INSURTECH INSIGHTS - Key Persons
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- Chief Technology & Transformation Officer at Allianz Technology
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- Co - Founder & CEO of Sunday
Biography
Cindy Kua currently leads as CEO of Sunday which she co-founded in August 2017. Prior to founding Sunday Ins. Co., Ltd., Cindy led transformation projects of core operational functions within non-life insurance companies in Thailand and Indonesia.
Cindy was an associate in the Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions practice of law firm, Rahmat Lim & Partners in association with Allen & Gledhill, Singapore where she was involved in several significant transactions relating to the financial services sector in Southeast Asia.
She holds an LLB (Hons) from King's College, London and a Distinction in M.Sc in Insurance and Risk Management from Cass Business School, London.
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- Co - Founder & Chief Product Officer of Wrisk
- Co - Founder and Chief of Product
- Head of Digital
- Specialist
Biography
As co-founder and Chief of Product, Darius is responsible for bringing the vision of Wrisk to life. He is an expert UX practitioner and has worked in varied environments - holding leadership roles across large corporates within technology and insurance to consultancies and green-field startups.
Darius led the Experience Design Practice for ThoughtWorks Europe (a top technical consultancy) for several years. Over his tenure, he led several successful digital programmes, including large scale transformations for Thomson Reuters and launched TimeOut's award-winning iPhone app.
As Head of Digital at specialist insurer Markel International, Darius helped build out their digital capability. He introduced new tools, tech and working practices alongside more Agile approaches to governance. Beyond repeatedly delivering quality software, his team was recognised for cultural transformation by being awarded one of the prestigious Spark the Change cross-industry awards.
Darius is recognised as a change agent within the insurance industry. He has keynoted and presented at several industry events and attended insurtech round-tables at 10 Downing St.
Darius is a regular speaker at international conferences on digital leadership, UX and Agile transformation and is a huge advocate of Lean UX and disruptive innovation.
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- GM, Managing Director, Global Insurance and Risk Management, at Google
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- CEO at HSBC Life International
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- CEO of AutoClaims Direct Inc
- Chief Executive Officer at ACD
Biography
Ernie Bray is the CEO of AutoClaims Direct Inc. (ACD), a fast-moving, preeminent auto claims technology & services company in the auto and commercial insurance industry. ACD's niche is innovating the auto claims process with their powerful and modern workflow platform.
He has been a driving force with his lasting solutions that reduce cycle times, increase customer communication and drive efficiency for adjusters. Bray is also a contributing writer to Forbes, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, HuffPost, TechCo, Business.com and has led ACD to six annual rankings on the Inc. 5000 and most recently, Entrepreneur Magazine's, "Best Entrepreneurial Companies In America."
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- CEO Hong Kong at Sunlife & Chairman at Bowtie
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- President & CEO at NN Life Insurance Company
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- Managing Director & Chief Insurance Officer at Bsurance
Key milestones in his career include management of health and personal insurance lines, management of the Vienna regional HQ and his responsibility for Marketing, Sales, Advertising and Property Insurance as member of the board of directors. Hermann Fried also served on several supervisory boards.
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- Managing General Partner at Munich Re Ventures
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- CIO at PingAn and CEO of PinAn 's Voyager Fund
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- Founder & CEO at Wefox Group
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- Chief Strategy, Innovation and Business Development Officer at Zurich North America
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- Chief Technical and Distribution Officer - Specialty Insurance, Single Risk at SCOR
Biography
A graduated engineer in France and the United States, Renaud AMBITE started his career in 1992 at Ansaldo Group in charge of the safety of train control systems.
He joined SCOR in 2000 as a Property underwriter for large corporate accounts, then (apart from three years with AXA) spent his whole career at SCOR.
He held various positions including manager of underwriting teams and manager of large tools development projects, and is now Chief Technical and Distribution Officer for SCOR Specialty Insurance - Single Risks. His remit touches on all aspects of Data, Tools and Processes.
His areas of interest include how to take meaningful underwriting decisions in an increasingly complex world, making a sound use of ever-increasing amounts of data without being overwhelmed and loosing common sense.
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- Deputy General Counsel and Global Chief Compliance Officer at Marsh
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- Group Chief Digital Officer