Insureblocks is a dedicated weekly podcast on blockchain, smart contracts and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the insurance industry.
Ep.86 – Real estate on the blockchain – insights from Coadjute
John Reynolds is the CEO and founder of Coadjute. John has a background in enterprise technology and helping organisations optimize internally. In this podcast he talks to us about the exciting blockchain opportunity they’ve unlocked in the real estate and construction industry which is worth $10 trillion globally! What is blockchain? John perspective on...
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Ep.85 – Are insurance cells an opportunity for blockchain Insurtechs?
Atlas Insurance is the first European insurer to convert to a protected cell company. In this podcast, Ian-Edward Stafrace, Chief Strategy Officer at Atlas Insurance in Malta, talked to us about the advantages an insurance cell can provide to Insurtechs to rapidly innovate within the insurance industry by effectively becoming an insurance carrier themselves without...
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Ep.84 – Bosch’s Economy of Things
Raghavendra Kulkarni, is responsible for developing new Innovation Strategies and Business Ecosystems at Bosch. In this podcast we discuss not just internet of things (IoT) but also the concept of Economy of Things and how blockchain is an enabler for combining IoT devices to business models. What is blockchain? How we perceive Blockchain within...
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Ep. 83 – Addenda – a blockchain motor insurance subrogation ecosystem in the UAE
Addenda is the first insurance blockchain solution we have recently covered on Insureblocks from the Middle East.. For this podcast we were joined by Walid Daniel Dib CEO and co-founder of Addenda, the blockchain for insurance subrogation ecosystem in the UAE. In September 2018 Walid and his co-founders registered the company in the UAE and...
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Ep. 82 – The GovChain Project
The GovChain Project is a wonderful project that aims to paint an accurate picture of the state of implementation and regulatory treatment of blockchain by the public sector around the world. Using a traffic light rating system, the report provides a rough guide to the varying levels of blockchain adoption across the targeted jurisdictions, identifying...
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Ep.81 – Blockchain business design
In this fascinating episode we are joined by Andy Martin, Blockchain Business Design at IBM. For the last three years Andy has been working on how to create business case for blockchain networks. In this podcast he shares with us his deep wealth of experience in how to design effective blockchain business design. This is...
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Ep. 80 – B3i’s new CEO & product launch
John Carolin is B3i‘s new CEO. In this new podcast we had a very honest and open discussion about John’s journey to B3i and his assessment of what the company got right, its business model and how they can better engage with brokers. We also discussed the very exciting announcement of the Cat XoL product deployed...
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Ep. 79 – Healthcare Blockchain from a Novartis perspectives & lessons learnt
In this exciting episode we had the great pleasure of interviewing Dan Fritz and Marco Cuomo to hear about the exciting blockchain work they are doing at the pharmaceutical giant, Novartis. In this podcast you will hear about the wealth of experience they have developed by building POCs using Hyperledger, Ethereum and Corda. Dan Fritz...
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Insurance 2030
The world we live in is rapidly changing. Customer exceptions and behaviours are changing. New risks from cyber to climate change are increasingly becoming the norm. Disruption from digital companies are happening left right and centre. Whether it’s Facebook’s Libra Association or Google’s WAYMO the examples keep popping out. What will insurance look like by the...
Ep.87 – Plastic Bank – Blockchain for social good
David Katz, is the CEO and founder of the Plastic Bank, a unique organisation that is using blockchain technology for social good. They make plastic waste a currency to fight ocean plastic and poverty. Listen to David as he explains to us how he transforms plastic waste into a unit of positive value that large brands are...
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