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Can You Fix Insurance?

November 12, 2026 · 31 min

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Sid Jha is the CEO of an insurance company called Arbol. Sid's problem is this: Can you make insurance cheaper and more accessible by using new technology, new sources of capital, and new ways of thinking about risk?

In this episode, Sid explains: 

  • How climate change is affecting the risks Arbol covers 
  • How Arbol is competing with giant insurance companies 
  • Why prediction market contracts are good for betting, but not hedging

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