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This upcoming Thursday, CB Insights principal insurance analyst Mike Fitzgerald will chat with Dr. Andrew Johnston, global head of insurtech at Willis Re, about what’s next for the insurtech space in 2021. Save your spot here. Even if you can't make it, sign up anyways and we'll send you all the materials after. 

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