ProtectZ, our conference where every speaker is aged 30 or under

Every company is entitled to one free place at ProtectZ and additional places are available for this popular event, where all speakers are aged 30 and under.

Event Details:

• When: June 19th | Arrivals from 9 AM, Start at 10:00 AM | Event ends ~1 PM | Optional post-event drinks nearby
• Where: UnderwriteMe, Tower Bridge House, St. Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1BA (you must be registered to attend)
• Dress code: Whatever makes you comfortable!

To register or recommend a speaker contact [email protected]. 

Agenda

10:00 Welcome - Kevin Carr, Protection Review

10:05 Keynote Speaker:  Lottie Hayton, The Times/Sunday Times

10:20 Panel 1: GenZ Research

• Lottie Hayton, The Times/Sunday Times
• Jivtar Chawla, Foxtons
• Laura Mitchell, Guardian
• Jaskeet Briah, Cover Magazine

10.55 Panel 2: Tech, AI & Social Media

• Beth Southcott, UnderwriteMe
• Rebecca Campbell, LifeSearch
• Amelia Love, Met Life

11.30 Break

11.50 Interview

• Hanna McKallip, OneFamily
• Ellie Collis, The Exeter

12.10 Panel 3: Engaging Younger Customers & Employees

• Gabrielle Best, Cirencester Friendly
• Emma Morris, NMG
• Orlaith Barry, Hannover Re

12.45 Keynote Speaker: Akshay Ruparelia, Forbes Entrepreneur Under 30

1.10 Closing remarks Roger Edwards, Protection Review

1:15 Lunch

About the Keynote Speakers

Akshay Ruparelia - Forbes Entrepreneur

Under 30. Akshay began his business journey at 16, having developed an understanding of how businesses and business disruption work, as well as a keen interest in non-conventional business models. Akshay talks about business disruption, start-ups, youth empowerment, the world of technology, Blockchain and Web3.

Lottie Hayton - The Times/Sunday Times

Lottie is a reporter at The Times, covering stories from the UK and across the world. She has investigated human rights issues in Qatar, suicide prevention in UK higher education and covered her personal experience using grief technology for The Times Magazine.

She'll be talking about research conducted by The Times earlier in 2025 about the views of GenZ which revealed some interesting stats.

• Only 1 in 10 GenZ want to work in an office full time
• 50% believe that the UK is stuck in the past
• Almost a third of 18-27 year olds had sought mental health help in the last 3 years

Click here to see the article (note that it's behind a subscription wall).

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