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The Future of Insurance Panel | EveryWoman, UK | InsureTech Keynote Speaker
The insurance industry faces more opportunity than at any other point in its entire history, and the industry will need a diverse workforce to capitalise on it.
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Griffin, M. (2020) 'The Future of Insurance Panel | EveryWoman, UK | InsureTech Keynote Speaker', 311 Institute, 13 August. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/futurist-panel-session-uk-the-future-of-insurance-and-diversity-everywoman/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thank you to Maxine Benson MBE and the team at EveryWoman, who represent the interests of over 30,000 women around the world working within the insurance industry, for inviting me to join her and Nicola Millard in a panel discussion about the future of insurance and the importance of diversity and inclusion as the industry heads into an era which will be characterised by more opportunity, and more systemic risk than ever before.
Whether that’s as a result of an increasingly connected society and world, where, as we’ve seen with Covid-19 “risk” in all its many forms can spread faster than ever before, or whether it’s because of the emergence increasingly powerful and capable technologies, from the rise of AI robo-hackers that can hack computer systems hundreds of millions of times faster than their human counterparts, autonomous vehicles - from aircraft to hackable cars and cargo ships - through to the emergence of sci-fi like in vivo gene editing technologies that can be spread through the air, or simply the weaponization of the tech we hold dear, everything is changing, and every new thing is an opportunity to be assessed, measured, and insured.
As a consequence the sheer breadth of opportunity facing the industry is unprecedented. But it’s also as deceptive as it is exceptional which requires the industry to think in new ways, along new lines, and with new perspectives, and that’s best achieved with a diverse workforce full of people who are able to look at the world through a range of different lenses, comprehend it all, and then help build the companies who can prosper from it all, and that’s what we discuss during the session.
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The insurance industry faces more opportunity than at any other point in its entire history, and the industry will need a diverse workforce to capitalise on it.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.
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Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 13 August 2020. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2020). The Future of Insurance Panel | EveryWoman, UK | InsureTech Keynote Speaker. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/futurist-panel-session-uk-the-future-of-insurance-and-diversity-everywoman/
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