FS Brew Episode

Marsh Launches Coverpro.ae for UAE SMEs + Global Insurtech Funding Surges on AIIn this episode of FS Brew: News with Analysis, the hosts discuss Marsh UAE’s launch of CoverPro.ae, a new retail website aimed at small and medium enterprises, marking a shift toward digital-first distribution and raising questions about how Marsh will market to SMEs. They then review the Global Insurtech Funding Report (Be Insure), noting insurtech funding rose 19.5% year-on-year to $5.1B, driven largely by AI-focus...

How Novo AI Uses AI to Cut Claims Leakage: Julien Condamines on Fraud, Waste & Abuse | FS BrewRenjit and co-host Vidya welcome Julien Condamines, co-founder of Novo AI, to the FS Brew Insurtech podcast to discuss why he chose claims as the starting point for innovation and how Novo AI now focuses on reducing fraud, waste, and abuse. Julien describes insurers facing rising medical inflation, legacy claims operations that fail to capture usable data, and regulatory premium caps that worsen loss ra...

AI in Commercial Insurance, Fully Autonomous Carriers, and Emirates’ War Risk Coverage | FS Drew’s News + AnalysisIn this episode of FS Brew's News with analysis, Renjit and Vidya discuss three insurance developments shaped by AI and geopolitical risk: insurtech Shepherd’s $42M Series B and its AI-driven commercial insurance platform that pulls real-time data from tools like Procore and Autodesk to speed underwriting for AI economy infrastructure; US firm di Primus Holdings’ launch of “Lucy,” a ...

War Risk Cover Pulled in Strait of Hormuz, Hippo Turns Profitable, Aon Tests Stablecoin Premiums | FS Brew NewsVidya and Renjit discuss insurance developments amid the Iran–Israel–US conflict, noting major insurers have withdrawn war risk cover for ships in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf, pushing premiums from about 0.2–0.25% of vessel value to 1% or more and threatening fuel prices and supply chains as a major share of global oil transits the strait. They cover Hippo Insurance’s first fu...

FS Brew January Roundup: AI InsurTech Boom & GCC Regulatory ChangesWelcome to FS Brew, the region's premier podcast for insurance enthusiasts! In this January news and analysis episode, hosts Vidya, founder of Forward, and Renjit, partner at Futureu Strategy Group, tackle the latest developments in the insurance industry. Discover how AI-native carrier Corgi secured a $108 million funding round to revolutionize insurance for startups. Dive into the impact of new GCC regulations on brokers and MG...

Welcome to FS Brew, the UAE and Middle East's first podcast dedicated to all things insurance and InsureTech. In this episode, hosts Renjit and Vidya are joined by Neeraj Gupta, CEO of Policy Bazaar UAE, for an insightful discussion on the latest innovations and challenges in the insurance landscape. Neeraj highlights Policy Bazaar's customer-centric initiatives, including the NRI Healthcare plan and the PB Advantage program. The conversation covers regulatory updates, the role of AI in the indu...