Bonus episode - "Pulse" episode of blockchain in insurance

This is an exciting “Pulse” episode where we get a sense of what the insurance industry feels about Blockchain. In this episode I interviewed 12 delegates who attended the Blockchain for Insurance summit here in London on the 22ndand 23rdof June.

 

Each delegate was asked to answer two questions:

* Is Blockchain all hype?

* Is the insurance industry ready to embrace blockchain?

 

We would like to thank the following participants for participating to this “Pulse” episode, in order of appearance:

* Benoit Abeloos, Policy Officer, Blockchain, FinTech, Startups and Innovation at the European Commission

* Susan Holiday, Principal Insurance Specialist at IFC - International Finance Corporation

* Dante Disparte, Founder and CEO at Risk Cooperative / Co-Author Global Risk Agility and Decision Making

* Martijn Minkenberg, Dutch Association of Insurers

* Ruth Cameron-Errington, Deputy Global Claims Operations Manager at SCOR

* Mark Cook, Global CIO at Marsh

* Sylvain De Crom– Head of Research and Development at Aegon Blue Square Re

* Mark Simpson– Head of Consultancy at Armour Risk Management Limited

* Lee Brenner– Head of Partnerships & Marketing Strategy at the Global Blockchain Business Council

* Mark Nance– VP, Chief Data Officer at American Fidelity

* Michael Smith– Innovation consultant at American Family Insurance

* Cecilia Persson– Manager Underwriting & Risk Control

 

Have a listen to this episode and let us know what you think by writing your answers in the comments below:

* Is Blockchain all hype?

* Is the insurance industry ready to embrace blockchain?