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:
