Insurtech Innovation Program

AICC Innovation delegations to Israel have benefited from meeting with Israeli business leaders and entrepreneurs who have established highly innovative, resilient and successful global businesses.

Australian industry experts Fiona Macgregor and Adam Bennett will open the session by setting the context, followed by virtual presentations from three of Israeli thought leaders in Insurtech. Each presentation will be followed by Q&A and interactive discussion with participants. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how global innovation trends are reshaping risk management and unlocking new opportunities across the insurance landscape.  

In 2026 we are delighted to bring some of these outstanding leaders to you, in Sydney, through an innovation workshop designed specifically for leaders in the general and life insurance sectors.

Hosted and moderated by Fiona Macgregor, Group CEO and Managing Director, TAL Group and Adam Bennett, Chief Information Officer, Suncorp on Wednesday 18th March 2026, we invite you to join this interactive workshop session on “Innovation in the New Risk Landscape”. 

Why Israel? 

Israel has evolved from a “start-up nation” into a global scale-up powerhouse, producing more start-ups and unicorns per capita than anywhere in the world.

Israel’s Insurtech sector is among the world’s most advanced, fuelled by national strengths in fintech, cyber, AI, healthtech and data science. With 100+ companies - including Lemonade, Hippo, Earnix, and Planck - the industry is driving AI-powered underwriting, claims automation, and risk modelling as well as new innovation in emerging sectors like genomics and personalised medicine, longevity risk and climate risk.

Program Format 

Australian industry experts Fiona Macgregor and Adam Bennett will open the session by setting the context, followed by virtual presentations from three of Israeli thought leaders in Insurtech. Each presentation will be followed by Q&A and interactive discussion with participants. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how global innovation trends are reshaping risk management and unlocking new opportunities across the insurance landscape. 

Hosts and Moderators

Fiona Macgregor was appointed TAL Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in October 2024.

Since joining TAL in 2014, Fiona has held various leadership roles across innovation, customer, brand and technology. She was Chief Executive – Individual Life from 2023-2024 and Chief Information & Innovation Officer from 2018-2023.

Fiona has over 20 years’ experience in financial services. She spent the first part of her career in consumer banking in the UK where she developed expertise in customer-led innovation, working both locally and internationally. Fiona has also worked as an independent consultant, focusing on innovation culture and growth strategy.

Fiona holds an MA (Hons) Business Organisation from Heriot-Watt University. She is a member of the Champions of Change Coalition and a Non-Executive Director of the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI).

Adam Bennett was appointed Chief Information Officer of Suncorp in July 2020, leading the Technology & Operations portfolio across digital, data and AI, automation, engineering, infrastructure, cyber security, insurance operations, and innovation. His focus is on delivering Suncorp’s strategic priorities, including platform modernisation and AI-enabled operational transformation.

Prior to Suncorp, Adam held senior leadership roles at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he drove technology modernisation and major transformation initiatives, most recently leading the Business & Private Banking division as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Earlier in his career, he led consulting engagements in banking and insurance at Kearney and Ernst & Young. Adam also serves as a Director of Suncorp’s AA Insurance joint venture in New Zealand and holds a Bachelor of Technology from Macquarie University.

Kobi Bendelak is a visionary leader and CEO of InsurTech Israel, a pioneering initiative that he founded to elevate and guide the Israeli Insurtech ecosystem to global prominence. Under his leadership, InsurTech Israel has expanded into four core areas: investment, business development, media, and a world-class accelerator program. This comprehensive approach has made InsurTech Israel the most dynamic and leading entity in the Israeli insurance technology landscape.

Prior to his role at InsurTech Israel, Kobi was the entrepreneurial force behind Reshef Insurance Brokers, a key player within the Migdal/Generali Insurance Group. With over 22 years of experience in the insurance industry, Kobi holds a bachelor's degree in Management and a master's degree in Law from Bar-Ilan University. Additionally, Kobi served as a Colonel (Reserve) in the Israel Defense Forces, where he demonstrated his strong leadership skills.

With a unique combination of deep industry expertise, entrepreneurial drive, and a strategic vision for the future, Kobi has become a leading figure in the global Insurtech sector, recognized for his contributions to innovation and growth in this rapidly evolving industry.

Gil Arazi, Founder and Managing Partner of FinTLV Ventures, a leading globalInsurTech VC partnering with category-defining companies includingHippo, Next Insurance, Unqork, Corvus, Akur8, Assured Allies, iFeeland others.Founder and Chairman of The Spark - a global insuranceconsortium focused on transforming prevention from a cost centerinto a growth engine. The Spark brings together leading insurers,reinsurers, brokers and deep-tech partners to design and launchprevention-driven use cases and ventures. 20+ years in C-leveland CEO roles across major insurance groups (Migdal, Generali,Phoenix, Clal), spanning business innovation, technology, and large-scale operational leadership.Board member / observer.Ecosystembuilder.Prevention-first investor.