LFP006 - Innovation in Insurance with John Shaw of Direct Line

London Fintech Podcast · Sep 19, 2014 · 38m

Although this episode is entitled “innovation in insurance” – there is much food for thought of far wider applicability.

Fintech narratives often slip into “disrupting banking” – whereas this is just a part of Financial Services – insurance is another vast part.

There is another narrative that assumes innovation is the preserve of the “t-shirts” not the “suits” – whereas in practice in the sector as a whole there has been massive (excess even?) innovation in recent decades.

Furthermore there are some FS incumbents who…