Thailand

Thailand is one of the most exciting insurance markets in Southeast Asia. Growth in the middleclass and investment in digital infrastructure has provided opportunity for innovative insurance incumbents and InsurTechs. In addition, Covid-19 has removed some roadblocks and regulation to allow virtual sales for most insurance products.

Schedule of Events

01:00 PM - 01:05 PM

Opening Remarks

01:05 PM - 02:00 PM

Panel Insurance Executives

02:00 PM - 02:20 PM

Startup Pitches

02:20 PM - 02:25 PM

Winner of Pitch Challenge Announced

02:25 PM - 02:50 PM

Fireside Chat with Igloo

02:50 PM - 02:55 PM

Closing Remarks

02:55 PM - 04:00 PM

Networking

Speakers

Theresa Blissing

Director

Accelerating Insurance

Theresa Blissing

Director

Accelerating Insurance

Theresa is the Director of Accelerating Insurance, a research and consulting firm supporting insurers in their innovation journey. She is also the founder of the Asia InsurTech Podcast, a unique ecosystem of entrepreneurs, thought leaders and industry experts across Asia. Prior to her current roles, Theresa worked for management consultancy Detecon as Asian Insurance Lead, and spent 10 years with multinational insurer Generali. Theresa is a recognised researcher on the adoption of big data in the insurance industry.
Christopher Dennis

CEO

Luma Health

Christopher Dennis

CEO

Luma Health

As CEO of Luma, a Thai-based MGA with activities in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Mongolia, Bangladesh and France, Christopher is currently driving rapid expansion of technology-based health insurance initiatives across the region. Prior to joining Luma Chris was active in the insurtech space for Danish insurtech company Tia Technology. Most of his career has been within health insurance and employee benefits with companies such as Bupa, Global Benefits Group, Europ Assistance, ERV and Euro-Center across China, Hong Kong and now Thailand. Christopher has established several operations for international insurers, overseen turn-arounds in China and Thailand, built health insurance strategies and launched new health insurance propositions in China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. Christopher currently lives in Bangkok with his wife and two children. In his spare time, he organizes marathons in remote parts of China.
Nadia Suttikulpanich

Head of Fuchsia Innovation Center

Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL)

Nadia Suttikulpanich

Head of Fuchsia Innovation Center

Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL)

Nadia Suttikulpanich is the head of Fuchsia Innovation Centre and Fuchsia Venture Capital for Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL). She drives development and engagement between people and business through innovation from both tech and non-tech perspective. She wants to change the paradigm of insurance by making it more accessible and inclusive through the use of relevant data and healthcare technology. Fuchsia team have launched Asia’s first dynamic pricing health insurance coverage for diabetics and first health insurance coverage through telemedicine.
Bryan Smith

CEO

Allianz Life Thailand

Bryan Smith

CEO

Allianz Life Thailand

Mr. Bryan Smith joined Allianz Ayudhya as Chief Officer of Direct Marketing in 2009 and in April 2010 was appointed to be Chief Officer of Direct Marketing, Bancassurance, and Group Business. In all three channels, Mr. Bryan Smith was able to achieve significant growth and strong results. Prior to joining Allianz Ayudhya, Mr. Bryan Smith has spent 12 years with AIG leading its Life and Non-Life global marketing teams. Mr Bryan has been the President and CEO of Allianz Ayudhya Assurance PCL since 2012. He has been driving the organization to grow steadily until it has become a leading life assurance company in Thailand. Mr Bryan was appointed as Allianz Country Manager in 2019, responsible for the overall business of Allianz Ayudhya in Thailand. He also holds the CEO position of Allianz Ayudhya Capital PCL, a listed holding company with Allianz as major shareholders. Mr. Bryan Smith is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and holds a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Commerce, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Shefali Sonpar

Digital Transformation & Customer Experience Evangelist

Shefali Sonpar

Digital Transformation & Customer Experience Evangelist

Shefali is a recognized digital transformation expert helping insurers innovate in the face of disruption. Shefali has held global leadership positions in insurance operations, data and digital with fortune 500 companies. In her most recent roles she has established and successfully run data management / digital programs enabling insurers to drive growth through leveraging global operations. Shefali has joined hands with Asia Insurance Podcast as Digital Transformation Expert with the aim of pushing innovation boundaries to improve customer experience and deliver enhanced business outcomes.
Fabien Keller

CEO

Fatster

Fabien Keller

CEO

Fatster

Fabien Keller is a French entrepreneur. He took his first steps in the world of entrepreneurship at the age of 22 by creating his Fintech Birdylabs, recently acquired by a French banking group. Being overweight, he wanted to address the problem of loneliness during weight loss. Thus was born Fatster! Fabien studied in France and internationally, at the Ecole Polytechnique (post-graduate) and at the HEC Paris management school (C+ 2020-1).
Nicolas Faquet

Founder & CEO

Roojai.com

Nicolas Faquet

Founder & CEO

Roojai.com

Nicolas Faquet is the founder and CEO of Roojai.com. Nicolas holds an Essec MBA, is a trained actuary and has 25 years of insurance experience in Asia and Europe, mainly in Motor and Health insurance, with AXA Singapore, AXA France, AIG Europe. He was a founding member of DirectAsia in 2009 and as Group COO in charge of product, pricing, claims, call center, reinsurance and was their Hong Kong CEO. DirectAsia was acquired by Hiscox for 55MUSD in March 2014. In December 2014 Nicolas started Roojai.com.
Matas Danielevicius

Founder & CEO

GaoRai

Matas Danielevicius

Founder & CEO

GaoRai

Matas was managing F&B startup accelerator Cinnamon Bridge, and helped to launch more than 25 products in the UK and Thailand. Creating white label acceleration programmes for various innovation centres and corporates.
Eric Agulhon

Co-founder

Go! Insurance

Eric Agulhon

Co-founder

Go! Insurance

Eric is a true insurance professional with more than 14 years’ experience in insurance across Europe and Asia. He graduated from École Nationale d’Assurances where he early disembarked on an insurance journey. He worked in several departments, underwriting, claims management as well as business development where he used to deal with larger clients. Eric has previously founded his own brokerage focusing on international health insurance.
Chancharas Chantarakarn

Country Manager, Thailand

Igloo

Chancharas Chantarakarn

Country Manager, Thailand

Igloo

Chancharas Chantarakarn (Khun Oil) is the Country Manager in Thailand for Igloo, a Southeast-Asian focused and Singapore-headquartered full-stack insurtech firm that enables smart, digital insurance for the Internet economy. She has more than 10 years of experience in management consulting, strategy and business development in Southeast Asia and the Americas. Passionate about international business expansion, Khun Oil brings strategic ideas to actualization by adopting a global perspective. Before joining Igloo, she was a Country Manager of another Southeast Asian insurtech firm in Thailand. Since joining Igloo, Khun Oil has accelerated the growth of the insurtech by securing partnerships with large and well-known telecommunication and food delivery companies, while bringing about innovation in the motor insurance space. Her vision is to change the world of Thai insurance industry to seamless end to end customer journey and personalize premium based on behavior level. Khun Oil holds a BBA in Finance and Banking from Chulalongkorn University and an MBA in Global Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Thailand

Schedule of Events

Speakers

Theresa Blissing

Christopher Dennis

Nadia Suttikulpanich

Bryan Smith

Shefali Sonpar

Fabien Keller

Nicolas Faquet

Matas Danielevicius

Eric Agulhon

Chancharas Chantarakarn