122. News: Instanda and YuLife raise despite insurance start-up credibility crisis

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a fantastic panel of guest to discuss the most recent and exciting news in the world of insurtech. Joining us today: Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO of Tapoly Nikki Daniels, Founder and Director of e-Zee Insurance Solutions We cover the following stories: Cost-of-living crisis hits insurtech start-ups as deals dry up - 3:10 Ian threatens Florida's already unstable insurance market - 18:45 Zopper raises $75m to solve India’s insurance problem - 32:40 Insurtech goes niche round-up - 43:10 XA Group rolls out blockchain-based motor insurance platform - 45:15 Lemonade partners with Aviva amid UK launch - 48:00 Model wants to insure her 'Schwarzenegger' legs for £174k as her 'body is a temple' - 50:22 All that and much more on this week's episode of Insurtech Insider! Insurtech Insider is going on a hiatus following this episode. But don’t you worry - this is just a ‘see you later’, not a ‘goodbye’. Be sure to check out our sister shows Fintech Insider and Blockchain Insider in the meantime! 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Janthana Kaenprakhamroy and Nikki Daniels . Links: Cost of living crisis hits insurtech startups as deals dry up Ian threatens Florida's already unstable insurance market Zopper raises $75 million to solve India’s insurance problem Insurtech goes niche XA Group rolls out Blockchain-based motor insurance platform Lemonade partners with Aviva amid UK launch Model wants to insure her 'Schwarzenegger' legs for £174k as her 'body is a temple' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin Ensor and David M. Brear are joined by some fantastic guests to discuss open insurance. Open banking has been at the forefront of news over the last couple of years, and for good reason - it has affected the wider financial services industry massively in recent years. However, what does that mean for insurtech and the insurance industry more generally, and what could open insurance look like? Join us while we explore what open insurance could mean, what the opportunities and challenges are in this field, and what kind of developments we hope to see in the near future! Joining us today: Shân Millie, Founder of Bright Blue Hare, & Co-founder of Delegated Authority specialists, GreenKite Associates Jillian Badanes, Lead Product & Propositions Development, Americas at Swiss Re Solutions 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Jillian Badanes and Shân Millie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by some fantastic guests to discuss climate insurance. Join us while we take a look at climate insurance. Climate change is curently affecting our planet in catastrophic ways, and insurance is playing a big role in how we can think about our future. So today we’re asking : “Our climate is changing – should insurers be doing more?” Join us while we take a deep dive into this very urgent topic, and take a look at what the insurance sector is currently doing, what more it could do, and how we could get over any existing or future blockers. Joining us today: Lisa Wardlaw, Insurance Digital Strategist, Chief Strategy Officer at McKenzie Intelligence Services Steve Bennett, Chief Climate Officer of Demex 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Lisa Wardlaw and Steve Bennett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin Ensor and John Bean are joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the most recent and exciting news in the world of insurtech. Joining us today: Andy Cohen, President of Snapsheet Nikki Daniels, Founder and Director of e-Zee Insurance Solutions We cover the following stories: Insurtech funding bounces back after global downturn Lloyd’s to end insurance coverage for state cyber attacks Swiss insurtech startup grape picks up €1.7 million to reinvent employee insurance Lemonade closes on acquisition of insurtech Metromile, promptly lays off about 20% of its staff Cyclists could be made to have registration plates and insurance 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Andy Cohen and Nikki Daniels . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by some fantastic guests to discuss designing and building for trust and transparency in insurance. Join us while we take a look at how important design is in insurance, how things currently stand today, and how big of a role trust and transparency play in creating a good relationship with your customer. Joining us today: Jacqueline Legrand, CEO and Co-founder, Maptycs Ali MacManus, Lead Designer, 11:FS Ventures 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Ali MacManus and Jacqueline Legrand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a fantastic guest to talk about insurance brokers. We’ll be taking a look at what they do and when they’re needed, explore some more of the in and outs of the role in the current landscape, and then turn to look at what their future looks like. Will technology erase the need for them, or will it simply force them to change and adapt? Joining us today: Mark Costello, CEO of Hubb 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guest: Mark Costello. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a fantastic panel of guest to discuss the most recent and exciting news in the world of insurtech. Joining us today: Antton Pena, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Flock Tim Hardcastle, CEO of Instanda Ruth Foxe Blader, Partner at Anthemis We cover the following stories: No-code insurtech scale-up Instanda raises £37m - 3:37 Insurance start-ups face credibility crisis - 21:00 YuLife picks up $120m at an $800m valuation for gamified, wellness-focused life insurance - 36:30 GEICO may have to pay a woman who got an STD in an insured car - 48:00 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Antton Pena and Ruth Foxe-Blader. Links: No-code insurtech scaleup Instanda raises £37m Insurance start-ups face credibility crisis in brutal tech rout YuLife picks up $120M at an $800M valuation for gamified, wellness-focused life insurance GEICO may have to pay $5.2 million to a woman who got an STD in an insured car Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh and Benjamin Ensor are joined by a fantastic guest to take a deep dive into insurance education. Education has been the focus of many financial campaigns and initiatives over the last few years - but what about insurance? Is insurance getting the attention it needs? Filled with jargon and complex policies, our sector is notoriously hard to figure out. Join us while we take a deep dive into the challenges in education, what we can do to invest more back into our customers, and how we might tackle the future! Joining us today: Victoria Roberts, Director at Victress Communications, providing strategic public policy insights and advice across Fintech and Insurtech 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guest: Victoria Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a panel of fantastic guests to talk through all things culture in insurance. Culture is a very wide topic and can cover a variety of lenses: the culture of innovation, the move towards a digital culture, social culture, which is a topic that we have covered here on the podcast quite a lot - especially with our recent ESG podcast, and many more cultural lenses. Culture in insurance has a bad rep, and for good reason with recemt press reports, but it might not be all bad with lots of good work happening across the industry. So join us while we try to figure out what is currently going on, and how we can build a transformative and inclusive future. Joining us today: Lou Smith, Chair of the Board at Innovate Finance Alex Bond, Founder at FinPro and host of the Leadership in Insurance podcast 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Alex Bond and Lou Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a fantastic panel of guest to discuss the most recent and exciting news in the world of insurtech. Joining us today: Mark Musson, CEO, Humn Charlotte Halkett, Chief Underwriting Officer, ManyPets Shân Millie, Founder of Bright Blue Hare, & co-founder of Delegated Authority specialists, GreenKite Associates We cover the following stories: Aviva’s Blanc calls out industry sexism 3:09 LEVL and Humn partner to offer tailored EV Insurance 20:23 UK and EU hit Russian oil cargoes with insurance ban 32:06 1952 insurance policies from when the Queen came to the throne 44:19 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. Follow us on Twitter: @instechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Special Guests: Charlotte Halkett, Mark Musson, and Shân Millie. Links: Aviva CEO condemns industry sexism, says it is becoming ‘more overt’ LEVL and Humn partner to offer first of its kind tailored EV Insurance UK and EU hit Russian oil cargoes with insurance ban 1952 insurance policies when the Queen came to the throne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices