Asia InsurTech Podcast

The Asia InsurTech Podcast caught up with Harprem Doowa to talk about the growth of his new(ish) venture, Eazy Digital, and the importance of having a great tech partner. We also spoke about generating profits while bootstrapping, understanding the necessity to stay relevant and making the (difficult) choice to stay the course even when other companies are making buyout offers. We also discussed t...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast enjoyed speaking with Satishwar Balakrishnan, a Managing Director and the CEO of Aegon Life Insurance. We talked about the liberalization of India’s insurance market and how having alternatives and options always makes sense. Mr. Balakrishnan also walked us through the rationale behind Aegon’s decision to go fully digital in 2018 and the risks associated with that decisi...

Welcome to 2023! The AIP News Roundup team is excited about the new year and new InsurTech developments. Will we see a new wave of M&A in a changed investment climate? A stronger focus on product innovation and less hype around record-breaking funding rounds?  Well, despite the predictions of an InsurTech winter, we are starting the year with funding news from Thai InsurTech Eazy Digital. The star...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Fred Hegner, General Manager, Regional Health at Tune Protect Group. Fred shared his unique perspectives on the adoption of AI and how it may help insurers improve risk assessment, underwriting, claims, and fraud detection. Read the best-effort transcript below: Michael Waitze 0:04 Hi, this is Michael Waitze. And welcome back to the Asia InsurTech Podcast. Tod...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Daniel Fogarty, the founder and CEO at Evari, about how insurers can innovate down to the core and the constraints the industry is facing. Michael Waitze 0:03 Hi, this is Michael Waitze and welcome back to the Asia InsurTech Podcast. Today we are joined by Daniel Fogarty, the founder and CEO at Evari and a non-executive director at InsurTech Australia. Daniel,...

What an amazing year for InsurTech in Asia and globally. Michael and Theresa review for the last time in 2022 the InsurTech news in Asia and make some predictions for 2023. At the end of 2022, we see more InsurTech accelerators and funds launching. In Malaysia, FWD and Artem Ventures launched a RM45 million fund to invest in emerging Malaysian Insurtech and Islamic Fintech startups. In Singapore,...

We are wrapping up 2022, another record breaking year for the Asia InsurTech Podcast. We made it to the top 10% of the most followed podcast globally and published close to 2,000 minutes of content.  Michael and Theresa are revealing the top 10 most popular episodes in 2022. This is based on the total number of listeners in the first week after releasing an episode.  Our 2022 Top 10 episodes are:...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Nischal Tanna, the Group CEO of TransformHub about embedded insurance, his financial services background and the inspiration for founding TransformHub. He also discusses the importance of digital transformation and the need for insurance companies to adapt to the changing landscape and meet customer needs through technology. Please see our best-efforts transcr...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast enjoyed speaking with Susanne Møllegaard, a Partner and the CEO at Process Factory. Susanne thoughtfully enlightened us about the biggest trends in insurance and InsurTechs in the Nordic Region, where the Process Factory is based. Susanne noted that incumbent insurers in the region are becoming more like InsurTechs and that Open Insurance is also gaining momentum. Check...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Gregor Arn, the CEO of Verso Finance about how Gregor’s career and his experience as a consultant led him to the founding of Verso Finance and Wallet Engine. Gregor discussed emerging trends in insurance and InsurTech, specifically the potential for parametric insurance with blockchain technology. Check out the transcript of our conversation below: Michael Wai...

Close to the end of 2022, we see more money pouring into InsurTech in APAC. Australian Cover Genius raises $70M in Series D funding, Hong Kong InsurTech platform CoverGo received a strategic investment from Middle Eastern venture capital fund Noria Capital and Singapore InsurTech Igloo increases its Series B to $46M. Many are predicting a colder investment climate so are those the last major Insur...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Rajiv Malhan, the Head of Strategic Projects and Business Transformation at Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance, about customer expectations today and how insurers can pleasantly surprise customers by predicting their wants and needs.  Here is the transcript of our conversation. Michael Waitze  0:04   Hi, this is Michael Waitze and welcome back to the Asia InsurTe...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast caught up with Cole Sirucek, a co-founder and the CEO of DocDoc, to talk about what is new with DocDoc, what entrepreneurship really means and why product innovation is so hard.   You can find our previous conversations with the DocDoc team here .  Michael Waitze  0:00   Okay, we’re on. Hi, this is Michael Waitze. And welcome back to the Asia InsurTech Podcast. Today we’...

Another busy month and we see more investments pouring into the region. Warburg Pincus is investing $350m to set up a Southeast Asian digital general insurance platform called Oona Insurance. Similar to other players Oona starts with a range of existing insurance assets including Indonesia’s PT Asuransi Bina Dana Arta Tbk and Philippines’ Mapfre Insular Insurance Corp. Hong Kong based YAS complete...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Jan Mandrup Olesen, the Head of Delivery at Seven Peaks Software. Jan has a long history of digital transformation in and out of the insurance industry. We covered a lot of topics, including how important the proper mindset is and how his insurance industry colleagues were hungry for technological change. Michael Waitze 0:04 Hi, this is Michael Waitze and welc...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with James Benham, the co-founder and CEO of JBKnowledge and the host of the InsurTech Geek Podcast about the crucial components of innovation, the lessons learned from being an entrepreneur and investor and the biggest opportunities in the insurance industry. Here is the transcript of our conversation. Michael Waitze 0:05 Hi, this is Michael Waitze and welcome bac...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Sam White, the CEO of Stella Insurance and the Chair of Freedom Services Group , about what products we are missing in the insurance industry and how to design new products with women in mind. Michael Waitze 0:03 Let’s keep that spirit going. Hi, this is Michael Waitze. And welcome back to the Asia InsurTech Podcast. Today we are joined by Sam White, the CEO o...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Michelle Chan, a co-founder and managing partner at The Phygital and the FinTech Association of Hong Kong co-chair of InsurTech, about how to connect the physical world and the digital world.   Want to learn more about InsurTech in Hong Kong? Listen to our episode with Lapman Lee, aProfessor of Practice with a focus on and passion for ESG and FinTech and a Boa...

It’s the end of the month again and the AIP News Roundup team has come together to discuss the latest news in digital insurance and InsurTech in Asia.  In India, Liberty General Insurance introduces a new AI claims platform. Over the past few months, we have seen an increase in value chain innovation projects, something that we have witnessed in the West before.  In Malaysia, MetLife is organizing...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Hassan Karim, Head of Strategy – APAC at Zurich Insurance to talk about the potential of strategic partnerships in APAC. The last time we spoke, Hassan was the CEO of Zurich’s P&C business in Indonesia. Listen to the episode here . Here is the transcript of our recent conversation. Michael Waitze 0:16 Anyway, this is Michael Waitze. And welcome back...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Moniruzzaman Khan, the Head of Digital Business and Senior Executive Vice President at Green Delta Insurance , about the emerging insurance market in Bangladesh and the opportunities to build digital ecosystems to reach more people and expand the addressable insurance market.  If you want to learn more about the insurance market in Bangladesh, listen to our ep...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Sabir Samad, the Head of Sales and Partnerships at Symbo, about the difference of working for a startup compared to a corporate and why tier two and tier three cities in India are on the rise when it comes to embedded insurance.  Listen to our other episodes with Symbo here .  Here is the transcript of our conversation with Sabir.  Michael Waitze  0:02   Well...

We are wrapping up August with news from FWD . The group introduces a new health app called omne. Omne is an ecosystem of services in partnership with Dacadoo , Nuralogix, STASH NextGen, Shadow Factory, Koa Health and Imunis. Another healthtech solution making news this month is Ubie. The Japanese healthcare startup has raised $26.2 million in  Series C funding and among other services offers an A...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Harprem Doowa, a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Eazy Digital . We spoke about his new venture Eazy Digital and had an honest conversation what it takes to build a successful startup. Listen to our other episodes with Prem here . Find the transcript of our conversation below. Michael Waitze 0:00 Are you sure? Yes, I am. Hi, this is Mic...

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Varun Mittal, the Group Head of Digital & Ecosystems at Singlife with Aviva, about the power of ecosystems and what is needed to improve the ecosystem further in Singapore. Listen to our previouse episode with Walter De Oude here . Find the transcript of our conversation with Varun below. Michael Waitze 0:18 Hi, this is Michael Waitze and welcome back to the A...