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Unlocking AfricaClosing Africa’s Insurance Gap: Using an Agent-Driven Model to Transform How Insurance Is Sold in Africa With Jihan AbassEpisode 150 with Jihan Abass, who is CEO and Founder of Lami, which is an insurance as a service platform that digitises the entire insurance process and allows users to create and distribute digital insurance products in record time. As one of the first female African founders to secure $5.5 million in funding for her startup, Jihan's journey is nothing short of inspiring.Lami addresses Africa's significant insurance gap by digitising the entire process and empowering agents to sell products like SME WIBA, personal accident, and motor insurance. After a strategic pivot to an agent-driven model, Lami has doubled...
2024-11-2534 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 66 - GA Insurance's ECO DRIVE Electric Vehicle (EV) Launch Discussion Panel On The Current State Of All Things Electric Mobility In Kenya.Recently, I had the privilege to attend and record the launch event of GA ECO DRIVE Insurance Cover by GA Insurance. This product is not only a first in Kenya but also a pioneer in the African insurance market, serving as an example of innovation and foresight in the industry.
GA ECO DRIVE: Comprehensive EV Insurance
The GA ECO DRIVE insurance policy is meticulously crafted for EV owners, providing protection tailored for unique EV-related risks. From safeguarding your vehicle’s battery and charging cable to offering unprecedented coverage like cy...
2023-09-3044 min
Beyond Two PercentBeyond Two Percent: Building in Emerging MarketsIn this episode, Helen and Julie were joined by two incredible guests:
Jihan Abass, CEO and Founder of Lami
Anais Cisneros, Co-Founder of Amela
Jihan and Anais fill us in on what it's like to build companies as a woman in emerging economies. What similarities and what differences are there in places like Peru or Kenya vs New York and San Francisco? How can female entrepreneurs collaborate across the world? Tune in to find out!
2023-08-2934 min
InsurTech Business SeriesWomen in Insurance: Untapped Value for the African IndustryWe discussed the realities of insurance in Africa being male-dominated, opportunities that inclusion brings and possible solutions, action points needed to change this reality for good.SpeakersAdeolu Adewumi-Zer - MD/CEO, Allianz NigeriaJihan Abass - Founder/CEO, Lami Insurance TechnologyRashidat Adebisi - ED/Chief Client Officer, AXA MansardMarjorie Ngwenya - Past President, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries IFoABimbo Onakomaiya - Vice President, Professional Insurance Ladies Association of NigeriaThis event is brought to you by Grye Limited & sponsored by AXA Mansard.Hello Damola...
2023-02-011h 20
Fintech for the PeopleHow Platforms Fuel the Adoption of Embedded Finance
Entrepreneurs are working worldwide to build financial solutions across credit, payments, and insurance so small business owners can better access financial services. Embedded finance is evolving quickly, and its capabilities are widening. In this episode, Amee Parbhoo sits down with four CEOs at the Fintech for Inclusion Global Summit to hear how their companies are building embedded finance solutions that uniquely reach underserved populations across the globe.Each panelist shares why they chose to develop embedded finance solutions and how it gives small business owners access to credit and payment solutions. Then, they discuss...
2022-12-1541 min
Connecting the dots in FinTech... by Marcel van OostNew marketing rules are set to be introduced by the UK’s financial regulator; & more!Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below:
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New marketing rules are set to be introduced by the UK’s financial regulator to reduce the number of consumers making “high-risk investments” that are not in line with their risk tolerance. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday set out...
2022-08-0307 min
Business DailyThe women leading Africa’s FinTech boomFinance has traditionally been dominated by men. But now that’s starting to change. We talk to the female entrepreneurs in Africa who are using financial technology to give more people access to money and services - through apps, payment platforms and chatbots.Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder of Piggyvest in Nigeria, the first ever online app for personal savings and investment in West Africa. She tells us how she came up with the idea and how she’s using FirstCheck Africa, an angel fund for women entrepreneurs, to help others. Jihan Abass, the founder and...
2022-05-2417 min
Cornell Emerging Markets Institute - She-Suite Innovators PodcastBuilding An Embedded Insurance API PlatformWe are joined today by Jihan Abass, CEO of Lami Insurance. Lami is a digital insurance and API platform based in Kenya that integrates insurance into businesses. The platform is designed to provide a seamless service across multiple sectors thereby allowing automatic underwriting which speeds up claims and reduces claims ratios. This altogether enables increased profit maximization. Lami is growing its operations and impact across the continent of Africa whilst also addressing the persistent insurance gap challenges.Jihan Abass started her career in London as a futures trader in commodities. She first founded Griffin Insurance - The f...
2022-04-2535 minFintech for the PeopleImproving Lives with Digital Insurance (Jihan Abass, Lami)
In Africa, there are many insurance providers, but less than 3% of people have an insurance safety net. Lami is bridging this gap. Amee Parbhoo talks with Jihan Abass, Founder and CEO of Lami, a Kenya-based insurance platform that enables businesses to develop and sell insurance tailored to improve the lives of their customers. Jihan shares how she moved from her career in fine arts to entrepreneurship in insurance, and how lack of infrastructure to facilitate easy distribution of insurance products inspired her to start Lami. She explains how Lami works to fix the broken i...
2022-03-1617 min
Kenyan WallstreetLami Technology CEO Jihan Abass On Bridging the Access and Distribution Gap in Africa's Insurance Sector Through TechnologyIn this episode, Lami Technology Insurance CEO Jihan Abass talks to Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli on the gaps in access to insurance in Africa and how the Lami's embedded insurance technology solves the distribution problem in Kenya and Africa. She also discusses the pandemic's challenges and how COVID-19 pushed insurance companies towards digital distribution channels and challenges and milestones the company has made since its founding. The Founder further explains how efficient collection and verification of KYC documents fasten the claim process and mitigates fraud.
Jihan closes the episode sharing her experience in fundraising and some tips that c...
2021-06-0216 min
The FlipInsurance-as-a-Service with Lami's Jihan AbassIn this episode, we speak to Jihan Abass, the Founder and CEO of Lami, an insurance-as-a-service startup based in Nairobi, Kenya. Lami's platform enables insurers, banks, and other partners to offer digital and flexible insurance to African consumers. 4:12 – First question: formal insurance penetration in Africa is 3%. What's the problem and how is Lami trying to solve it?6:45 – What does flexible, digital, B2B2C insurance actually look like in practice?9:32 - Lami's origin story.10:48 - A discussion about Griffin Motor Insurance, Lami's B2C motor insurance app used to test and showcase their product to pro...
2021-01-2121 min
InsurTech Business SeriesHow API and Partnerships are Shaping the Future of Insurance in KenyaOn our last episode for the year 2020, we speak with Jihan Abass, Founder & CEO of Lami Insurance Technology; an insurtech company based in Kenya but has its sights on having a presence all over the continent of Africa. We speak to Jihan about her journey into the insurance industry, what Lami is bringing to insurers, the role the Kenyan Regulator (IRA) is playing in order to foster innovation, her experience as a young female in a male-dominated insurance industry and a recent partnership with top e-commerce company, Jumia in Kenya.Lami is on a mission to facilitate the increase in...
2020-12-2155 min
Africa Tech Summit PodcastEP5: Insurtech in Africa - deep dive with Jihan Abass founder of Kenyan insurtech Lami InsuranceAfrica Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at the fourth Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 23-24th, 2022 or Africa Tech Summit London, September 2022 - www.africatechsummit.comIn this episode, we catch up with Jihan Abass, the inspiring founder of Kenyan insurtech startup, LAMI Insurance, and how a simple interaction led her on a mission to digitise insurance in Africa, and paying claims in 15 minutes! We also unpack fundraising, investor bias, and the challenges overcome to build a growing tech business in Kenya....
2020-06-2728 min
Insurtech Radio#040 Jihan Abass, CEO of Griffin and Lami - How to Build Kenya's First Digital Car Insurance CompanyWelcome to InsurTech Radio, the podcast that teaches you about how technology is transforming insurance and about the people making it happen...InsurTech Radio is brought to you by InsurTech Ireland. Visit insurtechireland.org and sign up to our community newsletter. It's a weekly email that gives you three nuggets from the insurtech and startup ecosystems. This week, my guest Jihan Abass, the founder and CEO of Griffin, Kenya's first digital car insurance company. Jihan is also founder of Lami, an insurance as service platform that helps companies to create and distribute digital insurance products. W...
2020-06-2417 min
HFN Streaming#50 Cost of Healthcare During Retirement | Guests The Entrepreneurs of CocoCakes by CoCoFinancial Renaissance welcomes entrepreneurs Kina Morgan, Nicole and Corey McDonald.
The CocoCakes by CoCo team discuss, vision passion and destiny. Join the Conversation.
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