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Life and Health Innovation Podcast

Life and Health Innovation Podcast

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The Life and Health Innovation Podcast explores exciting technology and connects it to the insurance and reinsurance industry and the global life and health ecosystem.
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Applying language intelligence to insurance data with Sorcero

Life and Health Innovation PodcastDec 09, 2020

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Using data to fight mental and chronical conditions in Asia with Holmusk

Using data to fight mental and chronical conditions in Asia with Holmusk

As we share our last episode of 2021 and prepare for an exciting new year, we are talking to Bernd Müller, creator of this podcast and head of SCOR Life and Health ventures about the our podcast, his favorite episodes, and the biggest lessons learned this year. After this, we tackle mental health. According to the World Health Organization, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. On average, mental disorders reduce life expectancy by 10 to 25 years in patients with severe mental disorders, as most of these deaths are due to chronic physical medical conditions including cardiovascular problems, diabetes, or infection diseases. Today we are talking to Paul Feldhausen from Holmusk, a tech driven Singapore-based startup focused on reversing chronic disease and behavioral health issues through EHR, data analytics and digital therapeutics.

Dec 17, 202019:58
Applying language intelligence to insurance data with Sorcero

Applying language intelligence to insurance data with Sorcero

During 2020, we have gone through an immense amount of change, uncertainty, and disruption. The current pandemic has shown us the accelerated pace of scientific discovery; from vaccines to long term health consequences after Covid-19, every day there are new revelations impacting directly and indirectly our industry. In this episode we talked to Dipanwita Das, co-founder and CEO of Sorcero, a company ususing cognitive technology to interpret language and consider the meaning and context of information from its origin to its cross-industry applications. Instead of fully automating processes and workflows, Sorcero uses AI to build knowledge based on their clients' knowledge systems and ontologies, and to integrate new information into these existing systems.

Dec 09, 202017:54
Outcome + Price + Experience: the mix to find the right doctors with DocDoc

Outcome + Price + Experience: the mix to find the right doctors with DocDoc

Have you ever wondered if the physician you are meeting is the most qualified? What about having the right experience precisely for the condition you have, if the previous patients recovered successfully, or had a positive experience?

Choosing a care doctor is one of the most important decisions we make when it comes to our health. Our complex healthcare systems evolve. But who is helping patients and policyholders to navigate them? We are talking to Grace Park, co-founder and president of DocDoc, who inspired by her own personal story created the largest doctor discovery company in Asia. DocDoc empowers patients to make the best healthcare decisions through data, with transparency and fairness.

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Nov 19, 202020:57
From paying procedures to outcomes: the insurance approach of Sami

From paying procedures to outcomes: the insurance approach of Sami

End of October 2020 marked a milestone for the Brazilian startup ecosystem: Sami became the most funded Series A startup after raising $15.5 million USD from international investors including Valor, Redpoint, and Monashees. In the latest episode of the SCOR Life and Health Innovation Podcast, we are talking to Luiz Guilherme Berardo, co-founder and CEO of Sami. The start-up aims to redesign the health care industry in Brazil with technology by driving payments through patient outcome. In Sami’s model, data exchange allows us to realign care incentives and pay providers based on the health of patients and not on a fee-for-service. With over 200 thousand users, Sami is challenging their status quo and putting patients in the center.

Oct 29, 202030:30
Getting paid to take your pills? The Wellth Approach with Matthew Loper

Getting paid to take your pills? The Wellth Approach with Matthew Loper

Around 75% of Americans have trouble taking their medication as directed according to the New England Health Care Institute. Today we’re talking to Matthew Loper.co-founder and CEO of Wellth, an American startup based in Los Angeles, which is using behavioural economics to inspire positive behaviour change for patients with chronic health conditions. In their app, Wellth uses financial incentives to overcome present bias and motivate patients to adhere to their daily care plans and improve their health. The impact on the insurance industry? Saving health plans and providers billions on avoidable costs in high risk populations, including those in Medicare and Medicaid.

Sep 21, 202028:31
Investing in Building Business with Transamerica

Investing in Building Business with Transamerica

After more than 20 years in the innovation ecosystem, Georg Schwegler, CEO of Transamerica Ventures, has been in the venture capital industry in telecommunications, R&D, marketing and innovation research. How is this experience relevant to investing in startups and what’s the strategy behind Transamerica ventures?

Sep 11, 202021:47
Insurtech Israel - discovering a new hot spot for health with Gil Arazi

Insurtech Israel - discovering a new hot spot for health with Gil Arazi

Tel Aviv is a hotspot for innovation and more than ever also for health. We had an exciting conversation with Gil Arazi, co-founder and partner of FinTLV. Investor and connector, Gil is has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry and is behind deals like the latest $150M investment round of insurtech, Hippo.

Sep 03, 202023:35
Digital Transformation, an assessment by Bitkom

Digital Transformation, an assessment by Bitkom

In this episode, we’re talking to Fabian Nadler, head of digital insurance and insurtech at Bitkom, Germany’s largest digital association bringing together SMEs, startups, and virtually all global players. We explore the German startup ecosystem, how cross-industry cooperations are enriching customer journeys in established worlds, and how data can be a turning point for privacy-driven German customers.

Sep 01, 202016:25
Mental health with Sentio Solutions

Mental health with Sentio Solutions

In this episode, we talk to George Eleftheriou, co-founder abd CEO of Sentio Solutions. Sentio partners with SCOR in Germany to offers clients of disability insurance portfolios to build better and lasting emotional health. Based in San Francisco, the company developed its own propritary sensor to quantify emotional states and combine it with evidence-based techniques to deliver mental health support 24/7. 

Aug 26, 202024:00
Can we fight Alzheimer's disease today? with Dr. John Harrison

Can we fight Alzheimer's disease today? with Dr. John Harrison

We take care of our bodies by going to the gym, we tweak and carefully monitor out diets, we go to the doctor for annual check-ups and take medication when to prevent disease or when we're sick to recover promptly. However, it seems like the same approach we have for our bodies is not consistent with the approach we have with our minds or our brain. Today we're talking to Dr. John Harrison, associate professor at the Alzheimer's Center at the VUmc in the Netherlands. John has over 20 years' experience understanding Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegeneative conditions and has worked with pharmaceutical and biotech companies with the selection and successful integration of cognitive testing into drug development programs. An Alzheimer's disease advocate, he has over 60 books and scientific articles on the topic, including depression, schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s disease.

Jul 24, 202025:18
An insurtech trip around Europe with Florian Graillot

An insurtech trip around Europe with Florian Graillot

Did you know there are over 3.100 early-stage European startups focused on disrupting the insurance industry? How do we know this? We’re talking to Florian Graillot, co-founding partner of Astorya VC, an early-stage venture capital fund in Paris focused on insurtechs. Florian Graillot is known as one of the leading voices in the insurance innovation space. With a decade of experience in the insurance industry, we’re exploring the startups ecosystem in Europe and how to find the most relevant startups before they are known in their own markets.

Jul 06, 202020:53
Democratizing access to state of the art surgery VR with Justin Barad

Democratizing access to state of the art surgery VR with Justin Barad

From videogame developer to pediatric orthopedic surgeon to founder, we're talking to Justin Barad, founder and CEO of Osso VR. This American startup is transforming surgical training and assessment with their virtual reality medical platform. Despite we're living on a rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem, traditional training and education modalities in medicine have struggled to keep up with new technologies to deliver higher value of treatment, prevention, and intervention. Let's explore how Osso VR is improving patient safety and democratizing access to modern surgical techniques.

Jun 19, 202023:57
The next level of Digital Health Coaching: meet YourHealth Coach with Eugene Borukhovick

The next level of Digital Health Coaching: meet YourHealth Coach with Eugene Borukhovick

Investor, corporate innovator, exited founder,   consultant, and runner. Innovators can wear many hats throughout their   career. As proof, today we're talking to Eugene Borukhovick. Serial intra and entrepreneur, executive, venture builder, and board advisor with a focus in digital health and many years of experience in both the corporate and  entrepreneurial world. Eugene is a chairman and founding board member of  YourCoach Health, a startup focused on empowering health coaching with an  enriched approached on individuals and groups.

Jun 05, 202014:43
Enhancing medical diagnostics with AI with Arterys

Enhancing medical diagnostics with AI with Arterys

What if AI could say you don't need a risky heart surgery like the doctor prescribed? Or what if it could help identifying cancer in an X-ray with higher accuracy at an earlier stage? Sounds like the future, but American startup Arterys is doing this already in 28 countries. Want to know how? In our SCOR Life and Health Innovation Podcast we're exploring medical imaging, cancer, Covid-19, and how doctors can get some little help from their AI friend to improve patient journey and get the best treatments and diagnosis faster than ever.

May 12, 202023:40