(Re)thinking insurance

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In (Re)thinking insurance we discuss the issues facing P&C, Life, and composite insurers around the globe, as well as exploring the latest tools, techniques and innovations that will help you to re-think insurance.

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100 episodes
Updated June 15

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Sep 22, 2021 · 21 min
Episode 24: The journey to net zero - An insurer's guide to navigating climate risks and opportunities
Carrie Kelley is joined by Yingzhen Chuang, Adhiraj Maitra and guest speaker Tim Antonelli, who discuss the contents of a recently published white paper: 'The journey to net zero: an insurer's guide to navigating climate risks and opportunities'. The paper, a collaboration between Willis Towers Watson and Wellington Management, is intended to be a pragmatic guide for (re)insurers as they steer their organisations on the journey to net zero.
Sep 17, 2021 · 24 min
Episode 23: Is your IFRS 17 programme surviving or thriving?
Vittorio Magatti is joined by Rosa Salas and Simon Kazmierowski, who discuss the key findings from Willis Towers Watson's 2021 global IFRS 17 survey, examine how these findings vary around the world, and explore what the wider business implications are for insurers.
Sep 17, 2021 · 16 min
Episode 22: IFRS 17 and the principles for Life
Vittorio Magatti is joined by Teresa Murphy and Andreas Schröder who will discuss why, with just 18 months to go until the effective date for IFRS 17, so many life insurers are still some way from having all their people, processes and technology chosen, trained and embedded; and what they should and can do in the time remaining?
Sep 17, 2021 · 19 min
Episode 21: What we learned from the 2020 Life Insurance Predictive Analytics Survey
Carrie Kelley is joined by Alastair Black and Kim Steiner, who explore key findings and trends from Willis Towers Watson's EMEA Life Predictive Analytics Survey and shed light on how these results compare to the U.S. market.
Aug 19, 2021 · 17 min
Episode 20: IFRS 17: deriving discount rates in imperfect markets
Vittorio Magatti is joined by Kunj Behari Maheshwari to discuss construction of discount rates under IFRS 17 for imperfect markets with limited to no market data or with market data that is otherwise unreliable.
Aug 12, 2021 · 29 min
Episode 19: The effects of socioeconomic status on mortality and morbidity
Carrie Kelley is joined by Matthew Edwards and Richard Marshall, who explore recent trends in setting mortality assumptions and discuss how insurers are attempting to understand the impact of socioeconomic status on mortality.
Aug 12, 2021 · 28 min
Episode 18: Claims transformation: Unleashing the full potential of advanced analytics
Vittorio Magatti is joined by Tom Helm and guest speakers Grace Hanson and Sascha Firle for a discussion on how analytics is going to transform claims outcomes over the next three to five years.
Jul 13, 2021 · 17 min
Episode 17: Insights on U.S. commercial insurance pricing trends
In this episode, Jarrett is joined by Jeff Carlson and Yi Jing, who discuss how Willis Towers Watson monitors U.S. pricing trends via the Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey. They explore how pricing has changed since the survey launched in 2005 and share observations on what's driving it.
Jul 13, 2021 · 14 min
Episode 16: Uniting Experts In Commercial Lines
In this episode, Vittorio Magatti is joined by Tasha Pettet and Bijal Patel, who will explore how you 'break the silos' between underwriting, pricing, and portfolio managers, bringing these different experts in commercial lines operations together, to leverage each other's capabilities to improve overall business performance.
May 20, 2021 · 29 min
Episode 15: Analytical applications for commercial underwriting
In this episode: Jarrett Cabell is joined by Dave Ovenden and Tasha Pettet, who will discuss how commercial lines insurers can improve underwriting performance by digitally enabling the underwriting process and embracing analytics.
May 11, 2021 · 19 min
Episode 14: Impact of InsurTech on the life insurance industry
In this episode: Carrie Kelley is joined by Magdalena Ramada to explore InsurTech for life insurance, current industry trends and ways that traditional insurance companies can integrate new innovations.
Apr 28, 2021 · 29 min
Episode 13: Leveraging automation to improve P&C reserving processes
Jarrett Cabell is joined by Jamie Mackay, who will explore how reserving teams can use automation to improve processes. Jamie discusses what they should automate and how to get started and identifies some challenges to overcome.
Mar 24, 2021 · 9 min
Episode 12 Life insurance M&A and COVID-19
Carrie Kelley is joined by Nick Komissarov, who will explore M&A market trends and what impact COVID-19 has had on deals. Nick will also discuss how the low interest rate environment is impacting transactions and what companies should do if they're considering M&A.
Mar 24, 2021 · 26 min
Episode 11: So what is parametric insurance?
Sina Thieme is joined by Dr Simon Young to discuss what parametric insurance is, how it works alongside traditional indemnity insurance, and how it may evolve and grow in the commercial and personal lines space.
Mar 24, 2021 · 17 min
Episode 10: Navigating the pension risk transfer landscape
Carrie Kelley is joined by Karen Grote, who will discuss the pension risk transfer market - what it is, current activity levels and why deals are on the rise.
Mar 4, 2021 · 31 min
Episode 9: Key evolutions in technology and their impact on insurance
Simon Bleach is joined by Magdalena Ramada and Duncan Anderson, who discuss the latest trends, developments and evolutions in technology; consider the impacts of this on insurers; and identify what some of the new opportunities arising for the industry are.
Mar 4, 2021 · 23 min
Episode 8: COVID-19 adds some new twists to pricing protection products
Carrie Kelley is joined by Alastair Black and Matthew Edwards, who will discuss the challenges that companies face when pricing and issuing products during the pandemic as well as the increased interest in protection products.
Mar 4, 2021 · 23 min
Episode 7: Preparing for emerging risks
Sina Thieme is joined by Stefanie Schriek and André Gerling who will be discussing emerging risks: what they are; the role insurance plays; how the risk management function should deal with getting to know the unknown; managing liabilities; and dealing with an accumulation of extreme risks.
Mar 4, 2021 · 30 min
Episode 6: Business technology transformation
Jarrett Cabell is joined by Joe Milicia and Tom Beasley who explore how insurers are deploying automation to meet rapidly increasing future business needs, reduce errors, simplify processes and drive down costs. They also discuss some key lessons learnt from their experience of running large scale automation and transformation projects.
Mar 4, 2021 · 24 min
Episode 5: The mortality impact of climate change
Vittorio is joined by Richard Marshall and Kez Baskerville-Muscutt to explore the liability-side impact of climate change, focusing on the effects on UK life insurers.

(Re)thinking insurance

Episode 24: The journey to net zero - An insurer's guide to navigating climate risks and opportunities

Episode 23: Is your IFRS 17 programme surviving or thriving?

Episode 22: IFRS 17 and the principles for Life

Episode 21: What we learned from the 2020 Life Insurance Predictive Analytics Survey

Episode 20: IFRS 17: deriving discount rates in imperfect markets

Episode 19: The effects of socioeconomic status on mortality and morbidity

Episode 18: Claims transformation: Unleashing the full potential of advanced analytics

Episode 17: Insights on U.S. commercial insurance pricing trends

Episode 16: Uniting Experts In Commercial Lines

Episode 15: Analytical applications for commercial underwriting

Episode 14: Impact of InsurTech on the life insurance industry

Episode 13: Leveraging automation to improve P&C reserving processes

Episode 12 Life insurance M&A and COVID-19

Episode 11: So what is parametric insurance?

Episode 10: Navigating the pension risk transfer landscape

Episode 9: Key evolutions in technology and their impact on insurance

Episode 8: COVID-19 adds some new twists to pricing protection products

Episode 7: Preparing for emerging risks

Episode 6: Business technology transformation

Episode 5: The mortality impact of climate change