Moshe Morgenstern, deputy to the CEO and Manager of the technology department at Menora Mivtachim
Among the business partners in the program, you can find some of the leading technology and insurance companies in the world:
Milliman, Deloitte, Sompo insurance, Sapiens, DELL, Aon, Microsoft, Bolttech, BrokerTech venture, IAG insurance company, Xceedance and more
The Israeli Insurtech accelerator is one of the leading accelerators in the world in the insurtech field. The Accelerator has had 4 cohorts in which the start-ups who graduated from the programs raised almost 100 million dollars and signed dozens of deals.
Insuretech Israel, founded by Kobi Bendelak, operates two cohorts of the accelerator per year. Menora Mivtachim will be a key partner as a leading Israeli insurance company in the innovation industry in the insurance field.
The selection of the startups in each cohort is done by a panel of leading Israeli and international experts in which Menora Mivtachim will be a key partner.
Among the leading mentors in the program are Dr. Benedikt Laudage, Chief Data Officer and Head of Data Analytics Allianz Germany, Joerg Tobias Hinterthuer, Head of Smart Home Innovation Lab at Zurich Insurance, Tom Van den Brulle, Global Head of Innovation at Munich Re, Terri Vaughan, Professional Director, Emmett J. Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance, Joan Cuscó, Global Head of Transformation at MAPFRE and Director at insur_space, Oshri Kaplan, Investment Director at Munich Re Ventures, Klaus Driver, Senior Manager at Allianz and Vice Chairman at InsurTech Hub Munich, Dr. Robin Kiera, Personal & Virtual Speaker at Digitalscouting.de, Eric Gewirtzman, CEO at Bolttech, Ari Katz, President at Bolttech, Tali Evron, Reinsurance broker at Aon Reinsurance and Diana Berzin, co-CEO of AON Israel Reinsurance Company.
Kobi Bendelak, CEO, and founder of Insurtech Israel stated: “An impressive coalition of Israeli and international partners has been assembled here which helps to promote and develop the Israeli Eco-system and allow Israeli technologies to break out abroad, together with our business partners and the impressive group of mentors who were mobilized to accompany the accelerator. We see Menora Mivtachim as a leading innovative insurance company and a key partner that assisting to strengthen and professionalize the insurtech field in Israel and around the world”.
Moshe Morgenstern, deputy to the CEO and Manager of the technology department at Menora Mivtachim points out “We are very happy about the cooperation with Insurtech Israel and the business partners who bring with them expertise and knowledge in the worlds of innovation and insurtech, and of course with the selected startups that will be able to integrate into our innovation activity. Menorah Mivtachim is constantly looking for new forward-looking technologies and will continue to lead innovation in the worlds of insurance in Israel.”
Dan Kew, co-founder, and co-CEO of BrokerTech Ventures stated that “Our collaboration with Menorah Mivtachim and Insurtech Israel is very successful, and we are happy about our deep business relationship in Israel which will also be a catalyst for more international business opportunities for us in the future”.
John Jackovin, CEO of the accelerator program of BrokerTech Ventures points out that “Insurance is a global matter and the cooperation with Menora Mivtachim is a wonderful first step in the realization of our concept to test the operation of the model we formulated also in markets outside the US. For us, this is also an extraordinary “peek” opportunity for our partners into the world of Israeli insurtech, which is a driver for innovation”.
