Santalucía Impulsa Podcast #44

Santalucía Impulsa is an innovation ecosystem and a space for conversation to explore the major changes transforming the way we live. It is a meeting point for talent, ideas, and technology to anticipate the challenges of a constantly evolving society.

In this special episode of Santalucía Impulsa Podcast, Ángel Uzquiza and Antonio Requena focus on the role startups play in the innovation process and how the collaboration between entrepreneurs, large companies, and technology is transforming the insurance sector.

Taking a new edition of the Spanish Insurtech Ecosystem Reportas a starting point, the episode analyzes how this field has evolved in recent years, which trends are shaping its development, and the lessons learned from the relationship between open innovation and business.

To do so, we are joined by José María Torrego, CEO and founder of El Referente, and Jorge Millán Astray, Head of Santalucía Impulsa and Innovation Project Manager at Santalucía Seguros, with whom we discuss the origin of the report, the collaboration between both organizations, and the value such an initiative brings to understanding the evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

We also speak with Juan Gavilán, Innovation Project Manager at Santalucía, and Luis Ángel Peralta Vistué, Innovation Technician at Santalucía Seguros, who delve into the report's key findings, the current state of the insurtech ecosystem, and the role startups play in transforming the insurance sector.

We also explore a case study with Jorge Requena Fernández, Innovation Manager at Iris Global, and Joana Daguro Pascua, Product Manager at Iris Global, to discover how collaboration between a large organization and the entrepreneurial ecosystem can translate into real-world solutions designed to meet the needs of startups and newly created companies.

This episode invites reflection on how open innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are driving new ways to address today's challenges, and why understanding the evolution of the startup ecosystem is becoming increasingly relevant for anticipating the future of the insurance industry.