Andrew Bent is the Senior Risk and Insurance Manager at Gopuff. Andrew’s extensive experience has led him to work internationally as a risk insurance professional and in this episode, he shares his unique knowledge about risk insurance. You’ll learn what it takes to be a risk insurance professional in this growing landscape, the value of industry disruption, and also Andrew’s process on how to collaborate and be a helpful insurance partner within an organization. 

 

Key Takeaways:

• How did Andrew get into risk management? 
• Andrew’s extensive expertise abroad has led him to see different cultural perspectives as it relates to risk insurance.
• Andrew compares New Zealand, Canada, and the United States risk insurance policies. 
• Good risk management really is just good organizational management at the heart of it. 
• What value does insurance bring to an organization? 
• What’s a career lesson Andrew has adopted overtime in the risk industry?
• Focus to your best ability on the things you can control! 
• How does Andrew approach collaboration within an organization so that risk management has a seat at the table? 
• What are some of the biggest mistakes Andrew sees some of his clients make? 
• Insurance is a game of trust. If people don’t trust the insurers to pay, they shouldn’t be working with them. 
• As insurance professionals, you have an obligation to be current and relevant. If you’re unable to do that, then the industry will very quickly become disrupted. 
• Andrew talks about what he disagrees with in the insurance industry. 
• What advice would Andrew give his former self? 
• It’s not about the result, it’s about the recovery. 
• What is Andrew currently reading? 
• Insurance professionals need to tell a story on how important and valuable risk management is for people to fully understand it. 
• We need to begin to disrupt cliche views of what risk insurance is. 

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Theinstitutes.org

Gopuff.com/go

Andrew on LinkedIn