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Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some awesome guests to talk about embedded insurance, and what the term actually mean. It's not a new concept, but as the distribution environment has continued to change due to evolution in economies and market dynamics, it is coming back to the fore. The panel discuss what insurers should do to stay visible, how this benefits sales and also how embedded insurance can help getting the right product in front of a customer, at the right point in their life cycle. Joining us today are: Kevin McCallum, Chief Commercial Officer, FreeAgent Alex Wheal, Commercial Client Manager, Hiscox All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Insurtech Insider is a fortnightly show from 11:FS, hosted by 11:FS' Head of Research, Sarah Kocianski and co-hosted by Google's Managin Director, Insurance, Nigel Walsh. Each show they pair are joined by a range of very special guests and experts in the insurtech space to talk about breaking news and hot

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of great guests to talk about the latest and greatest news in the insurance and insurtech sphere. Our guests this week are: Lauren Berkemeyer, Vice President of Marketing, YuLife Graeme Dean - Head of Insurance at CoverGenius We discuss the following stories: Following up on our last news episode - Hippo goes public in $5 billion SPAC merger, and Oscar raises $1.2 billion in IPO! (05:21) Google Cloud, Allianz and Munich Re partner to revolutionize risk management in the Cloud. (13:13) Comment from Matt Driscoll, Lead Product Manager for the Risk Manager tool (14:00) Demand for travel insurance takes off as more destinations require coverage (20:48) Zego has raised $150M at $1.1B valuation (34:55) Comment from Sten Saar, Zego CEO (36:17) Insurance worker busted for insurance fraud! (42:13) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk about SMB insurance. SMB insurance is vital to any small business owner in order to protect the business against foreseeable and unforeseeable liabilities, something that has been proven in the last few months. When lockdown happened, many SMBs had to close all together and file for Business Interruption. This lead to a high court case between the SMBs and the insurers and many of the insureres had to pay their customers, but how can you sell cover for something that has never happened before? Joining us today are: Rajasree Variyar - Head of Insurance Products, SimplyBusiness Bryan O'Connell - CEO & Co-Founder, Huckleberry All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Hanna Samuelson and edited by A

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of great guests to discuss the latest news in the insurance and insurtech sphere. Joining us today are: Callum Rimmer - Founder & CEO, ByBits Freddy Macnamara - CEO and Founder, Cuvva.com We cover the following stories in the insurtech and insurance sphere: Covid claims lead to Beazley profit plunge (03:35) Oscar Health files for IPO while Hippo in talks to do the same (11:35) Ex-Uber staffer Ryan Graves to invest $50mn in Metromile (21:36) Insurtech feels the love with partnerships (29:21) The revisit of Elon Musk, the insurance man! (38:00) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Hanna Samuelson and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Callum Rimmer and Freddy Macnamara. Links: Covid claims

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of amazing guests to talk about events insurance, and how the cancellations of events globally have affected both the insurers of these events and also the insured. We talk about what is needed when insuring an event and how large events such as the Olympics can make sure they are covered for the worst case scenario - even a pandemic. Joining us today are: Elisabeth Seeger, Head of Contingency at Hiscox Sophie Winwood - Investor at Anthemis Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Hanna Samuelson and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Elizabeth Seeger and Sophie Winwood.

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by two awesome guest, to talk about the most interesting news of 2021 so far! Joining us are: Jillian Williams, investment principal at Anthemis Dan Keough, CEO and Chairman at Holmes Murphy & Associates and Co-CEO/Co-Founder at BrokerTech Ventures We cover the following stories in the insurance and insurtech space: Insurance risk prompt UK care homes to reject hospital patients (03:18) Lemonade hits one million customer milestone while share prices go sky rocketing (10:26) Comment from Yael Wissner-Levy, VP of Communication at Lemonade (11:34) Zurich to offer fully paid lockdown leave in the UK (23:13) Aon launches fuel insurance product for the shipping and aviation sectors (34:13) Sticky situations and custard covered iPhones (39:07) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing

Happy New Year Everybody! Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by three all-star Insurtech Insider guests to take a look at the trends and themes we've seen throughout 2020, as well as making their predictions of what we might see happening during 2021! Looking back over the year, we have seen some interesting found raises, a high court case, a rapid digital transformation withing the industry and Elon Musk breaking in to insurance! Joining us today are: Steve Wardlaw, Chairman at Emerald Life Nikki Daniels, board advisor for Honcho Markets and founder & director of e-Zee Insurance Solutions Sam White, CEO of Freedom Services Group Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Hanna Samuelson and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Nikki Daniels , Sam White, and Steve Wardlaw .

Nigel Walsh is joined by a great panel of guests to talk about the most interesting news stories of the last few weeks. Joining us today are: Sean Harper, Co Founder at Kin Anthony Grosso, SVP Global Marketing and Communications at EIS Sabine Vanderlinden, Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew We cover the following stories from the weeks just gone: Wildfire risk leaves Californians without homeowners insurance (04:58) 14% of insurance workers fail global phishing test (18:50) Lemonade launches its renters insurance in France (29:39) Getsafe raises $30 million (USD) in series B round (39:07) Flock launches motor insurance (48:32) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Hanna Samuelson and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Anthon

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of great guests to talk about wedding insurance and how this industry has been affected by the pandemic. Joining us today are: Heidi McCormack, CEO & Founder of Emerald Life Mark Brown, CEO & Founder of Insuremore Kicking off the show, we talk about wedding insurance as a product, and how it is usually designed and sold. We go on to talk about what the experience was like for the guests when the country went into lockdown in March, and finish off by looking toward the future, and what wedding insurance might look like in 2021. We are also given a real life perspective by our very own audio engineer Alex Woodhouse who has personally been affected by the cancellation of weddings, and what that meant for his insurance policy. He also answers the big question, did he manage to get married in the end? All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every ot

Nigel Walsh is joined by a panel of guests to talk about the latest news in the insurance and insurtech sphere! Joining him today are: Sophie Winwood, Investor at Anthemis Michael Lewis, CEO of Claim Technology Mike Roy, CEO of Dark Matter Insurtech We cover the following newstories: Does your car insurance policy cover you during the second lock down? (05:04) Investments in the insurance space booms despite second lock down (11:08) Crowdfunding is really hot right now (21:48) Acquisitions are taking place - and they’re big (30:57) Covid stress or miscarriage could stop you from getting insurance (39:17) New UAE car insurer rewards good behaviour with freebies (48:48) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! This Podcast is brought to you by Lerex Lerex is a Payment solutions provider that brings Prepaid debit cards to market for your business. Setting up a prepaid card can be complex. Lerex combines their experience with a cutting edge platform to set up and

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of great guests to talk about travel insurance, and how the pandemic has changed the needs and expectations from customers. Joing us today are: Jason Wilby - Co-Founder of Open Sasha Gainullin - CEO of Battleface Kicking off the show, the panel discuss whether or not people are buying travel insurance right now, and if they do, what sort of cover is actually being sold? We continue by talking about how the general understanding of what travel insurance means has skyrocketed during the pandemic and what future products might look like. We also give you an interview with Peter Smith, Head of Travel Partnerships for the EMEA at Cover Genius! (39:05) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! This Podcast is brought to you by Lerex Lerex is a Payment solutions provider that brings Prepaid debit cards to market for your business. Setting up a prepaid card can be complex. Lerex combines their experience with a cutting

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by two awesome guests to talk about the most interesting news stories from the insurance and insurtech sphere! Joining us today are: Pranjal Arya, Commercial Director, Hometree Rajasree Variyar, Head of Insurance Product, New Products, Simply Business We cover the following news stories: Lloyd’s of London is looking to abandon traditional office working post pandemic (4:46) Lloyd's of London conduct insurance products review (12:21) Cover Genius raises $10 million! (18:43) Soundbite: Chris Bayley - Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Covergenius (19:48) Root’s IPO (30:22) Man jailed over failed insurance fraud, wife rammed car into tree stump (38:09) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! This Podcast is brought to you by Lerex Lerex is a Payment solutions provider that brings Prepaid debit cards to market for your business. Setting up a prepaid card can be complex. Lerex combines their experience with a

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of amazing guests to talk about health insurance and how the industry might change after the pandemic. Joining us today are: Katie Crook-Davies - Managing Director, Tabei Mathilda Ström - Deputy CEO, BIMA Mark Allan - Chief Commercial Officer, Bupa Kicking off the show, the panel talk about the current state of private health insurance in the UK more generally. How many people have it? Are people using their policies? We then continue on to talk about what happened when the pandemic hit. How did insurance providers speak to their customers? Were policies and payments deferred? And most importantly - has the pandemic changed the face of health insurance in the UK? All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Hanna

Sarah Kocianski is joined by Louise Smith, Chief Digital Officer at Lloyd's of London. Louise gives us her thoughts on digital transformation in the insurance industry, what changes she has seen nin the famous underwriting rooms since they reopened and how she becames Lloyd's first digital... well, anything! All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the insurtech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. This episode of Insurtech Insider was produced by Hanna Samuelson and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guest: Louise Smith.

David Brear and Nigel Walsh are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting news stories of the week just gone! Joining us today are: Nikki Daniels - Board Advisor for Honcho Markets and Founder & Director of e-Zee Insurance Solutions Esben Seyffart Sørensen - Head of Sales at Penni.io Oliver Ralph - Insurance Correspondent at Financial Times We cover the following stories from the insurance and insurtech space: Lloyd’s of London predict a £5bn claims payout (03:46) SMBs might get the payout after all! (12:42) Woman cuts off own hand in attempted claims fraud, get’s two years in prison (24:30) Zego partners with Swedish scooter provider Voi! (33:08) We also bring you an interview with Guy Farley, CTO and Co-Founder at Bought By Many who was recently crowned Technology Champion of the year at the Tech and Innovation awards ! (45:34) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes an

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some amazing guests to talk about digital transformation in the insurance industry. During COVID, the industry has had to adapt to new ways of working, be it on the front end working with customers or managing internal processes and regulations. The panel asks themselves if we lost something as an industry when we were all forced into lock-down, and there is a way of rebuilding what we've lost? Or, is this a case of learning how to manage the hybrid? Joining us today are: Anastasia Dokuchaeva - Head of Partnerships, Clausematch Tim Hood - Associate Vice President EMEA at Hyland All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! *This podcast is brought to you by Hyland. * Hyland offers solutions that complement your core Insurance business, providing employees with a complete view of the information they need, when and where they need it. Helping you deliver better experiences is at the heart of everything they do. Learn more at www.H

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting news stories of the week just gone! Joining us today are: Malcolm Ferguson - Partner at Octopus Ventures Alex Zukerman - CMO & Chief Strategy Officer at Sapiens We cover the following stories from the insurance and insurtech space: Lemonade publishes Q2 results (03:19) Zurich feels the impact of the pandemic (11:25) Rapidly changing travel corridors - but what about insurance? (23:15) Beirut port blast becomes an expensive tragedy (32:03) We also bring you an interview with Sonny Patel, Founder and CEO of Insurmi! (38:56) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! This podcast is brought to you by Hyland. Hyland offers solutions that complement your core Insurance business, providing employees with a complete view of the information they need, when and where they need it. Helping you deliver better experiences is at the heart of everything they do. Learn more at

Sarah and Nigel are joined by Sten Saar, CEO and Co-Founder of Zego; and Kelly Barnes , VP of Marketing at Laka to discuss insurance for e-scooters and e-bikes. According to Google Trends data, since the start of lockdown there has been a surge in interest in electric scooters – with a 376% increase in searches. In the UK at least they can only be ridden on private land but the government started limited, legal trials of rented electric scooters on public roads, cycle paths and lanes as part of its review of transport following the easing of lockdown. We dig into what insurance is needed to take these out on roads, and why you might need a driver's licence to ride a scooter - and any penalties are logged against your car insurance and licence. All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! **This podcast is brought to you by Hyland. **Hyland offers solutions that complement your core Insurance business, providing employees with a complete view of the information they need, when

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some amazing guests to talk through some of the most interesting news stories from the week just gone. Joining us today are: Dylan Bourguignon, CEO of So-Sure Sam White, CEO of Freedom Services Group and CEO of Stella insurance Alessandro Spadoni, Founding partner and Chief Architect at B3i We cover the following news stories: Brolly gets acquired by Direct line (04:09) Covid-19 claims are still not being paid out (13:30) Another UK insurance casualty (25:55) Lock down increased electric scooter sales, but it comes with it’s risks (35:25) We also bring you an interview with Mark Budd, UK Head of Innovation at Zurich Insurance to hear all about the Zurich Insurance Championship! (47:50) All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! This podcast is brought to you by Hyland. Hyland offers solutions that complement your core Insurance business, providing employees with a complete view of the information they need, when

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of amazing guests to talk about LGBT+ and insurance! First up, the panel takes a look at the current state of diversity and inclusion in the insurance industry and how this has evolved over recent years. Next up they take a deep dive into what products are currently on the market for the LGBT+ community and how traditional products can actually be excluding to members of that community. Joining us on today's show are: Steve Wardlaw - Chair of Emerald Life Georgina Weekes - Operations Team Leader in the insurance industry. Theresa Farrenson - Customer Experience & Integration Lead at Aon and founding member of LINK All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Insurtech Insider is a biweekly podcast brought to you by 11:FS. On every episode out expert hosts dig into the latest news across and hot topics from the global insurtech scene, together with guests from the industry's most interesting players. A new episode goe