AF Group – The Insurance Innovators Unscripted

EP 110 – Reuters Events Part 2: Accelerating Underwriting…

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021
by Abel Travis

Reuters Event Part 2: The world is always changing. It’s the only constant. But with the accelerated change of the past 12 months, insurance carriers are racing to adapt to a world of new risks that many underwriters are struggling to keep up with. Carriers need to empower their underwriting organizations with new data and new tools, with a focus on continuous improvement or risk falling foul of disruption and new risks.

Hear from our panel of industry titans as they explore how underwriters can prepare for new data and new risks in our first post-event webinar:

ABEL TRAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT & HEAD OF FUNDAMENTAL UNDERWRITERS, AF GROUP)

STEPHANIE RUSHFORTH (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF UNDERWRITING OPERATIONS, HISCOX USA)

JANET MOYLAN (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICAN UNDERWRITING OPERATIONS, ALLIED WORLD)

EUGENE LEE (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, INSURANCE SUITE, GUIDEWIRE)

Moderated by BRYAN FALCHUK

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EP 109 – Reuters Events Part 1: Accelerating Underwriting…

July 25, 2021August 1, 2021
by Abel Travis

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Reuters Event Part 1: The world is always changing. It’s the only constant. But with the accelerated change of the past 12 months, insurance carriers are racing to adapt to a world of new risks that many underwriters are struggling to keep up with. Carriers need to empower their underwriting organizations with new data and new tools, with a focus on continuous improvement or risk falling fowl of disruption and new risks.

Hear from our panel of industry titans as they explore how underwriters can prepare for new data and new risks in our first post-event webinar:

Abel Travis (Vice President & Head of Fundamental Underwriters, AF Group)

Stephanie Rushforth (Senior Vice President, Head of Underwriting Operations, Hiscox USA)

Janet Moylan (Senior Vice President, North American Underwriting Operations, Allied World)

Eugene Lee (Senior Vice President and General Manager, Insurance Suite, Guidewire)

Moderated by Bryan Falchuk

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EP 107: The Economist – Accelerating Insurance for Tomorrow…

April 24, 2021April 24, 2021
by Abel Travis

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Recent industry disruptions have changed policyholder expectations and amplified the need for accelerated digital transformation. Meeting these challenges and unlocking growth will require new capabilities that improve customer offerings and experiences, and the ability to deploy those capabilities at speed and scale. Today, AI and cloud computing are doing just that, empowering insurers to market new experiences and offerings that customers can trust—and to do so rapidly and securely.

Against this backdrop, join us to discuss:

Customer expectations are increasingly shaped by experiences offered in other industries. How do we shift to viewing policyholders as customers? How do we unlock complete customer value?
How can new technologies (cloud/IoT/AI) improve product lines and operational efficiency to drive down costs and increase speed to market? What parts of the insurance value chain are best suited to digitization?
What role do new products and services play in reinvigorating customer loyalty and engagement?
How are ecosystems of partners driving innovation? How can these investments be unleashed at scale as new skills in the hands of employees?
How big a roadblock do inflexible legacy systems and processes present to digital transformation?

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Moderated by Patrick Lane of The Economist

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Ep 100: InsurTech Panel – Acord Connect – Live…

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019
by Abel Travis

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, we celebrate the recording of this milestone 100th episode at Acord Connect!

Recorded Live in Boston, Panelists are as follows:

Abel Travis – VP, Fundamental Underwriters, AF Group
Wendy Aarons-Corman – CEO, OWIT Global
Seth Zaremba – Owner, Zinc Insurance
Jeff To – CEO, Safekeep
Anurag Shah – CEO & Co Founder, Aureus Analytics
Kiki Johnson – Co Founder, Insurance Agent App
Jim Rogers – AVP, Agency Automation at The Hartford
Frank Sentner – Owner, Sentwood Consulting

Our InsurTech Panel explored the present and future state of digital engagement throughout the insurance value chain. Specifically, the creator of a mobile service platform for policyholders, the founder of a startup insurance distribution software firm, an agency principal who has created a unified communications data lake for agencies and insurers, the CEO of an AI and machine learning platform to assess the sentiment of customers using such unstructured data, the digital sales director for an insurer, and the CEO of a provider of value-add micro-services that complement and extend existing investments.

We discuss how they are enabling more cost-effective and efficient data sharing among their respective technology platforms to facilitate digital engagement among all participants in the insurance ecosystem

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Ep 088: Ron Glozman – Chisel – Transforming Insurance…

July 18, 2019July 15, 2019
by Abel Travis

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Ron Glozman, CEO of Chisel, a company focused on making understanding Insurance easy through using A.I. technology.

On this episode, we discuss:

Comparing Policies For Renewal Changes
Using AI to Compare Coverage Across Carriers
ACORD InsurTech Innovation Winners
Using Technology to Enrich The Insurance Industry
Replacing Obsolete Skill-sets with AI
Driving Innovation Only For Real Business Opportunities

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Ep 85: Kris Herrin – VPay – Innovating Claims…

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
by Abel Travis

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This week I caught up with Kris Herrin, CIO of Vpay, a company that uses patented technology to facilitate billions of dollars of insurance payments.

On this episode, we discuss:

Simplifying Insurance Claims Payment Process
Vpay being the first B2B network for Insurance Payments
The Pay By Choice Concept
Shifting Payment Expense to Innovative Technologies

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Ep 063: Pat Saporito – SAP – Transforming Insurance…

December 13, 2018December 12, 2018
by Abel Travis

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I catch up with Pat Saporito, Sr. Director Global Center of Excellence, for Analytics and Insights for SAP. Pat is also the author of a book that will be discussed on this podcast.

Listen to the episode for:

Applied Insurance Analytics Framework
Delivering business value from innovation
How IT enables business expertise
Partnering with InsurTech’s for Success
Digital allows for customer focus

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This episode is sponsored by:

VortexLegal is a proud sponsor of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted podcast. Innovation in the insurance field is exciting and VortexLegal is a unique and proven solution to help improve your company’s loss ratios by substantially reducing legal expenses. Their nationwide network of local attorneys attends the voluminous, routine and predictable hearings for a flat rate, not hourly. VortexLegal’s solution works with both your staff counsel offices as well as outside law firms. They’ve saved carriers millions of dollars. To learn more contact Jonathan Broder at 954-473-2648, JBRODER@VORTEXLEGAL.COM, or visit vortexlegal.com.

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Ep 040: Nick Leimer – Microsoft – The Insurance…

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018
by Abel Travis

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On this episode of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted Podcast, I speak with Nick Leimer, Principal Industry Lead for Insurance at Microsoft.

On this episode, we discuss:

Innovating Cloud Solutions
Powering Data and Analytics
Creating an Ecosystem To Provide Customer Value
Artificial Intelligence
Dynamically Adjusting Risk

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This episode is sponsored by:

VortexLegal is a proud sponsor of the Insurance Innovators Unscripted podcast. Innovation in the insurance field is exciting and VortexLegal is a unique and proven solution to help improve your company’s loss ratios by substantially reducing legal expenses. Their nationwide network of local attorneys attend the voluminous, routine and predictable hearings for a flat rate, not hourly. VortexLegal’s solution works with both your staff counsel offices as well as outside law firms. They’ve saved carriers millions of dollars. To learn more contact Jonathan Broder at 954-473-2648, JBRODER@VORTEXLEGAL.COM, or visit VORTEXLEGAL.COM.

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