ProtectZ, our conference where every speaker is under 30 but everyone is welcome
ProtectZ
Here's what happened at ProtectZ 2025.
ProtectZ - all speakers are under 30 but everyone is welcome.
Chair - Kevin Carr, Protection Review
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Nilesh Patel, UnderwriteMe
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Keynote Speaker: Lottie Hayton, The Times/Sunday Times
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Panel 1: GenZ Research
- Lottie Hayton, The Times/Sunday Times
- Jivtar Chawla, Alexander Hall
- Laura Mitchell, Guardian
- Jaskeet Briah, Cover Magazine
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Panel 2: Tech, AI & Social Media
- Beth Southcott, UnderwriteMe
- Rebecca Campbell, LifeSearch
- Amelia Love, Met Life
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Interview
- Hanna McKallip, OneFamily
- Chloe Link, Dynamo
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Panel 3: Engaging Younger Customers & Employees
- Gabrielle Best, Cirencester Friendly
- Emma Morris, NMG
- Orlaith Barry, Hannover Re
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Keynote Speaker: Akshay Ruparelia, Forbes Entrepreneur Under 30
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Closing remarks, Roger Edwards, Protection Review
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Networking
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Our second ProtectZ took place on 30th June 2024
This was the line up.
Keynote Speaker - Clodagh Griffin.
Clodagh talked about how to build a Gen Z audience.
Clodagh is a social media expert, presenter, keynote speaker and currently a journalist at The News Movement,
A major milestone in Clodagh’s career so far is her appearance on BBC Panorama: Is TikTok Safe? She completed an undercover investigation into the safety of TikTok and shared her findings on the show.
Panel 1 - Engagement & Communications
What does the industry need to do to better engage with young people and how can we communicate with them to make our products more desirable?
- Clodagh Griffin, The News Movement
- Lucia Jarvis, National Friendly
- Juliette Meads, Vitality
- Britney Trussler, Dynamo
- Nina Brown, Pam Brown Mortgages
Panel 2 - Technology
What software and apps can help us give better service to our customers? Can AI genuinely make a difference? What's in development and what do we want and what can we expect to see in future?
- Gus Timpson, Legado
- Claudie Francis, iPipeline
- Cameron Zegeling, Scor
- Flora Macleod, Guardian
- Lewis Evans, Cirencester
Panel 3 - Product & Process
Are we developing the right products for GenZ customers? Are we involving them in developments? Do we need to ask fewer questions during processing now everyone is on a mobile device?
- Freddie Mansfield, Hannover Re
- Tabitha Lambie, Protection Reporter
- Annaliese Lincoln, Cura
- Nathan Burrows, UnderwriteMe
- Ellie Collis, The Exeter