Sumarie Greybe, co-founder of insurance industry upstart Naked Insurance, graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BCom Honours degree in Actuarial Science. After leaving the corporate short-term insurance world, she decided to shake the sector up with a fresh approach – and in the process she’s rethinking the status quo with a bold, human-centred approach shaped by her belief in fairness, simplicity and innovation.

On this episode, she speaks to us about:

• what she enjoys most about working in insurance;
• how she made the leap to creating a disruptive start-up;
• growing a company well while giving staff the freedom to innovate;
• incorporating social good and community into her work; and
• picking great co-founders to work with.

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