Listen "Why Arbol Bet On Climate Insurance While Others Left"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome to This Way Forward, the podcast where C-suite leaders unpack the bold strategic bets that changed everything.In this episode, Charlie Newark-French sits down with Siddhartha Jha, Founder and CEO of Arbol, the company reinventing insurance by building financial infrastructure for climate risk. They explore the pivotal decision that led Arbol into the collapsing property insurance market just as most major players were exiting regions like Florida and Hawaii.The bold strategic betWhile the industry was retreating, Sid saw an opening. Arbol acquired a property insurance carrier and rebuilt the model from the ground up. By combining AI, parametric insurance, and access to new sources of capital, they began writing policies where others wouldn’t.That decision not only revived a struggling market but positioned Arbol as a leader in the future of climate resilience.In this episode:Why Arbol stepped into a market others were abandoningHow technology and data changed the economics of insuranceThe obstacles that nearly stopped the deal from going throughWhat it takes to reinvent an entire insurance supply chainLessons for leaders tackling high-risk, high-reward markets👉 Subscribe to catch new episodes each month. Every conversation is under 15 minutes and focuses on one transformational decision that changed the course of a company.
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