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Feb. 13, 2023

29: Interview with Lars Gehrman of QIC DV- Announcing the latest Hack…

FS Brew spoke with Lars Gehrmann from QIC Digital Venture Partners and got exclusive details about the #MENA-wide #startup challenge they recently launched! We also spoke to him about the gaps in the insurance ecosystem in...

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Feb. 13, 2023

28: Rohit Nambiar- Group CEO of Tune Protect on Partnerships, Transfo…

In our first episode of #FSBrewInternational for 2023, we speak with the passionate and exuberant, Rohit Nambiar, Group CEO of Tune Protect, based in KL Malaysia! This interview was a playbook on how to run an insurance comp...

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Dec. 30, 2022

27: UAE Insurance Market: 2022 Roundup and 2023 Predictions

UAE Insurance Market: 2022 Roundup and 2023 Predictions. Today we have a very special episode on how 2022 has been for the insurance companies in the UAE so far and potentially what that means in terms of how we will …

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Dec. 14, 2022

26: FS Brew Hype: Open Insurance and its implications in the Middle E…

In FS Brew's latest HYPE episode, we deep dive into Open Insurance to understand: - What is open insurance? - Who are the suitable partners who can benefit from open insurance - International examples & use cases - Business...

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Oct. 27, 2022

25: Hala Insurtech- Innovate offshore and regulate onshore

Here's our interview with Walid Daniel Dib , Co-founder, and CEO of Hala Insurance , the OG millennial insurtech founder from the #UAE ! We spoke with Walid on many nuances and factors involved in running an agile insurance s...

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Oct. 13, 2022

24: News with Analysis: Oct 2022

Here's our #newswithanalysis episode after long! 💃🏻 In this episode, we've picked trending #news pieces from the #uae market exclusively, because there's just SO MUCH going on! 🎂Shory - (we had to start with this!), our re...

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Oct. 12, 2022

23: The TAM for micro-insurance is huge- Interview with Andy Ann

Here's our #FSBrewInternational interview with Andy Ann, CEO of YAS MicroInsurance based in #HongKong. Fascinating conversation and a must-watch for all #insurers aspiring to target or innovate to attract #genz and #millennia...

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Sept. 12, 2022

22: Digital Transformation in the Asia Pacific Region- Conversation w…

We spoke to Roopa Malhotra- Head of Customer & Digital, APAC, Zurich Insurance Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roopamalhotra APAC is a hugely diverse, exciting and complex landscape to manage with each country hav...

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Aug. 9, 2022

21: Unit economics matter- Interview with Nicolo Robba, Co-founder of…

In our first episode of #FSBrewInternational , we spoke with Nicolo Robba from Lifepal . Lifepal is the no. 1 B2C #insurance #aggregator in #indonesia . Nicolo Robba is an e-commerce leader in the South East Asia region, and ...

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July 19, 2022

20: Claims Transparency can increase Life Insurance adoption in the M…

We caught up with Wilson Varghese, General Manager and Head of Operations, Zurich Middle East, part of Zurich Insurance Group. Wilson spoke in length about the Customer Benefits report recently released by Zurich Middle Eas...

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June 30, 2022

19: Creating a Health and Wellness Insurtech from the ground-up: In c…

Check out our interview with wellx.ai founders, Vaibhav Kashyap and Javed Akberali ! wellx.ai is the newest #healthinsurance brand in the UAE, rewarding its customers for leading a #healthylifestyle . We spoke in length about...

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June 22, 2022

18: Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Insurance: Lars Gehrmann of …

Lars Gehrmann is the Group Chief Digital Officer of Qatar Insurance Group and Head of QIC Digital Venture Partners, a new digital organization with an aim to build and invest in digital ventures, the InsurTech ecosystem, and ...

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May 25, 2022

17: Digital Transformation of a Health Insurance giant - conversation…

🧩 Importance of breaking down the giant digital transformation plan into smaller, 3-month goals 📚Advice to Chief Digital Officers- keep educating your board; use metrics like customer effort score (CES) to articulate the impact 👩🏻‍⚕️Is there a solid business case …

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April 17, 2022

16: Power of Data in Micro-insurance and beyond- Tanja Magas, Democra…

16: Power of Data in Micro-insurance and beyond- Tanja Magas, Democrance

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April 9, 2022

15: A Foreign insurer with a long history in the UAE- New India Assur…

Here's the much-awaited interview with LAVANYA MUNDAYUR, COO of The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., Dubai. We spoke in length about various nuances within the #UAE and #India's insurance landscape and much more: 🔭 The New In...

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March 14, 2022

14: FS Brew Hype- NFTs in the world of Insurance?

In this episode of HYPE, hosts, Renjit Philip and Vidya Veerapandian discuss #NFTs - what are they; their growing popularity within the region, specifically #dubai becoming a hub (no surprises there!) and the progress made so...

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March 9, 2022

13: A "Pet" subject for Insurtechs- a lesson in launching a new insur…

Here's our conversation with the young, ambitious, and promising duo- Matthieu Etourneau and Talal M. A. from Royal Technologies Limited ! They firmly believe to have cracked a profitable distribution strategy for #petinsuran...

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Feb. 19, 2022

12: Go back to the fundamentals of Insurance: Interview with Hatim Ma…

Here's the much-awaited podcast with our guest, Hatim Maskawala, Managing Director, Badri Management Consultancy. Hatim spoke with us candidly on many pressing topics that need #insurance industry's attention: 🚖 Motor po...

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Feb. 5, 2022

11: Much more than an aggregator: Interview with PolicyBazaar's Neera…

Excited to share FS Brew's special interview with Neeraj Gupta, CEO of Policybazaar UAE.ae! Neeraj gave us many insights about PolicyBazaar and its DNA, which continues to shape the way they work. We spoke in-depth about...

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Jan. 9, 2022

10: FS Brew Hype - Tiktok for insurance

A New Year and a new format- we are happy to bring you short pod bites with items of note, and leave it to you to decide if they are "Hype or not?". In this first episode of the year …

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Dec. 23, 2021

09: Customer experience + Insurance aggregator = Disruption

We spoke to Rachel Al Mughairi (RB Al Mughairi DipCII on LinkedIn ), Chief Engagement Officer from InsuranceMarket.ae We had an interesting conversation about all things customer and employee engagement, innovation in the UAE...

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Nov. 12, 2021

08: Data is much more than the “new oil” for insurance. Conversation …

Here's the much-awaited episode with Varghese Skariah from RSA Middle East ! We spoke in-depth about data in the context of the Middle Eastern insurance market: 🚀 the data maturity in the region and ways to improve ▶️ 3 main …

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Oct. 31, 2021

07: Pay how you drive is coming to the UAE while KSA regulator drafts…

We are excited to present FS Brew's next 'news with analysis' episode! ☕ In this episode, we have deep-dived into: - KSA's Saudi Central Bank – SAMA's draft rules on #insurtech set-up - RAK Insurance's telematics survey for ...

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Oct. 1, 2021

06: Digitally Transforming an Insurance company: Sidd Iyer- Head of D…

Wecome to FS Brew! We are delighted to welcome Siddhaarth Iyer (Head of Digital for Axa Middle East, to the FS Brew Podcast! Sidd is a start-up guy turned corporate with a wide experience in creating amazing Digital journ...

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