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InsTech - insurance & innovation with Matthew Grant & Robin Merttens

Dario Luna: Executive Chairman and Co-founder, Súper: Seasonal earthquakes and personal parametric protection (211)

InsTech - insurance & innovation with Matthew Grant & Robin Merttens

InsTech

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.951 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Súper is an MGA selling consumer insurance products in Mexico, including life, home contents and parametric earthquake cover. Matthew Grant and Henry Gale are joined by Dario Luna, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Súper, to discuss parametric insurance, digital distribution and insurance trends in Latin America. Talking points include: How Mexico City is exposed to earthquake risk Why demand for earthquake insurance spikes in September Acknowledging how policyholders perceive risk Issues of underinsurance and how to distribute consumer insurance products in Mexico How parametric triggers can bring insurance to underserved communities How Súper is working with Munich Re and Swiss Re If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn. Sign up to the InsTech newsletter for a fresh view on the world every Wednesday morning. Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives InsTech is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to any InsTech podcast or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards the CII member CPD scheme. The Learning Objectives for this podcast are: Identify key insurance trends and perceived risks within the Latin American market Describe how disadvantaged countries such as Mexico gain from parametric insurance Define what underinsurance is and evaluate the issues it presents to underserved communities If your organisation is a member of InsTech and you would like to receive a quarterly summary of the CPD hours you have earned, visit the Episode 211 page of the InsTech website or email cpd@instech.co to let us know you have listened to this podcast. To help us measure the impact of the learning, we would be grateful if you would take a minute to complete a quick feedback survey.

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0:00.0

Hello, good morning, good evening, wherever you are, and whatever you are doing, Matthew Grant here, and if this is your first time listening, then I am delighted to have you along. Do stick around with another

0:21.1

great founder's story today. Now, if you are one of our regular listeners, then you will know

0:26.2

that many of our guests and the majority of our audience are joining us from outside of the UK.

0:30.6

That's almost 60% of you and a quarter of all our listeners are listening in from the US.

0:36.4

Well, today, Henry Gale and I are talking to

0:38.8

Daria Luna, co-founder and executive chairman of Mexico-based Super. And as it saw off in the case,

0:45.2

it's the companies and the founders that are operating in the emerging economies that are

0:49.6

providing the most creative solutions to provide cover for the insurance gap. Now, there are lessons and

0:55.7

insights here for everyone, but something that happened after you recorded this podcast on the 14th of

1:01.0

September was a little bit curious. Daria mentioned that more earthquake insurance is bought

1:06.1

in September in Mexico because there have been more earthquakes in that month than almost any other. Now, of course,

1:12.4

we know that earthquakes are not seasonal. They can occur at any time. But then on 19th of September,

1:18.5

five days later, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico. That's the third major earthquake in recent

1:25.5

years to hit the country on that date.

1:28.2

It does make you wonder.

1:30.6

Well, finally, a quick plug for us.

1:33.6

We are delighted to have Super as one of our corporate members.

1:36.8

Here at Instet, we are working with close to 180 companies helping to reveal the innovation in technology and the analytics that are really making a difference.

1:41.4

So, whether you are an insurer or a company providing

1:44.7

solutions to insurers and wondering what we offer and how he can help, then please do contact me

1:49.7

by LinkedIn, Matthew Grant, or any of us, hello at instec.co. Now, over to Dario.

2:04.6

Dario, delighted to have you joining us today.

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