January 29, 2021
Cold chains, Covid & parametric insurance
Since forming part of the first Lloyd’s Lab cohort in 2018, Parsyl has established itself as an innovative technology company, global cargo insurer and more recently, a vital part of the fight against Covid-19.
CEO and Co-founder Ben Hubbard joins Matthew on Episode 123 to discuss ...
January 22, 2021
What 8,000 people want from their insurer
On Podcast 121, Matthew Grant talks to Mark Patterson from Deloitte about its survey, The Future of Home and Motor Insurance.
The survey is the result of interviews with 8,000 consumers across 12 countries. Mark Eastham, CEO of Avantia, which sells insurance under its HomeProtect brand, joins ...
January 22, 2021
Your top 15 podcast guests – Jan 2021
Wondering what’s happening at leading insurers, challenger brokers, new & established technology companies, and investors?
Released every Sunday, Matthew Grant talks to those driving innovation on the InsTech London podcast. Discover what the real influencers are thinking, the lessons for ...
January 6, 2021
The Friends’ Forecast 2021 – Five more themes, 20 people, Part Two
We had so many great predictions for 2021 when we crowdsourced 20 InsTech London friends for their opinion, I’ve published it in two parts. Part One – the first six predictions – is here. And the radio edit podcast was published on 3rd January on and already ...
December 17, 2020
Capital, culture and challenging the status quo
Rod Fox co-founded TigerRisk Partners in 2008 after spotting a gap in the reinsurance market. Just over a decade later, the company has established itself in a leadership role and a reputation for innovation.
Rod joins Matthew on Episode 116 to discuss how the company has grown, ...
June 19, 2020
Fast, effective, affordable – building an MGA for the new economy
Founded in 2016 by David Daiches and Dan Bratshpis INSHUR is an MGA making it easier for professional rideshare drivers – including those coming under New York’s TLC (Taxi and Limousine Commission) – get insurance coverage in the US and UK working closely with Uber, ...
January 13, 2020
An Englishman in New York
Episode 63 of the InsTech London podcast features a return from Bernard Goyder, a journalist with Insurance Insider.
Bernard is currently on a posting to New York, having previously been the Insurance Insiders’ technology correspondent in London.
We last featured Bernard in June 2019 shortly after ...
January 6, 2020
Building a Management Liability MGA
The role and potential for MGAs was much discussed in 2019, with some significant fundraising and acquisitions.
Jacqueline McNamee, a former underwriter, became frustrated with the speed of innovation at her previous employer and launched C-Quence in 2017. Matthew interviewed Jacqueline for one of the keynote presentations ...
September 30, 2019
James Slaughter; Chief Underwriting Officer, Global Risk Solutions at Liberty Mutual Insurance
Matthew talks to James about what drew him to insurance and the challenge of bringing change and new technology to the underwriting of large and complex risks.
Liberty Mutual is the world’s fifth-largest property & casualty insurer. James Slaughter is responsible for ...
August 30, 2019
Podcast 42. Adrian Jones, Head of Ventures and Strategic Partnerships, SCOR
In this episode Matthew Grant talks to Adrian Jones who heads up Ventures & Strategic Partnerships at SCOR Global P&C, the #5 global reinsurer. P&C Ventures, one of the more active VCs in re/insurance, is fully embedded within SCOR and invests ...
April 23, 2019
Podcast 24. The insurtech MGAs (Part Three). Evari, Laka, Zurich and Envelop
In this third and final podcast from the InsTech London evening event “MGA, the new frontier for Insurtech” recorded live at The Steelyard London on 2nd April, join Matthew Grant on the sofa as he talks to the founders and partners of three more ...
April 23, 2019
Podcast 23. The insurtech MGAs (Part Two). Equipsme, Genasys, Descartes Underwriting, Archipelago and Xceedance
Three more “sofa sessions” in the second extract from our “MGA, the new frontier for Insurtech” evening event recorded live at The Steelyard London on 2nd April.
Robin Merttens talks to Matthew Reed founder of health insurance for business provider Equipsme and Andre Symes from ...
