Matt Hodges-Long is the CEO and co-founder of TrackMyRisks. TrackMyRisks is a secure, online platform for risk management. Their mission is to make risk management accessible to all businesses through automation, collaboration and a jargon free user experience. The playform is used by over 3,000 companies in 12 countries.

Matt is also a co-founder of InsurTech UK. InsurTech UK are an alliance of 43 insurtech startups and brands. Their founders have come together to speak with one voice about specific insurtech-related issues and needs arising out of the technological revolution in the sector.

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Ten years ago, Michael Crawford started applying machine learning techniques to insurance problems. In 2018, he co-founded Describe Data. Describe Data’s goal is to use alternative data sources, machine learning and AI to understand insurance risks. Their mission is to enable the “bionic underwriters” of the future.

In the late 80s / early 90s, Michael was training to be an actuary. But something didn’t feel right to him and he decided to make a change. He ended up getting a contract with an IT department. Then another contract came along. Then another. All of a sudden Michael had an IT company and he has spent two decades working with software. Now he's back where it all began: working with numbers and data to solve insurance problems. He jokes that his former actuarial colleagues make fun of his career path but he says that he doesn’t care because he has always done something that he loves.

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Barbara Schönhofer is Chief Executive of Schonhofer and founder of The Insurance Supper Club.

Schonfoher is an executive recruitment firm that specialises in the insurance industry. She assists insurance organisations in attracting senior-level talent, including Board Members, CEOs and other C-suite roles.

Barbara has been highly influential in persuading the UK insurance industry to look carefully at inclusion and diversity. In 2008, she founded The Insurance Supper Club (ISC), a business network for senior women operating in, or involved with, insurance.

She is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Insurers.

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Darren Smith (@ruboly) is Business Development Manager at the Insurtech Network Centre at the Institute of Technology, Carlow in Ireland.

The InsurTech Network Center (INC) facilitates the growth of InsurTech businesses in the South East of Ireland. Their InsurTech Accelerator program is the first of it's kind in Ireland. The program collaboration between InsurTechs and established insurance businesses while allowing participants to leverage the resources and capabilities of IT Carlow.

In this episode, Darren and I discuss three trends in InsurTech: digitization, commoditization and disintermediation.

Connect with Darren on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Enjoy!

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Stan Nazarenko (@kazarena) is the founder of Piprate (@pipratenow), a blockchain-based data exchange platform for the insurance industry. Piprate's blockchain-backed data wallets offer a more secure and efficient means of sharing data among parties in the insurance value chain.

Stan has 20 years experience in the insurance and investment management industries. Prior to starting Piprate, he worked at RenaissanceRe where he was Vice President of Risk Modelling Systems.

Stan is a co-founder of InsurTech Ireland, who have helped put this podcast together. InsurTech Ireland is an Irish community of insurance and technology industry professionals sharing ideas and knowledge about how technology is changing insurance.

Stan holds a Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

• Connect with Stan on Twitter and LinkedIn
• Piprate
• Blockchain
• InsurTech Ireland
• Smart Contracts

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Chris Sandilands (@consultilands)is a Partner at Oxbow Partners, a boutique management consulting firm serving exclusively the insurance industry. The firm focuses on strategy, transformation and M&A.

In this episode, Chris discusses Oxbow Partners' annual "InsurTech Impact 25". This is an assessment of 25 emerging technology businesses which they believe will have an impact on insurers and brokers in the year ahead. You can download the report here.

Chris started his career as a D&O underwriter at Munich Re before moving into management consulting, initially with Oliver Wyman.

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Gerard de Vere (@gdevere) is the co-founder and COO of Describe Data, a data analytics start-up which has developed a risk engine for complex insurance risks.

In this episode, Gerry defines InsurTech and talks about his journey from a working in some of the largest (re)insurers in the world to following his dream and co-founding an InsurTech startup.

Prior to joining Describe Data, Gerard spent many years building and managing technology platforms for major international banks, insurance and reinsurance companies. In 2016, he completed a post-grad with the Innovation Academy at University College Dublin. In 2017 he co-founded InsurTech Ireland, a community of insurance and technology professionals sharing ideas and knowledge about how technology is changing insurance.

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Gerard on LinkedIn and Twitter.
InsurTech Ireland
Describe Data
Innovation Academy - University College Dublin
Business Model Canvas

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