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August 6, 2019
Podcast 39. Insurtech as a Service (Part Two). Google Cloud, Genasys, Xtract and Hitachi
These highlights from the second half of our 8th July event address the question “what is Insurtech as a service?”. Matthew talks to Stewart Reeder of Hitachi (13:45) and three more of their partners, Damion Thompson Insurance Lead at Google Cloud, Michael Flanagan, CEO ...
July 30, 2019
Podcast 38. Insurtech as a Service (Part One). Hitachi, Munich Re Digital Partners, Kasko, Shepherd and QBE
Another fast moving series of chats with more leaders from insurance, technology and data. In this episode, the first half of our 8th July evening at The SteelYard, Robin investigates how Hitachi (2:00), the 7th largest technology group in the world, is making it easier ...
January 18, 2019
Data Disasters and Career Limiting Catastrophes
On 6 July 1988 the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded. 167 people died. Much of the insurance was with what became known as the London Market Excess of Loss (LMX) Spiral, a tightly knit and badly managed web of insurance policies. Losses cascaded up and around the market. ...
November 8, 2018
US Property Data: Is this as good as it gets?
How a building is constructed, maintained and where it is located all have a massive impact on its potential to be damaged or destroyed. That knowledge is as old as insurance itself.
So why do so many underwriters still suffer from lack of decent data ...
October 18, 2018
US property data
Property insurance relies on good quality data about the characteristics of buildings, and the replacement costs after a loss. Todd Rissel, CEO of e2Value was over in London, hosting a workshop with InsTech London and he spoke to Matthew Grant about the ...
September 26, 2018
Cyber risk: insurance black hole or a massive opportunity?
You own a house. It burns down. Your insurer only pays out 15% of the loss.
That’s a serious case of under insurance. You’d wonder why you bothered with insurance in the first place. In reality, massive under-insurance is very rare for conventional property ...
