Patrick Kelahan is a CX, engineering and insurance professional,who has been a part of the insurance industry in various capacities for around three decades. The bulk of this was at Allstate, as a Claim Service Leader for more than 18 years. Patrick is currently a building consultant for H2M architects + engineers, where he does [...]

Kobi Bendelak is the CEO of Insurtech Israel, an early-stage investment fund that provides funding for insurtech startups. He is also a mentor working with startups through Startupbootcamp. Kobi has been a part of the insurance industry for 22 years. Before Insurtech Israel, he was the founder and CEO of Reshef Insurance Brokers, subsequently part [...]

Rob Galbraith, CPCU, CLU, ChFC is an author, keynote speaker and a globally known insurtech thought leader who has been part of the financial services industry for over 20 years. His new book “The End of Insurance As We Know It” has just hit the bookstores and has already climbed to the top of the [...]

This is a video of one of the presentations at this year’s Global Livefest - the virtual insurtech conference organized and hosted by The Digital Insurer (Hugh Terry). In this video, you will see Ashish Gupta, CTO, PolicyBazaar talk about a new feature in the PolicyBazaar app that has eliminated the need for physical inspections [...]

The future of insurance is insurtech. This is the title of an in-depth Bain research publication authored by Matteo Carbone, Founder, Connected Insurance Observatory. In a report, PwC Business Development Leader Mike Quindazzi likewise notes that “#InsurTech startups become insurers faster than #insurers can become #InsurTechs.”   The ideas and trends we bumped into while [...]

A few days ago at an event in London, Eric Clurfain, Head of MetLife EMEA, and Francoise Lamotte, Head of Direct and Digital, MetLife EMEA, called the founders of Lucep on stage to hand  over a large check for $100,000, as the culmination of a global contest involving 148 startups from 32 countries. Back in [...]