ITC Europe Weekly #97
A new week, a new ITC Europe Weekly. The last one before ITC London kicks off!
In this packed 97th edition, you'll find the latest ITC London Agenda, an insightful interview with Mark Allan, CEO of Ki Insurance, the Garmin Bike Competition at ITC London, Richard Chattock, Karan Mehta, Danilo Raponi, and Milenko Radic speaking in London, Silver Sponsors Generali, J.P. Morgan, Newgen, Netcall, ValueLabs, Novidea, Sunlight Solutions, DeepOpinion, Whatfix, ValueChecker, UnderwriteMe, and Swifter, Bronze Sponsors Betty Blocks, DICEUS, Ecliptic, and Visa, Start-up Kiosks Miss MoneyPenny, MavenBlue, Acuracast, Perfect Doc Studio, and Previsico, and Community Partners Insurance Insider and FF News.
Less than one week until ITC London!
ITC London will take place in less than one week at The Brewery, 27-28 January! ??
At ITC London, transformative ideas will be born, partnerships strengthened, investments secured, and the insurance industry will gather to influence, explore, and embrace the future of insurance.
Don’t miss the opportunity to delve into cutting-edge innovations and foster collaborations that will redefine the future of the insurance ecosystem.
Will we see you in London? ??
Take a glance at the latest ITC London agenda
Are you ready for future-focused discussions from the leading minds in insurance? ??
At ITC London, you’ll have the perfect opportunity to attend several Round Tables, discussing the most relevant topics in the industry.
Learn about the latest developments surrounding Climate & Sustainability, Emerging Risks, and Commercial Lines.
Want to know what else to expect at ITC London next week? ??
ITC London interview with Mark Allan, CEO of Ki Insurance
The Future of Insurance is Here
We sat down with Mark Allan, CEO of Ki Insurance, to talk about the exponential growth of Ki and what the future holds, ahead of his Opening Keynote at ITC London 2025.
In this interview, Mark discusses the biggest opportunities in the insurance market for fast-growing companies, how to attract and retain top talent in the industry, and many other valuable insights.
Have a look at this thought-provoking interview below.
On 27?January | 9.00 AM, Mark will take the ITC London stage to present the Keynote ‘From Start-Up To $1b in Premiums in 4 Years - a Journey in Digitising Specialty Insurance’.
Mark on ITC London: “This conference brings together like-minded people, ready to embrace the future, and that’s exciting!”
Eager to see Mark at ITC London?
Join the Garmin Bike competition at ITC London
ITC London is the ideal place to learn everything about the latest innovations in the insurance industry, thanks to exciting partner companies, such as Garmin.?
With Garmin Health, insurance companies can integrate wearable solutions into their products and not only enhance the data generated but also help provide their customers with solutions to live and maintain healthier lives.
Wonderful surprises await the people who take a visit to Garmin Health in London!???
On the first day of the event, the Garmin Bike competition will take place in the networking lounge.
The first, second, and third best male and female participants will win a wonderful Garmin fitness smartwatch.
So don’t suit up too much if you want to be the fastest man/woman of ITC London!???
Introducing five speakers of ITC London
ITC London is the ideal place to meet and listen to the most inspiring speakers from insurtech and insurance, such as:
Richard is the moderator of the panel ‘Unleash Embedded Success to Drive Industry Evolution’.
Together with Nelson Castellanos (HDI Embedded), Patrik Garshol (Gjensidige), and Cordula Klauss (J.P. Morgan), Richard will discuss the rise of embedded and how to establish partnerships with industries such as auto, personal devices and travel to gain unimpeded access to your customer.
You’ll learn how to employ tech such as APIs, and ML to integrate products into platforms and ecosystems, enabling the move from multiple disconnected services to an interconnected journey.
Karan is part of the panel ‘Leverage Data Analytics & AI for Precision Underwriting’.
In this panel moderated by Karun Arathil (Celent), Karan and the other panelists will discuss how to utilise big data and predictive analytics to refine risk assessments and develop more accurate pricing models.
Moreover, you’ll learn how to implement AI-driven underwriting platforms to automate complex risk assessments and improve speed.
Danilo is on the panel ‘The Evolving Insurance Landscape - Impacts of M&A and VC/PE Investment’.In this panel, you’ll learn how to leverage cooperations with startups to efficiently test and use external innovation for efficiency or customer benefits.
Together with panelists Stefan Lemper (Maschmeyer Group), Rodolfo Pambianco (Barclays Investment Bank), and Dr. Xenia Isabel Gioia Schmahl (Plug and Play Tech Center), Danilo will also discuss how to expand your operations, invest in new technologies, and enter emerging markets with capital from PE and VC to fuel your growth.
In London, Giovanni will be part of the Fireside Chat: ‘Build a Robust AI Governance Framework’.
Together with Fabrice Brossart (Hiscox), Giovanni will discuss how to create a framework that encourages AI experimentation whilst maintaining control through defined ethical principles and compliance requirements to ensure transparency, accountability, and fairness.
You’ll also learn how to build real-time monitoring systems to track AI performance, detect anomalies and mitigate risks.
In London, Milenko will give a Keynote called ‘A Resilient Insurance Ecosystem – Pipedream or Future Reality?’.
In this Keynote, Milenko will share how to supercharge your core IT to meet tomorrow’s challenges and drive cost reduction and customer centricity to stay competitive.
He’ll also explore how the stepwise introduction of AI processes can have a real impact on efficiency and future resilience.
Want to learn more from these speakers at ITC London?
Have a look at these amazing ITC London Silver Sponsors
ITC London wouldn't be possible without the incredible support from partner companies like:
The Generali Group is among the most significant global insurance and financial products market players. Generali enables people to shape a safer and more sustainable future by caring for their lives and dreams.
Characterised by a strong international outlook and now present in more than 50 Countries, Generali has consolidated its position among the world's leading insurance operators, with significant market shares in western Europe - its main area of activity - and particularly in Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Switzerland and Central and Eastern Europe.
J.P. Morgan Payments combines treasury services, trade, card and merchant services capabilities to help clients pay customers or employees, in different currencies, around the world. Their global suite of products, technology platforms, and consultative expertise uniquely positioned them to address the challenges businesses face today and tomorrow.
J.P. Morgan Payments delivers efficient and secure payment solutions at scale as a business evolves, with the agility one expects from a trusted innovator in payment.
Newgen provides an AI-enabled unified digital transformation platform with native process automation, content services, and communication management capabilities.
Globally, enterprises rely on Newgen’s industry-recognized low-code application platform to develop and deploy complex, content-driven, and customer-engaging business applications on the cloud. From onboarding to service requests, lending to underwriting, and many more use cases across industries.
Netcall offers versatile solutions that use AI to automate processes and engage customers. Their quick app development, smart automation, and user-friendly tools connect systems, break down data barriers, and make processes work better and faster.
Their Liberty platform automates workflows and manages customer interactions, enabling significant cost savings and better experiences.
ValueLabs is a global technology company specializing in product development, data technology, design, and consulting, powered by their enterprise GenAI platform AiDE?.
This platform accelerates processes with seamless automation and boosts engineering efficiency without compromising quality. On top of that, AiDE? fixes the discrepancies, makes decisions with confidence and reduces operational expenses through streamlined workflows and efficient resource utilization.
Novidea is an insurtech provider of a cloud-native, data-driven insurance management system.
With its open API architecture, Novidea enables brokers, agents, MGAs, and carriers to modernize and manage the customer journey end-to-end and drive growth across the entire insurance distribution lifecycle. Novidea's streamlined and automated platform fully integrates front, middle, and back offices.
Sunlight Solutions?offers cloud-based insurance software that simplifies policy admin, improves customer experience, and drives growth for insurance?companies.
Their flexible solution handles speciality lines of business, commercial and personal lines of business as well as workers compensation and group health.
DeepOpinion is a Generative Automation platform enabling teams to put their complex knowledge work on autopilot with enterprise-grade AI Apps.
By combining Generative AI, business process digitization and no-code development in a single platform, teams can create enterprise-grade AI apps in minutes and build towards 90%+ straight-through processing.
Whatfix enables organizations to drive user productivity, ensure process compliance, and improve user experience of internal and customer-facing applications.
Powered by GenAI, Whatfix’s product suite includes a digital adoption platform, simulated application environments for hands-on training, and no-code application analytics.
ValueChecker’s product technology helps insurers automate their claims process. The ValueChecker solution identifies the claimed product and calculates the best replacement product and valuation in real-time.
ValueChecker is live with customers and partners in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Nordics. They’re also available in the rest of the EU, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
UnderwriteMe has transformed the life insurance industry through technology by bringing insurers, intermediaries and customers closer together in the marketplace. They recognised the need to change the life insurance application journey from a clunky, inefficient experience to one that makes the buying process easier and faster for customers and advisers alike.
With an expanding portfolio, their mission is to provide technology solutions that enable partners to transform and disrupt the life insurance industry.
Swifter’s mission is to empower insurers, intermediaries, and brands to embrace fully digital front-end journeys swiftly and seamlessly, driving growth and efficiency in today's dynamic insurance marketplace.
With Swifter, insurance ecosystem companies can create immersive digital experiences throughout the entire customer lifecycle. From facilitating Quote and Bind processes to managing Policy Wallets and handling First Notice of Loss (FNOL) scenarios, Swifter streamlines data flow across all digital tools within organizations.
Eager to connect with these Silver Sponsors at ITC London?
Meet five of our Bronze Sponsors
The Betty Blocks low-code platform enables organizations to build powerful solutions without being held back by technology or IT resources. With an intuitive visual interface, powerful AI capabilities, pre-built components and templates, Betty Blocks strikes the perfect balance between ease of use and functionality, making it the ideal solution for enterprise fusion teams.
DICEUS is a product-led company specialising in innovative tech solutions for the insurance industry. Their next-gen CX automation software suite and data platform - Vitaminise - includes five key products:
1) Mobile App (health, life, investments, P&C)
2) LLM-based Chatbot
3) Web Portal (client/corporate)
4) Embedded Insurance Widget
5) Data Warehouse & Data Analytics
They also provide services as a system integrator and develop custom software solutions.
Ecliptic provides SaaS-based solutions for the Global Insurance & London Markets, combining AI, Data Analytics, and emerging technologies.
They deliver InsurTech that streamlines processes, enhances user experiences, and drives industry-wide transformation. Their platform empowers optimization of operations, improved customer satisfaction, and sustainable growth.
Visa is a digital payments network that removes barriers and connects people to the global economy.
As a trusted network, Visa facilitates digital payments across more than 200 countries and territories among a global set of consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, strategic partners and government entities through innovative technologies.
If you want to connect with these companies in London, apply for your place here.
Check out these exciting Start-up Kiosks at ITC London
Miss Moneypenny Technologies enables businesses to use the native digital wallet apps Apple & Google Wallet to connect and interact with users in a new way.
Their Saas Product, Wallet Studio, is a digital wallet engagement and automation suite that enables companies to transform digital wallet cards into dynamic, interactive, meaningful and invaluable communication hubs.
MavenBlue is a niche software company targeting key gaps in the insurance IT infrastructure, focusing on Pricing and Balance Sheet Management.
Being able to quickly reconfigure/recalibrate pricing maximises results for insurers. MavenBlue’s goal is for insurers to be able to go from a pricing cycle that takes 37 weeks to one that can take less than a day.
AccuraCast is a data & tech-led digital marketing agency focused on international growth.
Whether scaling marketing automation with multi-language, multi-currency ad automation solutions, or acquiring and using first-party data more efficiently, they can help build solutions that do so at scale and positively impact digital marketing campaigns.
Perfect Doc Studio is a one-stop solution to create, edit, manage and relay business communications effortlessly.
Perfect Doc Studio is an AI-driven customer communication tool with a user-friendly interface and drag-and-drop to create and publish designs, be it official correspondences, quality proposals for new business or countless emails sent out every day to clientele.
Previsico are surface water flood forecasting specialists enabling people and organisations to minimise the impact of flooding.
Backed by Foresight Group and underpinned by two decades of research at Loughborough University, Previsico’s solution is used by insurers, businesses and governments to reduce their losses.
Meet two ITC London Community Partners: Insurance Insider and FF News
Insurance Insider is a digital news and intelligence platform for the London insurance and global reinsurance markets.
Since 1996, Insurance Insider has helped clients seize new business opportunities and avoid risks by providing breaking news, deep analysis, and actionable insights on the insurance market. Across three products, Insurance Insider covers the London market, global (re)insurance market, insurance-linked securities market, and US property and casualty market.
FF News is a well-established industry news source with over 10 years of experience in the fintech industry, interviewing fintech entrepreneurs, banking professionals and financial thought leaders.
Thanks to FF News, you’ll stay on top of the latest trends and developments in fintech, by getting breaking news and analysis on payments, digital banking & blockchain.
And that's it for ITC Europe Weekly #97. Thank you for reading and see you next week at ITC London!