The InsurTech Series: Corp-Up approach with Generali and IMBurse

A discussion with Stefano Bison, Group Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Generali and Board Member of HITS and Oliver Werneyer, CEO and co-founder of IMBurse, a B2B instant payment platform and one of the participants in Generali Innovation Garage (now HITS) about corp-up (corporate + start-up collaboration) in the insurance sector.

Show Notes

In this episode on the corp-up approach in the insurance sector, we talk to Stefano Bison, Group Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Generali and Board Member of HITS - House of Insurtech Switzerland, and Oliver Werneyer, CEO and Co-founder of IMburse AG, a participant in Generali Innovation Garage, now HITS.

You will find out more about:

• How Stefano's passion for the start-ups outside of work also serves him well in his role at Generali
• Oliver's entrepreneurship roots from the age of 16 when he started buying and selling computer games and his passion for his current venture
• Generali's overall approach to partnerships, especially with start-ups
• How close the connection between Generali's current business and the start up's focus Generali requires to engage and why
• How do both a corporate and a start-up measure success in a corp-up setting
• How IMBurse pivoted to their current B2B instant payment business, a capability that Generali needed 
• Why IMBurse picked Generali Innovation Garage (now HITS) as a partner
• Innovation trends in the insurance sector and the acceleration of digital transformation by COVID-19 from the perspective of an incumbent and a start-up
• Next steps for both Generali and IMBurse this year
• How to reach out to Stefano and Oliver most efficiently

This episode of the InsurTech Series was brought to you by HITS - House of InsurTech Switzerland. HITS is the innovation corp-up hub focusing on the InsurTech sector, bringing corporates and start-ups to develop customer-centric solutions. HITS creates the perfect environment to make innovation happen with early-stage investors and partners from the InsurTech sector.

The intro message was kindly narrated by Sara Palmbush, PR and content specialist, and the outro message by Gabriella Trujillo from HITS.

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