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May 4, 2023

Support from mentors are important but there are issues too.

Listen to the full episode here https://www.fsbrew.co Happy Women's Day! 👩🏻‍💼 Support from mentors are important but let us acknowledge the issues as well. #womenempowerment #insurance #insurtech

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May 4, 2023

FS Brew speaks to Mohamed Seghir - Rapid Fire questions

Listen to the full episode here https://www.fsbrew.co In our latest episode, we spoke with Mohamed Seghir, CEO of HAYAH Insurance, UAE's recently branded insurance company that specializes in life, medical, and savings. It was a delightful chat as we dug deeper into how Mohamed Seghir went about rebranding and redesigning…

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May 4, 2023

FS Brew speaks to Mohamed Seghir - A different view

A different and controversial view...

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April 18, 2023

33: How to break into VC and how to approach VCs: Ahmed Elgabri from Shorooq Partners

FS Brew has been speaking to #venturecapital firms interested in #insurance and #insurtech space to know more about what it takes to pique their interest and get the fund in! In our first chat with a #venturecapital firm, we spoke with Ahmed Elgabri, an investment professional from Shorooq Partners, a…

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April 18, 2023

How to break into VC and how to approach VCs: Ahmed Elgabri from Shorooq Partners

Questions that we asked: Q: So you have had an interesting career. How did you land into working with a VC firm and also please tell us about your role? Q: Tell us about Shorooq Partners, and its work in the MENA region, specifically with respect to financial services, specifically…

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March 30, 2023

32: In conversation with Gautam Datta- Building a Takaful Insurance Giant using M&A

Here's our latest podcast episode with Gautam Datta from Watania Takaful! When we interviewed him a few weeks back, the freshly merged Dar Al Takaful PJSC and #Watania entity were on the verge of revealing their new name, which he makes reference to in the interview. We had a great…

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March 20, 2023

In conversation with Gautam Datta- Building a Takaful Giant using M&A

In our latest episode, we speak to Gautam Datta, CEO of Dar Al Takaful PJSC! 🔥 Prior to being the CEO of Dar Al Takaful PJSC, he was the CEO of Watania which merged with Dar Al Takaful PJSC (which, prior to this, had merged with Noor Takaful, now rebranded…

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March 11, 2023

31: Women in Insurance and insurtech - Empowering, Energizing and Leading from the front

Happy Women's Day! 👩🏻‍💼 To commemorate this year's international women's day, we spoke with three leaders from the UAE insurance industry. We asked them about their approach to advancing gender diversity and inclusion within the industry, navigating complex situations, and their leadership style. We also discussed in detail some of…

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March 8, 2023

FS Brew Celebrates Women's Day March 8, 2023

Happy Women's Day! 👩🏻‍💼 To commemorate this year's #internationalwomensday, we spoke with 3 leaders from the #uae insurance industry. We asked them about their approach to advancing gender diversity and inclusion within the industry, navigating complex situations, and their leadership style. We also discussed in detail some of the common…

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Feb. 17, 2023

30: FS Brew speaks to Mohamed Seghir - CEO of Hayah, UAE's Digital Insurer. Driving Cultural Tran...

In our latest episode, we spoke with Mohamed Seghir, CEO of HAYAH Insurance, UAE's recently branded insurance company that specializes in life, medical, and savings. It was a delightful chat as we dug deeper into how Mohamed Seghir went about rebranding and redesigning the organization which was previously AXAGreen Crescent,…

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Feb. 15, 2023

FS Brew speaks to Mohamed Seghir - CEO of Hayah, UAE's Digital Insurer

In our latest episode, we spoke with Mohamed Seghir, CEO of HAYAH Insurance, UAE's recently branded insurance company that specializes in life, medical, and savings. It was a delightful chat as we dug deeper into how Mohamed Seghir went about rebranding and redesigning the organization which was previously AXA Green…

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Feb. 13, 2023

29: Interview with Lars Gehrmann of QIC DV- Announcing the latest Hackathon!

FS Brew spoke with Lars Gehrmann from QIC Digital Venture Partners and got exclusive details about the #MENA-wide #startup challenge they recently launched! We also spoke to him about the gaps in the insurance ecosystem in the region for innovative insurtechs to take shape here and what is QIC Digital…

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Feb. 13, 2023

28: Rohit Nambiar- Group CEO of Tune Protect on Partnerships, Transformation and Culture.

In our first episode of #FSBrewInternational for 2023, we speak with the passionate and exuberant, Rohit Nambiar, Group CEO of Tune Protect, based in KL Malaysia! This interview was a playbook on how to run an insurance company that is 'fit-for-purpose' in all aspects- customer, employee, business strategy, culture, partnerships...you…

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Feb. 13, 2023

27: UAE Insurance Market: 2022 Roundup and 2023 Predictions

UAE Insurance Market: 2022 Roundup and 2023 Predictions. Today we have a very special episode on how 2022 has been for the insurance companies in the UAE so far and potentially what that means in terms of how we will be ending the year and setting the tone for 2023.…

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Feb. 13, 2023

26: FS Brew Hype: Open Insurance and its implications in the Middle East region

In FS Brew's latest HYPE episode, we deep dive into Open Insurance to understand: - What is open insurance? - Who are the suitable partners who can benefit from open insurance - International examples & use cases - Business and technology readiness to build open insurance capabilities - Product lines…

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Feb. 13, 2023

25: Hala Insurtech- Innovate offshore and regulate onshore

Here's our interview with Walid Daniel Dib, Co-founder, and CEO of Hala Insurance, the OG millennial insurtech founder from the #UAE! We spoke with Walid on many nuances and factors involved in running an agile insurance start-up brand like Hala: 🎯Hala's business model- tech seems like the starting point...surprisingly, it…

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Feb. 13, 2023

24: News with Analysis: Oct 2022

Here's our #newswithanalysis episode after long! 💃🏻 In this episode, we've picked trending #news pieces from the #uae market exclusively, because there's just SO MUCH going on! 🎂Shory - (we had to start with this!), our review about the Shory digital experience so far, their 'socially invested' angle and more…

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Feb. 13, 2023

23: The TAM for micro-insurance is huge- Interview with Andy Ann

Here's our #FSBrewInternational interview with Andy Ann, CEO of YAS MicroInsurance based in #HongKong. Fascinating conversation and a must-watch for all #insurers aspiring to target or innovate to attract #genz and #millennials as their audiences. We spoke extensively on many aspects of a customer lifecycle and innovation including: 🔬Extensive customer…

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Feb. 13, 2023

22: Digital Transformation in the Asia Pacific Region- Conversation with a New Leader

We spoke to Roopa Malhotra- Head of Customer & Digital, APAC, Zurich Insurance Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roopamalhotra APAC is a hugely diverse, exciting and complex landscape to manage with each country having its unique strengths and opportunities. We dug deeper into what it takes to drive digital transformation in the region,…

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Feb. 13, 2023

21: Unit economics matter- Interview with Nicolo Robba, Co-founder of the Indonesian Insurtech Li...

In our first episode of #FSBrewInternational, we spoke with Nicolo Robba from Lifepal. Lifepal is the no. 1 B2C #insurance #aggregator in #indonesia. Nicolo Robba is an e-commerce leader in the South East Asia region, and has held senior roles within Alibaba.com and Lazada previously before co-founding Lifepal. Listen in…

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Feb. 13, 2023

20: Claims Transparency can increase Life Insurance adoption in the MENA: Wilson Varghese of Zuri...

We caught up with Wilson Varghese, General Manager and Head of Operations, Zurich Middle East, part of Zurich Insurance Group. Wilson spoke in length about the Customer Benefits report recently released by Zurich Middle East and the relevance of this report in order to raise awareness about #lifeinsurance and #BeBetterPrepared.…

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Feb. 13, 2023

19: Creating a Health and Wellness Insurtech from the ground-up: In conversation with the founder...

Check out our interview with wellx.ai founders, Vaibhav Kashyap and Javed Akberali! wellx.ai is the newest #healthinsurance brand in the UAE, rewarding its customers for leading a #healthylifestyle. We spoke in length about: 🧩wellx.ai's business model- its core components, the rewards system, and the business case behind it 🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏿Customer acquisition…

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Feb. 13, 2023

18: Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Insurance: Lars Gehrmann of QIC Digital Venture Partners

Lars Gehrmann is the Group Chief Digital Officer of Qatar Insurance Group and Head of QIC Digital Venture Partners, a new digital organization with an aim to build and invest in digital ventures, the InsurTech ecosystem, and international partnerships while transforming the way Qatar Insurance Group operates digitally. Lars and…

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Feb. 13, 2023

17: Digital Transformation of a Health Insurance giant - conversation with Frederik Bisbjerg of D...

Here's our latest podcast episode, a power-packed conversation with Frederik Bisbjerg, Executive Director- Digital & Innovation with Daman - National Health Insurance Company! He's a well-known personality within the insurance industry and has specific and workable tips and insights into running a successful, digital-first insurance business in the region. Amongst…

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