# Rob Schimek: Redesigning for a Connected Future

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Podcast: [Scouting for Growth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831)
Published: 2025-11-27T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode of Scouting For Growth, Sabine VdL sits down with Rob Schimek, Group CEO at bolttech, to unpack how the company’s connector model is reshaping global insurance distribution — not through more paperwork, but through smarter ecosystems that meet customers where they already are. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when insurance stops being a product you buy and starts becoming protection that’s simply… there, this conversation is your preview. Insurance distribution is being rebuilt (and it’s not starting with carriers) Rob explains bolttech’s mission in one powerful phrase: closing the multi-billion-dollar global protection gap — a gap that isn’t shrinking, it’s widening. The reason? Too many people and businesses still lack the right coverage because protection remains too complex, too expensive, too fragmented, or too hard to access. bolttech’s answer is to create a seamless connection between: Insurance providers (who build protection products), and Distribution partners (who already have customers — think telcos, retailers, auto makers and platforms) This is B2B2C distribution at scale: tailored, affordable, accessible coverage — delivered with convenience, not friction. Rob makes the point that the more you remove friction from connections, the more protection becomes adoptable… and the faster the protection gap closes. The real differentiator: trust, data, and design This episode goes beyond business models into something more strategic: what makes protection work in the real world. Rob is clear — the future of insurance won’t be won by premium tables and policy wordings. It will be won by: Trust (because adoption depends on it) Data (because personalization depends on it) Design (because customers won’t tolerate clunky experiences anymore) And d…

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