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Rosina Smith, CPO: McKenzie Intelligence Services: Innovation and the insurtech journey - are we there yet? (301)


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McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) helps accelerate disaster relief and economic recovery for insurers.

Matthew Grant spoke to Rosina, Chief Product Officer for MIS, who shares insights from her MBA dissertation's findings on the adoption of technology in insurance, highlighting the necessity of collaboration between insurtechs, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to drive innovation and effectively address the insurance protection gap. 

Key talking points include:

  • Transitioning from working for a large organization to the world of startup and scale up
  • MBA Dissertation - the process of writing and publishing 
  • Managing biases - reconsidering the issue with the protection gap
  • Collaboration and disruption - where do you stand as an insurtech?
  • Evolving approaches for insurtechs
  • What you should avoid in partnerships
  • To read Rosina Smith’s dissertation ‘Barriers to Adopting Insurtech in Natural Catastrophe (Re)insurance’ you can reach out to her on LinkedIn.

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    To find out more about InsTech, our membership and offerings visit www.instech.co or contact us [email protected]

    Continuing Professional Development

    This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

    By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

    • Specify what is the insurance protection gap and why it has historically been misunderstood
  • Identify some reasons why a business partnership between a insurtech start up and an insurer might not be successful
  • Summarise why insurtechs need to reevaluate their strategy when partnering with insurance carriers
  • If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 301 page of the InsTech website or email [email protected] to let us know you have listened to this podcast.

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