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Parametric innovation in travel insurance (With Carl Carter)

Season 3, Ep. 1

Welcome to Season 3 of Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In our first episode of the year Peter is joined by Carl Carter, UK Country CEO at CPP Group UK and our topic for this episode is parametric insurance and its applications in travel insurance.


In this episode we discuss:

  • What parametric insurance is
  • Why it parametric cover pairs so well with travel
  • How travel insurance has become a form of embedded insurance in some package holidays
  • Current themes in the travel insurance market
  • How travel insurance has evolved over the last 20 years
  • Expected developments in parametric travel insurance in the future


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