In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Aurora Voss, the co-Founder, and CEO of ClaimSpace. The startup was founded in Australia in 2017 and Aurora gives some insights into the Australian InsurTech landscape and how insurers are responding to the...
InsurTech in India is not slowing down one bit and powerful US tech players are entering the market! While WhatsApp is currently piloting its insurance offerings, Amazon Pay has launched auto insurance in partnership with licensed InsurTech Acko...
In my 2 years of following InsurTech in India, I’ve never been more excited! There are 3 topics to unpack today; time to buckle up! Amazon & Insurance Amazon’s interest in Insurance can be traced back to its $12M investment in neo-insurer Acko...
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Firras Sabbah, the founder of Go! Insurance. Firras started his career in insurance with German insurer Allianz and was the CIO of Allianz General Insurance Thailand. Experiencing the problems insurance...
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Hung Phan, co-founder, and CEO of Vietnamese InsurTech Papaya. Coming from a banking background, Hung’s first experience with insurance was when he joined newly launched FWD Vietnam in 2017. In 2018, Hung...
July started with major investment news coming out of India. SoftBank made another investment of USD 150 million into PolicyBazaar and holds now a 15% stake while CEO and co-founder Yashish Dahiya calls the investment a ‘mistake’. (Listen to...
On 7th July, Paytm to announced its move to acquire Raheja QBE Insurance on 06/07 for ₹568 crore (i.e. $76.1M) [1] Although this deal is pending regulatory approval; it marks a shift away from Paytm’s previous strategy of acting as an insurance...
In this episode, Michael Waizte talks to Charles Hung, the CEO & Executive Director of Blue Hong Kong, a joint venture between Hillhouse Capital, a leading investment management firm, Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading Internet value-added...