Orbit - An Hg Podcast

Insurance, the O.G. Data Business: Max Dewez speaks to {Carpe Data's Max Drucker

Episode Summary

Ever since the mortality tables of the seventeenth century, the world of insurance has been a very early adopter in using data to illuminate the world. And yet, in spite of that, it has taken its time to fully catch up with the vast and complex current methods of applying it to the industry. From inferring the presence of a swimming pool based on seemingly unrelated factors, to the unexpected ways a Yelp review or LinkedIn account can have an effect on your policy decision, to predictions on the future of data and insuretech: this episode of the Orbit podcast pits Hg's Max Dewez against {Carpe Data CEO, Max Drucker, on the eve of 2022's edition of InsureTech Connect in Las Vegas.