InsurTech Summit Agenda
Time: 3:00 – 3:30 pm
Topic: Registration & Networking
Time: 3:30 – 4:15 pm
Topic: Top InsurTech Investment Trends: Valuation, Volatility, Convergence and Divergence
Description: Investments in the insurtech sector are a mosaic of evolving risk and opportunity. Where are the truly revolutionary ideas and execution? How, where and when does venture capital best navigate this ecosystem? And what must insurtech startups pull off to gain the attention of an ever-discerning investor base? McDermott Partner Michael Halsband will lead an investors’ perspective panel that will address the above questions and discuss other insurtech investment trends.
Moderator: Michael Halsband
Speakers:
- Katelyn Johnson, Managing Director, AmFam
- Jonathan Crystal, Managing Partner, Crystal Venture Partners
- Mike Millette, Managing Partner, Hudson Structured Capital Management
- David Wechsler, Principal, OMERS
- Andy Tam, Managing Director, Perella Weinberg Partners
Time: 4:15 – 5:00 pm
Topic: Crypto, Smart Contracts and Blockchain—Execution and Innovation
Description: McDermott Partner Alexandra Scheibe will lead a panel of founders and investors that will cover smart contracts and crypto-based insurtech products, making a case for the implementation and leverage of smart contracts, tokenization, cryptocurrency and blockchain in the insurance space. This will be an insightful discussion about the role of smart contracts in the future of insurtech from the perspective of true innovators and market leaders.
Moderator: Alexandra Scheibe
Speakers:
- Dean Tribble, CEO, Agoric
- James McCue, US Financial Institution Practice Leader, Aon
- David Verbeeten, Chief Commercial Officer, Nayms
- Yann Barbarroux, CEO & Co-Founder, Otonomi
- Kurt Thams, CEO, Founder, Shore Crypto
Time: 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Topic: Embedded Insurance: The $3 Trillion Opportunity
Description: A panel led by McDermott Partner Michael Byrne will discuss the high growth area of embedded insurance. The panelists will cover what embedded insurance is, its evolution and potential forms of execution in the insurance industry across personal and commercial lines of business, the gig economy, software as a service (SaaS), artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and more.
Moderator: Michael Byrne
Speakers:
- Alex Maffeo, CEO & Founder, Boost
- Melanie Irvin, VP, Head of Legal and Government Affairs, Branch
- Rilwan Lawal, Founder & CEO, GigEasy
- Phil Friedman, CEO, iBynd
- James Nuttall, Insurance Strategy & Operations, Vivint
Time: 5:45 – 6:00 pm
Topic: Closing Remarks
Moderator: Michael Halsband
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Cocktails at Daniel Boulud’s La Terrace on 3rd Floor
*All times are in Eastern Daylight Time.