ITC Vegas 2021

Who Speaks at ITC?

Hear from 250+ of the best minds in insurance — from CEOs of global insurers to founders of startups looking to reshape the industry.

Evan Greenberg

Chairman & CEO

Chubb

Evan Greenberg

Chairman & CEO

Chubb

Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. Over the course of more than 40 years in the insurance industry, Mr. Greenberg has held various underwriting and management positions and gained significant insight in the global property, casualty and life insurance sectors. Mr. Greenberg is Vice Chair of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and a Director of the US-China Business Council. Mr. Greenberg serves on the Board of Trustees of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Tsinghua SEM) in Beijing. Under Evan's leadership Chubb has become among the most innovative insurers and their work has pushed the entire industry forward.

Lisa Pollina

Board Member

Munich Re

Lisa Pollina

Board Member

Munich Re

Lisa Pollina is an Investment Banking executive and Board member who has negotiated over $50 Billion in corporate development deals throughout her career. An Independent Board Director for Munich RE Americas and FTSE trading firm IG Group, she is the past Vice Chairman for RBC Capital Markets, a $5 Billion division of the Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY), and the Global Financial Institutions (FIG) Executive for Bank of America Securities (NYSE: BAC). Prior to Bank of America, Pollina was an appointed executive in a JP Morgan private equity investment portfolio company, completing a successful IPO. Named one of the ‘Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance’ by American Banker magazine, she is a current appointee to the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States’ Working Group on Global Markets. During the tenure of President George W. Bush (43), Ms. Pollina represented the United States at various NATO-related meetings in Europe and Washington. More recently, she has been a regular attendee at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. A published author and speaker, Ms. Pollina is a MBA graduate from the Yale School of Management and has taught strategy at Yale and corporate finance at the University of Chicago

Chris Krebs

Fmr. Director

Dept. of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Chris Krebs

Fmr. Director

Dept. of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Christopher Krebs is a founding partner of the Krebs Stamos Group, and previously served as the first director of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). As Director, Mr. Krebs oversaw CISA’s efforts to manage risk to the nation’s businesses and government agencies, bringing together partners to collectively defend against cyber and physical threats. At CISA, Mr. Krebs also pioneered the Rumor Control program, which was designed to counter disinformation campaigns. Before serving as CISA Director, Mr. Krebs served in various roles at the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for a range of cybersecurity, critical infrastructure and national resilience issues. Prior to his time at DHS, he directed U.S. cybersecurity policy for Microsoft, and advised industry and government clients on complex cybersecurity and business risk matters, while serving at positions with Obsidian Analysis and Dutko Consulting. He also served in the George W. Bush Administration, advising DHS leadership on domestic and international risk management and public-private partnership initiatives. Mr. Krebs holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.

Edmund Murphy III

CEO & President

Empower Retirement

Edmund Murphy III

CEO & President

Empower Retirement

Edmund F. Murphy III is President and CEO of Empower Retirement, where he provides leadership and strategic direction for the company’s operating units: Empower Retirement, Personal Capital and Great-West Investments™. Mr. Murphy was appointed as the inaugural president of Empower Retirement upon its formation in 2014, positioning the firm as the go-to provider of financial services for more than 12 million Americans. He previously served as Managing Director at Putnam Investments held executive leadership roles at Fidelity Investments. Mr. Murphy holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and is a graduate of the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School.

Ramneek Gupta

Founder & Managing Partner

PruVen Capital

Ramneek Gupta

Founder & Managing Partner

PruVen Capital

Ramneek is the founder and Managing Partner of PruVen Capital. Prior to PruVen, Ramneek co-founded and led the Global Venture Investing team at Citigroup. In this role, he built and managed the investing team, led venture investments in companies strategic to Citi and drove commercialization efforts between these companies and Citi Businesses. Ramneek led Citi Ventures’ investments in 25+ companies including Square (NYSE: SQ), Docusign (Nasdaq: DOCU), Jet.com (Acq by Walmart for $3.3B), Honey (Acq by Paypal for $4B), Feedzai, DataRobot, Homelight, Ujet and Grab among others. Prior to Citi, he was a Partner at Battery Ventures, where he helped build out the India investment effort as well as develop the local commerce and fin tech investment areas in the US. Ramneek is an active angel investor and advisor to several leading companies including Zappedy (Acq by Groupon), Cardspring (Acq by Twitter), CheckR (last valued at $2.5B), Robinhood (last valued at $11.2B), Ipsy, Vicarious and Gridspace.

Spike Lipkin

CEO & Co-Founder

Newfront Insurance

Spike Lipkin

CEO & Co-Founder

Newfront Insurance

Spike Lipkin is the CEO and Co-founder of Newfront, one of the fastest growing insurance brokerages in the nation. Prior to Newfront he was one of the first employees at Opendoor.com, where he helped grow a five-person company into a business now valued at more than $10 billion. Prior to Opendoor, Spike worked as an investor at Blackstone. At both Opendoor and Blackstone, Lipkin was tasked with buying insurance, which first exposed him to the deep systemic challenges facing the insurance industry. These experiences led him to found Newfront - a business that combines insurance experts with proprietary technology to make the buying process less cumbersome and more transparent for its clients and brokers. Lipkin received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and graduate degrees from both Cambridge University and Stanford University.

Jenn Knight

CTO & Co-Founder

AgentSync

Jenn Knight

CTO & Co-Founder

AgentSync

Jenn Knight is Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of AgentSync, where she leads the product and engineering teams as they develop a frictionless, modern solution to some of the biggest pain points associated with producer management – broker onboarding, contracting, and compliance management. Jenn and her co-founder and husband, Niji Sabharwal, believe that using technology to solve back-office bottlenecks will empower scaled innovation across the massive, fragmented insurance industry. As one of the industry’s leading Salesforce developers, Jenn has helped solve back-office problems for leading technology companies including LinkedIn, Stripe, and Dropbox.

Andrew Rose

President - OnStar Insurance

General Motors

Andrew Rose

President - OnStar Insurance

General Motors

Andrew Rose brings 20 years of startup and insurance experience to his role as President of OnStar Insurance at General Motors. Prior to GM, Andrew was CEO of Compare.com, a subsidiary of Admiral Group, White Mountains, and Mapfre. Prior to this, Andrew led the launch of Elephant Insurance, ran the auto business for Countrywide Insurance and led a large product portfolio for Progressive Insurance. His other career stops include AT Kearney, Capital One, Shell, and DuPont. He holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business at University of Virginia, a Master Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Greg Williams

CEO, Co-Founder & President

Acrisure

Greg Williams

CEO, Co-Founder & President

Acrisure

As Co-Founder, CEO & President of Acrisure, Greg has successfully led Acrisure to become one of the largest global insurance brokers. Under Greg’s leadership, Acrisure has had a compounded annual growth rate of 86% since its inception in 2005 and has eclipsed $2 billion in revenue in 2019. Acrisure is now one of the top ten largest insurance brokers in the world and the most profitable insurance broker compared to its peers. In 2016, Greg led a management buyout of Acrisure’s private equity investor in a $2.9 billion transaction. As a result, the company is now majority-owned (92%) by Acrisure’s employees and its Agency Partners with Board control as well. Prior to founding Acrisure, Greg was a Board Advisor to a variety of companies and was a Vice President for Michigan National Corporation (MNC), a $19 billion bank holding company. As a senior executive at MNC, Greg managed the Commercial Sales and Services Group, was a member of the Corporate Marketing Committee and chaired the Corporate Operations Committee.

Ruth Foxe Blader

Partner

Anthemis Group

Ruth Foxe Blader

Partner

Anthemis Group

Ruth Foxe Blader is a Partner at Anthemis and thought leader in fintech and insurtech. At Anthemis, Ruth leads strategic investment efforts across Europe and North America. Ruth specializes in technology-enabled business models, insurance technology, risk transfer, early stage investing, product strategy and digital transformation. Prior to joining Anthemis, Ruth worked for Allianz SE, where she spearheaded leading digital innovation efforts. She was a founding member of the AllianzX team, where she led investments in startups including Lemonade, MoneyFarm, Argus Cyber Security and SimpleSurance. A New Jersey native, Ruth has spent the last decade between New York, London and Paris. In 2018 and 2019, Ruth was recognized for her outstanding contribution to the global financial technology ecosystem and listed among the Women in Fintech Powerlist by Innovate Finance. She currently serves on the boards of Axle, Demex, Flock, Hokodo, InsurData, Kaiko, Proportunity, Stable and Xapix.

Kyle Nakatsuji

CEO & Founder

Clearcover

Kyle Nakatsuji

CEO & Founder

Clearcover

Kyle is the co-founder and CEO of Clearcover, the smarter car insurance company. Under Kyle’s leadership, Clearcover has raised more than $329 million to date and currently operates in 15 states with more on the way. Before founding Clearcover, Kyle was a founding member of American Family Ventures where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and structuring over 50 equity and debt venture capital investments in nationally-based tech startups. Prior to this role, Kyle was a corporate attorney focused on emerging company business matters at AlphaTech Counsel. Kyle has a law degree and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin.

Joshua Motta

CEO & Co-Founder

Coalition

Joshua Motta

CEO & Co-Founder

Coalition

Joshua is the CEO and Co-founder of Coalition, which provides cyber insurance and security to more than 45,000 organizations in the US and Canada. Prior to Coalition, Joshua was the CxO and Head of Special Projects at Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), a $25bn web infrastructure and security company, following roles at Goldman Sachs, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Microsoft, among others.

Jonathan Abelmann

Co-Founder & President

Bestow

Jonathan Abelmann

Co-Founder & President

Bestow

Jonathan Abelmann is an entrepreneur passionate about harnessing data and technology to transform industries. Jonathan is the Co-founder and President of Bestow, the leading digital life insurance platform that’s using technology to make coverage accessible to millions. In his role, Jonathan leads talented data scientists, engineers and product owners who are building transformative software that powers instant life insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes, across any channel.

Kate Stillwell

CEO & Founder

Jumpstart Insurance

Kate Stillwell

CEO & Founder

Jumpstart Insurance

Kate Stillwell is the Founder and CEO of Jumpstart, one of the first InsurTechs to bring parametric to the consumer level. Starting with earthquake risk in California, Jumpstart is expanding both geographically and to other hazards. Having started her career as a licensed Structural Engineer, Kate previously co-founded the US Resiliency Council and the Global Earthquake Model Foundation. She lives with her family in Berkeley, California.

Adrian Jones

Managing Director

Hudson Structured Capital Management

Adrian Jones

Managing Director

Hudson Structured Capital Management

Adrian Jones is a partner at HSCM Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., an alternative asset manager in re/insurance and transport. HSCM Ventures seeks investment opportunities to support InsurTech entrepreneurs from the founding of their companies through exit. Before joining HSCM in 2021, he was Deputy CEO of P&C Partners at SCOR, the global reinsurer, where he set-up and led SCOR P&C Ventures. From 2010 to 2016, he was head of strategy at RenaissanceRe. He started his career in 2001 at Bain & Co and has lived in New York, Paris, Bermuda, Brussels, and Stockholm.

Alex Timm

CEO & Founder

Root

Alex Timm

CEO & Founder

Root

With a vision of completely transforming the insurance industry, Alex founded Root Insurance on the principle that rates should be based on driving behaviors, not demographics. As Founder and CEO of Root, Alex leads the company in revolutionizing the industry, using mobile technology and data science to offer personalized auto insurance rates to good drivers. Throughout his career, Alex has built expertise in pricing and reserving, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Alex is based in Columbus, Ohio and is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Assaf Wand

CEO & Co-Founder

Hippo

Assaf Wand

CEO & Co-Founder

Hippo

Assaf Wand is the co-founder and CEO of insurtech startup Hippo. Based in Palo Alto, CA, Hippo has reimagined home insurance through the lens of homeowners – building policies with more comprehensive coverage for today's consumers at up to 25% less than competitors. The high-growth company is valued at more than $1 billion and has expanded its footprint to offer products to more than half of the US homeowner population in less than 2 years. Prior to Hippo, Wand was founder and CEO of Sabi, which designed and produced elegant everyday products (Sabi was acquired in 2015), a consultant with McKinsey & Company and an investor with Intel Capital. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in finance and LLB in Law from the IDC Herzliya in Israel.

Sean Harper

CEO & Co-Founder

Kin Insurance

Sean Harper

CEO & Co-Founder

Kin Insurance

Sean Harper is the CEO and co-founder of Kin Insurance, an insurance technology company and home insurance carrier built to make insurance easy, efficient, and affordable. Previously, Sean founded FeeFighters, a payments company bought by Groupon, and TSS-Radio, an ecommerce company that became an Inc. 500 fastest-growing company. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Sean was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and an investor at Longworth Venture Partners. He holds an AB from the University of Chicago, where he studied economics and computer science, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Neta Rozy

CTO & Co-Founder

Parametrix

Neta Rozy

CTO & Co-Founder

Parametrix

Neta Rozy is a co-founder and the CTO at Parametrix, a technology startup that specializes in insurance for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS downtime, such as cloud outages, network crashes, and platform failures. The company’s products are tailored towards tech-reliant businesses, and are they are the first to incorporate the parametric model into tech insurance. Neta has a background in developing enterprise software and robust monitoring systems, driven by a passion for creating innovative solutions that are powered by new technologies in order to solve tough problems.

Tyrre Burks

CEO & Founder

Player's Health

Tyrre Burks

CEO & Founder

Player's Health

As the CEO and Founder of Player's Health Tyrre have spent the last decade developing resources to bring much-needed Risk Management Resources to Amateur Sports Organizations. Tyrre has focused his life’s mission to create a world of love, acceptance, and safety for all in the amateur sports industry. He has become one of the most recognized executives in sports tech. As a former professional athlete, college coach, sports administrator, parent, and now business owner within the amateur sport, this has led him to create Player’s Health. The progress of Player's health has naturally linked to also include Insurance products and solutions that use data to better underwrite and segment the risk of sports organizations.

Julian Teicke

CEO & Co-Founder

wefox

Julian Teicke

CEO & Co-Founder

wefox

Julian Teicke is the CEO and co-founder of wefox, a full-stack digital insurance company driven by a simple purpose - to make people safe and prevent risk. This is achieved by reinventing insurance at scale using technology. Julian launched wefox in 2015 as a digital platform connecting brokers to their customers and insurers. In 2018, Julian launched wefox Insurance which is Europe’s first fully-digital insurance carrier and Germany’s fastest growing insurance company. Since launch the company has doubled its revenues every year to reach USD$100M in 2020 and achieve profitability. wefox Group is Europe’s leading digital insurance company. The business has 600 employees serving more than 600,000 customers. In 2021, wefox raised a series C of $650m - a world record for an insurtech and giving the company a market valuation of $3b. Prior to wefox Group, Julian co-founded ‘DeinDeal’, the largest e-commerce platform in Switzerland, which established a dominant market position and was successfully sold to an international media company. He sits on four other boards and advisory committees for companies. He became a board advisor for Doctorly in November of 2017. In November of 2014, he became a founding member and advisor for EMPAUA. In 2017 he became a mentor for a company called Kenjo, and the same year he became a mentor for a business called HeartSpace.

Adam Felesky

CEO & Co-Founder

Portage Ventures

Adam Felesky

CEO & Co-Founder

Portage Ventures

Adam Felesky is the Co-Founder and CEO of Portage Ventures. Adam is also the CEO of Portage Fintech Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq:PFTAU), a newly organized blank check company seeking to partner with leading fintech or financial services businesses. Adam is responsible for overseeing Portage Ventures’ strategy to invest in leading fintech opportunities on a global basis. Within the investment portfolio, Adam is a board director of Alpaca, Boosted.AI, Borrowell, Clark, Grayhawk Investment Strategies, Hellas Direct, KOHO, Socotra, and Wealthsimple. Adam is also a Managing Partner and a member of the Management Committee at Sagard, a multi-strategy private asset manager.
Prior to Portage Ventures, Adam was the Founder and Former CEO of Horizons Exchange Traded Funds, and a director and founding investor of BetaShares Exchange Traded Funds in Australia that was acquired by Mirae Asset Management of South Korea. Prior to this, he worked in JPMorgan’s Derivatives group in New York. Adam began his career in investment banking at CIBC World Markets. Adam holds a B.Eng. and B.A. in Political Science from McMaster University.

Ilya Bodner

CEO & Founder

Bold Penguin

Ilya Bodner

CEO & Founder

Bold Penguin

Ilya Bodner has changed the way people buy, sell, and think about commercial insurance. A startup enthusiast and insurtech pioneer, Ilya is the founder and CEO of Bold Penguin, a rapidly growing tech company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Ilya started his career on the front lines as an agent, and has been on a mission to upgrade the industry through one successful startup after another. Recent recognitions include “Executive of the Year” by BizTech and Best in Biz, “People’s Choice Innovation Leader of the Year” by the Insurance Innovation Awards, and Columbus Business First’s “40 Under 40” Class of 2019.

Guy Goldstein

CEO & Co-Founder

Next Insurance

Guy Goldstein

CEO & Co-Founder

Next Insurance

Guy Goldstein is the founder and CEO of Next Insurance. He is an experienced entrepreneur and executive, bringing nearly two decades of management, strategy and product development experience to his role as CEO. Since founding Check in 2007, (acquired by Intuit for $360M), Guy has raised over $430 million in venture capital funding. He has a history of driving rapid growth for his companies, growing Check from zero to ten million members and Next Insurance to a $100M annual run rate. He has a proven track record in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions and as research and development leader. During his seven-year tenure at Mercury Interactive (later acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Guy helped establish the company-wide inorganic growth roadmap and strategic planning process, resulting in three acquisitions and nearly one billion in revenue. As Senior Director of Mercury Interactive’s R&D division, Guy managed an international team of engineers and QA that built products generating $350 million in sales. At Hewlett-Packard, Guy led inorganic growth expansion acquisitions to develop HP’s Business Intelligence strategy. Guy graduated cum laude from Tel-Aviv University with a bachelor’s degree in Business and Computer Science.

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