Assaf Wand.

Assaf Wand is the Co-Founder and former CEO of Hippo Insurance, the technology-driven home insurance company that reimagined home insurance for the modern homeowner.

Wand co-founded Hippo in 2015 with the insight that home insurance had changed little in decades despite massive changes in how people live, what they own, and the risks they face. Hippo launched with faster online quotes, smart home technology integration (providing customers with smart water sensors and smoke detectors to prevent claims), and modern customer service designed around the needs of digital-native homeowners. The company went public in 2021 and has served hundreds of thousands of customers. Wand, originally from Israel, previously worked at McKinsey and founded another startup before Hippo. While Hippo has navigated the challenging home insurance market environment including wildfire and weather-related losses, its innovations in proactive risk management and modern customer experience have influenced how the home insurance industry approaches technology. His vision of transforming the typically reactive insurance industry into a proactive partner in home protection represents meaningful innovation in a massive but slow-moving sector.