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Aditya Hadi Pratama · · 1 min read

PasarPolis names former Amazon, Expedia exec as CTO

PasarPolis, an Indonesia-based insurtech firm, has appointed Rajesh Kumar as chief technology officer (CTO).

PasarPolis CTO Rajesh Kumar / Photo credit: PasarPolis

Kumar was a software development manager at Amazon and Expedia before joining PasarPolis. He also led the engineering team of Indian online travel firm MakeMyTrip.

Founded in 2015, PasarPolis helps customers to purchase insurance products suited to their needs. Started in Indonesia, the company has expanded to Thailand and Vietnam. The startup counts GoTo Group, Traveloka, Alpha JWC Ventures, and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation among its investors.

The insurtech firm said it has issued one billion policies between 2019 to 2021, serving about 80 million customers. It also partnered with online marketplace Shopee and smartphone producer Xiaomi to provide device insurance.

See also: SEA’s leading insurtech players

Editing by Miguel Cordon and Lorenzo Kyle Subido

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Aditya Hadi Pratama

Writing about startup and technology in Indonesia, while reading biography and science fiction books.