Join EDII and DXC Technology as we discuss how to determine and partner with the best insurtech companies.
This event has passed, but you can catch a recording of the webinar here.
Insurtech is on the brink of changing our industry, from the inside and the outside. With the advent of advanced technologies and a demand from customers for real-time experiences and simpler products through digitalisation, there’s no shortage of hungry new players to shake up the marketplace.
But in the age of insurtech, just how can we cut through the overwhelm and determine the best and most relevant companies to partner with? How can we quickly take advantage of new digital technologies to deliver more profitable business? One of EDII’s sponsors, DXC Technology, offers a clear way forward.
The IT giant helps global companies run their mission critical systems, delivering the IT services their customers need to modernise operations and drive innovation across the entire IT estate. One way DXC does this is by selecting and partnering with innovative insurtech companies.
Join us for an informative webinar with guest speakers from DXC and Virtual i Technologies to:
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- Learn how DXC is supporting the London market with its approach to cataloguing insurtech innovations
- Discover the in-depth selection process and criteria that DXC uses to surface the best of the best
- Hear from DXC’s insurtech invitational competition winner, Virtual i Technologies, as they share real-world examples of helping insurers better understand risk.
Date: 17th November 2021
Time: 11am GMT [50 mins]
Our Speakers
Caroline Bedford, Chief Executive, EDII
Caroline is the Chief Executive Officer at EDII. Her passion is developing creativity, capability and confidence in existing and future business leaders. This, in turn, enables transformational change in historic and tradition-rich sectors. Having founded and grown the award-winning innovation programme Digital Minds, her success and passion is widely recognised through her delivery, where she uses her own unique blend of technical and people skills. This makes her a renowned motivator in launching effective new business programmes and working with insurtech and innovation partners.
Ryan McGovern, Chief Product Officer at Virtual i Technologies
Ryan is the Chief Product Officer at Virtual i Technologies, where he is working on the innovations which will power the future of Risk Engineering in the Small, Medium & Micro Enterprise (SMME) sphere. Prior to this, he worked at Marsh where he led the MENA Business Interruption specialty group within the Energy & Power practice in Dubai. He has industry experience in operations management, process engineering and production economics, having worked in the refining sector for ExxonMobil in the UK and Italy. Ryan has a MEng Chemical Engineering with Polymer Science and an MSc Environmentally Sustainable Process Technology.
Maria Solano, EMEA – Insurance Industry CTO, DXC Technology
Maria Solano was appointed as the regional Insurance Industry CTO in May 2018 to design cohesive solutions combining the different DXC capabilities considering customer needs, the industry landscape, and relevant innovative trends across industries.
She has worked in IT for 30+ years in various industries but predominantly Government, Finance and Defence, acting in various roles, amongst others; Technical Authority, Enterprise Architect and CTO for the last 15+ years.
Richard White, Head of Sales, London Market Account, DXC Technology
Richard leads the DXC London Market Account sales function with responsibility for DXC sales teams in the London market and the strategy of how DXC communicates with the market. Richard has worked with the Insurance market for some 35 years providing outsourcing, data and technology solutions to UK and global businesses and is currently leading DXC’s engagements with Future at Lloyd’s programmes.
