Podcast: Making Risk Flow

In this episode, Juan is joined by Mandy Hunt, the Chief Underwriting Officer of Commercial Lines at RSA, to discuss the crucial role of data in the underwriting process. During their conversation, Juan and Mandy consider how automated and structured data can aid risk selection consistency, help underwriters understand the data at their fingertips, and how to identify new sources of data.

In this episode, Ben Luckett, Chief Innovation Officer at Aviva, joins host Juan de Castro to share how continuous internal innovation at Aviva has helped establish it as a global name in insurance. Also, Juan and Ben discuss the three core elements of Aviva’s innovation process, the importance of investing in innovation even if it does not have an immediate payoff, and the three big trends leading insurance innovation right now: mobility, AI, and an increasingly connected world.

In this episode, Juan discusses implementing ESG with Simon Tighe, Group Head of Investments, Treasury and Credit Risk at Chaucer Group, and Paul McCarney, Senior Director of Insurance Product Strategy at Moody's. Together, the trio talk through the relevance of ESG data in insurance, the need for standardised data, and how the industry can unite to create a more sustainable future.