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Streamlining Insurance: Fostering Innovation at Guidewire

Streamlining Insurance: Fostering Innovation at Guidewire

Update: 2025-07-07
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In this episode, Darren Bloomfield sits down with Shannon Spies, Technology Alliance Manager at Guidewire Software, to explore how Guidewire is reshaping the global P&C insurance ecosystem through strategic partnerships, digital transformation, and AI innovation. Shannon shares insights into the Insurtech Vanguard program—an incubator for startups driving real change in the industry—and explains how Guidewire connects carriers with validated, scalable solutions that reduce manual processes and accelerate underwriting and claims workflows. From tips for startups entering the space to the evolving role of AI, IoT, and telematics, this episode dives into what it takes to innovate in a risk-averse industry—and why collaboration is key. Focusing exclusively on risk management and insurance professional
development, the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance provides a
practical advantage at every career stage, positioning our participants
and their clients for confidence and success.
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Streamlining Insurance: Fostering Innovation at Guidewire

Streamlining Insurance: Fostering Innovation at Guidewire

Sharon Spies, Guidewire, Risk & Insurance Education Alliance, Darren Bloomfield