Richard James is responsible for scouting, vetting and prioritising Insurtechs and Digital Start-ups for Munich Re Digital Partners in Europe. Rich joined Munich Re in 2011, working for Reinsurance team and later working in Special Enterprise Risks, focused on innovative insurance solutions for large global corporates, before taking up his current role. Digital Partners is a global business working with, and investing in, start-ups, digital verticals and the sharing economy, with the ambition of building a more engaging proposition for insurance customers.