Bonus episode – “Pulse” episode of blockchain in insurance

This is an exciting “Pulse” episode where we get a sense of what the insurance industry feels about Blockchain. In this episode I interviewed 12 delegates who attended the Blockchain for Insurance summit here in London on the 22^ndand 23^rdof June.

Each delegate was asked to answer two questions:

• Is Blockchain all hype?
• Is the insurance industry ready to embrace blockchain?

We would like to thank the following participants for participating to this “Pulse” episode, in order of appearance:

• Benoit Abeloos, Policy Officer, Blockchain, FinTech, Startups and Innovation at the European Commission
• Susan Holiday, Principal Insurance Specialist at IFC – International Finance Corporation
• Dante Disparte, Founder and CEO at Risk Cooperative / Co-Author Global Risk Agility and Decision Making
• Martijn Minkenberg, Dutch Association of Insurers
• Ruth Cameron-Errington, Deputy Global Claims Operations Manager at SCOR
• Mark Cook, Global CIO at Marsh
• Sylvain De Crom– Head of Research and Development at Aegon Blue Square Re
• Mark Simpson– Head of Consultancy at Armour Risk Management Limited
• Lee Brenner– Head of Partnerships & Marketing Strategy at the Global Blockchain Business Council
• Mark Nance– VP, Chief Data Officer at American Fidelity
• Michael Smith– Innovation consultant at American Family Insurance
• Cecilia Persson– Manager Underwriting & Risk Control

Have a listen to this episode and let us know what you think by writing your answers in the comments below:

• Is Blockchain all hype?
• Is the insurance industry ready to embrace blockchain?