Climate is repricing risk. AI is underwriting it. Sensors are settling the claim before anyone files it.

Emerging tech is rewriting how risk gets priced, sold and paid. Most people will read about it later. This room gets there first.

Join the founders building it, the insurance leaders putting it to work and the investors backing it for one afternoon on what's changing now, what's coming next and who's building it.

What to expect

See what's coming before everyone else Hear from the leaders and founders reshaping how risk gets priced, sold and paid, and debate the questions insurance can't stop asking. Past speakers: Greg Case, CEO, Aon · Sean Harper, CEO and founder, Kin · Kyle Nakatsuji, founder and CEO, Clearcover

Meet the startups building it Insurtech founders putting emerging technology to work across underwriting, claims and distribution, seed through Series A.

Learn from the people moving it forward Carrier leaders implementing it, investors funding it and regulators shaping how risk can be priced.

Leave with the right connections Corporate leaders, investors and founders in one room, with introductions made before, during and after the Lab.

Who you're around changes what you believe is possible.

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Agenda

11:30 AM · Invite-only pre-event Separate registration required

  • CorpInno Exchange - Insurtech For senior insurance, innovation and functional leaders. One leader walks through a real implementation: what they set out to do, what it took to get through the building, and where the plan changed. Then the room takes it apart.

  • Insurtech Investor Insider Seed-stage and Series A founders raising capital pitch for 60 seconds to a room full of insurtech investors actively writing checks. Then the real conversations start.

12:30 PM · Startup Alley Expo: corporate and investor preview Invite-only Corporate leaders and investors get first access to the startups, before the doors open.

1:00 PM · Doors open · Startup Alley Expo opens to all

1:30 PM · Welcome from 1871

1:40 PM · Opening keynote One of insurance's most influential leaders on where emerging tech is taking the industry, and what to do about it now.

2:00 PM · Tech on the Edge Three to four rapid-fire 15-minute conversations with the people closest to the work.

Sample topics might include:

  • Who insures the AI when it makes the call, and who's liable when it's wrong?

  • Climate is making whole ZIP codes uninsurable. Who's left holding the risk?

  • If sensors can stop the loss before it happens, is insurance just a subscription to never filing a claim?

  • When the driver is software, who does auto insurance actually cover?

  • Can a carrier with no underwriters, no adjusters and no agents still be a carrier?

  • Deepfakes, AI errors, a quantum breach: can you underwrite a risk that didn't exist last year?

3:00 PM · Networking and facilitated breakouts Pick a table, pick a topic, led by industry experts. Past tables: emerging and new data sources · risk management and underwriting · sales and distribution · climate risk · the future of mobility · working with carriers

3:50 PM · Founder pitch showcase The insurtech startups to watch, pitching to the corporate leaders and investors who can move them forward.

4:30 PM · Emerging leaders keynote A founder who built one of insurtech's fastest-growing companies, on the decisions behind the growth.

5:00 PM · Happy hour in Startup Alley Drinks with the startups, and the introductions we lined up for you.

Tickets: Pre-sale $150 · Free for 1871 members