kim, the founder and CEO at Smallticket to get an update on how the Korean insurance market has changed over the past two years. Ju...
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EP 112–Adrit Raha–CEO at Symbo–The Disciplined Pursuit of Doing Less from 2021-04-19T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Adrit Raha, a co-founder and co-CEO of Symbo, about how InsurTechs can help insurance incumbents to digitize along the value chain. Michael WaitzeHi, this i...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 40–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–I Do Believe We Will See Some Consolidation from 2021-04-17T07:34:07
We are in the second quarter of 2021 with more exciting InsurTech news. ZA Tech has announced the opening of its Asia Fintech Center (AFC) in Singapore. The Hong Kong-based company said the AFC ...
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EP 111–Sherry Du–Managing Director Asia Pacific at RGAX–Open Minded To New Ideas from 2021-04-12T07:00
Asia InsurTech Podcast had the pleasure of speaking with Sherry Du, a Managing Director of RGAX APAC at Reinsurance Group of America in Hong Kong. We had a great conversation during which we dis...
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EP 110–Romil Turakhia, Reid Bailey and Rohit Nambiar–CIO vs Chief of Digital, Practical Advice On Digital Transformation and the Cloud from 2021-04-05T07:00
The Asia IsnurTech Podcast had a roundtable discussion with Romil Turakhia, an Executive Director of Innovation at Candela Labs, Rohit Nambiar, the Group Chief Executive Officer at Tune Protect,...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 39 – Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze – Whoever Owns the Ecosystem Owns the World from 2021-04-01T11:37:05
The first quarter of 2021 ends with more major InsurTech news. Zhong An Online, China’s first online insurer and InsurTech unicorn, has announced its results for 2020. The insurer ranked 9th for...
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EP 109 – Vivek Ramji Iyer – Grant Thornton Bharat – Risk Protection To Risk Prevention from 2021-03-29T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Vivek Ramji Iyer, partner and national leader of financial services and risk advisory at Grant Thornton Bharat about how insurers are moving from risk protecti...
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EP 109–Vivek Ramji Iyer–Grant Thornton Bharat–Risk Protection To Risk Prevention from 2021-03-29T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Vivek Ramji Iyer, partner and national leader of financial services and risk advisory at Grant Thornton Bharat about how insurers are moving from risk prote...
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EP 108–Rohit Nambiar–Tune Protect–If You Really Want To Innovate, Be Ready To Be Fired from 2021-03-22T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Rohit Nambiar, the group Chief Executive Officer at Tune Protecy Group about what it takes to be an innovator and what role technology plays. Michael Waitze...
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EP 107–Gourab Mukherjee–CEO at Aktivo Labs–Building More Contextual Ecosystems from 2021-03-15T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Gourab Mukherjee, the CEO at Aktivo Labs about how InsurTechs and HealthTechs can help consumers live a healthier life and avoid lifestyle and chronic desea...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 38–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Financial Literacy Remains Important from 2021-03-14T17:39:23
March starts with news from Symbo. The InsurTech secured another funding round and collected $9.4M to expand across India and Southeast Asia. In China, Xiaobangguihua has raised new funding as w...
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EP 106–Kanpassorn Eix Suriyasangpetch–CEO of Ooca–This Is Going To Be With Me My Whole Life from 2021-03-08T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Kanpassorn Eix Suriyasangpetch, an army dentist turned tech entrepreneur. She is the CEO and co-founder of OOCA, the anonymous video-call platform to help p...
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EP 105–Steven Tannason–co-Founder AmanCo–A Reflection of Shifting Consumer Behavior from 2021-03-01T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Steve Tannason, a co-founder of Amanco.id about what we can learn from social media platforms like TikTok for InsurTech and how Amanco.id is planning to cha...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 37–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–We Tried Clubhouse, Have You? from 2021-03-01T04:00
For a while now, we have been looking for a way to make the AIP News RoundUp more interactive. That’s why we have joined Clubhouse! On Clubhouse we will discuss the latest news with InsurTech pe...
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Panel–The Era of Digital Distribution–Emerging Markets from 2021-02-25T17:08:50
In partnership with InsureTech Connect we hosted a panel with Nicolas Faquet, the Founder&CEO Roojai.com – Thailand, Yen Ming Lee, the co-foudner of Policystreet – Malaysia, and Nicolo Robba the...
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EP 104–Arsh Maini–CEO at Candela Labs–The Making of a Perfect Storm from 2021-02-22T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Arsh Maini, the Chief Executive Officer of Candela Labs about the wave of Digital Transformation in the Insurance Industry and the fact that it is definitiv...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 36–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–The Nature of Work Is Changing and the Nature of Insurance Is Changing With It from 2021-02-16T02:27:26
Another awesome month for InsurTech in Asia! Congratulations to PasarPolis for raising US$5M from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), which focuses on accelerating financia...
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EP 103–Yannick Even–Swiss Re–Customer Expectation Is Driving the Change from 2021-02-15T07:00:32
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Yannick Even, Global Analytics Business Partner at Swiss Re, about the use of data in (re)insurance. Data has the power to transform insurance as we know it...
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EP 102 Kulin Shah and Yogesh Agrawal – Solving a Problem, Not Selling from 2021-02-08T07:00:18
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Kulin Shah and Yogesh Agrawal, the co-founders of Onsurity. The startup just celebrated its one year anniversary. Onsurity has the vision to bring affordable heal...
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EP 102 Kulin Shah and Yogesh Agrawal–Solving a Problem, Not Selling from 2021-02-08T07:00:18
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Kulin Shah and Yogesh Agrawal, the co-founders of Onsurity. The startup just celebrated its one year anniversary. Onsurity has the vision to bring affordable h...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 35–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–It Doesn’t Mean You Get the Journey Right from 2021-02-01T09:14:07
It is only the first month of the New Year and we already have Asia’s first InsurTech unicorn of 2021. Certainly a promising start! Indian InsurTech and licensed general insurer Digit achieved a...
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EP 101–Kamesh Goyal–Chairman of Digit Insurance–One Has To Really, Really Focus On Basics from 2021-02-01T07:00:51
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke to Kamesh Goyal, the founder and the Chairman of Digit Insurance which has reached unicorn status in January 2021 with a valuation of USD 1.9 billion. Kamesh has bee...
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EP 100–Winnie Wong, Avo Insurance and Walter de Oude, Aviva SingLife–Go Big or Go Home from 2021-01-25T06:41:30
For our 100th episode, Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Winnie Wong, the CEO and Executive Director of Avo Insurance and Asia Insurance, and Walter De Oude, the deputy chairman of Aviva SingLif...
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EP 99–Samdarshi Sumit–President Director and CEO at PFI Mega Life–A Lot of Bite-Size Insurance Being Sold from 2021-01-18T07:00
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Samdarshi Sumit, the President Director, and CEO at PFI Mega Life in Indonesia. Samdarshi shares how life insurance has changed due to the global outbreak of Co...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 34–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Is Bitcoin Bad for Blockchain? from 2021-01-17T16:40:15
Happy New Year! Asia InsurTech Podcast is back with more exciting news kicking off 2021! Grab Financial Group (GFG) starts the year with a bang, securing over US$300 million in their series A fu...
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EP 98–Nicolo Robba–COO at Lifepal–Trust Is Built Online from 2021-01-11T07:00:42
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Nicolo Robba, the Co-founder and COO of Indonesian InsurTech Lifepal. Nicolo first came to Southeast Asia with Lifepal co-founder Giacomo Ficari when both of th...
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EP 97 Mahesh Subramanian–CEO CamCom–The Drones Become Your First Responders from 2021-01-04T02:00:18
Asia InsurTech Podcast talked to Mahesh Subramanian, Co-founder&CEO of AI startup CamCom. The company is focused on deploying AI in the automotive space and to innovate along the insurance value...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 33–Year End 2020–Shefali Sonpar and Theresa Blissing–The Larger Ecosystem Is Now Getting More and More Technology Adaptable from 2021-01-01T06:44:43
For the last News Roundup of 2020, Theresa Blissing, Michael Waitze, and Shefali Sonpar reflected on what 2020 meant for InsurTech and digital transformation and what 2021 might look like. 2020...
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EP 96–Deepak Bhuvneshwari Uniyal–CEO at Insurance Samadhan–It’s So Complex, You Don’t Really Understand If You Want To Buy It or Not from 2020-12-28T07:00:45
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Deepak Bhuvneshwari Uniyal, Co-founder and CEO of Insurance Samadhan, a tech platform resolving insurance complaints and claims in life, health, and general ins...
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EP 95–Michael Gerber–CEO of 360F–What Is Transactional Insurance? from 2020-12-21T07:00
Asia InsurTech Podcast talked to Michael Gerber, the CEO of 360F. Originally from Switzerland, Michael has worked as a consultant in over 100 projects in more than 20 years and understands the p...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 32–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Hopefully, 2021 Will Be Less Crazy from 2020-12-16T10:46:56
December started with some major FinTech news. Grab-Singtel received the digital full-bank licenses issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Only two digital full-bank licenses and t...
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EP 94–John Brisco–CEO and co-Founder of Coherent–How Do Insurance Companies Increase Product Speed To Market? from 2020-12-14T07:00:24
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with John Brisco, CEO&Co-Founder of Coherent. Originally from Scotland, John has worked for insurance incumbents AXA, QBE, and Manulife in Europe, Australia, and Asi...
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EP 93–Mark Wales–co-Founder of Galileo Platforms–At the Heart of Our Platform Is a Blockchain from 2020-12-07T07:00:52
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Mark Wales, co-founder of Galileo Platforms, a B2B platform technology company. Mark has over 30 years of experience in financial service IT and spent the past ...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 31–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–Why Does So Much Money Keep Flowing Into InsurTech? from 2020-12-01T03:47:59
November ends with more news from Singlife. The newly formed holding company Aviva Singlife issues S$550m subordinated notes to be listed on the Singapore Exchange. The money collected will be u...
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EP 92–Harprem Doowa–CEO of Frank–How Does It Really Feel to Get Acquired? from 2020-11-30T07:00
Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Harprem Doowa, the CEO and Co-Founder of Frank.co.th. Before starting Frank.co.th, Harprem was working in the e-commerce space and co-founded e-commerce company...
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EP 91–Andy Ann–co-Founder YAS Digital–How Can Content and Data Analytics Drive Insurance Loyalty? from 2020-11-23T01:00:19
The Asia InsurTech Podcast talked to Andy Ann, co-founder of YAS Digital. Andy is a serial entrepreneur who has won numerous awards and brings a wealth of big data, digital media and entrepreneu...
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EP 90–Ruth Haller–co-Founder and CEO at Anapi–How Can Startups Find Insurance To Cover Emerging Risks? from 2020-11-16T07:00
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke to Ruth Haller, the CEO and co-Founder of Anapi, an insurtech platform that helps startups and entrepreneurs get key insurance coverage to cover new and emerging...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 30 – Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing – Is There a Real Use Case for Blockchain In Insurance? from 2020-11-14T08:41:36
November started with some exciting blockchain news. Singlife Philippines adopts Galileo’s blockchain solution as their insurance core policy administration system. After years of proof-of-conce...
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EP 89–Victor Roy–Founder of Bindcover–How Can the Smaller Brokers Compete With the Biggest Brokers? from 2020-11-09T07:00:33
The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke to Victor Roy, the Founder of Bindcover. Victor has almost two decades of experience in the insurance industry. He has worked in brokerage firms, did some mark...
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EP 88–Melissa Wong–Group Chief Digital Officer, bolttech–How Do We Make Insurance Contextual? from 2020-11-02T07:00
We talked to Melissa Wong, the Group Chief Digital Officer at bolttech. Like insurer FWD, bolttech is part of Pacific Century Group (PCG) and the group’s latest international InsurTech business....
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 29–Theresa Blissing and Shefali Sonpar–Is Mobile Phone Coverage the New Motor Coverage? from 2020-11-01T06:13:44
October ends with the theme of conglomerates entering insurance. Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent is applying for a re-insurance license which seems to be part of their overall strategy all alo...
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EP 87–Ashish Kenath–Regional Lead Digital Ecosystems–Prudential Vietnam Assurance–What Happens To an Insurance Company As It Goes Through Digital Transformation from 2020-10-26T07:00
We spoke to Ashish Kenath, the Regional Lead – New Markets and Business Development at Prudential Insurance Growth Markets. Ashish has 15 years of experience in the insurance industry including ...
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EP 86–Amit Ghosh–R3, Head of Asia Pacific–There Are Key Problems the Insurance Industry Wants to Solve from 2020-10-19T07:00:47
The Asia InsurTech Podcast had the pleasure of speaking with Amit Ghosh, the Head of Asia Pacific for R3. R3 is an enterprise software company that provides purpose-built distributed ledger tec...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 28–Rahul Mathur and Shefali Sonpar–A Knowledge Transfer Partnership from 2020-10-18T04:31:06
Mid-October is seeing some very interesting developments in the Asian InsurTech space. The product and services space is bursting with innovative offerings. This week’s News RoundUp started wit...
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EP 85–Raghav Murali-Ganesh–Founder CancerAid–The Core Concept of the Blend of Tech and Touch Is Very Powerful from 2020-10-12T07:00
We had the pleasure of speaking with Raghav Murali-Ganesh, the Founder of CancerAid, a leading Australian health technology startup empowering cancer patients and improving the provision of care...
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EP 84–Hassan Karim–Adira Insurance–Integrating Insurance Products and Services Within the Ecosystem of Others from 2020-10-05T02:00:35
In this episode, we talked to Hassan Karim, Deputy Chief Executive Officer&Chief Marketing Officer at Adira Insurance, Indonesia. Adira is an acquisition made by Zurich Insurance in November 201...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 27–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–It’s Time To Start Building from 2020-09-30T15:34:28
September ends with more investment news. GirnarSoft will invest $20 million in its omnichannel insurance subsidiary InsuranceDekho. The funds will be used to strengthen InsuranceDekho’s transac...
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EP 83–Naby Mariyam–Founder and CEO of Coverhero–Intensity Is the Right Word from 2020-09-28T07:00
In this episode, we spoke to Naby Mariyam, the founder and CEO of Coverhero and gig economy insurance platform Hustle. The platform offers income protection in case of an accident for gig worker...
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EP 82–Cindy Kua–co-Founder&CEO of Sunday from 2020-09-21T07:00
In this episode, we talk to Cindy Kua, a co-Founder, and CEO of Thai-based InsurTech Sunday. The startup serves individuals and businesses as the “one-stop insurance shop” for digital healthcare...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 26 – Rahul Mathur and Shefali Sonpar–Some Really Insane News from 2020-09-18T03:37:40
This week’s News Roundup is all about new rounds of funding and how InsurTechs are looking at the opportunity to capture new markets. We covered the announced merger of Singlife and Aviva Singap...
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EP 81- Abhishek Poddar–Plum–Agents Are Not Going To Disappear from 2020-09-14T05:00:13
We talked to Abhishek Poddar, the co-founder, and CEO of Plum, an Indian InsurTech aiming to re-imagine and co-create group health insurance products from the ground-up. While the retail health ...
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EP 80–Skye Theodorou and Anish Sinha–UpCover–Unbundling of the Traditional Workspace from 2020-09-07T07:00:20
In this episode, we talked to the two co-founders of Australian InsurTech Upcover, Skye Theodorou, who is the CEO, and Anish Sinha, the COO. UpCover is an InsurTech building tailored, simple, an...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 25–Rahul Mathur and Shefali Sonpar–Customer Experience Is Kept at the Heart of this Transformation from 2020-08-31T23:31:17
August has seen some exciting developments with Insurtech and marked developments in digital adoption by Asian Insurers. The theme continues to be digital adoption to reach a traditionally untap...
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EP 79–Dipu KV–Bajaj Allianz General Insurance–The World Is About“Learn It All” from 2020-08-31T07:00
In this episode, we talked to Dipu KV, the President and Head of Operations, Communities&Customer Service at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance which has won a number of awards for its digitization...
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EP 78–Vincent Kasten–Head of Intelligent Operations–Prudential Asia–Develop that Solid Culture of Innovation from 2020-08-24T07:00
In this episode, we talked to Vincent Kasten, the Head of Intelligent Operations at Prudential Asia. Vincent has a diverse and quite interesting background. He has worked in the US, Africa and A...
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EP 77–Ravi Saraogi–Uniphore Software Systems–AI and Automation Are Upending Business Verticals from 2020-08-17T07:00:33
In this episode, we spoke to Ravi Saraogi, the co-founder and President of Asia at Uniphore Software Systems. Ravi is a software engineer by training and after graduation from university, Ravi a...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 24–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–Doubling Down On an Opportunity from 2020-08-15T06:19:27
The month started again with investment news from Indian unicorn PolicyBazaar. In July, Softbank invested USD 150 million and PolicyBazaar CEO called it a “mistake”. This month, Google is lookin...
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EP 76–Timo Uustal–co-Founder and CEO of NurseBeam–Four Hours of Sunlight from 2020-08-10T07:00
In this episode, we talk to Timo Uustal, co-founder and CEO of Nursebeam, a HealthTech startup that helps people manage their health while traveling. For example, when suffering from a mild illn...
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EP 75–Aurora Voss–co-Founder and CEO of ClaimSpace–Will Customers Ever Be In love With Insurance? from 2020-08-03T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Aurora Voss, the co-Founder, and CEO of ClaimSpace. The startup was founded in Australia in 2017 and Aurora gives some insights into the Australian Insur...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 23–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–Pretty Good Lock-In Value from 2020-08-02T09:40:32
InsurTech in India is not slowing down one bit and powerful US tech players are entering the market! While WhatsApp is currently piloting its insurance offerings, Amazon Pay has launched auto in...
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EP 74–Firras Sabbah–CEO and co-Founder Go! Insurance–Digital Health Insurance from 2020-07-27T07:00:10
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Firras Sabbah, the founder of Go! Insurance. Firras started his career in insurance with German insurer Allianz and was the CIO of Allianz General Insura...
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EP 73–Hung Phan–co-Founder and CEO, Papaya Insurtech–Focused On the Customer Experience from 2020-07-20T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Hung Phan, co-founder, and CEO of Vietnamese InsurTech Papaya. Coming from a banking background, Hung’s first experience with insurance was when he joine...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 22 – Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–Have One Source of Truth from 2020-07-18T07:30:58
July started with major investment news coming out of India. SoftBank made another investment of USD 150 million into PolicyBazaar and holds now a 15% stake while CEO and co-founder Yashish Dahi...
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EP 72–Charles Hung–Blue Hong Kong–How to Unlock the Power of Data from 2020-07-13T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waizte talks to Charles Hung, the CEO&Executive Director of Blue Hong Kong, a joint venture between Hillhouse Capital, a leading investment management firm, Tencent Hold...
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EP 71–Tim Attia–CEO Slice Labs–Insurance Being Part of Other Buying Experiences from 2020-07-06T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze speaks to Tim Attia, co-founder, and CEO of Slice Labs. Originally from the US, Slice has started expanding into Asia. While the US and Europe are well establishe...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 21–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–Insurance Begins With the Claim from 2020-06-30T06:58:38
The second half of June had some exciting news coming out of Malaysia with the largest investment yet into a Malaysian fintech. Axiata Group announced a strategic investment of US$ 70 Million by...
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EP 70–Quang Ninh Tran–SaveMoney–Using Big Data, AI and Machine Learning from 2020-06-29T07:00:19
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Quang Ninh Tran, CEO of SaveMoney Corporation, a digital insurance marketplace in Vietnam. The company is using data from telecommunication companies, ba...
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EP 69–Michele Grosso and Mallika Uswachoke–Democrance–Providing Mutual Aid for those Who Need It Most from 2020-06-22T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Michele Grosso, the co-founder, and CEO of Democrance and Mallika Uswachoke, who is in charge of Strategic Development and Emerging Customers at Krungtha...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 20–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–June 15–It Becomes Like a Behavioral Nudge from 2020-06-16T02:59:09
June started with lots of InsurTech news from familiar faces. Go! Insurance announced pre-seed funding and the launch of Thailand’s first insurance platform that allows purchasing health insuran...
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EP 68–Amit Naik–co-Founder CEO MetaMorphoSys–Tilting the Scale in Favor of Incumbents from 2020-06-15T07:00:34
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Amit Naik, CEO&co-founder of MetaMorphoSys Technologies, a SaaS-based digital insurance platform. The Indian startup has developed an end-to-end platform...
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EP 67–Kenichi Nogami–Insharerance–Good Risk Is Very Stable and Very Profitable from 2020-06-08T07:00:46
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Kenichi Nogami, the CEO of inSharerance. Kenichi started his career 40 years ago with Nippon Life and experienced how the industry has changed over the y...
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EP 66–Yen Ming Lee–PolicyStreet–What We Wanted to Do Was Beyond the Sandbox from 2020-06-01T07:00:59
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Yen Ming Lee, co-founder and CEO of PolicyStreet. In 2016, the Malaysian InsurTech started as a marketing partner for selected insurers distributing term...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 19 – Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing – May 30 – Providing the Infrastructure to Go Digital from 2020-05-30T16:41:17
In this episode of the AIP News Roundup, the team talks about MicroInsurance, InsurTech in Singapore, and APIs. Riskcovry, an Indian based Insurtech startup focusing on API and distribution, has...
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EP 65–Sibtain Jiwani–Founder, SmartChoice–Why Can That Not Happen In Pakistan? from 2020-05-25T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Sibtain Jiwani, the founder and CEO of Smartchoice.pk. The startup is Pakistan’s leading insurance aggregator helping individuals and businesses compare ...
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EP 64–Alex Leung–co-Founder OneDegree–The Best Way to Manage Disruption Is to Be Part of That Disruption from 2020-05-18T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Alex Leung, a co-founder of Hong Kong-based InsurTech OneDegree. The Company started in 2016 as a tech enabler and has just acquired a virtual insurance ...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 18–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–May 15–They Don’t Have a Legacy System from 2020-05-16T01:25:10
The beginning of May saw lots of InsurTech news and familiar faces. ZA Technology in a JV with Fubon Life acquired a digital insurance license for ZA Life in Hong Kong. Online aggregator and FWD...
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EP 63–Lars Heibutzki–CEO Allianz Ayudhya General Insurance–It Needs to Be Fully Integrated Into the Platform from 2020-05-11T07:02
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Lars Heibutzki, the CEO of Allianz Ayudhya General Insurance, Thailand. Lars shares insights about how Allianz is empowering its people with technology. ...
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EP 62–Yashish Dahiya–CEO Policy Bazaar–Anybody Who Owns the Customer Will Eventually Take the Value from 2020-05-04T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Yashish Dahiya, the co-founder and CEO of PolicyBazaar. The Company started in 2009 and reached unicorn status in 2018. Tencent and the Softbank Vision F...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 17 – Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing – April 30 – Moving On from Cats and Dogs to Humans from 2020-04-30T15:58:34
The end of April saw some impressive funds raised in InsurTech. Singaporean Axinan has raised USD 8.2 million and rebranded into Igloo. The Company has used the Igloo brand previously only for t...
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EP 61–Michael Lovegrove–Founder and CEO of JRNY–We Need to Be Aligned on a Mission from 2020-04-27T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Michael Lovegrove, the founder, and CEO of JRNY. The Company is on a mission to reduce the globally underinsured population which amounts to approximatel...
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EP 60–Bob Wouters–Country Manager FWD General Insurance–The Relevance of Insurance Is Becoming Clearer and Clearer from 2020-04-20T07:00:15
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Bob Wouters, the country manager of FWD’s general insurance practice in Thailand. Bob shares a bit of FWD’s digital strategy. The Company has recently st...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 16–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–April 15–Still Smashing Goals from 2020-04-15T13:58:31
In this episode of the AIP news roundup we are taking a break from all the COVID-19 related news. And despite the global pandemic, we have lots of exciting InsurTech news coming out of Asia. The...
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EP 59–Chris Bayley–Cover Genius–Focusing on the Big Chicken from 2020-04-13T07:00:53
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Chris Bayley, the Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Cover Genius. Prior to starting Cover Genius, Chris was one of the first few employees in Go...
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EP 58–Nicolas Faquet–Founder&CEO Roojai.com–Within Minutes We Had to Decide from 2020-04-06T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Nicolas Faquet, the founder and CEO of Roojai.com. The two discuss the impact that COVID-19 has on the insurance industry and how the pandemic is forcing...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 15–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Transformation from 2020-04-01T10:53:29
Like all news outlets at the moment, the AIP News Roundup Team covers the latest Corona News in insurance. Several insurers across Asia have rolled out COVID-19 coverages. Indian neo-insurer Dig...
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EP 57–Natalia Kozyura–Head of Innovation Center, FWD Insurance–Innovation Needs to Be Decentralized from 2020-03-30T07:00
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Natalia Kozyura, the Head of Innovation Centre at FWD. Natalia comes from a tech background. Before joining FWD Natalia has worked for Tech giants Micros...
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EP 56–Anuj Jindal–CEO SureClaim–Claim Is Layered Around Trust from 2020-03-23T07:00:04
In this episode Michael Waitze talks to Anuj Jindal, the CEO&co-Founder of SureClaim in India. Anuj has a background as an engineer and worked in HealthTech prior to starting SureClaim. SureClai...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 14–Theresa Blissing and Michael Waitze–March 17–The Problem Is Changing Behavior from 2020-03-17T07:00
In this episode of the AIP News Roundup Michael and Theresa talk about the launch of the new AIP website and its new functionalities. They also talk about the soft-launch of InsurTech Mentors, a...
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EP 55–Tom Duncan, Hendra Tan, and Mike Eksteen–Insurance Innovators–Can We Speed That Up Through Technology? from 2020-03-16T06:00
In this episode, AIP founder Theresa Blissing recorded at Insurance Innovators Indonesia in Jakarta. She is joined by Tom Duncan, the head of insurance at Grab, Mike Eksteen, the VP of Digital a...
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EP 54–Karin Zulkarnaen–CMO Allianz Indonesia–Insurance Is Part of Life from 2020-03-08T08:42:38
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Karin Zulkarnaen, the Chief Marketing Officer of Allianz Life Indonesia. Karin has spent 15 years with Allianz and talks about the massive changes techno...
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EP 53–Kazy Hata–justInCase–You Have to Change from 2020-03-02T03:53
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks again to Kazy Hatta, the founder and CEO of JustInCase. We had Kazy on the show in May 2019 (find the episode here) and are excited to have him back and tal...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 13 – Rahul Mathur and Lyndon Reid – February 28 – The Too Hard Bucket Came Into Play from 2020-03-01T03:44
We round out February by welcoming Lyndon Reid as a permanent member of the AIP News RoundUp team! The team started by looking at the recent announcement by SwissRe’s iptiQ platform that it wi...
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EP 52 – Hassan Karim, Dr Kartina Sury and Tommy Martin – Insurance Innovators Summit – It’s Not Replacing, It’s Augmenting from 2020-02-24T03:48
In this episode, AIP founder Theresa Blissing recorded at Insurance Innovators Indonesia in Jakarta. She is joined by Hassan Karim from Zurich Indonesia, Dr. Kartina Sury, a senior researcher on...
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EP 51 – John Moore – Founder, Ikigai Partners – The Sweet Spot Was Partnering from 2020-02-17T01:50
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to John Moore, the founder of Ikigai Partners. Prior, John was in charge of the global innovation strategy at Bupa in London. He shares his experience in se...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 12 – Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing – February 15 – Does Anybody Really Want To Engage? from 2020-02-13T06:12
In this AIP News Roundup Theresa, Michael and Rahul are discussing the latest news from early February. GoJek has partnered with PasarPolis to launch GoSure on its 3PP platform. Grab in the mean...
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EP 50 – Chang Li – Director, InsurTech Plug And Play Japan – No Mom, That’s Not The Case from 2020-02-10T02:16
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Chang Li, the Director InsurTech at Plug And Play Japan. Chang Li, originally from China, gives an overview of the differences between the InsurTech mark...
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EP 49 – David Yeng -Co-Founder InsureVite – Either You Complain About It or You Do Something About It from 2020-02-03T07:20
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to David Yeng, co-founder of InsureVite. The Singaporean based startup aims to help insurers transform their customer experience through social messaging ap...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 11 – Rahul Mathur and Lyndon Reid – January 31 – There Is Probably a Monkey Exclusion from 2020-02-01T17:09
Lyndon Reid came back to join Rahul Mathur and Michael Waitze on our bi-weekly trip through the most important news in the Insurance and InsurTech space in Asia. The three started with an annou...
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EP 48 – Celine Le Cotonnec – AXA Singapore – A Big Fantasy for Every IOT Provider from 2020-01-27T02:40
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Celine Le Cotonnec, the Chief Data Officer at AXA Singapore. Celine has spent 17 years in Asia, mostly in China where she was in charge of new technologi...
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EP 47–Rick Tsing- OneOneDay–Insurance Is Getting Much More Accessible from 2020-01-20T06:00:57
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Rick Tsing, the Founder and CEO of OneOneDay. OneOneDay started in 2017 and is not an InsurTech. The startup is developing permission-based advertising f...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 10–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–January 15–Continuous Deluge of Activity from 2020-01-15T00:40:42
Welcome, 2020! We are looking forward to another year filled with exciting developments in InsurTech and innovation in insurance in Asia. The biggest financial news to kick of the new decade has...
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EP 46–Manuel San Miguel–CEO Ignatica–Dynamic Definition of Risks from 2020-01-13T07:00:01
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke with Manuel San Miguel, the CEO and Co-founder of Ignatica Ltd. Ignatica enables insurers to deliver more product innovation, personalized servicing, and bu...
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EP 45–Shefali Sonpar- Global Thought Leader–Business Transformation Is Going To Have a Modular Approach from 2020-01-06T07:00:28
In this episode, Michael Waitze talked to Shefali Sonpar, a Digital Transformation Evangelist. Shefali spent 20 years in the global insurance industry, mostly on the IT side and is a global Thou...
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EP 44–Amarit Franssen- co-Founder at AppMan–We Try To Think Forward Also from 2019-12-30T07:00:57
In this episode, Michael Waitze recorded with Amarit Franssen, the co-founder of Thai InsurTech AppMan. The venture started as a software development startup and focused on insurance very early ...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 09–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–December 26–Year End Round Up from 2019-12-26T08:16:46
2019 has undeniably been a busy year in terms of InsurTech in Asia. It has been the year InsurTech accelerated across Southeast Asia. Michael, Theresa, and Rahul discussed which companies, in th...
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EP 43–Maureen Nova Ledesma- CMO co-Founder at Vesl–Using Technology to Make Insurance Products More Accessible from 2019-12-23T07:00:37
We had the pleasure of speaking with Maureen Nova Ledesma, a co-Founder and the CMO of Vesl. In its own words, Vesl is a financial technology company that is innovating in the trade finance se...
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EP 42–Cole Sirucek, Chang Li, Thibault Demoures and Lyndon Reid–InsurTech Insights Roundtable–The Initial Concept Was Massive Scalability from 2019-12-22T04:41:06
In this episode, AIP founder Theresa Blissing recorded at the InsurTech Insights Conference in Hong Kong with Lyndon Reid – the Chief Commercial Officer at Shift Insurtech, Cole Sirucek – co-fou...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 08–Rahul Mathur and Lyndon Reid–December 17–Overeating Their Pudding a Little Bit from 2019-12-22T04:03:04
During this special episode of AIP’s bi-weekly News RoundUp, Rahul Mathur and I were joined by Lyndon Reid, the Chief Commercial Officer at Shift InsurTech. We had a spirited, fun and informati...
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EP 41–Mitesh Jain–CTO co-Founder Symbo Insurance–Exactly at the Point of Need from 2019-12-16T07:00:07
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke to Mitesh Jain, the co-founder, and CTO at Symbo Insurance. Mitesh previously worked for Deloitte and worked on the rollout of Obamacare in several US state...
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EP 40–Yannick Even, Wei Zhu, and Laurens Koppelaar–InsurTech vs Incumbent Roundtable–Collaborate and Co-Exist from 2019-12-12T06:00:29
At the Singapore Fintech Festival, AIP founder Theresa Blissing recorded a panel episode analyzing how InsurTechs and traditional insurers can collaborate and co-exist. The panel is joined by Ya...
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EP 39–Stephen Barnham–CIO MetLife Asia–Our Customers Trust Us from 2019-12-09T07:00:49
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Stephen Barnham, CIO for Asia Pacific at MetLife. Stephen shares some fascinating insights on MetLife’s view on the InsurTech startups ecosystem and its ...
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EP 38–Dr. Geok Leng Tan, Jong Tong Foo, Kayvon Deldar and Zal Dastur–Plug and Play Roundtable–It Might Be Innovation Tourism from 2019-12-05T07:00:47
At the Singapore Fintech Festival AIP founder Theresa Blissing recorded a special episode with Plug and Play Singapore and three of their startups from batch 0 and batch 1. In this episode were ...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 07–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–December 3–Is This Just Startup Hype? from 2019-12-03T02:22:56
The second half of November was again filled with InsurTech news and the largest InsurTech conference in Asia of 2019, InsurTech Insights, took place in Hong Kong. AIP founder Theresa Blissing w...
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EP 37–Jonathan Larsen–Ping An Group–Technology Was Largely an Inhibitor from 2019-12-02T07:00:33
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Jonathan Larsen Chief Innovation Officer at Ping An Group and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Ping An’s Global Voyager Fund. Ping An, founded...
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EP 36–Walter de Oude–CEO Singlife–We Built the Tech and then Sold the Insurance from 2019-11-25T07:00:45
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Walter de Oude, CEO of Singlife. The Singapore headquartered neo-insurer, valued at $360M, acquired a license from the MAS in 2017 and began selling life...
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EP 35–Ian Pollard, Michael Lovegrove and Matthias de Ferrieres–Singapore FinTech Festival Roundtable from 2019-11-18T07:00:43
In this episode, AIP founder Theresa Blissing recorded live at Singapore FinTech Festival and talks to Ian Pollard, Group MD Delta Insurance, Michael Lovegrove, Co-founder and CEO of JRNY, and M...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 06–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–November 15–Were Products Mis-priced? from 2019-11-18T00:00:47
November continued to busy with InsurTech News coming out of China and India. November 11th is Single’s Day in China and Zhong An reported a jaw-dropping 1 billion CNY (USD 142 million) Gross Wr...
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EP 34–Grace Park&Cole Sirucek–Founders at DocDoc–Nailing Jello to the Wall from 2019-11-11T07:00:45
In this episode, AIP founder Theresa Blissing visited the DocDoc office in Singapore and talked to the co-founders Grace Park and Cole Sirucek. Grace and Cole, a husband and wife team, share the...
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EP 33–Kobi Bendelak–CEO InsurTech Israel–Create an Environment for Disruption from 2019-11-04T07:00:47
Michael Waitze recently spoke with Kobi Bendelak, the CEO of InsurTech Israel, which is both a consulting business and a fund that invests in early-stage InsurTech startups. Kobi has had a more...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 05–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–October 30–Jaw Dropping from 2019-10-31T02:00:05
The second half of October wasn’t any less busy in terms of InsurTech news coming out of Asia. SingLife is in the news again with Walter de Oude, CEO and founder of SingLife, explaining on Money...
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EP 32–Snehal Patel–CEO at MyDoc–Less Disruption, More Cooperation from 2019-10-28T07:00:02
In this episode, Michael Waitze talked to Dr. Snehal Patel, Co-Founder&CEO of MyDoc. The Singaporean B2B HealthTech company has built a comprehensive healthcare services network across Asia that...
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EP 31–Wei Zhu and Arijit Chakraborty–Axinan–Get Those Labs More Integrated from 2019-10-21T07:00:32
In this episode, AIP founder Theresa Blissing visited full stack InsurTech Axinan in their Singapore office and talked to the founder, Wei Zhu, and the Chief Insurance Officer&General Counsel, A...
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AIP News RoundUp – Episode 04 – Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing – October – A Super Interesting Proposition from 2019-10-15T02:00:11
Another busy month for InsurTech in Asia. Regulators across Asia are changing the game. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Thailand’s Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) have signed ...
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EP 30–Rohan Kumar–co-Founder&CEO Toffee Insurance–It’s a Collaborative Effort from 2019-10-14T07:20:42
In this episode, Michal Waitze speaks with Rohan Kumar CEO and Co-Founder of Toffee Insurance. Toffee Insurance was founded 2017 and its focus is on selling micro insurance for different kinds o...
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Special Episode–Dr. Suthiphon Thaveechaiyagarn–Secretary General–Office of Insurance Commission from 2019-10-13T11:50:36
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke with Dr. Suthiphon Thaveechaiyagarn, the Secretary-General of the Office of Insurance Commission. The OIC regulates and supports insurance companies and sta...
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EP 29–Jay Weintraub–co-Founder&CEO InsureTech Connect–Learn To Speak Incumbent from 2019-10-07T07:00:56
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke with Jay Weintraub the Co-Founder and CEO of InsureTech Connect. InsureTech Connect was founded in 2016 to bring InsureTech entrepreneurs and startups toget...
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AIP News RoundUp–Episode 03–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–September–Running From Pillar To Post from 2019-10-01T02:55:45
The second half of September was again dominated by news coming out of Mainland China. The CareVoice, one of China’s largest health InsurTech, has launched their own operating system, CareVoiceO...
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EP 28–Sebastien Gaudin–CEO The CareVoice–The Way You Learn and Grow Is By Doing Things from 2019-09-30T07:14:42
In this episode Michael Waitze talks to Sebastien Gaudin, the CEO&Co-Founder of The CareVoice. The CareVoice is a Shanghai-based health InsurTech startup that focuses on making healthcare more h...
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EP 27–Cleosent Randing–Founder&CEO at PasarPolis–Democratization of Insurance from 2019-09-23T07:00:55
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke with Cleosent Randing, the founder and CEO of PasarPolis. PasarPolis is a tech platform that provides solutions for their partner companies including Go-Jek...
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EP 26 -Tom Duncan–Head of Insurance at Grab–Radically Simplifying the Product from 2019-09-16T07:00:22
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke to Tom Duncan, the Head of Insurance at Grab. Tom is not new to the financial services sector in general and the insurance business in particular. After m...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 02–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–September–We Are Living In a New Reality Now from 2019-09-15T01:00:15
Halfway through September, it is time for another InsurTech news roundup! Singapore’s CXA was in the news announcing it was looking for fresh funding and its desire to become Southeast Asia’s fi...
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EP 25–Panu Boonyakiat, Firras Sabbah, Harprem Doowa and Nicolas Faquet–Thailand Roundtable–Look at It From an Entrepreneur Standpoint from 2019-09-09T07:00:33
In this episode, Michael Waitze discusses the state of the Thai InsurTech market with Panu Boonyakiat, Co-Founder of Claim Di, Firras Sabbah, Founder of Go! Insurance, Harprem Doowa, Co-Founder ...
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EP 24–Abhishek Shah–Wellthy Therapeutics–How Can My Health Get Better from 2019-09-02T07:00:09
In this episode, Michael Waitze speaks to Abhishek Shah, the Co-Founder and CEO of Wellthy Therapeutics. Wellthy designs clinically validated behavioral interventions to help people change their...
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AIP News RoundUp–EP 01–Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing–August 2019 from 2019-08-30T02:06:53
It’s difficult to keep up with all of the latest InsurTech news in Asia. DocDoc raised USD 13 million in funding to go global, MyDoc has partnered with Prudential, GRAB has launched a new MicroI...
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EP 23–Harshet Lunani–Founder of Qoala–I Would Rather Give a Thousand People a Dollar from 2019-08-26T07:00:22
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke to Harshet Lunani, the founder of Qoala. Qoala partners with leading insurers to build technologies and insurance products that use big data for validation ...
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EP 22–Woody Mo–CEO at eBaoTech–Functionality, Connectivity and Data from 2019-08-19T07:00:07
In this episode Michael talked to Dr. Woody Mo, co-founder and CEO of eBaoTech. eBaoTech is a Chinese company founded in 2000 that aims to be a global leader in enabling connected insurance. The...
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EP 21–Amerson Lin–co-Founder gigacover–Adopt an Ecosystem Approach from 2019-08-12T07:00:35
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Amerson Lin co-Founder of gigacover. Prior to gigacover, Amerson joined the Singapore military and then worked with data analytics company Palantir. With...
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Ep 20–Kulin Shah–VP Acko General Insurance–Obsessively Customer Focused from 2019-08-05T07:00:11
Kulin Shah is the Business Head at Acko General Insurance. Acko is a licensed digital general insurance company in India started in 2017 by Varun Dua, who is also behind aggregator Coverfox. Ack...
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Ep 19–Koby Karp–Executive Director RGAx–A Tradeoff Between Risk Management and Sales from 2019-07-29T07:00:10
In this episode we dig deep into tech with Koby Karp, Executive Director at RGAx, the Transformation Engine of RGA. Koby has always been passionate about technology and using Artificial Intellig...
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Ep 18–Dr. Kanapon Phumratprapin, Emmanuel Fauvel, Robin Emond and Theresa Blissing–HealthTech Roundtable–Patient Focus, Personalization and Prevention from 2019-07-26T13:03:22
Michael Waitze moderated a special HealthTech panel episode in collaboration with BeachCity Media live at the Startup Nation Summit at True Digital Park, Bangkok. The panel was joined by Dr. Kan...
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Ep 17–Scott Montgomery–CEO WellteQ–Segment Down To a Population of One from 2019-07-22T07:00:12
In this episode, Michael speaks with Scott Montgomery, the CEO and co-Founder of WellteQ, a digital wellness engagement program for employee health including activity challenges, mental wellness...
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Ep 16–Rob Galbraith and Theresa Blissing–East Meets West–The Most Interesting Man and Woman In Insurance from 2019-07-15T07:00:26
In this episode AIP founder Theresa Blissing and host Michael Waitze discuss InsurTech trends and the differences between the US and Asia with US based insurance Thought Leader Rob Galbraith. Ro...
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Ep 15–Dr Woody Mo, Trevor Lok, Nicolas Faquet, and David Henderson- Asia Insurance Review Roundtable II–Insurance Fundamentally Is About Having Randomness from 2019-07-08T07:00:38
At the 7th Asia Motor Insurance and Claims Management Conference organized by Asia Insurance Review, we recorded a podcast roundtable with conference speakers Trevor Lok, CEO – Merimen Group, Dr...
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Ep 14–Nadia Suttikulpanich–Fuchia Innovation Center for Muang Thai Life Assurance–It All Starts With the Consumer from 2019-07-01T08:12:20
Nadia Suttikulpanich is the Head of Fuchsia Innovation Center for Muang Thai Life Assurance Public Company Limited. Fuchia focuses on initiating innovations and embracing changes with businesse...
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Ep 13–Hassan Karim, Evan Tanotogono and Tris Rasika–Jakarta Roundtable–The Tipping Point is Where We Can Serve the Whole Value Chain from 2019-06-24T07:00:43
For this week’s episode, we sat down with Insurance Thought Leaders live in Jakarta and discussed innovation happening in the insurance industry in Indonesia. The panel discussion was joined by ...
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Ep 12 – Julie Jung-Eun Kim – Founder & CEO SmallTicket – Micro-segmented Groups Are Very Attractive from 2019-06-17T07:00:14
Julie Jung-Eun Kim is the Founder & CEO of Smallticket, the first InsurTech in South Korea with the goal of reaching new generations of customers through customized and personalized insurance offer...
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Ep 11 – Zal Dastur – co-Founder and COO, Lucep – It Skews the Advantage Hugely to the First or Second from 2019-06-10T07:00:25
Zal Dastur is the Chief Operating Officer and co-Founder of Lucep. Lucep focuses on developing mechanisms that enhance the engagement of customers to sales teams based on leads generated from digi...
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Ep 10 – Shwetank Verma – co-Founder and General Partner Leo Capital – Investing in Asian InsurTech – India Edition from 2019-06-03T07:00:06
Shwetank Verma is a General Partner and co-Founder of Leo Capital, an early-stage venture investor operating in India and SouthEast Asia. Leo Capital focuses on Digital Health, InsurTech and FinTec...
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Ep 09 – Alvin Cahyadi – Convergence Ventures – Investing in Asian InsurTech – Indonesian Edition from 2019-05-27T07:00:08
Alvin Cahyadi is an Investment Associate at Convergence Ventures, an Indonesia focused Venture Capital firm investing in high growth startups. Alvin is in charge of monitoring the FinTech sectors, ...
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Ep 08 – Evan Tanotogono – The Challenge of Incorporating a Digital Work Style Into Corporate Culture from 2019-05-20T07:00:32
Evan Tanotogono is the General Manager and Head of Digital Channels at Sequis Life, an Indonesian Life and Health Insurer founded in 1984. Having worked for Boston Consulting Group and Indonesian u...
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Ep 07 – Otbert de Jong – CEO Insurance Market Group – The Data, The Participants, and The Processes from 2019-05-13T07:00:46
Otbert de Jong is the CEO at Insurance Market Group, a licensed online insurance broker in Singapore, and CEO and Co-founder of Inmediate, an InsurTech using Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Techn...
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Ep 06 – Kazy Hata – CEO justInCase – I Thought It Made Sense to Fight from 2019-05-06T07:00:53
Kazuya Hata is the founder and CEO of justInCase, Inc. Hata-san studied mathematics, lots of mathematics, at Kyoto University…one of Japan’s most prestigious universities. Hata-san has been inter...
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Ep 05 – Zao Wu, Koby Karp, William Malek – Asia Insurance Review – How Will InsurTechs Disrupt Distribution from 2019-04-30T08:26:51
We attended the 20th Asia Conference on Bancassurance and Alternative Distribution Channels organized by Asia Insurance Review at the Millenium Hilton in Bangkok. We sat down with conference speak...
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Ep 04 – Layak Singh – Founder Artivatic – Minimum Data Points With Maximum Efficiency from 2019-04-30T08:23:42
Layak Singh was born and raised in Agra…home of the Taj Mahal. Layak graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Khargpur and studied Mechanical Engineering. It was during his second year ...
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Ep 03 – Chris Garrett – DocDoc – A Legitimate Desire To Change the HealthCare Industry from 2019-04-30T08:19:39
Chris Garrett is the Country Head for Hong Kong and Malaysia at DocDoc. Chris’ history in Asia is long and varied. Originally from the United States, Chris’ grandfather first travelled to Southeast...
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Ep 02 – Thanasak Hoontrakul – co-Founder Vouch – The Idea Is To Change Claim Behavior from 2019-04-30T08:11:46
Khun Thanasak Hoontrakul is the co-Founder of Vouch and Country Head of its subsidiary in Thailand, FairDee. Vouch is a peer-to-peer motor insurance platform that partners with insurance companies,...
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Ep 01 – Puay Lim Yeo – Head of Asia, BIMA – MicroInsurance – We’re Still Tip of the Iceberg from 2019-04-30T08:00:41
Puay Lim Yeo is the Regional Manager for BIMA in Asia and was BIMA’s first employee in the region. BIMA is a Swedish InsurTech focused on emerging markets using mobile technology to provide insur...
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