Blockchain for Insurance. Crypto-Assets with Dr. Sean Stein Smith of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

"This application in the insurance field is ABSOLUTELY going to
have an impact on ...individuals and firms working in accounting
and finance."


GBD75 Dr. Stein Smith is a returning guest on this
podcast. He's authored several blockchain courses for the AICPA
and gives us the inside track on what Blockchain means – and the
opportunities it offers – to those working in or alongside the
insurance industry.


 


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TALKING POINTS


* New understandings of what blockchain has to do with insurance.


* Hear how the insurance industry is using it.


* Get a sense of what this means for the rest of us.


* Talk through how insured companies make sure their
registers of assets are digital so they're ready to be insured in
a whole new way.


* Discuss how crypto-assets fit into this picture.


 


OUR GUEST.


Dr. Sean Stein Smith is an Assistant Professor at Lehman College
at City University of New York (CUNY). He served as a technical
editor/presenter for AICPA & CIMA's RPA courses as well as
the Blockchain certificate program. Additionally he's currently
serving as the chair of the Accounting Working Group of the Wall
Street Blockchain Alliance. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.


 


FURTHER RESOURCES ON BLOCKCHAIN.


* The AICPA offers a comprehensive "Blockchain Fundamentals for
Accounting and Finance Professionals Certificate" course (fees
apply).


* Get this free-to-read primer on the CGMA Store website which
answers the question "How will blockchain change accounting?"


   


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