Ep. #12: Insurance on Blockchain with Val Yap (CEO PolicyPal Network)

Published: May 29, 2018, 2:05 p.m.

b"PolicyPal Network aims to leverage the Blockchain technology to make insurance more accessible for consumers by creating a peer-to-peer insurance platform. It also aims to cater to the needs of the crypto ecosystem by providing insurance services to Blockchain startups during their initial launch.
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\\nOur guest for today\\u2019s show is Val Yap, the Founder and CEO of PolicyPal and the PolicyPal Network based out Singapore.\\xa0After graduating, she worked in varying capacities in the Financial Services industry including stints at Aberdeen Asset Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers and OCBC Bank. She was recently included in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Finance and Venture Capital.
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\\nTune in to hear about:
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\\n \\tVal\\u2019s background and how PolicyPal ('traditional' business) came about
\\n \\tWhat PolicyPal does and how PolicyPal Network came about
\\n \\tPolicyPal Network's partnership with FWD insurance company\\xa0 and new partnership with WeWork Asia
\\n \\tThe two products that PolicyPal Network is building - crypto protect insurance helping blockchain companies (wallets/exchanges etc.) and a P2P insurance marketplace
\\n \\tPartnership with NEM and QTUM on the crypto protect insurance side
\\n \\tTech stuff - why they are building on Ethereum currently and why they\\u2019ll be launching their own blockchain network in the future
\\n \\tLaunch of PolicyPal\\u2019s testnet next month
\\n \\tSome other interesting developments that are taking place at PolicyPal
\\n \\tImportance of community in the cryptocurrency space
\\n \\tTwitter, Telegram, Medium"