Insurance Technology Diary Archive
Insurance data and technology commentary and news from Quotech Founder Guillaume Bonnissent.
Episode 45: Standard deviation
I was just a kid when video cassette players were launched onto our eagerly receptive world. They marked the beginning of the transition…
Episode 44: Fun with Flags
England’s Locomotive Act of 1865 was intended to safeguard life in an age of rapid technological change. It limited all vehicles with…
Episode 43: Head in(to) the clouds
Last week Netflix told me I’d love the political satire Don’t Look Up. The promo reminded me of the challenge I face each time someone…
Episode 42: In out of the rain
Eight years ago a friend told me he’d decided to build a house. I assumed he meant he was going to make some rough sketches of…
Episode 41: Chow down at the Prudence Buffet
I expect our world of insurance to be a little bit less colourful soon, since two of its most outspoken leaders have elected to retire.
Episode 40: Numbers game
Does Matthew Benham think data is more important than talent when it comes to winning football Trophies?
Episode 39: Edward Lloyd, insurTech founder
Back in the early 1690s, Edward Lloyd, a coffee shop entrepreneur, had a brilliant idea about how to sell more coffee. He would put all…
Episode 38: Sink or swim
Last week I went to visit a prospective client. As in all such fact-finding meetings, I began by asking the team about the functionality…
Episode 37: Embrace your inner disruptor
I wasn’t born in 1964, the year Hollywood made the movie Seven Days in May, but curiosity compelled me to blow three quid to rent it on…
