Latest Insurance innovation Podcast Episodes
IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: Reimagining Insurance Distribution and Customer Experience
InsurTech Business Series - June 01, 2024 00:00 - 43 minutesThis is a panel session from the first-ever #IBSConference in 2022 moderated by the new Deputy Commissioner for Insurance in Nigeria (Technical) Ekerete Ola Gam-Ikon and featuring Richard Leftley ( Founder, Wavu), Sam Baddoo (Founder/CEO, Fleri), Eunice Maina (Founder/CEO, Bismart) and Opeyemi ...
Building the Infrastructure for the Future of Insurance (Part 2)
InsurTech Business Series - May 09, 2024 23:00 - 27 minutesOur guest, Adebowale Banjo is the Co-Founder of MyCover.ai is a serial entrepreneur who has been in the InsurTech space far longer than many in the space today. He was General Manager of the first InsurTech startup in Nigeria; AutoGenius, a business that he described as being way ahead of its ti...
Building the Infrastructure for the Future of Insurance (Part 1)
InsurTech Business Series - May 07, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutesOur guest, Adebowale Banjo is the Co-Founder of MyCover.ai is a serial entrepreneur who has been in the InsurTech space far longer than many in the space today. He was General Manager of the first InsurTech startup in Nigeria; AutoGenius, a business that he described as being way ahead of its ti...
IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: InsurTech & FinTech: Partnership for Inclusive Insurance
InsurTech Business Series - May 02, 2024 18:00 - 38 minutesThis is a panel session from the first-ever #IBSConference in 2022 where Dooshima Dapo-Oyewole (Digital Transformation Expert) moderated a conversation featuring Dr. Babatunde Obrimah, (COO, FinTech Association of Nigeria), Akin Jones (Founder/CEO, Aella) and Rob Galbraith (Founder/CEO, Forest...
IBS Conference 2020 Fireside Chat: Innovation & Partnerships for Sustainable Insurance
InsurTech Business Series - March 25, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutesThrowback to when our co-founder ‘Damola Oloko had a fireside chat during the 2020 IBS Conference with Rashidat Adebisi CCO, AXA Mansard & Henry Mascot Founder, Curacel. The IBS Conference 2020 was the first InsurTech conference in Africa and was sponsored by AXA Nigeria; a leading composite in...
IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: Simplifying Insurance for the Emerging Market
InsurTech Business Series - March 14, 2024 14:00 - 36 minutesOld but Gold. Here you can listen to the first panel session at our first IBS Conference in 2020 with Muhammed Adebiyi- then of YOA Insurance Brokers (Moderator), Dr. Ikpeme Neto- Founder, Wellahealth, Adeola Adebanjo- then the Head of Retail Solutions, AXA Mansard, Aparajit Bhattacharya- Co-Fou...
Transforming the Insurance Landscape in Southern Africa
InsurTech Business Series - November 27, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutesEver wonder what it takes to change the course of a whole industry? We're honored to host Arun P. Iyer, the Founder and CEO of Alpha Direct InsurTech, who is doing just that in the African insurance landscape. Brace yourself for an inspiring journey from a small-town upbringing, to a young boy i...
Exploring the Asian InsurTech Landscape
InsurTech Business Series - November 14, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutesDo you ever wonder how the world of insurance is shaking up in Asia? You're in for a treat! This episode offers a deep dive into the evolving landscape of Asia's insurance industry, with insightful conversations with Theresa Blissing, Founder of the Asia InsurTech Podcast. Theresa Blissing, a s...
Unlocking the Future of Health Insurance
InsurTech Business Series - September 29, 2023 22:00 - 49 minutesFor episode 41, we catch up with Dr. Ikpeme Neto, Founder/CEO of leading InsurTech/HealthTech WellaHealth on their work around solving the challenge of out-of-pocket expenditure for healthcare; a $7b market. In this episode, we venture into the often challenging terrain of global healthcare del...
Fueling Insurance Innovation in New Markets (2)
InsurTech Business Series - September 03, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutesOn this Episode Damola & Folumy host an enriching conversation with Patrick Kelahan, The Insurance Elephant. He is the Chief Elephant at The Insurance Elephant Incubator and sits on the board of a number of InsurTech startups. Patrick is so full of knowledge about innovation and technology with...
Fueling Insurance Innovation in New Markets (1)
InsurTech Business Series - August 31, 2023 22:00 - 33 minutesOn this Episode Damola & Folumy host an enriching conversation with Patrick Kelahan, The Insurance Elephant. He is the Chief Elephant at The Insurance Elephant Incubator and sits on the board of a number of InsurTech startups. Patrick is so full of knowledge about innovation and technology with...
Closing the Protection Gap in Africa with Microinsurance & Innovation
InsurTech Business Series - July 26, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutesIn this episode, we delve into the transformative world of microinsurance in Africa, focusing on Motisure, an innovative InsurTech company based in Kenya. Join us as we explore how Motisure is closing the protection gap for commercial motorbike riders (Boda boda riders) through their unique micr...
Delivering on Mass Market Insurance in Africa
InsurTech Business Series - June 23, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutesOn this episode we sit with Ted Pantone who is the Co-Founder/CEO of leading #InsurTech and microinsurance player, Turaco. Turaco has recently announced that they have insured 1m customers across the three markets they are currently in (Uganda, Kenya & Nigeria); the majority of whom are engaging...
Insurance Innovation Trends and Opportunities for Incumbents & Startups
InsurTech Business Series - March 31, 2023 23:00 - 43 minutesTo celebrate the first year of #IBSPodcast in 2021, Damola & Folumy hosted Rob Galbraith, Bryan Falchuk, Eunice Maina & Frederik Bisbjerg to discuss their books, trends in insurance innovation and opportunities that exist for the growth of the space. Hello! We would love to get your feedback. S...
Financial Inclusion & Micro Pensions
InsurTech Business Series - February 28, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutesIn the episode, we sit with Tunji Andrews Founder/CEO of Awabah to discuss the interesting work Awabah is pioneering in the Nigerian Pensions space. Awabah is the first micro pension startup in Nigeria, working with Pension Funds Administrators (PFA) to offer pension services to gig workers, and...
Women in Insurance: Untapped Value for the African Industry
InsurTech Business Series - February 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourWe discussed the realities of insurance in Africa being male-dominated, opportunities that inclusion brings and possible solutions, action points needed to change this reality for good. Speakers Adeolu Adewumi-Zer - MD/CEO, Allianz Nigeria Jihan Abass - Founder/CEO, Lami Insurance Technology Ra...
Unconventional Insurance in an Emerging Market
InsurTech Business Series - January 25, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourFollowing the pandemic, we have seen development and drive from forward-thinking insurers and InsurTechs to offer new and innovative insurance services to customers; partnership is being embraced, embedded insurance (finance) is on everyone's lips, new insurance models are being tested and adopt...
Enabling Disruptive Growth via Tech & Innovation
InsurTech Business Series - October 10, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutesWe sat with one of the women disrupting insurance as we know it in Africa for an exclusive chat; talking about the opportunities in the space, her journey into innovating for insurance and what the future holds for mTek an InsurTech based in Kenya. Bente Krogmann is CEO of mTek Services is a ...
Backing the Innovation Disrupting Insurance
InsurTech Business Series - September 12, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutesIn this episode, we sit with the InsurTech Queen Sabine Vanderlinden Co-Founder/CEO of Alchemy Crew, a company whose mission is to guide disruptive leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to scale-up growth and profitable returns in a post-pandemic world. Sabine shares with us her experience e...
Redefining Insurance Access and Customer Experience
InsurTech Business Series - June 17, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutesOn 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 d...
Octamile: Redefining Insurance Access and Customer Experience
InsurTech Business Series - June 17, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutesOn 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 d...
FSD Africa: Fostering Innovation in the African Insurance Industry
InsurTech Business Series - May 16, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutesOn this episode, we sit with Elias Omondi from FSD Africa. He is one of the leading voices in insurance innovation in Africa. In our last episode featuring Elias, he was with the Insurance Regulator in Kenya where he pioneered the first-ever regulator-backed InsurTech Accelerator Lab in Africa....
Accessing Capital as an InsurTech in Africa
InsurTech Business Series - April 01, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourFollowing 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...
Accessing Capital as an InsurTech in Africa -IBS Webinar
InsurTech Business Series - April 01, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourFollowing 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...
Uncovering the Value Tech & Innovation brings to Insurance in Nigeria
InsurTech Business Series - January 01, 2022 03:00 - 55 minutesIn 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...
Online market places & Insurance: A Glimpse at the Present and Future
InsurTech Business Series - October 25, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutesIn 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 insuranc...
A Pineapple Approach to Improving Insurance Experience
InsurTech Business Series - August 16, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutesIn 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. Join our IBS community o...
Innovative Models, Tech that can Improve the Insurance Market in Africa
InsurTech Business Series - June 28, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesIn 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 h...
Bonus: Promoting access to Quality Healthcare & Insurance with & Recyclables
InsurTech Business Series - June 14, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutesNonso 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 especi...
Bonus: Promoting access to Quality Healthcare & Insurance with Recyclables
InsurTech Business Series - June 14, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutesNonso 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 especi...
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