#170 Nine Years of Underwriting DeFi: Claims, Pricing and What Isn’t Covered | Ralf Taner, Nexus Mutual

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction: Ralf Taner and Nexus Mutual

00:51 Ralf Taner's Journey from Traditional Finance to Crypto

04:12 Why Ralf Joined Nexus Mutual

05:10 Early Days of Crypto and Nexus Mutual

07:01 The Origins of Nexus Mutual and the DAO Hack

08:43 What Is a Discretionary Mutual?

11:49 Why Traditional Insurance Struggles with DeFi

12:31 Nexus Mutual's Regulated Insurance Expansion

14:29 The Institutional Crypto Insurance Gap

15:46 How On-Chain Insurance Transparency Works

16:57 How Nexus Mutual Handles Claims and Payouts

21:43 The Growing Opportunity in DeFi Vault Insurance

25:30 How Crypto Insurance Underwriting Works

27:22 Smart Contract, Oracle, and Governance Risks

29:08 Security Audits, Operational Risk, and Loss Modeling

31:18 How Nexus Mutual Prices Crypto Insurance

32:45 Common Questions About Decentralized Insurance

33:49 The Future of Nexus Mutual and Institutional Insurance

35:24 Combining Traditional and On-Chain Insurance Capital

37:22 Real-World Assets and Tokenized Insurance

39:06 Closing Remarks

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