Venturing Into Insurance
Presented by Oliver Wyman
In this episode of Reinventing Insurance, Dave Wechsler, principal at OMERS Ventures joins our host Paul Ricard to discuss the latest developments in insurtech, venture capital plays, and what makes an attractive insurance investment.
In this episode, Dave also discusses:
- His view on the insurtech past, present — and what’s ahead for the future.
- Reflections from his journey as an entrepreneur and as a venture capital investor.
- Opportunities for venture capital plays within the insurtech space and the broader insurance industry.
- How can insurtechs can best optimize their chances for venture capital investments.
- Innovation and growth opportunities for insurers, such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), managing general agents (MGAs), claims innovation, data differentiators, and mergers and acquisitions.
- Insurtech Rap, a networking community to engage on insurtech, venture capital deal making, and to hear from insurance industry leaders.
This episode is part of our Reinventing Insurance series, a series that explores best practices for taking a CustomerFirst approach to innovation within Insurance. Throughout this series, host Paul Ricard discusses lessons, challenges, and new ways of working with guests who will share their first-hand experiences.