About this episode

Christian Stobbs discusses the integration of speed and customer focus in reshaping specialty insurance.

What if the insurance industry could move at the speed of modern technology? In this episode of Making Risk Flow, Christian Stobbs, Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer at Markel, joins host Juan de Castro to discuss what it takes to build a preeminent specialty insurer in an increasingly technology-driven market. Christian explains why speed, customer obsession, technical expertise, and principled decision-making must work together as a unified competitive advantage. The ...

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Host: Juan de Castro

Guest: Christian Stobbs

Topics covered

• AI in insurance
• customer obsession
• specialty insurance
• technology-driven market
• competitive advantage

Keywords

• insurance
• AI
• customer experience
• technology
• specialty insurer
• competitive advantage
• decision-making

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Organizations: Markel

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