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Octamile: Redefining Insurance Access and Customer Experience

On this episode we sit with Gbenro Dara Founder/CEO of Octamile one of the pioneer  InsurTechs in Nigeria.
Octamile is helping insurers reach more and most especially new markets by integrating their products on Octamile’s Super API. Gbenro and team is able to offer insurance to customers on  digital platforms in various industries where customers are already transacting. 
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FSD Africa: Fostering Innovation in the African Insurance Industry

Accessing Capital as an InsurTech in Africa -IBS Webinar

Following the trends in 2021, 2022 looks to be the year for #InsurTechinAfrica to burst out than ever before. Key to that is the increased interest and activities of investors in the space. In this year's first #IBSWebinar we had an in-depth conversation about the realities of raising capital as an InsurTech operating in Africa and also understand what the investors are looking for in startups.
Panelists:
Ashley Immanuel - CEO, EFInA
Sam Baddoo - Founder, Fleri
Zacharia George - Managing PArtner, Launch Africa
Gbenro Dara - Founder, Octamile Inc.
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Uncovering the Value Tech & Innovation brings to Insurance in Nigeria

In this episode we have a chat with Gigaloluwa Ilori former Head of Strategy Execution at AXA Nigeria and Founder of Agnosys Health, a healthtech company based in Nigeria and focused on providing quality home healthcare services to Nigerians.
Our conversation with Giga touched on his experience in the insurance industry, his interest in Healthcare and how technology, innovation and collaboration can help propel the Nigerian Insurance industry to new heights in 2021 and beyond.
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Online market places & Insurance: A Glimpse at the Present and Future

In this episode we have a chat with Hermann Fried Managing Director of Bsurance, an insurtech company based in Austria. Bsurance is specialized in embedded insurance and our conversation with Hermann centered around his experience in insurance, what Bsurance is looking to achieve in the insurance space and what the future of insurance is going to look like.
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A Pineapple Approach to Improving Insurance Experience

In this episode, we are joined by Sizwe Ndlovu who is Chief Technology Officer at South African InsurTech company, Pineapple. We talked about his journey into insurance, what Pineapple is looking to achieve and what the future hold for InsurTech in South Africa and RoA.
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Innovative Models, Tech that can Improve the Insurance Market in Africa

In this episode, we are joined by Marjorie Ngwenya who wears so many hats these days. She is a Past President of the prestigious Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, a leadership Coach, an Actuary by profession, an Author, Speaker and currently a Board Member of Tangerine Africa.
We delve into her background and experience in the insurance space and also explore the current landscape as well as the future of the insurance industry.
Want to reach Marjorie? marj.coach@gmail.com
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Bonus: Promoting access to Quality Healthcare & Insurance with Recyclables

Nonso Opurum is the Founder and CEO of Nigerian InsurTech startup SOSO Care who are providing Nigerians with access to quality healthcare by leveraging micro health insurance and alternative premium financing options like collecting Recyclables.
Their aim is to get more Nigerians insured especially those in the low-income bracket and are looking for partners to help them grow.
Email: nonsoopurum@gmail.com
Website: https://sosocare.com
Office email: support@sosocare.com

Successfully Insuring Africa's Underserved Population

In today’s episode, we are joined by two women pushing, reshaping microinsurance in Ghana and Kenya. 
Leona Abban (Country Manager, MicroEnsure Ghana) & Wairimu Njoki (Country Manager, MicroEnsure Kenya) shared with us their experience, the regulatory landscape in their countries and strategies they are employing in order to scale simple and affordable insurance products. 
Watch the IBS Women In Insurance Webinar featuring Adeolu Adewumi-Zer, Marjorie Ngwenya, Jihan Abass, Rahsidat Adebisi and Bimbo Onakomaiya: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EKKcQGG8zMU&t=460s
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How OKO is Reshaping Agribusiness in Africa with Parametric Insurance

In this episode, we sat with Simon Schwall, a micro-insurance specialist and Founder of OKO; an insurtech company leveraging mobile technology & Satelite data to offer simple and affordable Crop Insurance to small-scale farmers in Africa.
OKO is based currently operating in Mali and Uganda and is looking to expand across Africa starting with Cote D'Ivoire.
Register for the IBS Women In Insurance Webinar: https://bit.ly/womenininsurance
Watch our Anniversary Event featuring Rob Galbraith, Eunice Maina, Frederick Bisbjerg & Bryan Falchuk: https://youtu.be/icXYVl81VJY
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Scaling Microinsurance in Africa: Models that Work

Having played in the microinsurance space in Africa for almost two decades, Richard Leftley is an authority on the topic. In our episode today, we ask him about the challenges so far, opportunities that still abound through innovation and technology and what models he has tried and which one has worked.
Richard is Executive Vice President, Micro Insurance Company which was formally MicroEnsure.
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Watch our Anniversary Event: https://youtu.be/icXYVl81VJY

Bonus: Potential for Embedded Insurance in Nigeria with Milad Saleh

Milad is a Business Consultant and is currently on a journey with Penni.io to revolutionize insurance distribution through embedded insurance.
Penni.io is on a mission to make insurance easier to understand and more accessible to everyone.

Understanding the opportunities Blockchain Technology brings to Insurance & Trade in Africa

In recent months, Blockchain has become come under the spotlight and different use cases have been discussed including insurance.
On Episode 25, we were privileged to chat with Africa's Blockchain Evangelist and one of LinkedIn's top voices, Shadrack Kubyane.
He is the Co-Founder of Coronet Blockchain and he spoke to us practically about blockchain and the role it can play in building trust, ensuring data privacy and curbing claims fraud.
He also sheds light on the new African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) which took effect from January 1, 2021.
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How the IRA in Kenya Builds an Ecosystem for Insurance & Insurtech

We cap the first year of IBS with a conversation with Elias Omondi who is the Innovation Lead at IRA of Kenya. He shared openly with us the focus of the regulator, how they are fostering innovation in the industry and why they are supporting insurtechs with Bima Regulatory Sandbox as well as Bima Lab.
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Insurance for the Emerging Gig Economy

On this episode we take a trip down to Sydney, Australia to chat with Naby Mariyam who is the Founder/CEO of Coverhero. Coverhero's mission is to deliver relevant, hyper-personalised coverage in moments that matter to their customers. At the moment they are focused on providing protection to Gig Economy workers and we were super interested in hearing all about that. Naby also share with us her experience as a woman in the industry and what the future holds for her company.

Reimagining Insurance for Emerging Customers in East Africa

On this Episode we sit with Saurabh Sharma who is the General Manager, Microinsurance at one of the biggest insurers in East Africa, Britam. He shares with us his thoughts on how best we can scale insurance on the continent, how Britam is going about that by leveraging ecosystem partnerships & technology and also their journey to profitability.
Connect with him on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saurabh-sharma-60254160
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Allianz 2.0: Customer-centric Approach to Growing Insurance

On Episode 21 we had the privilege of hosting the new MD/CEO of Allianz in Nigeria in the person of Adeolu Adewumi-Zer. She shares with us her experience as an Allianzer for the past 10 years, experience in the Turkish and East African market, her motivation and what exactly Allianz 2.0 means for their operations in Nigeria. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Reshaping Insurance Experience as Customers Evolve

In Episode 20 we host one of the world’s top speaker & thought-leader on insurtech and insurance; Dr. Robin Kiera who is a “recovering agent” and now a consultant helping insurers rejig their sales processes and communication. He is based out of Germany and is CEO of Digitalscouting. Listen, Subscribe and Share this podcast with someone if you enjoyed the conversation. (We are sure you would) #Staysafe COVID-19 is Real--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Strategies for the Insurance Industry in 2021 and Beyond

To kick-off the year 2021, we sat down with Ope Osiyemi who is Co-Founder/CEO of Claimsify as she shares her personal experience with a fire incident that spurred her to do something about the claims experience of insurance customers. She also shared her thoughts on skills insurance professionals must be embracing and the strategies insurers need to begin to employ in order to grow the industry particularly focusing on providing value other than just bottom-line.
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How API and Partnerships are Shaping the Future of Insurance in Kenya

On our last episode for the year 2020, we speak with Jihan Abass, Founder & CEO of Lami Insurance Technology; an insurtech company based in Kenya but has its sights on having a presence all over the continent of Africa. We speak to Jihan about her journey into the insurance industry, what Lami is bringing to insurers, the role the Kenyan Regulator (IRA) is playing in order to foster innovation, her experience as a young female in a male-dominated insurance industry and a recent partnership with top e-commerce company, Jumia in Kenya.Lami is on a mission to facilitate the increase in the level of penetration of insurance in Africa by offering technologies that can help insurers design and scale their insurance products to more people and markets than ever before.Lami- www.lami.world/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Insurance, Technology & Human Resources

A new reality for insurance has berth and this has brought a new realization when it comes to the nature of work in the industry. The skills, abilities, persons needed has changed and there is a need for HR professionals to re-engineer, rethink their work. It’s to this end we had the privilege of hosting Kunbi Adeoti who is the Divisional Director-HR at one Nigeria’s leading insurance firms, Leadway Assurance Company Limited. Recently Leadway was recognized as one of the Best Workplaces 2020 by Great Place To Work Institute ans so it was great to hear the strategies they are using to retain, retrain and attract talent.
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Financial Inclusion Through Microinsurance

There is a lot of opportunity for microinurance on the African continent and we had the King of Microinsurance, Luis Kinuthia on to discuss in detail the situation, challenges and where the industry can improve in order to get more people insured.With experience working with the likes of Mico Ensure in Kenya, Luis is currently working on his own insurtech startup and consults for a number of microinsurers in Kenya.Connect with Luis- https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-kinuthia/Register for InsurTech Business Series Conference free- bit.ly/IBSConference2020Follow us on: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Digitalisation of Insurance from Start to Finish

Its episode 15 and we host a conversation about Digitalisation in the insurance industry. It was a huge privilege for us to host Frederik Bisbjerg who is the current Executive Director, Digitalisation at Daman Health in the United Arab Emirates. With over 25 years of working in the insurance space helping insurers with digital transformation, he definitely is a thought leader in the space. We talk about what exactly Digital transformation is all about, the role Takaful insurance can play in emerging markets like Africa and the place of reskilling and retraining of insurance professionals on digital insurance.The Digital Insurer: the-digital-insurer.com/Get his book here: amazon.ae/dp/B08KGXTT68/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_OnyLFb56Q42BJFollow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insurtech-business-series--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Unlocking Partnership Opportunities between FinTech and Insurance

On this episode we feature the Co-Founder/CEO of Aella App and we talk extensively  about his investment banking background, why Aella chose to enter into the health insurance space and what the future holds. There is a special announcement at the end of the episode and we are happy to share it with you.


About Aella App: Finance is complex enough. People and businesses deserve easy, straightforward products that actually work. Aella makes it super easy for anyone to borrow, invest, get health insurance and make payments. No excuses. Earlier in the year, Aella has raised a $10m debt financing round, from HQ Financial Group (HQF), a Singapore-based private company specializing in new material science, semiconductor and blockchain financial investments.
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Fleri: Health Insurance without Borders

Welcome to another episode and we are excited to share the conversation we had with Sam Baddoo who is the Founder/CEO of Fleri a health insurance marketplace that sells health insurance to immigrants around the world for the benefit of their loved ones in Africa. We spoke about his journey into insurance, what Fleri aims to achieve, when they intend to officially launch and what the future holds for insurance in Africa as we engage use of technology. ***Since we had this conversation, Fleri has launched and have locked strategic partnerships with insurers in a number of countries in Africa. They are also currently fundraising. Check them out here: joinfleri.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

From Agency to Digitally Distributing Insurance in Africa

On this episode we celebrate another #IBSWomaninInsurance. Her name is Eunice Maina and she is the Founder/CEO of Bismart Insurance based in Kenya. Eunice started her journey in insurance as an Agent earning a commission and today she is trailblazing in the Insurtech space in Kenya. Bismart is an insurance marketplace where Africans can compare and buy insurance easily and conveniently. This episode also featured a company who are looking to provide IoT solutions for the insurance market.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Simplifying Insurance for the Emerging Market

On this episode we are celebrating another amazing woman on our #IBSWomeninInsurance Project. Her name is Rashidat Adebisi and she is the Chief Client Officer at AXA Mansard. Folumy’s chat with her centered around digital transformation, innovation and AXA’s new plans to target emerging markets by creating simple and affordable products. We love Rashidat and admire her passion, dedication and infectious energy. Twitter Thread on “Why don’t Africans like to buy insurance?”: https://twitter.com/stoneatwine/status/1297786193195741184?s=21--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Creating Value, Opportunities for Female Professionals in Nigeria

In support of female professionals in Nigeria, we have kicked off a "Women in Insurance" Project aimed at celebrating more female professionals doing great things in the industry through our podcast. We decided to flag this off on our 10th episode & who better to have on than Abimbola Onakomaiya the MD/CEO of Peakthrust Insurance Brokers and the new Vice President of PILA (Professional Insurance Ladies Association) established in 1973.On this episode Abimbola speaks to us about her journey so far in insurance, how her company was able to adapt during the lockdown and the goals, passion of PILA as it concerns women and children in Nigeria. Since she clocked 60 recently, we did not let her go until she dropped a word of wisdom for younger professionals in the industry.Thank you Abimbola Onakomaiya for coming on our podcast.https://www.linkedin.com/in/bimbo-onakomaiya-17b16812/https://www.linkedin.com/company/professional-insurance-ladies-association/Did you know that PILA is the 1st female professional body established in Nigeria? Well now you know. Click Play and enjoy the conversation--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Enabling Affordable Healthcare in Nigeria with Microinsurance 

On this episode Damola & Folumy had a rich conversation with Dr. Ikpeme Neto who is the Founder of Wellahealth about his passion and motivation for staring Wellahealth, how they are using insurance to provide quality and affordable Malaria care to Nigerians, how he is tackling mistrust of insurance and expansion plans for Wellahealth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

From Disruption to Evolution of Insurance

On this episode we had a Bryan Falchuk, Best-Selling Author of Future of Insurance and we spoke about key lessons from this new book, Customer centric insurers and the change in behavior we are beginning to see in C-Suites in driving innovation within their organization. You can get his book on Amazon by searching for “Future of Insurance”--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Panel Discussion on recent events in the Nigerian insurance industry

In our 7th episode, we decided to not interview anyone but have a panel discussion with Oluwaseun Ogundolie and Abdullahi Adekanbi about the recent events in the Nigerian Insurance space.
We spoke about
 
WAICA Re premium increase in 2019 Financials
 Rate war in the industry
  
Pandemic and Cyber Security Liability
  
Recapitalization and what it means for the industry going forward

Thank you again to Oluwaseun and Abdullahi.
You can  join the conversation on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/company/insurtech-business-series Lets hear from you and if you are interested in coming on our next panel discussion send a mail to insure365ng@gmail.com
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Disrupting Insurance Distribution

The COVID-19 Pandemic has rocked the whole insurance industry and distribution is not left out. The need for innovation and adoption of technology has been accelerated. On the episode we speak to Aparajit Bhattacharya, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Insure First about trends and opportunities that tech brings to insurance distribution. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Innovation & the insurance industry

We are super excited to be doing our Fifth Episode of InsurTech Business Series Podcast and we want to thank all our Guests as well as everyone who has listened since we started a few months ago.In this episode, we were joined by a good friend Gilad Shai who is a Co-Author of The Insurtech Book and the Founder of InsurTechLA & Bound API.He joined us and shared his thoughts around  the changing insurance landscape,  how insurers must approach innovation in this COVID-19 era,  why insurance professionals must unlearn and relearn,  the strategy for choosing the right distribution channel and of course  the recent Lemonade IPO announcement.Do not forget to subscribe, share and leave a comment here or on LinkedIn- InsurTech Business Series.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Nigerian Insurance Industry: From Potential to Relevance

In our 4th episode, we had an extended conversation with Ekerete Ola Gam-Ikon about the insurance industry in Nigeria. He spoke about the role of the regulator, why industry leaders need to be doing more and the prospects of leveraging tech for collaboration with #Fintech, #Insurtech. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Tech & Actuarial Services in Africa

On this episode of InsurTech Business Series we spoke with Adi Kaimowitz who is the Founder of Virtual Actuary based in South Africa. He shared some very practical ways that tech is changing price modeling, the nature of work & opportunities it opens up for Actuaries in Africa.Virtual Actuary is a turnkey actuarial services business working within the Life, General Insurance, Banking, Investments, Pensions, Wider Fields and Healthcare sectors in and outside Africa. Company is based in Cape Town, South Africa.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Tech and the Future of Nigerian Insurance Industry

On this episode we had very insightful discussions with two IT Generals who spoke about the opportunities tech can provide for the Nigerian insurance industry in the area of distribution, customer onboarding, engagement & satisfaction plus how tech can help ensure productivity as remote work becomes more prominent today. Thank you Samuel Mbonu, Chief Information Officer at Tangerine Life & Adeyinka Aderombi, Head of Digital Transformation at Leadway Assurance for sharing your thoughts, expertise & experience with us.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

Future of Insurtech Globally and in Nigeria.

It’s our very first episode and we are joined by Rob Galbraith (The Most Interesting Man in Insurance) who is a speaker, author and insurtech thought leader. He speaks about how his book & how technology is changing the insurance business. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insurtech-bus-series/message

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