On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Chris Bacon, Chief Operating Officer at Openly, an InsurTech focused on Innovating homeowners insurance.

We discuss:

• The transformation of Tech Enabled Homeowners Insurance
• Data Driven Innovation
• Leveraging Openly’s Model to Lower the Expense Ratio

For more information visit:

1. OPENLY
2. CHRIS BACON–  LINKEDIN

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Reuters Event Part 2: The world is always changing. It’s the only constant. But with the accelerated change of the past 12 months, insurance carriers are racing to adapt to a world of new risks that many underwriters are struggling to keep up with. Carriers need to empower their underwriting organizations with new data and new tools, with a focus on continuous improvement or risk falling foul of disruption and new risks.

Hear from our panel of industry titans as they explore how underwriters can prepare for new data and new risks in our first post-event webinar:

ABEL TRAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT & HEAD OF FUNDAMENTAL UNDERWRITERS, AF GROUP)

STEPHANIE RUSHFORTH (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF UNDERWRITING OPERATIONS, HISCOX USA)

JANET MOYLAN (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICAN UNDERWRITING OPERATIONS, ALLIED WORLD)

EUGENE LEE (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, INSURANCE SUITE, GUIDEWIRE)

Moderated by BRYAN FALCHUK

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Reuters Event Part 1: The world is always changing. It’s the only constant. But with the accelerated change of the past 12 months, insurance carriers are racing to adapt to a world of new risks that many underwriters are struggling to keep up with. Carriers need to empower their underwriting organizations with new data and new tools, with a focus on continuous improvement or risk falling fowl of disruption and new risks.

Hear from our panel of industry titans as they explore how underwriters can prepare for new data and new risks in our first post-event webinar:

Abel Travis (Vice President & Head of Fundamental Underwriters, AF Group)

Stephanie Rushforth (Senior Vice President, Head of Underwriting Operations, Hiscox USA)

Janet Moylan (Senior Vice President, North American Underwriting Operations, Allied World)

Eugene Lee (Senior Vice President and General Manager, Insurance Suite, Guidewire)

Moderated by Bryan Falchuk

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Part 2: The Economist Event: Recent industry disruptions have changed policyholder expectations and amplified the need for accelerated digital transformation. Meeting these challenges and unlocking growth will require new capabilities that improve customer offerings and experiences, and the ability to deploy those capabilities at speed and scale. Today, AI and cloud computing are doing just that, empowering insurers to market new experiences and offerings that customers can trust—and to do so rapidly and securely. 

Against this backdrop, join us to discuss: 

• Customer expectations are increasingly shaped by experiences offered in other industries. How do we shift to viewing policyholders as customers? How do we unlock complete customer value? 
• How can new technologies (cloud/IoT/AI) improve product lines and operational efficiency to drive down costs and increase speed to market? What parts of the insurance value chain are best suited to digitization? 
• What role do new products and services play in reinvigorating customer loyalty and engagement?
• How are ecosystems of partners driving innovation? How can these investments be unleashed at scale as new skills in the hands of employees? 
• How big a roadblock do inflexible legacy systems and processes present to digital transformation?

This Episode Includes the following Panelists:

Abel Travis

Sabine VanderLinden

Mark McLaughlin

Yann Bry

Moderated by Patrick Lane of The Economist

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Recent industry disruptions have changed policyholder expectations and amplified the need for accelerated digital transformation. Meeting these challenges and unlocking growth will require new capabilities that improve customer offerings and experiences, and the ability to deploy those capabilities at speed and scale. Today, AI and cloud computing are doing just that, empowering insurers to market new experiences and offerings that customers can trust—and to do so rapidly and securely. 

Against this backdrop, join us to discuss: 

• Customer expectations are increasingly shaped by experiences offered in other industries. How do we shift to viewing policyholders as customers? How do we unlock complete customer value? 
• How can new technologies (cloud/IoT/AI) improve product lines and operational efficiency to drive down costs and increase speed to market? What parts of the insurance value chain are best suited to digitization? 
• What role do new products and services play in reinvigorating customer loyalty and engagement?
• How are ecosystems of partners driving innovation? How can these investments be unleashed at scale as new skills in the hands of employees? 
• How big a roadblock do inflexible legacy systems and processes present to digital transformation?

This Episode Includes the following Panelists:

Abel Travis

Sabine VanderLinden

Mark McLaughlin

Yann Bry

Moderated by Patrick Lane of The Economist

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Bryan Falchuk, of Hi Marley, an InsurTech focused on Innovating Insurance Communications.

We discuss:

• Innovating communications through better connecting people
• Deploying a Text capability
• Improving claims closure speed through leveraging text
• Using AI to enable human interaction

For more information visit:

1. Hi Marley
2. Bryan Falchuk–  LINKEDIN

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Bryan Colyer, EVP of Strategy and Innovation at Dohrmann Insurance Agency, one of California’s largest and oldest independent insurance agencies..

We discuss:

• InsurTech 1.0 vs. InsurTech 2.0
• Using Wellness Platforms to Drive Claims Mitigation
• Using Technology Innovation To Lower Costs
• Providing Value to Customers Beyond Coverage
• The Promise of Blockchain
• AI Being Only As Good As Your Data

For more information visit:

1. DOHRMANN INSURANCE AGENCY
2. BRYAN COLYER –  LINKEDIN

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Gabe Glynn, CEO of MākuSafe ,  a company developing wearable technology paired with a powerful data analytics system for the labor-worker industries like manufacturing, agriculture, and logistics, focused on worker safety and productivity through the real-time measurement of workplace conditions and hazards.

On this episode, we discuss:

• Machine Learning To Process High Impact Trends
• Building a Culture of Safety
• Processing Data to Suggest Remediation Actions
• Innovating Wearables
• Using Sensor Technology to Drive Safety

For more information visit:

1. MĀKUSAFE
2. GABRIEL GLYNN –  LINKEDIN

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak withJamie Hale, CEO of Ladder Life, an InsurTech focused on modernizing Life Insurance.

We discuss:

• Reducing process to obtain life insurance to less than 5 minutes
• Using data to make Life Insurance efficient
• Laddering coverage to create easy coverage adjustments
• Working with regulators to drive innovation

For more information visit:

1. Ladder Life
2. Jamie Hale–  LINKEDIN

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Rick Fox, VP of Agency Association and Networks at Vertafore, a company focused on driving innovation through agency management platforms.

We discuss:

• Agency Management Systems Innovation
• Maximizing the use of Data and Analytics
• Growth through working on business instead of in your business
• The Vertafore Insurance Podcast

For more information visit:

1. Vertafore
2. Rick Fox–  LINKEDIN

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Marvin Mensah, Co Founder and CEO of UnderWrite, and InsurTech that’s using data and analytics to drive policy accuracy for carriers and agents. We discuss: Data Driven Due Diligence Data Driven Policy Accuracy Image Analytics Machine Learning Goal of InsurTech to provide greatRead More