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Assaf Wand IDC Herzliya class of 2002

Hippo, a Mountain View, CA-based "insurtech" (insurance technology) startup, considers the insurance industry to be particularly ripe for disruption. Cumbersome processes, slow response times, and a lack of transparency have dragged down customer engagement at many legacy players in the industry, in the view of  Assaf Wand, Hippo's co-founder and CEO, whom I interview below. According to Wand, who was previously the founder of Sabi, a collaboration with designer Yves Behar, and has been a consultant with McKinsey and an investor with Intel Capital, Hippo has created a "tech-informed but human-enhanced" model that Wand feels represents the insurance industry future. Read the rest here:


“In Gaza, I am especially concerned that Hamas will take over, which is worrying because even at kindergarten level they educate their young to hate Israel and not to accept any form of peace,” said Amos Gilad, head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.


Read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/us-aid-cuts-wont-end-the-right-of-return-palestinians-say/2018/08/31/8e3f25b4-ad0c-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.be0902be65f6


In a series of exchanges over the past week, Dr. Daniel H. Heinke, Chief of Detectives and Director of the State Bureau of Investigation in Bremen, Germany – who will be attending a major counter-terror conference in Israel on Monday – discussed terror issues which Germany is confronting, including Hezbollah and international cooperation.


Read the full article here:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/I-do-not-believe-in-inevitable-terrorism-says-German-counter-terror-expert-566376

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