The We Are InsurTech Women Podcast

I was joined by Lena Chukhno , CRO of Bestow , who has had a super impressive career to date, working in consulting before scaling high-growth start ups and revenue teams. She shared insights on: 🔹 Why Bestow? – A big vision, a massive opportunity, and a hard problem that Bestow has found a solution for 🔹 Transferring skills from consulting to a scale-up – why are these so valuable for high-grow...

This week on the We Are InsurTech Women podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Daria Kępa-Green , VP of Marketing at Cytora . Daria has had an impressive career and has been at the forefront of Cytora's marketing who have had a huge year so it was great to hear insights into her thinking, Cytora's product and what's worked for them. Tune in to hear Daria discuss- - How working in...

Excited to share this week’s We Are InsurTech Women podcast where I had the pleasure of speaking with Jen Kemp , CFO of Clearcover . Jen has had an impressive career, and it was a great to dive into her route to becoming CFO and hear her advice for others in the industry. Tune in to hear about: 🔹 Jen’s transition from traditional insurance to Insurtech, and what inspired the move 🔹 Key advice on...

This week on the We Are InsurTech Women podcast I had the pleasure of chatting with Katie Upton , Director of Finance at Sigo Seguros . Katie shared her route from major consulting firms to scaling at Sigo, an InsurTech who recently secured a $10.5 million Series A. Here’s a glimpse of our discussion: 🔹 The shift from working for the likes of Accenture and and BCG to early-stage scale-up and what...

This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Bijal Patel, CO-founder and CTO of Aurora.  Bijal has been a key member of the WAIW group, speaking on our panel last year in Lloyds Lab and Aurora have had a very exciting year so it was great to finally sit down with her and dive into their product, mission and Bijals career further.  Tune in to hear-  What is the mission of Aurora and what impact h...

Excited to share this weeks We Are InsurTech Women podcast where we were joined by Charlotte Koep , CEO of Root . Root has grown considerably since Charlotte joined 4 years ago so it was great to dive into their product and mission further as well as Charlotte track leading up to to joining them. Tune in to hear- - What is Roots mission and what impact are they having on the space? - Roots solid c...

This week I had the pleasure of being joined by Robin Roberson - President and Co-Founder of Agentech .  Having previously founded and exited a highly successful Claims technology company, Agentech are poised for success and already having a huge impact on the space with their product and recent raise.  Hear from Robin-  -What is Agentechs mission and how have they already been reducing claims cos...

The We Are InsurTech Women podcast is kicking off this year with Laura Bennett . Laura was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Embrace Pet Insurance , scaling the company for 14 years to be the leader within the pet insurance space and recently being acquired for $1billlion+ ! Tune in to hear- - How to build a highly successful InsurTech, find your niche and gap in the market - The importance of hiri...

Great to speak with Kate Lyons , Life Insurance Innovation manager from Munich Re on this week's We Are InsurTech Women podcast.   We dive into the life insurance space, the innovation needed within it and the role Kate is playing to solve this. Link in comments to hear Kate discuss- -Why life insurance? Kate has worked within the space for the majority of her career so explains the need -What is...

Excited to have welcome dour first MENA based guest to the podcast this week, Mina Sahib. Mina is has been making huge advancements in the MENA region for Insurance, founding the Women in Insurance Network and founding a consultancy, she's very much at the forefront of innovation in MENA. Listen in to hear what's been happening in insurance from an innovation stand point in Dubai and the wider MEN...

So great to have Hayley Budd , Innovation Class Lead at Apollo ibott 1971 , join us on the We Are InsurTech Women podcast this week. Also great to welcome back Rebekah to this episode, featuring as a host. Tune in to hear more about Hayley's thoughts on- - How has taking risks and chances benefited and influenced her career? - Challenging the traditional view of who can become a Underwriter. - The...

Delighted to have been joined by Olga Collins, CEO of WBN on the WAIW podcast this week.  Olga and WBN have been making a huge impact on the Insurance space, particularly with diversity, talent and innovation.  Tune in to hear from Olga.. What is the mission of WBN, and how are they becoming the leading, largest and most connected global network in space?  What have WBN been doing over the past 2...

Loved having Jil Macdonald , COO of Walnut Insurance join us on this week's We Are InsurTech Women podcast to hear more about her background as well as Walnuts product and the successful year they have had.  How are Walnut embedding insurance products and solutions with their customers? And what’s their USP?  They’ve tackled the Canadian market already, what are the growth plans going forwards fol...

This week we were joined by Tamara, COO of dentolo. How does living and working in multiple countries benefit building a team, hear about Tamara's diverse and exciting background, which has reflected in her team building Considering a switch from traditional insurance into InsurTech? Hear about the frustrations but overall super positive move for Tamara  When scaling a company, you need to think a...

This week we were joined by Carly Levin, Chief Strategy Officer from Cover Whale.  Hear about Carly's unique introduction to Cover Whale following a train ride and sitting next to the President of Cover Whale.   What are the key transferable skills moving from Investment Banking into an Insurtech scale up? Hear advice on transitioning from a large corporate into an 80 person Insurtech and why you...

One for the athletes and sports fans ! Kyle Lubrano , Chief Mission Delivery Officer from Players Health joined us on the We Are InsurTech Women podcast this week  ⚾ Hear how Kyle moved from leading USA Baseballs Athlete safety to joining Players Health as their 10th employee ⚾ How does Players Health, who have both an MGA and brokerage, understand, mitigate and protect athletes and sports organ...

In this episode we were joined by Maria Goy, Co-founder and CEO of Spot. Hear how Maria went from working at the likes of Paramount, MTV, Starbucks HQ and consulting to founding an Insurtech  What is the concept behind Spot and why was there a need for the inception of it?  How to navigate setbacks, like SVB and Covid and come out of the other side, hear how Maria and the team managed their way th...

Ruiqi is the Chief Data and Product Officer from Ledgebrook who have had a huge year with a recent raise, double headcount growth and a number of awards popping up- definitely one to check out.  Tune in to hear-   More about Ruiq’s career and route to Ledgebrook which is a mix of traditional Insurance, consulting and fintech- a winning combo.  How Ruiqi came to join Ledgebrook and what excited her...

Loved having Ann from Resilience on the We Are Insurtech Woman podcast this week. Tune in to hear insights to Anne’s career to date, what’s been happening at Resilience and the impact of of AI on Insurance.

How do you innovate in traditional markets? By listening to deeply to your customers and creating a culture where both technologists and those with more traditional insurance skills are equally valued. Rebekah and I were joined by Catherine Barton, Group Risk and Actuarial Director, Ki on this week’s We are Insurtech Women podcast were we talked about Insurtech’s ability to analyse and solve busin...

“Sandra gets bored” ..... how do you activate a career when you have a problem solver/builder profile?? On this week’s We are Insurtech Women podcast Hattie and I talked to Sandra Levin about the value of continuously reskilling to create longevity in your career…. especially when you’re a generalist who is open to a squiggly career. This means being brave and willing to self promote including:  —...

We had the pleasure of welcoming Helen from Teambase to this week’s We are Insurtech Woman's podcast. We dive into life as a start-up founder, what the younger work generation are seeking and how to manage your mental health. Highlights Include-  🔊 How does someone switch from being a school teacher to COO and Founder of a tech start-up? Tune in to hear how Helen did 🔊 Employee benefits are...

Career progression - a mix of timing, luck and most crucially identifying opportunities when they arise? On this week’s We are Insurtech Women podcast I was joined by Nika Lee, Chief Underwriting Officer at Wakam, where we talked about how insurance technology innovation doesn’t just happen in Insurtechs, how to prepare to ‘downsize’ to upscale your career and when to activate luck and timing to c...

Ever feel like growing your business is like learning to surf barefoot? I loved my conversation with Daisy Qi Dong, Head of Product and Pricing Europe and Group Head of Product Proposition, at bolttech on this week’s the We are Insurtech Women Podcast where we talk about taking leaps of faith in your personal life and career and the vital mindset shifts you need to successfully cope.  Growing a st...

🔥 How she become an accidental data and technology geek and why she believes data has the power to ensure people and businesses get better cover and why you should always back yourself to find a solution. We discussed how Ruth became a 🛜technology and 🔢data advocate after spending the first half of her career as tehnopobic… and why she thinks data and technology has a particular ability to revo...