Oola-la Insurance: Amr Darwish with Juan Camilo (JC) González Trujillo

Venture Everywhere

Episode 43 of Venture Everywhere is hosted by Juan Camilo (JC) González Trujillo, the co-founder and CEO of Figuro, a SaaS platform transforming insurance distribution in Latin America, empowering agents and intermediaries to sell more policies with cutting-edge technology. He chats with Amr Darwish, co-founder and CEO of Oola, a startup building digital tools that bring transparency and scalability to the insurance industry in Egypt and the MENA region. JC and Amr talk about insurance in their geographies and explore the need for collaboration among Insurtech companies to drive growth and innovation.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The importance of digitization in Insurtech especially in emerging markets.
• Oola's strategy to enhance communication between brokers and carriers.
• The lack of region-specific reinsurance options in MENA and LATAM.
• How Figuro and Oola are leveraging data and technology to modernize insurance distribution.
• Increasing gap between consumer expectations and outdated insurance systems.
• Potential for improving reinsurance solutions with better local data and understanding.
• The long-term vision for Oola and Figuro in transforming the insurance landscape.

Learn more about Juan Camilo (JC) González Trujillo | Figuro

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-camilo-gonzalez-t/

Website: https://www.figuro.la/

Learn more about Amr Darwish | Oola

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amr-hmdarwish/

Website: https://www.oola.tech/en/home