Asia Tech Podcast – EP 138 – Bryan Falchuk – Insurance Evolution Partners – From Disruption to Evolution

by Michael Waitze | Sep 3, 2021

The Asia Tech Podcast switched gears a bit and welcomed Bryan Falchuk to the show. Bryan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Insurance Evolution Partners. Bryan is an extremely talented and experienced advisor to the Insurance industry and a former C-level Property and Casualty Insurance and InsurTech executive.

Bryan is the best-selling author of “The Future of Insurance: From Disruption to Evolution: Volume I. The Incumbents” and “The Future of Insurance: From Disruption to Evolution: Volume II. The Startups“

Some of the topics covered in our discussion included:

Moving from the carrier side to the InsurTech side
The subtle differences between mutuals and reciprocals
Selling technology to incumbent insurers
Capacity needs to be treated strategically
Communication between re-insurers, insurers, and InsurTechs is paramount
Capacity, Underwriting, Reinsurance and what these terms mean
Some of the incredible stories in his most recent book
Purpose – The idea that you can not imagine NOT doing it
Do incumbents worry about Amazon
The future is about partnerships and collaboration
Parametric insurance

Some of the other candidates for this episode’s title:

I Like Fixing Things
Taking the Risk Out of the Equation
The Grass Is Not Green Anywhere Unless You Garden

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