OneDegree has spun a niche business doing digital pet insurance in Hong Kong into a multi-pronged insurtech business that aims to be active in five continents within five years. Co-founder and CEO Alvin Kwock discusses the changing trends in insurance and insurtech, and his ambitions to transform OneDegree into a leading insurance player.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Alvin Kwock, OneDegree

1:28 - The vision from Day One in 2016

7:14 - Getting started in pet insurance, the whys and hows

13:16 - Extending into B2B for third-party insurers

14:48 - What big insurance companies need from tech companies

16:55 - The challenges of partnering with giant legacy insurers

20:25 - Going global, can you maintain the same focus?

22:39 - Design pitfalls for insurance mobile apps