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14.08.2023
1 Stunde 10 Minuten
Is it possible to become a fluid speaker in German,
English, Spanish or French within 200 hours of study?
Spoiler Alert: It is.
In this episode of the Connecting Insurance Podcast, KASKO CEO
and Co-Founder Nikolaus Sühr talks with Dominik Wexenberg, who
lived studied and worked in different countries like Spain,
England and France before coming to Mexico, where he currently
resides. With a university background in psychology,
philosophy, sociology and linguistics and experiencing many
different countries, languages and cultures first-hand, Dominik
found his passion in teaching others languages
professionally. Knowing languages can always be helpful for
your career development
In this podcast, you can learn:
About Dominik and his approach to teaching busy people languages
efficiently
Common reasons why people fail in learning a new language
Why language lives from the context
Why only learning Vocabulary and Grammar will not necessarily
make you fluent
How Dominik's language learning system works
Why memory exercise goes hand in hand with language learning
Why it is easier to learn a language in a country and not in
regular language class and how to "produce" the necessary
environment for learning a language
#inspiration #language #learning #business #selfdevelopment
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08.08.2023
51 Minuten
Astrid Bayer is Sustainability Officer at Provinzial and
responsible for all sustainability-related topics since 2018. Not
just in her business life but also in her private life
sustainability is an important topic for her.
In the Connecting Insurance Podcast Astrid shares with Nikolaus
Sühr insights about:
More about Astrid, her background and reasons why sustainability
is an important topic to her
Why the insurance industry needs to move towards sustainability
now and have a duty to tackle sustainability issues
Where the insurance industry and insurers in particular have the
power to positively contribute to a more sustainable world
How sustainable investing works at Provinzial (ESG principles,
exclusion criteria, ESG committee, investment policy/guidelines)
“Quick wins” for sustainable operations (CO2, offices, employee
benefits (last mile solution, perks, cafeteria))
Sustainable concepts in terms of “product development”, and other
sustainability approaches (e.g. ESG screening of corporate
clients or approaches of Gothaer, HUK, Provinzial etc.)
The roadmap to climate-neutral 2050 for capital investments and
how to measure CO2 of investments
Where sustainability is attached within the Provinzial company
structure (Marketing & Communication (2018) vs. Risk
Management (today))
Consolidated losses and if they affect decision-making towards
sustainability or away from sustainability (climate change as a
factor)
#sustainability #insurance #insuranceindustry #insurer
#versicherung #nachhaltigkeit #investment #sustainable
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09.02.2023
1 Stunde 16 Minuten
Marcel Walther is Senior Manager at EY Tech Consulting and
considers himself an "Actuarial Data Scientist", as in his past
he was both "an actuary and a data scientist. In the past, he
helped Oliver Lang, former InsurTech CEO at wefox/One insurance,
create the insurance playbook for the insurance unicorn. For him,
insurance is a data product - based on information and
risk, that gives him the advantage of combining his two
backgrounds and skillsets. In this podcast episode, Marcel
and Nick discuss and share details about product management,
distribution channels and customer centricity in the insurance
industry. Some topics that are covered are:
The differences and intersection between the role and definition
of a data scientist and an actuary
Technical product management combined with the insurance product
and market knowledge can’t be seen independently
What is already working well in the insurance industry
Where is space for improvement in the insurance space
Why “real” and “disruptive” product innovation in the insurance
industry are rare
Why buying behaviour matters and making a bet on changing client
behaviour is not a good idea
What is the “One Policy” concept from Wefox/One Insurance and why
is it relevant
What is the “Switch product”
How to optimize through all distribution channels (Aggregators,
Broker, NAFI, AOs)
How to use distribution aggregators as distribution channels
(e.g.check 24) and how to optimate products for that
channel
The role of trust between end consumer, broker and insurer
Ideas on how to enable brokers with insurance products and
services and tools so all parties benefit
#podcast #insurance #distribution #versicherung
#insuranceindustry #versicherungsmakler #insuranceagent
#datascience
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Connecting Insurance Podcast Episode 12 with Thomas Bischof from Gothaer & Karl Dienst from Wegatech
01.02.2023
58 Minuten
Thomas Bischof is the CEO of Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung AG
and is responsible for the Property & Casualty (P&C)
business. Karl Dienst is the Founder of Wegatech, a company that
sells and installs Heat Pumps, Photovoltaics, battery storage
systems, and e-charging stations that make its predominantly B2C
clients self-sufficient in terms of energy usage. Recently
Gothaer invested in Wegatech.
In this episode of the Connecting Insurance Podcast, Thomas and
Karl share with Nick details about this investment and the
importance of sustainability in both of their businesses.Also,
they share info about:
The professional background of Thomas Bischof and Karl
Dienst
Why Gothaer as an insurer invested recently in Wegatech
What benefits Gothaer gets from this partnership
What are the benefits for Wegatech
How does the project 500-50-5 work and why is it for free
How does Karl meet the demand for new clients
Financing solutions of sustainable improvement projects for B2C
and B2B clients (e.g. "Energy as a Service")
Why everybody can make a difference and why taking any step is
“right”
#podcast #sustainability #insurance #insruanceindustry
#nachhaltigkeit #versicherung
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25.01.2023
1 Stunde 1 Minute
Oliver Lang has a history of working in the Insurance and
InsurTech scene with 25 years of experience in the industry.
Coming from a background in consulting he founded several
businesses (Sales & MGA's, insurers) and held a variety of
positions with his last role being the CEO of InsurTech unicorn
wefox and his new role as an advisor and part of supervisory
boards of several companies in the insurance space, he is staying
true to his two professional interests: Insurance & growth
strategies.
Oliver has been a guest on the podcast previously, but in this
episode, he and Nick discuss in detail Insurance distribution and
Sales structures and how they will change through the progressing
market consolidation.
Insights that are discussed are:
Background of the insurance distribution industry and the role of
consolidation
Why the consolidation in the insurance distribution industry is
interesting from a PE perspective
When people actually need the attached "Service" of insurance
sales/consulting/customer support
Three phases/waves of market consolidation and how long they
take
What multiples investors look for in the first phase of
consolidation
Aggregation of different distribution concepts,
advantages/disadvantages and variability
How to deal with diverse portfolios (industry & retail)
(Expandig) Companies in the German market that are pretty
actively growing through M&A
Best practices from the UK/US
Who will be most affected by the future changes
How A,B,C Brokers and Pools (wholesale brokers) work and how this
will work in the future
Which questions are (too) rarely asked related to the topic of
consolidation in the insurance industry
Check out the Episode!
#insurance #germanpodcast #insuranceindustry #versicherung
#versicherungsmakler #brokers #consoldiation
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Über diesen Podcast
In the Connecting Insurance Podcast, Nikolaus Sühr, CEO and
Co-Founder of KASKO talks with decision makers and leaders of the
international insurance- and insurtechscene. This podcast addresses
everyone, who is interested in the trends of the insurance
industry. On a regular basis, Nick and his guests will talk about
the hot topics within the market, share brand-new market insight,
personal experiences, planned projects, and also personal advice.
Through the podcast, we want to deliver our audience a platform
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